[Coco] [coco] Piping in OS9?

[Bob Devries]

oops,

The manager for the network in OS9/68000 is NFM (Network File Manager) not 
SBF, but the rest holds true... there's no filemanager/driver/descriptor 
available.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Ramsower" <georgeramsower at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] [coco] Piping in OS9?


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Devries"
>
>
>> and thirdly....
>>
>> Perhaps you could just run one coco as a terminal from the other which is 
>> connected to the PC?
>> In that case, using the TSMON command would suffice
>>
>> from memory, the command would be:
>>
>> tsmon /t2&
>>
>> Not sure, but...
>> You'd need to have set up a username and password, I think. I did do this 
>> a (long) while ago.
>> Of course, replace /t2 with whatever port your second coco is connected 
>> to, and use a terminal programme on that coco.
>
> The coco that's connected right now to the PC isn't using tsmon. I use 
> "shell i=/t2&" which immediately makes the PC a terminal. That coco is in 
> another room and is not comfortable to use as a terminal for the target 
> coco that I want to communicate with.
> Right now, an alternative is to get a com card for this PC and add another 
> com port so I could connect to the second coco.
>
> I don't like that idea... money, wiring, connectors. It seems so simple to 
> use the first coco to talk to the second from this pc.. Both cocos are in 
> the same room.
>
> An A/B switch is also an alternative to the com card for the PC. But I'd 
> still have to run another wire from here to there to do that.
>
> For now, I use a "Sneaker net" between the two cocos. Take the floppy from 
> the target coco and put it in the main coco, edit the software from this 
> PC and then put the floppy back into the target coco. Not that much 
> trouble actually, but it would be nice not to have to go in there just to 
> move the floppy from one to the other.
>
> BTW, the target coco is my CNC  machine. The keyboard is almost chest high 
> and my arms and wrists get tired when spending much time at it.
>
>
>
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