Appendix A. Sample Dumb-Terminal Program

APPENDIX A: Sample Dumb-Terminal Program

Appendix A. Sample Dumb-Terminal

10REM *** DUMB-TERMINAL PROGRAM FOR THE interface converter

20	REM ***	Running under IBM BASIC
30	REM ***	This Program allows direct interaction between the

40REM *** IBM PC and an IEEE bus device through the interface converter.

50REM *** The interface converter must be configured as the IEEE bus

60REM *** controller and have Talk-Back on Terminator enabled.

70REM ***

80REM ***

90REM ***

100		CLS
110	'	Open the serial communications port and set the serial parameters
120		OPEN "COM1: 9600,n,8,2,cs,ds" AS 1
130	'	Display any characters received from the COM1 port
140		IF LOC(1) THEN PRINT INPUT$ (LOC(1) ,1);

150' Transmit any key presses from keyboard to the COM1 port and to the screen

160 K$=INKEY$

170PRINT #1,K$; : PRINT K$;

180GOTO 140 ' Do it again