device programmer recommendations?

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Tue Jul 26 20:43:57 CDT 2005


Michael Sokolov declared on Tuesday 26 July 2005 06:08 pm:
> Jay West <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > The other other way - hook
> > up a computer and send the image to the ram in the 29B. The protocol
> > is not difficult at all. It's not Xmodem, but... easy nontheless.
>
> But is it documented?  

Probably.

> Can I write the necessary software myself?  

Can you write a C program or sh/ksh/csh script?

> As  
> you know I run my own operating system that no one else in the
> Universe uses and I cannot run any software not written from scratch
> by me.

You mean you don't run a 4.3BSD derivative?

> Is the interface EIA-232?  

Yes.

> Oh, and 
> can it work with baud rates of 38400 or lower?  

Why wouldn't it be able to?

> I can't use higher 
> baud rates because they are not standard in the Classic (non-pee sea)
> world.

Huh?  Are you unable to design and assemble something as simple as a 
RS-232 interface? ;)

Pat
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