[Coco] OSTerm with DriveWire 4

[Aaron Wolfe]

One other detail that might help:  DW virtual ports must start in "echo
off" mode due to some design issues.  So if a program expects its
characters echoed that might be an issue.  The standard Hayes ATE1 will
turn echo on, and as I recall so will ATZ.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 8:15 PM Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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