[Coco] How would I go about connecting my CoCo 2 to a BBS?

[Todd Wallace]

If you have an RGB monitor and 512k ram, i like sockmaster's twilightterm. it can emulate all the IBM characters your bound to encounter and it uses page flipping tecnique to get you 16 colors. the only thing it lacks is xmode/ymodem/zmodem file transfer ability. i use twilightterm along with vmodem (a program aaron wrote) that lets you telnet to a bbs over the net using an rs232 serial cable

- Todd Wallace

On Feb 8, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Kellam Spencer wrote:

> Is there anyone with some terminal program that is public domain?
> 
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:
> 
>> At 07:10 PM 2/8/2011, you wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't have a modem but I do have a way to load a program (over cass)
>>> onto
>>> the CoCo. What are my choices for connecting a modem to the computer?
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I thought I woke up in 1985 here.  :)
>> 
>> A public BBS might be hard to find unless, of course, google comes to the
>> rescue and tells you where they are, but all you need is a telephone modem
>> and the telecomm software such as Ultimaterm 4.1 for the CoCo 3.  The
>> software can even do 115200 bps by setting it to 450 bps, and if the modem
>> chooses the fastest speed possible based on your cable speed, you should be
>> able to connect at a decent speed depending on the remote system.
>> 
>> If your telecomm program doesn't support the 6551 based paks but supports
>> the 4-pin serial/printer port, you'll need a CoCo-to-DB-25 serial cable.  If
>> the program supports 6551 paks, you'll need a DB-25 cable (both ends). You
>> might have to force handshaking somehow by connecting pins 20 and 8 (I
>> think)?  This whole subject can spawn into a nightmare of old 80's modem
>> issues that have been rehashed over and over, so you might even be able to
>> find all you need by searching the archives at coco3.com.
>> 
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>> ~ Roger Taylor
>> 
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