Additional Packet Delay option request
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2024 6:29 pm
Hi,
Love CoolTerm and use it for talking to a lot of various retro computing gear. The ease of configurability is a big help as even though an older system might be able to communicate at 19200 it may need some combination of character delay, line delay, packet delay to compensate for a very tiny RX buffer (1-2 bytes) and slow processor speed.
On one particular unit, the Sharp PC-1500 (TRS-80 PC-2), a ~100ms delay, is needed after the first 28 characters of a file (the header) for processing (on all files except BASIC in plain text/ASCII). After that only a short line delay may be needed.
It would greatly speed up file transfer speed if the packet delay could be set to only be used n times. In my case only 1 time. I'm sure this is probably a 1 off request but you never know if it might come in handy on some other system.
Love CoolTerm and use it for talking to a lot of various retro computing gear. The ease of configurability is a big help as even though an older system might be able to communicate at 19200 it may need some combination of character delay, line delay, packet delay to compensate for a very tiny RX buffer (1-2 bytes) and slow processor speed.
On one particular unit, the Sharp PC-1500 (TRS-80 PC-2), a ~100ms delay, is needed after the first 28 characters of a file (the header) for processing (on all files except BASIC in plain text/ASCII). After that only a short line delay may be needed.
It would greatly speed up file transfer speed if the packet delay could be set to only be used n times. In my case only 1 time. I'm sure this is probably a 1 off request but you never know if it might come in handy on some other system.
