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Re: SIO and Hayesmodem
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Rich, I guess next step is try the modem on your PC terminal.?? Searchlight BBS? Cool, I used to run a BBS in the late 80's on Searchlight.? Frank LaRosa was the guy that made Searchlight.? Why can I remember his name from 30 years ago but I can't remember what I had for breakfast?? Anyway, that software was simple enough to setup... but the digi board will definitely add some complexity. Cheers, Josh
On Monday, August 31, 2020, 07:13:55 p.m. EDT, Richard Cini <rich.cini@...> wrote:
I had time today to try the handshaking loopback on the modem side and there was no change in the outcome. It will connect but do nothing. Hitting a key causes a disconnect.
I rebuilt the BBS server using Windows 98SE and Searchlight 5.1. I have multinode capability now which is cool. No files yet and no users but it’s a start.
I probably need to look at the settings and see if there’s a way to force it to ASCII-only. Searchlight is supposed to auto-identify the calling terminal but maybe that’s messing it up. I also need to walk the MODEM221 code a bit
and see what’s going on.
I never setup a BBS before. It’s reasonably easy to do but tricky when trying to use a Digi multi-port serial board. Need to figure out the file areas part now.
Rich
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Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 7:53:52 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Z80MC] SIO and Hayesmodem ?
Good point as always. Need to dig out my break-out box for that.
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Might want to try looping back the RTS/CTS and the DTR/DSR pairs on the modem.? That might fool it to work with 3-wire RX/TX/Gnd RS-232
On Monday, August 24, 2020, 7:57:45 PM EDT, Richard Cini <rich.cini@...> wrote:
Just a quick update on this. I have a BBS (Synchronet) running enough that I can dial-in from another PC and connect properly. I started with the Hayesmodem 300, which was painful, and then changed to the Hayes Optima 144 which was respectable for dial-up. ? Using the Z80MC, I can get the modem to go off-hook, dial, and connect but it’s not sending/receiving. I use this same modem with HyperTerm to dial the BBS, so it’s not the modem or cable. I’m thinking it’s related to handshaking so I need to look at the init string.?I might also try the following: switch to 32K SRAM and lift the RTS/CTS pins on the 8250 and bring them out to the level shifter DE9 that I have and see if that makes a difference – it would provide full handshaking. ? Even with that, overall, good progress in getting it going. More to come once I get the 32K SRAM next week. ? Rich ? -- Rich Cini ? ? On 8/18/20, 10:10 AM, "Richard Cini" <rich.cini@...> wrote: ? Good point. I think I have a 512K one because that’s what I had handy – they’re used in many of the Retrobrew ECB and John Monahan’s S100 various boards. I don’t think I have any 62256 chips around, but so long as I keep handshaking disabled, we should be good. ? I will give a revised ROM a try. It’s just an extra set of steps to use, but might be a fair compromise given the very narrow use for this. ? I requested a full data sheet on the modem from the manufacturer. It uses the AT command set which is good, but it has a reset pin, so I’m looking for the required pulse width for it. RESET isn’t exposed on the Z80MC when it’s in a case – P1 on the SIO has a missing “key” pin with no hole. So, I plan on a simple RC circuit local to the modem (if needed). ? I found a text-based browser called “Links” which is like Lynx but it seems to be pure text with no DOS-graphic characters. It’s written in C, so maybe there’s a way to pare it down to a bare minimum just to parse basic HTML. Need to look at that. ? More to come! ? Rich ? -- Rich Cini ? |