>Hi all :o)

        Hi =3D(^.^)=3D (meow!)

>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

        Hmmm, are you crazy?

>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)

        Hmmm, post a chip? in the net? how do you do that? ;o) Maybe=
 transmogrifying the chip? ;oD

>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

        HUauhauhauhauh

>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 ??

        Yep! But if the MAX 232 has some error like different voltages generated=
 on rs232 line due fo fauty capacitors (yep, it happened!) or some internal=
 craziness. Have you changed it for another MAX232 (yep, stupid question,=
 but just asking ;o)) or MAX232A (I had some problems with the old MAX232=
 version, corrected when I used the A version

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

        Why use windows 2000? For experimenting on the lab table, I have

        - an old IBM Thinkpad 350C (anyone has a battery - even broken - for it,=
 pleeeaaaaaaaasseeeeee)
        - a nice old 386 DX 40 with CGA monitor
        - the nicest of all - HP 200 LX running Telix, only for comm tests

        These are so cheap that is better than use your w2k mamooth for lab=
 testing ;o)


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http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/

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