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From: sjack@dontemail.me (sjack)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: kForth serial port interface update
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 15:26:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> wrote:
> The RS232 serial port interface for kForth (-32/64 for Linux) has been 
> updated to be able to provide user access to the modem bits e.g. DSR, 
> CTS etc.

RS-232 is good. I used to have a board called the octopus. It had two
rs-232 connector on both ends to handle all sex.  Had pinouts in between
to swap tx/rx and/or tie HTS and CTS to ground or high (I forget).