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

[Kellam Spencer]

Thanks! You are awesome.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Kellam Spencer <kellam.hi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Is there anyone with some terminal program that is public domain?
> >
>
> Ultimaterm is CoCo 3 specific.
>
> For the CoCo 1 & 2 there is MikeyTerm (latest release is v4.7) and
> Greg-E-Term (the manual says it v1.0) - those two are my personal
> workhorses
> in that order of preference.
>
> The VIP package (Word Processor, Spreadhseet, Database) also had a Terminal
> package, I never used it and what I remember from the reviews was that it
> was a decent offering but not to the level of the shareware MikeyTerm or
> Greg-E-Term.
>
> OS9's Deskmate for Level I offers a usable terminal package as well, not
> too
> many bells and whistles there but good enough to allow BBS access.
>
> MikeyTerm & Greg-E-Term can be found at ftp://rtsi.com/RSDOS/TELECOM/
>
> All terminal packages are best enjoyed with a real RS232 pak, but the
> bitbanger can be coaxed to work with a few compromises thrown in, specially
> on the CoCo 1 & 2 series. How to make the cable required for this can be
> found at ftp://rtsi.com/RSDOS/HARDWARE/cococabl.txt
>
> As far as the modems go, if you can get your hands on a regular Hayes
> compatible 2400 or even 9600 modem that would work great with the CoCo, but
> you should be able to use a newer 33 or even 56 capable external modem
> although not at their top data rate capability.
>
>
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