[SWLUG] Serial ports

[Huw Lynes]

On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 13:42 +0100, Steve Anderson wrote:
> Hiya LUGarinos.
> 
> Real quick[1] question, hopefully a real simple answer. I've got an
> old till display hooked up to the serial port on a PC. It's configured
> to 38400 bps, 8-N-1, no flow control. On Windows I can run Hyperterm
> on COM1, select those settings, type away and the letters come up on
> the display. I could probably set those settings as the default for
> the port and redirect echos at the serial port.
> 

what happens when you run minicom with those settings pointed at ttyS0?
It should behave the same as hyperterm letting you print letters to the
till display.

Or I may just be being naive,
Huw

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