[Coco] Drivewire and BBS's

[Rod Barnhart]

You can also use TCPser, which emulates a Hayes modem under Linux. I have
it running on a Raspberry Pi with a USB serial port connected. I have it
stuffed inside an old US Robotics modem ;) I use it with all my retro
computers because, as far as the computer is concerned, it's just like any
other  serial modem.
On May 27, 2016 11:32 AM, "Dave Philipsen" <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:

> Very cool.  This is similar to how the EPS8266 board works.  You can buy
> them for around 2-3 bucks on eBay.  It uses a serial interface and a
> Hayes-like AT command set to get you connected to the internet via WiFi.  I
> played around with one on my DE1 a few months back and was able to connect
> to an access point and then get a file from the internet.  Gary Becker has
> incorporated a port on his analog expansion board that will accommodate the
> EPS8266 board on CoCo3FPGA.  My hope is that soon we can experiment with
> replacing the now practically defunct CSAVE/CLOAD/CSAVEM/CLOADM commands in
> DECB with some new commands that could save and load files from the cloud
> using the EPS8266.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 5/27/2016 9:40 AM, Barry Nelson wrote:
>
>> You might want to checkout this project: https://hayesduino.codeplex.com/
>> What Is It?
>> Hayesduino is an Arduino sketch that provides a bridge between the world
>> of the Internet and small devices that do not have built-in ethernet
>> capabilities. Old computers, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II and Atari
>> 800 have serial ports, but do not have readily available Internet solutions
>> with wide software support. While specialized solutions do exist for these
>> platforms, they all require specialized software to use them and do not
>> lend themselves to more general usage such as simply opening a socket,
>> sending some data, and/or receiving some data.
>>
>> Hayesduino bridges this gap by emulating a Hayes compatible modem. This
>> allows users to initiate Internet communications via sockets that are
>> opened by "dialing" to a hostname and port. An example would be initiating
>> a telnet session with a host by simply typing atdt hostname:23 and waiting
>> for the host to respond. Using this technique, any online socket can be
>> reached and communicated with.
>>
>> Hayesduino could have accomplished this without emulating a modem, but
>> there needed to be a good way to allow the small machine to receive
>> incoming connections. The three platforms listed above were all very
>> popular systems for hosting BBS (bulletin board systems) which would accept
>> calls over a telephone line via modem. Hayesduino simulates the incoming
>> phone call whenever the software receives an inbound connection on port 23
>> (this is changeable in the code). When an incoming connection is detected,
>> the Hayesduino will toggle the DCE-DCD line to trigger the remote software
>> to answer the incoming "call". In this way a classic BBS can be hooked up
>> directly to the Internet.
>>
>> Travis Poppe travispoppe at gmail.com
>>> Fri May 27 09:15:16 EDT 2016
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:45:34PM -0500, Ron Klein wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Travis,
>>>>
>>>> I will definitely check this out.
>>>>
>>> This is Twilight Terminal doing Aardwolf MUD:
>>>
>>> https://goo.gl/photos/vNgtYsQuZVajJtGb9
>>>
>>> Here's the guide I followed:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.coco3.com/community/2008/03/how-to-acess-internet-telnet-bbss-muds-on-a-coco/
>>>
>>> Have fun!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> --
>>> Travis Poppe
>>> IRC: tlp on irc.freenode.net
>>>
>>
>>
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