Communications setup
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   The next step is to set up the PC's port, by doing something like
this in DOS on the PC:

     C:\> MODE com1:9600,n,8,1,none

This example--run on an MS DOS 4.0 system--sets the PC port to 9600
bps, no parity, eight data bits, one stop bit, and no "retry" action;
you must match the communications parameters when establishing the Unix
end of the connection as well.

   To give control of the PC to the Unix side of the serial line, type
the following at the DOS console:

     C:\> CTTY com1

(Later, if you wish to return control to the DOS console, you can use
the command `CTTY con'--but you must send it over the device that had
control, in our example over the `COM1' serial line).

   From the Unix host, use a communications program such as `tip' or
`cu' to communicate with the PC; for example,

     cu -s 9600 -l /dev/ttya

The `cu' options shown specify, respectively, the linespeed and the
serial port to use.  If you use `tip' instead, your command line may
look something like the following:

     tip -9600 /dev/ttya

Your system may require a different name where we show `/dev/ttya' as
the argument to `tip'.  The communications parameters, including which
port to use, are associated with the `tip' argument in the "remote"
descriptions file--normally the system table `/etc/remote'.

   Using the `tip' or `cu' connection, change the DOS working directory
to the directory containing a copy of your 29K program, then start the
PC program `EBMON' (an EB29K control program supplied with your board
by AMD).  You should see an initial display from `EBMON' similar to the
one that follows, ending with the `EBMON' prompt `#'--

     C:\> G:
     
     G:\> CD \usr\joe\work29k
     
     G:\USR\JOE\WORK29K> EBMON
     Am29000 PC Coprocessor Board Monitor, version 3.0-18
     Copyright 1990 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
     Written by Gibbons and Associates, Inc.
     
     Enter '?' or 'H' for help
     
     PC Coprocessor Type   = EB29K
     I/O Base              = 0x208
     Memory Base           = 0xd0000
     
     Data Memory Size      = 2048KB
     Available I-RAM Range = 0x8000 to 0x1fffff
     Available D-RAM Range = 0x80002000 to 0x801fffff
     
     PageSize              = 0x400
     Register Stack Size   = 0x800
     Memory Stack Size     = 0x1800
     
     CPU PRL               = 0x3
     Am29027 Available     = No
     Byte Write Available  = Yes
     
     # ~.

   Then exit the `cu' or `tip' program (done in the example by typing
`~.' at the `EBMON' prompt).  `EBMON' keeps running, ready for GDB to
take over.

   For this example, we've assumed what is probably the most convenient
way to make sure the same 29K program is on both the PC and the Unix
system: a PC/NFS connection that establishes "drive `G:'" on the PC as
a file system on the Unix host.  If you do not have PC/NFS or something
similar connecting the two systems, you must arrange some other
way--perhaps floppy-disk transfer--of getting the 29K program from the
Unix system to the PC; GDB does *not* download it over the serial line.