Cesar Miquel cesarmiquel

Serial port communication on Apple IIc.

(original is here: https://c64retr.blogspot.com/2013/11/serial-port-communication-on-apple-iic.html)

Apple II was a very good and quite popular 8-bit machine in its time. It features a hardware UART for RS-232 port communication that can still be used today. Even from the BASIC language level, it is quite simple to make the use of that feature. I happen to own Apple IIc, which I did not own in the 80-s. I bought the set of the computer, monitor, printer and software on e-bay out of curiosity. I have to admit I also like the look of the little machine which was advertised as a portable Apple II. It would no pass the standards of portability today, however in the early to mid 1980-s it was enough if the computer had a carrying handle and/or some sort of a case. Apple IIc has an UART/RS-232 built in permanently as it does not feature the expansion bus as its bigger brother Apple II does.

The basics are as follows:

On the PC side setup port to 300 baud (default apple

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	; Taken from: https://fruttenboel.verhoeven272.nl/Gameboy/GBrs232.html

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	;* RS232 9600,n,8,1 *
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	;* through serial port *
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	;* Ken Kaarvik May21/99 *
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