You're running Espruino on the ESP8266? What I'm saying above is for the Espruino WiFi, where it's connected to the ESP8266 via serial - flow control won't be a problem when running directly on ESP8266.
Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for low-power Microcontrollers. This site is both a support community for Espruino and a place to share what you are working on.
You're running Espruino on the ESP8266? What I'm saying above is for the Espruino WiFi, where it's connected to the ESP8266 via serial - flow control won't be a problem when running directly on ESP8266.