[Coco] Drivewire and BBS's

[Ron Klein]

Hi Aaron,

After I found some documentation, I saw there was a way to enable ANSI
support.  Like you said, however, it's just at a basic level.  It looks
good (for the most part) but but noticed the same funkiness with it as you
did with some screens.

Thanks again for your help!!

-Ron


On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think supercomm supports the ansi screen, color and cursor controls fine,
> but often people mean the graphical drawing characters when talking about
> ANSI and BBSes.  It does not display those, uses the standard os9 font as
> far as I know.
>
> When I messed around with it connecting to some internet bbses, the menus
> drew in the right place but sometimes weird characters where a border
> should be, and the splash screens were...odd.
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2016, 3:41 PM Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > You are not kidding, sir.  It worked exactly as you described!  Would you
> > happen to have any documentation for Supercomm?  I checked the TRS-80
> Color
> > Computer Archive, but didn't see it (or even the program itself)!
> >
> > I'm interested to know if Supercomm supports ANSI codes.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help!
> >
> > -Ron
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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
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