what is SERPATCH.PRG for exactly?

[Gunstar]

I've had this program in the auto folder since I got my Mega/STE, and just left it, but recently as I've stripped my boot sequence down to the core and started fresh with just what I actually use/need, I've shut this one off by changing the name to .prx. I always assumed the name was short for 'serialpatch,' and since I'm not using any serial ports currently it is not needed. My Mega/STE has the two standard com/modem ports and then a third 9-pin port/card in the VBI slot. I assumed it was for using this VBI device. Am I correct? Though even if I am correct in my assumtions, I still don't know what the VBI card is exactly for. It wouldn't be ethernet with a 9-pin port needing an adapter or special cable would it? I'll open it up later and see what it says on the card.

Edited December 28, 2006 by Gunstar

[Greenious]

There area few patches for the serial port.

 

I don't know what serpatch do, but typically they do one or more of these things:

 

* Proper flow control, rts/cts

* Faster serial port routines

* Adapts for a hacked serialport that do 57600bps, or even 115200bps.

 

The extra serialport in the back of your Mega STE is not a plugin card. It's just a bracket with a comport, connected to the mobo.

[Gunstar]

There area few patches for the serial port.

 

I don't know what serpatch do, but typically they do one or more of these things:

 

* Proper flow control, rts/cts

* Faster serial port routines

* Adapts for a hacked serialport that do 57600bps, or even 115200bps.

 

The extra serialport in the back of your Mega STE is not a plugin card. It's just a bracket with a comport, connected to the mobo.

 

Thanks for the info. I remembered last night, before reading your response, that it was just a com port from the mobo. I looked at it all when I installed the 68881 and gal last year. I had just forgotten that the VBI was empty and I recalled the com port when I was thinking about what serpatch might be, recently. I'm going to leave serpatch shut down unless something crashes that didn't with it on. I don't think I need it.