[Coco] Telnetting to Coco

Bill Pierce ooogalapasooo at aol.com
Fri Aug 30 17:32:45 EDT 2013


Luis,
I've never actually used the telnet feature of dw4. So I'll leave that to someone who has. I just know about direct dw4 communication. I hope to be digging into the whole telnet ball of string soon.

The only docs I know are here:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/drivewireserver/index.php?title=DriveWire_Specification

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Aug 30, 2013 4:19 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Telnetting to Coco


I would like to see a real example of how to use the os-9 telnet command to
connect my linux machine directly from the os-9, like:

OS9> telnet 192.124.2.18 23

How to do it ? What commands should I set ? Suposing I have all networks
descriptors N,N1, N2 ? I can't find it in the docs.



On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
> @Mike Rowen
> You can also do Telnet in DriveWire 4 from HDBDOS with a little knowledge
> and the documentation. The serial driver is already there in the DW3
> compatable HDBDW3CC1, 2, & 3. I think the JMP address for the Coco 1 is a
> little different.
> The entry points to DW4 read/write for hdbdos for Coco 3 are [$D93F] &
> [$D941] (indirect jumps, buffer address in X, number of bytes to be sent in
> Y)
> I think you have to write the "/Nx" channel number before each byte sent
> so DW4 knows what channel the message is for. Just the number, not the "/N"
> Let's say you were sending a $7F to /N2, load the buffer "Buffer FDB
> $027F" and "LDX #Buffer", "LDY #2" Then you would "JSR [$D941]" That will
> write $7F to DW4 channel 2.
> Most of this is in the DW4 spec, though it's a little vague. Most of the
> DW4 cmd & control codes are there as well. It just takes a little digging
> to find it all. I'm sure Aaron will correct me if I'm wrong.
> This is how the mods to Lyra were created to use the DW4 Midi synth as
> well as the with Becker port (emulators only). With the becker port, you
> use $FF41 as the status and $FF42 as read/write. The addresses for Becker
> port can be accessed directly and do not need to go through HDBDOS.
>
> As I said, it's all in the documentation, it just takes a little reading.
>
> Bill Pierce
> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
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>
>
>
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Rowen <mike at bcmr3.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, Aug 30, 2013 2:02 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Telnetting to Coco
>
>
> 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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