[Coco] Drivewire and BBS's

[Dave Philipsen]

Nice.  I'll have to take a look at that....

Dave


On 5/27/2016 11:40 AM, Rod Barnhart wrote:
> You can also use TCPser, which emulates a Hayes modem under Linux. I have
> it running on a Raspberry Pi with a USB serial port connected. I have it
> stuffed inside an old US Robotics modem ;) I use it with all my retro
> computers because, as far as the computer is concerned, it's just like any
> other  serial modem.
> On May 27, 2016 11:32 AM, "Dave Philipsen" <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>
>> Very cool.  This is similar to how the EPS8266 board works.  You can buy
>> them for around 2-3 bucks on eBay.  It uses a serial interface and a
>> Hayes-like AT command set to get you connected to the internet via WiFi.  I
>> played around with one on my DE1 a few months back and was able to connect
>> to an access point and then get a file from the internet.  Gary Becker has
>> incorporated a port on his analog expansion board that will accommodate the
>> EPS8266 board on CoCo3FPGA.  My hope is that soon we can experiment with
>> replacing the now practically defunct CSAVE/CLOAD/CSAVEM/CLOADM commands in
>> DECB with some new commands that could save and load files from the cloud
>> using the EPS8266.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 5/27/2016 9:40 AM, Barry Nelson wrote:
>>
>>> You might want to checkout this project: https://hayesduino.codeplex.com/
>>> What Is It?
>>> Hayesduino is an Arduino sketch that provides a bridge between the world
>>> of the Internet and small devices that do not have built-in ethernet
>>> capabilities. Old computers, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II and Atari
>>> 800 have serial ports, but do not have readily available Internet solutions
>>> with wide software support. While specialized solutions do exist for these
>>> platforms, they all require specialized software to use them and do not
>>> lend themselves to more general usage such as simply opening a socket,
>>> sending some data, and/or receiving some data.
>>>
>>> Hayesduino bridges this gap by emulating a Hayes compatible modem. This
>>> allows users to initiate Internet communications via sockets that are
>>> opened by "dialing" to a hostname and port. An example would be initiating
>>> a telnet session with a host by simply typing atdt hostname:23 and waiting
>>> for the host to respond. Using this technique, any online socket can be
>>> reached and communicated with.
>>>
>>> Hayesduino could have accomplished this without emulating a modem, but
>>> there needed to be a good way to allow the small machine to receive
>>> incoming connections. The three platforms listed above were all very
>>> popular systems for hosting BBS (bulletin board systems) which would accept
>>> calls over a telephone line via modem. Hayesduino simulates the incoming
>>> phone call whenever the software receives an inbound connection on port 23
>>> (this is changeable in the code). When an incoming connection is detected,
>>> the Hayesduino will toggle the DCE-DCD line to trigger the remote software
>>> to answer the incoming "call". In this way a classic BBS can be hooked up
>>> directly to the Internet.
>>>
>>> Travis Poppe travispoppe at gmail.com
>>>> Fri May 27 09:15:16 EDT 2016
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:45:34PM -0500, Ron Klein wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Travis,
>>>>>
>>>>> I will definitely check this out.
>>>>>
>>>> This is Twilight Terminal doing Aardwolf MUD:
>>>>
>>>> https://goo.gl/photos/vNgtYsQuZVajJtGb9
>>>>
>>>> Here's the guide I followed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.coco3.com/community/2008/03/how-to-acess-internet-telnet-bbss-muds-on-a-coco/
>>>>
>>>> Have fun!
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> --
>>>> Travis Poppe
>>>> IRC: tlp on irc.freenode.net
>>>>
>>>
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