Hi all :o)

Now before anyone says this is not possible, I am off the morphine, I slept
last night, I had regular breaks from the computer, and I can not drink
alcohol after having my gall bladder removed, but this happened and I saw
it, and if someone wants I can post the MAX 232 chip to them so they can
vouch for this fault ;o) (if I do not turn it in to a pet first ;o)


Ok I have an AVR 8515 (but any Uc will do this) I connected it up as per the
destruction manual (correctly as a new chip fixed the fault) my program is
set to receive a byte, and then dump one out back to the PC. nothing
happened under hyperterm, but using term95 (from my beloved Norton's
commander) in hex mode I found that with every byte I sent, the result was
above normal 7 bit hex (infact shifted one bit to the left (^2)) and a byte
of 00h followed it.

Now correct me if I am wrong the MAX 232 only level shifts and inverts (plus
generates the + - 10V) so how can it do this ??

Yes I did remove the AVR and short the TX and RX ttl lines and same problem
so it has to be the MAX 232 (it is built on strip board but the tracks and
jumpers are less than 2")

Any ideas ???

Also anyone know a good hex terminal for win 2k as hyperterm is giving me
the S$%TS

Regards,

Kat.

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