home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.msdos.batch      Fun with MS-DOS batch files      42,547 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 41,159 of 42,547   
   foxidrive to All   
   Re: I forgot how to read a com port   
   15 Jun 15 12:20:40   
   
   From: foxidrive@server.invalid   
      
   On 15/06/2015 06:07, T wrote:   
   >> >and what terminates the type command?   
      
   > Shake fist, accuse terminal's parents of not being married,   
   >    
      
   hehe   
      
   > Hi Foxidrive,   
   >   
   > I too have 8+ years of RS232.  Started in the Military.  I   
   > always found it a hoot and holler.   
      
      
   > I was just looking for quick and dirty before I hook the thing   
   > back up to the CNC machine.   If it did not work with   
   > the quick and dirty, then the advanced stuff would have   
   > started.   
   >   
   > And, I knew I had used that stinking command before and   
   > it drove me nuts that I forgot it.  Mumble, mumble.   
   >   
   > -T   
      
   Thanks for your reply.  And the cable was fine so on to the next step.   
      
   I think we forget things coz our DNA stretches with age and all the   
   memories get lost the folds, only to fall out 20 minutes later and we   
   recall them again. ;)   
      
   > Putty seems to be overkill, but it will handle rs232.   
      
   > CTL seems like a cool quick and dirty, but I am not about   
   > to use Bing with all its spying.   
      
   I smile wryly at the implied thought that Google does no spying. :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca