[Coco] Using the /t2 with VCC & Dialup

[edward jaquay]

Thanks.  I will dig in and try it out.  I assume there is some way to avoid
using drivewire's virtual drives.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 19:19 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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