Emulation speed maybe?

Thanks for the response.... I think I got it fixed, but not sure if I fully understand how.

I played with some of the parameters and I have gotten it to work. It appears that the CPU CYCLES was the problem. I double checked it by setting it back to 10000 and it failed.

This is what I had:
Core = Dynamic
Cycles = 10000
Cyclesup =500
Cyclesdown = 20

This is what I change to:
Core = Auto
Cycles = 50000
Cycleup = 500
Cycledown = 20

Well...for the most part it is working, however in my results file (which is a text file), I have some strange characters displayed...not many of them, but there are some. And the formatting isn't exact...close but not exact.

Any suggestions on what to "tweak"?

The strange characters is probably caused by parity errors, framing errors, or other timing problems. I see there are some rxdelay, txdelay parameters you can experiment with...

On the Status Window I am getting parity errors and framing errors.

When I start DOSBOX I get the following:

Serial 1 Error Occured Framing 0, parity 4, overrun 0 <IF0:0>, Break 0

When I up load the file, I get a different Framing error result each time:

Framing 2, Parity 0, Overrun 0, Break 1
Framing 1, Parity 1, Overrun 0, Break 0
Framing 7, Parity 0, Overrun 0, Break 0
Framing 15, Parity 2, Overrun 0, Break 1

I'll check out your suggestion and report back.

Are these errors normal? Do they occur on your other computer?

I see them on the other computer also, but the results file does not have "funny" characters being printed out.

I curently have the following configuration on the serial port.

serial1 = directserial realport:com1

The rest of the ports are disabled. I tried to add in a rxdelay, but didn't know what to set it to...I tried 1 to 100 and it didn't make any difference.

At least I can read the result file, before I couldn't even upload them...so I'm almost there.

Just wondering why these framing/pariity/break errors are occuring and how can I fix them.

Is it common to have these parity/framing errors and still have things work? Is there any suggestions on how to elliminate them completely?

Depends on the serial interface of your device... some sort of bus / serial adapters seem to have this side effect.

Thanks HAL....

It seems to work, however as I mentioned, the file that is uploaded does have some strange characters inbedded in the text. (Its a text file that is uploaded).

I have tried to set the delay RXDELAY to different settings, and I have numerious CPU settings....nothing seems to make a difference.

Its usable...just thought if anyone had any recommendations on what I could try to modify/change to get rid of them completely would be appreciated....it not, I can live with it.

Well it's hard without knowing what exactly goes on... I only have the suspicion that the program requires better timing than what DOSBox offers.

thanks again....

You have any suggestions on what I might want to play with as far as settings?

Looks like you tried all relevant settings already.

Thanks!!! I appreciate all your help.