Re: Zoomer Boot-Up in DOS mode?

ChrisD16@aol.com
XXX, 1 Jan 1995 18:59:36 -0400 (EDT)

Subject: Re: Zoomer Boot-Up in DOS mode?
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On Sun, 1 Jan 1995 DBLection@aol.com wrote:

> I don't know how useful it might be, but couldn't you start DOS, and from the
> AUTOEXEC run the CTTY command which will cause the machine to get keystrokes
> from the com port, which could be coming from another machine with a
> keyboard.
>
> Just a thought.....
>
> Regards,
> David

I thought of that too, but the Zoomer has no COM: ports defined and no
8250 UART chip or compatible.

Write a batch file to test this out:

ctty com0
ctty com1
ctty com2
ctty com3
ctty com4
ctty com5

In GEOS it appears to be COM1. There are also no LTP's defined in DOS.