with newsoftwareserial, and the attiny85 at 8mhz, the uart could not work, if so...
in the NewSoftSerial.cpp file , search the line:
void NewSoftSerial::enable_timer0(bool enable)
and then change this
{
if (enable)
#if defined(__AVR_ATmega8__)
sbi(TIMSK, TOIE0);
#else
sbi(TIMSK0, TOIE0);
#endif
else
#if defined(__AVR_ATmega8__)
cbi(TIMSK, TOIE0);
#else
cbi(TIMSK0, TOIE0);
#endif
}
in this
{
if (enable)
sbi(TIMSK, TOIE0);
else
cbi(TIMSK, TOIE0);
}
and then it should work.
hope this help