[Coco] ESP8266 BBS setup

[Jerry Adams]

Sounds like you should visit www.thelastrainboard.com

If you are interested in making a BBS on a Raspberry Pi I suggest Mystic.
www.mysticbbs.com

Jerry

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
> That is a very interesting idea.  When you get this going, please share
> how you did this.  I have a couple of extra ESP8266 modules myself.  I
> always buy several especially when they are so inexpensive.  :)  I would
> love to have my Coco 3 Accessing the internet.  Full write-ups, pictures,
> etcetera.  Thanks a bunch in advance.
>
>
> Kip Koon
> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/User:Computerdoc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Bill Nobel
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2017 6:15 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] ESP8266 BBS setup
>
> Hey guys I’ve acquired a few extra ESP8266’s and decided to hook one up to
> the Coco 3.    I got the ESP8266 setup for 19,200 baud and I have it
> running & connecting to sites no problems.  But now that I having it going,
> I’ve gotten an inspiration.
>
> I would like to revive my old RiBBS BBS system and bring it back to life
> on the Coco 3 VIA telnet. Aside from port forwarding the router, what other
> things do I need to setup on the network.  I do have various systems I can
> configure if need be (Raspberry Pi, Mac, Linux & Windows machines) I also
> realize that I need to write a asm translation on the 3 for the
> incoming/outgoing packets on the 8266 in the system driver (due to the way
> the data is produced to the RS232 from the 8266 and vice versa).
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
> Bill Nobel
> b_nobel at hotmail.com<mailto:b_nobel at hotmail.com>
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