[Coco] Using the /t2 with VCC & Dialup

[phil pt]

Bill

If you have any other recommendations I would be glade to hear it please?



On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:35 PM phil pt <ptaylor2446 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill
>
> Does it support carrier detect, DTR on and off and use the same memory
> address as /T2. I would rather use /t2 so I have to re-write 1,000 lines of
> the bbs code.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 7:19 PM Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Drivewire has built in hayes modem support. It recognizes the hayes cmd
>> set when sent through the "/Nx" ports. It "Just Works". If you look through
>> the DW4 wiki on sourceforge, it tells all about it.
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/drivewireserver/wiki/Main_Page/
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/drivewireserver/wiki/DriveWire_Specification/
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: edward jaquay <ejjaquay at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Nov 25, 2019 6:23 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Using the /t2 with VCC & Dialup
>>
>> 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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