[Coco] How to Acess Internet Telnet BBS's & MUDS on a CoCo

[George Ramsower]

I'm using a home-built RS232 board. Supercomm on /t2 9600,8,N,1
George
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek"
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] How to Acess Internet Telnet BBS's & MUDS on a CoCo


> Are you using a RS-232 pack or the 4 pin DIN serial port on the coco?
>
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> George Ramsower <georgeramsower at gmail.com> wrote:  I tried Internet Modem 
> again this morning and it worked, if only briefly.
> When I connected to vbarnet.org, the modem errored out.
> Here's the log of that session:
> 3/5/2008 7:45 AM - Loading Character Code Translations
> 3/5/2008 7:45 AM - Opening COM1,9600,8,None,1,XOnXOff
> 3/5/2008 7:45 AM - ModemCommandString = AT
> 3/5/2008 7:45 AM - Modem Error Code = 0
> 3/5/2008 7:46 AM - ModemCommandString = ATDT VBARNET.ORG
> 3/5/2008 7:46 AM - Dialing: static-66-16-202-219.dsl.cavtel.net
> (66.16.202.219) on port 23
> 3/5/2008 7:46 AM - Connection established.
> 3/5/2008 7:46 AM - Modem Error Code = 1
>
> When I get time, I'll play with this again. It was fun to actually be on 
> the
> system with my coco, even if it wasn't very long.
> George
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Derek"
> To: "CoCo List"
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 1:29 AM
> Subject: [Coco] How to Acess Internet Telnet BBS's & MUDS on a CoCo
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>>I just wanted to pass along information on how I have been able to use my
>>CoCo III to access BBS's  and Online MUD Games via Telnet on the Internet.
>>You will need to have a serial cable with null modem adapter running
>>between the coco serial port and your windows system's serial port.
>>
>> 1: Download the Internet Modem Application from here :
>> http://boycot.no-ip.com/InternetModem This is a Windows XP Program that
>> basically emulates a Modem and allows you to use your Windows System as a
>> Gateway.
>>
>> 2: Edit the InternetModem .ini file and set the following items like this
>> SerDataBits=8
>> SerParity=None
>> SerStopBits=1
>> Handshake=XonXoff
>> Baud=19200 (You may have to adjust this down to the 2400, 9600 range if
>> your  if your using the built Serial Port on the Coco (RS-232 Pack users
>> should be able to leave this at 19200.) I am using the built in 4 pin DIN
>> Serial Port on the CoCo  and I can not go above 9600 baud. I left all the
>> other settings in the .ini file set to default.
>>
>> 3: Get a terminal program for your coco. For 512K Coco III users I
>> recommend Sockmasters Twilight Terminal Software as it has ANSI support
>> and works great. http://www.axess.com/twilight/sock/twi-term.html
>>
>> 128K Coco III or Coco I & II Users can find many good terminal programs
>> from here ftp://os9archive.rtsi.com/RSDOS/TELECOM I was able to get 
>> GETerm
>> from there to work just fine.
>>
>> 4: Once you get your coco terminal program configured go to terminal mode
>> and you "dial" out by using the Hayes AT Command set. For example if you
>> want to  access a telnet bbs you would type this ATDT vbarnet.org it can
>> also access the bbs via a direct ip addresses so ATDT 216.62.20.217 is
>> what you would type if you only have the BBS IP address (both of those 
>> are
>> working BBS's I have accessed with my CoCo and this setup.) The Internet
>> Modem software defaults to Port 23 but if the BBS uses a port other than
>> 23 you would enter the "dial" command like this ATDT BBSNAME.COM:8801
>>
>> Thats it. If anyone needs help getting the terminal programs onto a coco
>> floppy let me know or if you have any questions I will do my best to
>> answer. I have used this same method to access BBS'S and MUDS on my Apple
>> IIE, Atari 800XL , Atari Mega ST 2 and Amiga 1000 so if you own other
>> vintage systems the same instructions would basically apply.
>>
>> You can find updated telnet bbs listings here :
>> http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/
>>
>> You can find a huge listing of online MUD, MUSH type of games you can 
>> play
>> via telnet here http://www.mudconnect.com/
>>
>> My Personal Favorite MUD Game is http://www.aardwolf.com/
>>
>> Hope someone finds this useful
>>
>> Derek
>>
>> *  I posted this on coco3.com message forum but also wanted to post on 
>> the
>> e-mail list as folks may find it useful and this message list gets
>> archived online for future access.
>>
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