On Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:03 PM,
Victor Rehorst <victor_at_newtontalk.net> wrote:
> David Orriss Jr wrote:
>> OK.. Silly PC to Sloup question... how? What would you use on the
>> PC side to send data to the waiting sloup program?
>
> Any terminal emulator will do. All versions of Windows come with
> HyperTerminal, a fairly simple terminal emulator. Just configure it
> to connect directly to the appropriate serial port, make sure the
> speed on both the PC and Newton sides are the same (I run my Sloup
> connections at 57600 all the time), and you should be good to go.
>
> Note that Sloup doesn't echo back what you type. But once you get a
> connection going (or think you have one), try typing:
>
> Packages
> {}
> DUMP!
>
> and you should see a list of all your installed packages.
>
> HTH. I've done quite a bit of work with Sloup, so if you've got more
> questions, just ask.
>
OK.. how much trouble do you think it would be to write a program in something
like Delphi to talk to sloup and allow downloads and backups of data?
Keep in mind I don't really know all of what sloup can and can't do for a user.
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