[Coco] Drivewire and BBS's

Aaron Wolfe aawolfe at gmail.com
Wed May 25 11:42:54 EDT 2016


Supercomm works very well with the DW virtual modem stuff.  Thats what I
used to test while I wrote the dw side.

I believe it comes on the NitrOS9 disks.  You pass the device on the
cmdline:  supercomm /N
No settings matter, it should be ready to go just by starting with that
argument.  Echo is off by default, but an ATZ will turn it on so you can
see what you're typing.

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

> Hi Aaron,
>
> OK, that explains my issue.  :)  It's a shame as Twilight Term looks to be
> a decent program.  I never used it back in the day as I left the Coco just
> as the Coco 3 was arriving.
>
> I know Brett has this working under Fuzix as well.  I will try using
> NitrOS9 with the commands you specified.  Any good term programs you can
> recommend?  I think Barry Nelson had one he made that may work.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> -Ron
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > First, this is only possible under NitrOS9.  I seem to recall twilight
> term
> > is not an os9 program, but I might be wrong.  So thats a potential issue.
> >
> > Next, you must configure the terminal program to use the device "/N".
> Some
> > things are hard coded to another device, these need to be hacked to work.
> >
> > Once that is done, enter "ATZ<enter>" to reset the virtual modem, which
> > enables echo and other handy things.  ATD192.168.1.1 will "dial"
> > 192.168.1.1.   The baud rate and other serial port settings don't matter
> to
> > DriveWire.
> >
> > -Aaron
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to connect to an online BBS (synchronet) using Twilight Term
> > and
> > > Drivewire 4 on a real Coco 3.  I thought I read you could just enter
> the
> > IP
> > > address as the "phone number", though it doesn't appear to work.  I
> have
> > > the term settings configured to use the bit-banger port (default baud
> > rate
> > > of 2400 - doubt that would even apply).
> > >
> > > Is this even possible, and if so, how?
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated!
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > -Ron
> > >
> > > --
> > > Coco mailing list
> > > Coco at maltedmedia.com
> > > https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Coco mailing list
> > Coco at maltedmedia.com
> > https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> >
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>


More information about the Coco mailing list