[Coco] communicating to the outside world

[Robert Gault]

Anthony Revelle wrote:

> Is there any way to communicate with the outside world using an  
> emulator? Specifically, using an emulator to access files on remote  
> server, either locally, or across the web.
> I am using MacMess, and although I have been told that it's an old  
> program, I like it's simplicity.
> I have downloaded and installed SDLmess, and find it sort of limited  in 
> it's file manager.
> Is there a Windows-based emulator than can access a remote server?
> 
> Also, I realize that this is late in coming, but I would like to  thank 
> Tim Lindner for his tip about SDLmess.
> I downloaded it and used it, but, as I said, found it's file manager  
> limited. I downloaded the imgtool from an earlier version and after a  
> bit of trial and error, was able to figure it's commands that were  coco 
> specific, but was not able to take individual programs and save  them to 
> a .dsk image file.
> 

Far as I know, there is no way to do that in MESS, whatever flavor. None 
of the emulators I've seen emulator the RS-232 pack which would be 
needed for your application.

The latest JV / Collyer Coco3 emulator has, I think, the capability to 
include PC assembly code. Theoretically, you could write your own 
program in Intel assembly to interface with the JV emulator gaining 
access to the PC modem.