I don¡¯t think we need the cmd: prompt, but using it in a KPC-3 kind-of way would call for a command interface to:?
specify connect path,?
initiate connections,?
disconnections,?
and then a display of text that is received,?
and a typing area to send text. ?
The FRACK, DWAIT, PPERSIST, SLOT, RETRIES, TXDELAY, and all that could stay in a nice concise INI file. ?
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Interesting challenge!? I have an old pre-IBM computer (a 1977-era
MAI Jolt) and TV Typewriter system that still works.? It would be
cool to do some packet radio with it.
I think what you might do is to use the internal serial port on the
Raspberry Pi (GPIO 14 Tx, 15 Rx) to get a Linux serial console into
the Pi, or a USB serial dongle if that's handy.? The tty consoles
are enabled in the Pi's config; they default off.? Connect that to
the Apple serial port and its TTY emulator.? Once you can log into
the Pi, you can run axcall to connect to the packet nodes, or
potentially linpac to do the multi-session stuff if the terminal
emulator supports the right TTY model.
Have fun!
Greg? KO6TH
Rob Giuliano via wrote:
You need to be more
specific in what you expect from Direwolf.
the cmd: prompt was used to
change settings in the old hardware TNCs.
Most of those settings are
now in the Direwolf.ini file (or the ini file you specify on
the command line with '-c').
Are you just trying to put
Direwolf in the old K (converse) mode to have
keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs?
Or are you expecting that
your terminal program will be able to change some (or all)
of the parameters set in the ini file?
These would be things like:
MYCALL, BTEXT, DIGI
? These 'may' or 'may not'
make sense for Direwolf.
For QSOs, if your APPLE IIe
terminal program allows connection through TCP/IP, you could
try connecting that way.?
Hey, I'm running Direwolf
1.6 on a Rasberry Pi 4 and I would like to see if its
possible to use this Pi as a traditional
Kantronics/Paccomm esque TNC (with the "cmd:" type prompt
via a USB-Serial adapter. I have a terminal program
running on my Apple //e Enhanced from 1982 and would like
to control direwolf as if it were a TNC from the 80s. Is
this possible? (Ignore the fact that I'm using an Apple
II, I would like this setup to work with any serial
terminal)
Thanks!
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