Re: TI-H: fargo fterm

Subject: Re: TI-H: fargo fterm
From: Isaac Salpeter <isaac@ticalc.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 03:01:00 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199611150101.TAA18039@tower.itis.com>

On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, David Lee wrote:

> does anyone know if fterm is a rs232 emulator or is it just a ti thing??
> also if it is a rs232 emulator which one its the rts the red or white?  I
> have a 2400 baud modem that came from a portable so its nice and small...
> (needs power supply) but i want to try and hook that up.. (if fterm dosent
> have rs232 emulation has someone made a program that does? if so could they
> send it to me?)

Fterm does *NOT* emulate RS232 with the link port. Fterm simply sends and
recieves raw bytes from the link port. It is possible to hook the TI-92 to
RS232 devices by using the TI GRAPH-LINK cable. This is the ~$50 grey
cable with a large hood at the DB-25 connector. In this hood are
complicated microelectronics which convert the TI's strange asynchronous
protocol to standard RS232.

Connecting the TI-92 to a modem requires the TI GRAPH-LINK, a null-modem
cable, and the appropriate gender changers. I personally use my TI-92 as a
serial terminal on my home UNIX box - it simply connects to a serial port
set to 9600 baud, no parity, 8 bits. 

Oh, and FTerm does not, repeat, DOES NOT provide VT100 emulation. It
simply acts as a "dumb" terminal. In fact, it is possible to use Talk85 on
the TI-85 as a terminal program in the same way as fterm on the TI-92.

-Isaac

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TI-H: fargo fterm

From: David Lee <davidlee@itis.com>