[Coco] How to Acess Internet Telnet BBS's & MUDS on a CoCo

[George Ramsower]

 I tried Internet Modem again this morning and it worked, if only briefly. 
When I connected to vbarnet.org, the modem errored out.
Here's the log of that session:
3/5/2008 7:45 AM - Loading Character Code Translations
3/5/2008 7:45 AM - Opening COM1,9600,8,None,1,XOnXOff
3/5/2008 7:45 AM - ModemCommandString = AT
3/5/2008 7:45 AM - Modem Error Code = 0
3/5/2008 7:46 AM - ModemCommandString = ATDT VBARNET.ORG
3/5/2008 7:46 AM - Dialing: static-66-16-202-219.dsl.cavtel.net 
(66.16.202.219) on port 23
3/5/2008 7:46 AM - Connection established.
3/5/2008 7:46 AM - Modem Error Code = 1

When I get time, I'll play with this again. It was fun to actually be on the 
system with my coco, even if it wasn't very long.
George
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek" <dml_68 at yahoo.com>
To: "CoCo List" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 1:29 AM
Subject: [Coco] How to Acess Internet Telnet BBS's & MUDS on a CoCo


>I just wanted to pass along information on how I have been able to use my 
>CoCo III to access BBS's  and Online MUD Games via Telnet on the Internet. 
>You will need to have a serial cable with null modem adapter running 
>between the coco serial port and your windows system's serial port.
>
> 1: Download the Internet Modem Application from here : 
> http://boycot.no-ip.com/InternetModem This is a Windows XP Program that 
> basically emulates a Modem and allows you to use your Windows System as a 
> Gateway.
>
> 2: Edit the InternetModem .ini file and set the following items like this
> SerDataBits=8
> SerParity=None
> SerStopBits=1
> Handshake=XonXoff
> Baud=19200 (You may have to adjust this down to the 2400, 9600 range if 
> your  if your using the built Serial Port on the Coco (RS-232 Pack users 
> should be able to leave this at 19200.) I am using the built in 4 pin DIN 
> Serial Port on the CoCo  and I can not go above 9600 baud. I left all the 
> other settings in the .ini file set to default.
>
> 3: Get a terminal program for your coco. For 512K Coco III users I 
> recommend Sockmasters Twilight Terminal Software as it has ANSI support 
> and works great. http://www.axess.com/twilight/sock/twi-term.html
>
> 128K Coco III or Coco I & II Users can find many good terminal programs 
> from here ftp://os9archive.rtsi.com/RSDOS/TELECOM I was able to get GETerm 
> from there to work just fine.
>
> 4: Once you get your coco terminal program configured go to terminal mode 
> and you "dial" out by using the Hayes AT Command set. For example if you 
> want to  access a telnet bbs you would type this ATDT vbarnet.org it can 
> also access the bbs via a direct ip addresses so ATDT 216.62.20.217 is 
> what you would type if you only have the BBS IP address (both of those are 
> working BBS's I have accessed with my CoCo and this setup.) The Internet 
> Modem software defaults to Port 23 but if the BBS uses a port other than 
> 23 you would enter the "dial" command like this ATDT BBSNAME.COM:8801
>
> Thats it. If anyone needs help getting the terminal programs onto a coco 
> floppy let me know or if you have any questions I will do my best to 
> answer. I have used this same method to access BBS'S and MUDS on my Apple 
> IIE, Atari 800XL , Atari Mega ST 2 and Amiga 1000 so if you own other 
> vintage systems the same instructions would basically apply.
>
> You can find updated telnet bbs listings here : 
> http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/
>
> You can find a huge listing of online MUD, MUSH type of games you can play 
> via telnet here http://www.mudconnect.com/
>
> My Personal Favorite MUD Game is http://www.aardwolf.com/
>
> Hope someone finds this useful
>
> Derek
>
> *  I posted this on coco3.com message forum but also wanted to post on the 
> e-mail list as folks may find it useful and this message list gets 
> archived online for future access.
>
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