[Coco] Colorama BBS

[N8WQ]

Hi Bill,
I ran a Colorama BBS a long time ago, back around 1984 or so. It was so 
long ago that I don't remember if I built my cable or just bought one. 
But I do remember something about the DCD, Data Carrier Detect signal 
being necessary. If my memory is correct at that time I didn't have a 
multipak interface either, so I would have been using a four wire rs-232 
cable which included rx, tx, ground, and DCD sigs. Here is a nice 
reference site to help you out:
http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue37/coco_printer.php
I usually always homebrew my own cables.
I no longer have the software unfortunately. Good luck on your project

Alan Jones

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N8WQ - Canal Winchester, Ohio
http://exwn8jef.googlepages.com/home



Bill wrote:
> Has anyone ever run the Colorama BBS? I'm trying to find a copy of the
> software, plus I'm trying to remember what the special cable was that was
> necessary to run it. I cannot remember how it was made (I hadda buy one to
> run the software). Ideas??
>
> Thanks
>
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