[Coco] Using the /t2 with VCC & Dialup

[edward jaquay]

Drivewire 4 doesn't seem to have terminal stuff or I am just missing
something.   I have played with drivewire using becker port on both  vcc
and ovcc but I don't  have need for it's disk stuff.  The stock floppy and
harddisk dlls work for me.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 14:34 Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> NitrOS9 Becker already has terminal port drivers for telnet. You must have
> the becker boot system running on VCC (as well as DriveWire) with "/Nx"
> (/N, /N1 - /N13) descriptors as well as the "scdwv" driver. All of this is
> standard on becker disks from the NitrOS9 repository (no need to add
> anything).
> To use the ports, you must have a terminal program that allows you to
> choose your port. For example, to use Supercomm, you need a directory in
> "/dd/sys" named "DIAL" ("/dd/sys/DIAL"). In this directory, create a text
> file "xxx.adf" (xxx being any legal filename, best descriptive of the
> target terminal). The adf file contains the telnet port and login info
> (file format in the Supercomm manual).
> Once you have the adf file setup, to use supercomm, you type:
>
> supercomm /n
>
> Once supercomm is running, hit a key to kill the logo, then hit <ALT><a>
> to bring up the autodial menu listing all your adf files (one for each
> terminal target). Select one with the arrow keys and hit enter... and
> you're logging in to you telnet server or BBS or whatever.
> I can't say for other terminal programs as I've always used Supercomm, but
> all the info "should" be in the manual for the terminal. It may be possible
> to use terminal programs hardcoded for "/t2" by renaming "/N1" to T2. This
> would have to be done internally in the descriptor as well as the filename.
> Then you may be able to use software that requires T2.
>
> You can find Supercomm and the manual here:
> http://ftp://www.rtsi.com/OS9/OS9_6X09/TELECOM/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edward jaquay <ejjaquay at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 25, 2019 12:20 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Using the /t2 with VCC & Dialup
>
> I am looking for sort of the same thing.  A way to telnet into a Nitros-9
> session running on vcc or ovcc.  One idea is to write a Nitros terminal
> driver for the becker port. I have proven ability to send ASCII text to
> Nitros9 using netcat and a simple c program so a driver might be too hard
> to write.  Another idea is to write a new dll for vcc that emulates rs232
> pak but connects via telnet port(s). Matbe harder to write but existing
> ACIA driver should work.  I do wonder if either of these have already been
> done, no sense reinventing the wheel.
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 19:02 Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:
>
> > Phil,
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you can't do that directly with VCC. You might be able to
> > indirectly reach the
> > Internet using the Becker version of Drivewire with VCC. I have no idea
> > how to do that but Bill
> > Pierce may know how to do that.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > phil pt wrote:
> > > Is there any way to use /t2 with Vcc and dialup?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
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