[Coco] DriveWire Virtual Modem

Kevin Becker kevin at kevinbecker.org
Thu Mar 15 16:08:17 EDT 2018


Seems like SuperComm is only for the CoCo 3?  Any recommendations for
something that will run on a CoCo 2?  I found found some likely candidates
that I'll check out tonight (xterm, xcom9, oterm, osterm) but I'd welcome
suggestions.



On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's an old video where I went through a lot of DW4 features,
> including the virtual modem stuff:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8iVFBvtHM0
>
> About 7:00 in is where the Supercomm stuff starts.  HTH.  NitrOS9 is a
> great OS, definitely worth exploring.
>
> -Aaron
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Kevin Becker <kevin at kevinbecker.org>
> wrote:
> > Yeah, I've seen your write-up and might check it out at some point.
> Those
> > things are cool and might be nice to use with my Model 102 also.  For
> now,
> > I'm happy to use this as an excuse learn more about NitrOS9 though.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:31 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> > On Mar 14, 2018, at 10:14 PM, Kevin Becker <kevin at kevinbecker.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Thanks. I only just got OS9 working today but that should be a good
> >> start.
> >> > And the plus side is it gives me a reason to dig deeper into OS9
> >>
> >> If you want to do something similar from BASIC without needing OS-9 and
> >> Drivewire, you can buy a $5 ESP8266 devkit module and a $1 RS232-to-TTL
> >> adapter and hook them up with four jumper wires, then get on WiFi with
> any
> >> terminal program through the bitbanger.
> >>
> >> Video:
> >> https://www.facebook.com/subethasoftware/videos/1676818499045812/
> >>
> >> (Sorry about it being a Facebook video. I need to get that posted to
> >> YouTube.)
> >>
> >> I initially ordered those parts for under $15 from Amazon with 2nd day
> >> Prime shipping.
> >>
> >> I also have a way too long writeup posted here:
> >>
> >> http://subethasoftware.com/2018/02/28/wire-up-your-own-
> >> rs-232-wifi-modem-for-under-10-using-esp8266-and-zimodem-firmware/
> >>
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