[Coco] Telnetting to Coco

[Mike Rowen]

You can read more about doing this through Drivewire4 with OS-9. Look in
the modules section of the documentation. You essentially add "/N" devices
to OS-9 that represent virtual tcp ports. So you could setup telnet to use
device /N1. If you are familiar with OS-9, this will make sense from the
docs. Here's the link: https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4

If you want to run a non-OS or CoCo DECB based BBS, then you would want a
TCP/IP Terminal server that you can connect to CoCo serial ports. A new
single port terminal server starts at around $90 US. You can find muliport
on ebay for less than $30 US. There are also lots of PC software solutions
that allow you to map incoming TCP ports to physical serial ports on the
PC, essentially providing terminal server like services through any PC.
However, RS-232 ports are getting rare on PCs. However, two port Serial
cards are very cheap on ebay these days.

Not sure what you want to do with a BBS. The biggest challenge is physical
serial ports on the CoCo, so from that end, the Drivewire OS-9 solution is
pretty sweet. If you just want the bitbanger port accessible via telnet,
the PC approach or a single port terminal server are good bets. Most
terminal servers offer modem emulation at the serial port level, which is
nice if you are going to be using an existing CoCo BBS software package.
Lots of choices and ways to roll your own. :)

Cheers,
-Mike R


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Thanks. I'd like to set a REAL Coco BBS on a REAL Coco, and I need to know
> all I can
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Mike Rowen
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 12:54 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Telnetting to Coco
>
> Drivewire allows telnet into OS-9 (via the attached Drivewire server
> computer) Should be docs with Drivewire 4. I've set it up before. Not too
> difficult. I don't have a link handy at the moment. I'll dig it up this
> evening.
>
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