From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 06/12/2015 11:42 PM, T wrote:   
   > On 06/12/2015 10:57 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   >> On 13/06/2015 15:10, T wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I needed to test a com port with a loop back.   
   >>>   
   >>> To write to the port, I used   
   >>>         echo xxxx > com1   
   >>>   
   >>> To read the port, I opened another shell and   
   >>>         type < com1   
   >>>   
   >>> Which did not work (syntax error).  Poop, I forgot   
   >>> how to do this.  Does anyone remember how to do   
   >>> this?   
   >>   
   >> A comms program - Telix, Telemate, all BBS programs from the old days.   
   >> + null modem adapter.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Without knowing exactly what you are doing - nobody can give you advice   
   >> that is going to be reliable in your situation.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > I was trying to send data down a questionable cable and see if   
   > it actually came back.  I placed a loop back at the end of the cable.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Something like Hyperterminal with out the 70 U$D would be   
   nice?  Or I could just remember how to use "< com1"   
      
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