[Coco] OSTerm with DriveWire 4

[Aaron Wolfe]

Any OS9 program that uses standard os9 devices and lets you specify /N as
the device name should work... Or at least, could work.  If it needs to see
certain values in the device descriptor in order to be happy, it might not
work well.  We had to make a couple changes to get OS9L2 BBS working for
example, and uucp had to be convinced things were OK despite signs to the
contrary, though that could be done in its configuration as I recall.  But
supercomm has always worked without any modifications, so there is
definitely a chance other terminal software would too.  RSDOS programs will
not work without changes.  Robert Gault fixed up a RSDOS music program to
use DriveWire as a midi device, which is serial at 32k bps, so I'm sure a
terminal program can be done if you are motivated and have the time.

Fwiw it makes no difference what speed or other parameters you set on /N.
It goes as fast as it can, no more no less.  Due to being multiplexed with
other services there is no certain rate, but the server will buffer
literally megabytes of incoming data until a program on the coco reads it,
so not usually a problem.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 7:57 PM Travis Poppe <travispoppe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I've successfully managed to invoke 'supercomm /n' under NitrOS9 with
> DriveWire 4 and made a handful of virtual modem connections.
>
> However, given OSTerm's VT100 support, I've been trying to get it to
> work. Has anyone had success with this, or does it simply not work with
> DriveWire? If not, are there any VT100 terminals that work with DW4
> under *DOS or NitrOS9?
>
> Thanks!
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