I've been playing around with putting my VIC-20 on the Internet.
As a start, I typed in the simple term prg in the VICmodem manual.
I used a user port RS232 interface connected via a null modem cable to my PC.
On the PC side, I ran tcpser, a utility I wrote that bridges a serial port to TCP/IP and supports the Hayes command set.
atdt mypc:23 got me into the PC
stty columns 22
export TERM=dumb
It worked, but the screen was hard to deal with. So, I obtained a copy of Screen-40. Now, a 40 column screen works better, but VT-52 or VT-100 emulation is really needed.
So, I am currently writing a terminal application for the expanded VIC.
I also am working on a UART cartridge for the VIC-20.
Jim
Putting the VIC-20 On the Internet
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Re: Putting the VIC-20 On the Internet
Very cool! Actually, Tom Stock has called my BBS with his VIC20, just using a simple terminal program and his HayesEm program (like TCPser).brain wrote:So, I am currently writing a terminal application for the expanded VIC.
What seems to be really lacking, though, is a terminal program for the VIC20 that supports file transfers. As was discussed on comp.sys.cbm recently, it's still awkward to get files fron the 'net onto the VIC. (Usually a 64 is used to get the files onto a floppy disk).