[GreenKeys] ASR 33 question - stop bits?

Rob Doyle radioengr at gmail.com
Mon Nov 26 22:52:03 EST 2018


On 11/26/2018 12:00 PM, Keith Lueck wrote:
> Brought my ASR 33 out of hibernation lately (hadn't used it in about a 
> year).  It works fine if I manually type on it, but if I try to send it 
> files from my pc, I find I have to use 7 bits, marking parity, and 2 
> stop bits (7M2) - essentially 3 stop bits; it prints perfectly with 
> these settings.  If I use 7N2, I get occasional errors on long print runs.

7 data bits, mark parity, and two stop bits is the way my PDP-8 is 
configured.

Rob.


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