mov dptr,OUTC
movx @dptr, a
;; setup the serial port. 9600 8N1.
- mov a,#01010011 ; mode 1, enable rx, clear int
+ ;; Original source had:
+ ;;mov a,#01010011 ; mode 1, enable rx, clear int
+ ;; This was presumably meant to be a binary constant, but it's
+ ;; really decimal and out of 8-bit range. as31 used to treat
+ ;; it as 0 and that seems to have worked, so carry on with 0.
+ mov a,#0
mov SCON, a
;; using timer2, in 16-bit baud-rate-generator mode
;; (xtal 12MHz, internal fosc 24MHz)