On 11/8/22 18:40, Bart Hirst via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

Some code here you can look at? The thread is about reading serial data, but you could open for output instead of input. However I couldn't find any specific doc that verifies QB64->C++ serial api is supported.

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/qbasic-sending-characters-by-seria...

On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:19 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

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How do you send sequential bytes to a com port in microsoft BASIC without spaces or CR-LFs.

I don't know which BASIC you are using but wasn't something like out #n, b I recall there being GW BASIC and QBASIC -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ

I remember writing a BASIC program to form a S format papertape record and then used Excel to calculate the checksum. Peek the memory location block one address at a time. I would do it that way. Once you make a proper papertape file you can export it using whatever program you use to write out a papertape Bill On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:31 PM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

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I don't know which BASIC you are using but wasn't something like out #n, b I recall there being GW BASIC and QBASIC

I used that extensively for controlling things via the parallel port growing up. For serial, I guess you use the DOS mode utility first to set serial speed then maybe you can do out &h278, byte?

Another hack would be scripting languages from Telix, QModem and Telemate term programs.

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Thank you, I try that tomorrow. Watching election tonight. Duane On 11/8/2022 7:08 PM, Kelly Leavitt wrote:

Did you try this, binary mode. OPEN COM · QB64Official/qb64 Wiki · GitHub https://github.com/QB64Official/qb64/wiki/OPEN-COM

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I want to dump program files to a serial paper tape punch.

I am actually using QB64 (which I love) that parses BASIC source to C++ and compiles it. Very fast and reputed to be compatible.

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