[Coco] Telnetting to Coco

Fri Aug 30 23:57:46 EDT 2013

ok its a terminal problem. I did:

On Tano Dragon:
TSMON /Z1&

The beautiful 80-colmun Z-Term open on my pc then I type:

telnet 192.168.2.18 23

and success. it does connect.

So why telnet refuses to connect using CoVDG and CoHR ?

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <
retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> but its not working. All i have is:
>
> telnet 192.168.2.18 23
> Trying...
> Escape character is '^y'.
> ERROR #208
>
> From my PC i can telnet this address.
>
>
> I'm using level 1 and I have:
>
> scdwv
> N
> N1
> N2
> N3
> N4
> scdwp
> p
>
> And using Drivewire 4.3.3c
>
> I'm having problems running the version 4.3.3o, i have this error at
> startup:
>
> ava.lang.NullPointerException
>  at com.groupunix.drivewireui.MainWin$10.menuShown(MainWin.java:990)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
>  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
>  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
>  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu.gtk_show(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowProc(Unknown Source)
>  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS._g_main_context_iteration(Native Method)
>  at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.g_main_context_iteration(Unknown
> Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
>  at com.groupunix.drivewireui.MainWin.open(MainWin.java:724)
> at com.groupunix.drivewireui.MainWin.main(MainWin.java:482)
>  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
>  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
>  at org.swtjar.SWTLoader.main(SWTLoader.java:47)
>
>
> I already did a fresh reinstall but nothing. Strange that if I run DWUI.sh
> as root (sudo) this error won't happen.
>
> I'm using ubuntu 13.04 and sun jre.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Aug 30, 2013 4:19 PM, "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <
>> retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I would like to see a real example of how to use the os-9 telnet command
>> to
>> > connect my linux machine directly from the os-9, like:
>> >
>> > OS9> telnet 192.124.2.18 23
>> >
>>
>> Yes, that is exactly how you do it with drivewire.  No special config
>> needed.  The telnet command should be included on any recent DW nitros9
>> disk.
>>
>> > How to do it ? What commands should I set ? Suposing I have all networks
>> > descriptors N,N1, N2 ? I can't find it in the docs.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > @Mike Rowen
>> > > You can also do Telnet in DriveWire 4 from HDBDOS with a little
>> knowledge
>> > > and the documentation. The serial driver is already there in the DW3
>> > > compatable HDBDW3CC1, 2, & 3. I think the JMP address for the Coco 1
>> is
>> a
>> > > little different.
>> > > The entry points to DW4 read/write for hdbdos for Coco 3 are [$D93F] &
>> > > [$D941] (indirect jumps, buffer address in X, number of bytes to be
>> sent in
>> > > Y)
>> > > I think you have to write the "/Nx" channel number before each byte
>> sent
>> > > so DW4 knows what channel the message is for. Just the number, not the
>> "/N"
>> > > Let's say you were sending a $7F to /N2, load the buffer "Buffer FDB
>> > > $027F" and "LDX #Buffer", "LDY #2" Then you would "JSR [$D941]" That
>> will
>> > > write $7F to DW4 channel 2.
>> > > Most of this is in the DW4 spec, though it's a little vague. Most of
>> the
>> > > DW4 cmd & control codes are there as well. It just takes a little
>> digging
>> > > to find it all. I'm sure Aaron will correct me if I'm wrong.
>> > > This is how the mods to Lyra were created to use the DW4 Midi synth as
>> > > well as the with Becker port (emulators only). With the becker port,
>> you
>> > > use $FF41 as the status and $FF42 as read/write. The addresses for
>> Becker
>> > > port can be accessed directly and do not need to go through HDBDOS.
>> > >
>> > > As I said, it's all in the documentation, it just takes a little
>> reading.
>> > >
>> > > Bill Pierce
>> > > My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> > > https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> > > Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
>> > > http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
>> > > Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
>> > > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>> > > E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Mike Rowen <mike at bcmr3.net>
>> > > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> > > Sent: Fri, Aug 30, 2013 2:02 pm
>> > > Subject: Re: [Coco] Telnetting to Coco
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > You can read more about doing this through Drivewire4 with OS-9. Look
>> in
>> > > the modules section of the documentation. You essentially add "/N"
>> devices
>> > > to OS-9 that represent virtual tcp ports. So you could setup telnet to
>> use
>> > > device /N1. If you are familiar with OS-9, this will make sense from
>> the
>> > > docs. Here's the link: https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4
>> > >
>> > > If you want to run a non-OS or CoCo DECB based BBS, then you would
>> want
>> a
>> > > TCP/IP Terminal server that you can connect to CoCo serial ports. A
>> new
>> > > single port terminal server starts at around $90 US. You can find
>> muliport
>> > > on ebay for less than $30 US. There are also lots of PC software
>> solutions
>> > > that allow you to map incoming TCP ports to physical serial ports on
>> the
>> > > PC, essentially providing terminal server like services through any
>> PC.
>> > > However, RS-232 ports are getting rare on PCs. However, two port
>> Serial
>> > > cards are very cheap on ebay these days.
>> > >
>> > > Not sure what you want to do with a BBS. The biggest challenge is
>> physical
>> > > serial ports on the CoCo, so from that end, the Drivewire OS-9
>> solution
>> is
>> > > pretty sweet. If you just want the bitbanger port accessible via
>> telnet,
>> > > the PC approach or a single port terminal server are good bets. Most
>> > > terminal servers offer modem emulation at the serial port level, which
>> is
>> > > nice if you are going to be using an existing CoCo BBS software
>> package.
>> > > Lots of choices and ways to roll your own. :)
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > -Mike R
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Thanks. I'd like to set a REAL Coco BBS on a REAL Coco, and I need
>> to
>> > > know
>> > > > all I can
>> > > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:
>> coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
>> > > > On
>> > > > Behalf Of Mike Rowen
>> > > > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 12:54 PM
>> > > > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> > > > Subject: Re: [Coco] Telnetting to Coco
>> > > >
>> > > > Drivewire allows telnet into OS-9 (via the attached Drivewire server
>> > > > computer) Should be docs with Drivewire 4. I've set it up before.
>> Not
>> too
>> > > > difficult. I don't have a link handy at the moment. I'll dig it up
>> this
>> > > > evening.
>> > > >
>> > > >
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