end of an era

[cqaigy2]

I just got to use a serial port and a terminal program yesterday on a piece of equipment here. My newer W7 laptop doesn't have a serial port. They bought me a serial USB device. It starts on COMM6! My terminal program ends at COMM4. Splendid. I pulled out my older XP laptop with a built-in serial port and that was a thing of beauty. The kids had no idea how to set up a terminal program, baud rate, 8-none-and 1, etc... their eyes were glazed over.:drool:

Use putty?

 

[aczlan]

Use putty?

Or the other free alternatives (including bringing over the program from XP): HyperTerminal Alternatives for Windows 7 - Help Desk Geek

Aaron Z

 

[Daver1963]

Between 1992-94 I was a 2E1X3 (Ground Radio) technical instructor for the Air Force at Keesler AFB, MS . I taught sets (equipment) in Jones Hall. One of the blocks I taught was the Harris Pacer Bounce High Frequency (HF) Transceiver. At the time this was the first time students encountered a radio that was microprocessor controlled.
It used (if I remember correctly) an 8088 processor that ran at 15MHz and then went through a divide by 3 circuit that knocked it down to 5MHz speed for stability.

 

[Soundguy]

8N1 and 7E2

brings back memories.