On 12/07/2018 09:01 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:44, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 12/07/2018 11:22 AM, systems_glitch via cctalk wrote:
Indeed, unless you need character pacing.
Actually, with the correct settings of the serial port
(xon/xoff or CTS pin) the serial port driver should do
this, too, so cat would work.
A PDP-8/E doesn't have a CTS pin and the loaders don't
support XON/XOFF, though.
I remember loading paper tapes into a PDP-8, and the reader
would stutter, so I think there was some sort of signal from
the serial interface board to control the reader. It would
not be done with xon/xoff or CTS, as these were NOT RS-232
interfaces, but current loop. But, at least some people are
doing this with software-emulated PDP-8s, so that was sort
of what I was thinking of.
Jon
