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Re: SIO and Hayesmodem
开云体育Thanks Josh. Modem works fine with a PC dialing into the BBS so it’s not that. I found another CP/M modem program to try. I also got the 32k RAM today so I might swap that out as well and re-enable RTS. I also probably need to spend
some time slogging through the code — I bet it’s getting hung up waiting for the handshake and not getting it because I disabled it in the port initialization.?
The Digi Board works great. You need to run Searchlight in Windows and run one instance of it per port but pointing each to the same database.?
I do want to setup the Walnut Creek CDROM as the “file archive” just so there’s something to do. Need to figure out how to import it.?
Rich
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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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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
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