| C128 and BBS...how?? [message #355138] |
Fri, 01 December 2017 16:04  |
cbmeeks
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In another thread someone mentioned setting up a BBS with a C128.
I saw some videos a while back about people connecting 8-bit computers online and connecting to BBS's.
How can I do that on my C128? (also have a C128D if that helps).
Thanks!
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| Re: C128 and BBS...how?? [message #355142 is a reply to message #355138] |
Fri, 01 December 2017 23:02  |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Joacim.Melin
c> In another thread someone mentioned setting up a BBS with a C128.
c> I saw some videos a while back about people connecting 8-bit computers
c> online and connecting to BBS's.
c> How can I do that on my C128? (also have a C128D if that helps).
It's actually a bit harder than it may appear. If you're gonna run a BBS on
your C128 you need a User Port <-> RS-232-adapter, and that RS-232-adapter will
vary depending on which BBS package you want to use. Some packages works with
more generally available adapters such as the VIC-1011A, and others only work
with the Swiftlink adapter which is very hard to come by and when it's on sale
it goes for silly money.
If you just want to connect other BBS:es from your C128, almost any User Port
<-> RS-232-adapter will do, or one of these Wifi-modems that connect to the
user port and then your wifi at home and acts as a hayes-compatible modem for
the C128.
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| Re: C128 and BBS...how?? [message #370394 is a reply to message #355138] |
Sat, 07 July 2018 02:22 |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Tejekion
Or you can do like I was trying to do, run one through emulation. I used the
WinVICE C128 emulator, and setup a BBS that way. Unfortunately I'm not nearly
as familiar with the C128, as I am with the C64, so I didn't get it runnig.
I've gotten several different C64 BBSs running in WinVICE though. For a virtual
modem a lot of people use Jim Brain's TCPSer, or TCPSer4J(Java version). You
can even emulate different floppies(even the CMD-4000 3.2MB drives), and also
hard drives.
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| Re: C128 and BBS...how?? [message #370419 is a reply to message #355142] |
Sun, 08 July 2018 18:56 |
Rudolf Harras
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Joacim Melin schrieb:
> If you just want to connect other BBS:es from your C128, almost any User Port
> <-> RS-232-adapter will do, or one of these Wifi-modems that connect to the
> user port and then your wifi at home and acts as a hayes-compatible modem for
> the C128.
In this case you have to regard that most of these modems use an "9600 Baud
hack" which works on the C64, but won't work in C128 mode if you have a 1571
connected (since it will use the necesary recources for the burst mode).
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| Re: C128 and BBS...how?? [message #370424 is a reply to message #355138] |
Sun, 08 July 2018 06:17 |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Spitfire
On Sat 7-Jul-2018 6:22p, Tejekion wrote:
T> Or you can do like I was trying to do, run one through emulation. I used
T> the WinVICE C128 emulator, and setup a BBS that way. Unfortunately I'm not
T> nearly as familiar with the C128, as I am with the C64, so I didn't get it
T> runnig. I've gotten several different C64 BBSs running in WinVICE though.
T> For a virtual modem a lot of people use Jim Brain's TCPSer, or
T> TCPSer4J(Java version). You can even emulate different floppies(even the
T> CMD-4000 3.2MB drives), and also hard drives.
Thanks for the info. Grabbing what I need to pop up a emulated CNet64
BBS one day.
-=] Spitfire a CNET/5 SysOp from Reign of Fire BBS: rofbbs.ddns.net:2300 [=-
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| Re: C128 and BBS...how?? [message #370430 is a reply to message #370419] |
Sun, 08 July 2018 15:03 |
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Originally posted by: nospam.Joacim.Melin
RH> Joacim Melin schrieb:
>> If you just want to connect other BBS:es from your C128, almost any User Por
RH> t
>> <-> RS-232-adapter will do, or one of these Wifi-modems that connect to the
>> user port and then your wifi at home and acts as a hayes-compatible modem fo
RH> r
>> the C128.
RH> In this case you have to regard that most of these modems use an
RH> "9600 Baud
RH> hack" which works on the C64, but won't work in C128 mode if you have
RH> a 1571
RH> connected (since it will use the necesary recources for the burst
RH> mode).
Very interesting. I was not aware of that.
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