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Post by eddiie on Feb 19, 2008 16:12:35 GMT -5
Hello, I so missed C-Net 128. So I grabbed a copy off Zimmers (which has the latest 7.2 that I could find.. If anyone knows of a newer version or files, please let me know!), got the Source to BBS Server (since that is easier for me to build than TCPSER) and created a hacked version that I call 1.4.666  I basically changed 3 lines in BBS Server - the CONNECT, RING, and ERROR to the numeric result equilivent. There were a couple other changes I needed to make in prg.logon.1 to make the connection complete. I'm not sure if it is what Pina said abut the CTS/RTS... It makes sense but I was able to complete the connection without CTS/RTS being high. I just made A=1 on one of the lines to force the program on to the next step... ;P Anyway, I've been working out some bugs that were pre-existing and would like to have you guys check it out. telnet to www.innercirclebbs.com on port 64000 (port 23 is still my Centipede BBS, but would like to replace it with C-Net eventually.) Would someone be willing to send me their collections of PRG files / online games for C-Net? I don't care which version they are, I can convert if need be. Appreciate the help! -Ed |
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Post by Pinacolada on Feb 19, 2008 16:46:26 GMT -5
OMG! I'm like, so there!
Ach, it's doon!
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Post by MikeAZ1 on Feb 19, 2008 21:23:28 GMT -5
Yo Eddie
will check it out here as well
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Post by Desert-Fox on Feb 20, 2008 11:07:10 GMT -5
Ed,
Glad to hear of your success.
I'm working on getting the old Color 64 version 7 up and running via telnet right now. Is it possible for you to share a copy of your 'modified' BBS server with me so i can test it with Color 64 v7.35/7.37. That would be a great help.
Also I'm wondering if any of the Centipede mods might be usable with color 64...if necessary I could convert them.
Roy (Lycamp)
Desert-Fox (on the boards.)
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Post by Jim Brain on Feb 20, 2008 11:23:10 GMT -5
Not that I have anything against Leif's app, but the tcpser app is already built and supports numeric codes from the get go. The EXE is in the zip file. dload and run.
Jim
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Post by wiskow on Feb 20, 2008 22:56:34 GMT -5
Ed,
I think that what you've accomplished is great! I called in and got through the application process a few days ago, but the BBS locked up on me not long after... Not sure what happened there. I tried calling in yesterday, but I got a message that it was down due to a hard drive failure... Hopefully nothing too serious.
I'd like to point out that BBS Server does not seem to allow outgoing calls to 5-digit port numbers, so I couldn't call using my C128, but I did get through using CGTERM on my PC.
-Andrew
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Post by Leif Bloomquist on Feb 21, 2008 12:25:08 GMT -5
I'd like to point out that BBS Server does not seem to allow outgoing calls to 5-digit port numbers Oops! It's not that it's five digits, it's the fact that I used an Integer for the port (max 32767). Let me guess, you get an Overflow error? That's two bugs you've found this month - thanks!  |
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Post by wiskow on Feb 21, 2008 20:12:32 GMT -5
Oops! It's not that it's five digits, it's the fact that I used an Integer for the port (max 32767). Let me guess, you get an Overflow error? Yes, exactly. That's two bugs you've found this month - thanks! Hey... I do what I can. -Andrew |
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Post by Pinacolada on Apr 17, 2008 12:37:19 GMT -5
Well, I'm currently trying your BBS again, Eddie (the Cnet128 one, on port 64000) and telnetting to www.innercirclebbs.com 64000 (always forget the www.), it resolves to an IP address, but sits there indefinitely. What's up? |
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Post by eddiie on Jul 26, 2008 15:04:01 GMT -5
Hi guys,
Wow, lot of work has gone into this since the first post, and I actually forgot about it. Since then, I've hooked up with Eric Pearson who owns C-Net 128 and he's been working on a new version. I have the new version up and running, currently on Release 4. There have been some outstanding bug fixes and some new one's hehe There's still several more bugs to be fixed.
He has also removed the modem stuff from the ML, modified BBSServer to operate on CTS/RTS lines, I'm not sure of the exact changes, been meaning to ask but our emails are ofter long enough as it is. He's leaving all the modem stuff up to the BBSServer/TCPSer. - not sure if I typed that correctly, but there's no more AT business in C-Net.
I've gotten Eric a slew of hardware he is looking at to add support for into C-Net 128.
He is able to talk to the Silver Surfer now, possibly RR-Net support is in the future. So far, Fotios' FB-Net is the only board network card that works with SCPU, RAMLink, 128 Mode, 80 Columns, and 20Mhz. Still very early in development and major ML work has to be done, and he wants to keep C-Net up to date with current technology. He is also the one that wrote Turbo232/SL routines in C-Net 128 in the first place so I have high hopes. Also, with the support of the great folks at RetroHackers I feel very confident in this! Will probably use the Contiki drivers, but there is currently a problem with 2Mhz mode, so if you don't have a SCPU, it isn't going to work for ya. Nevertheless, hopefully someone will figure a workaround for the issue, or just fix it.
I've also asked for some new MCI commands, and updating of the old one's mainly the \p# commands.. They will be slowed down to work like they did in the 1200 baud days.
I'm really excited about this project and am happy to be working with Eric. He is a great guy and coder.
I've also written a prg.file - BlackJack2 tried to fix up the old one, but it was so horribly written that I just wrote my own horribly written one. Had no idea how complicated BlackJack can get. haha d**n those aces! lol Anyway, it's text only at this point, once the logic has been tested a few thousand times, I'll add some checks and add some cards. For now, I'm sick of looking at the d**n thing and want others to check it out for flaws.
Black Jack 2... in the pfiles!!!!!
I've also looked at the auto-detection of the terminal type in Centipede and adapted it to work in C-Net. It's kinda neat, the host sends an ANSI device query status to the terminal, if the terminal responds with an ANSI ~[0m that means its ok, that also means it is an ansi terminal. Otherwise it would not respond. Same thing for RIPScript and Superres (different codes), they are all stacked and sent at one time, then the RS-232 buffer is checked for the result code and does its thing.
I've also re-wrote a big chunck of prg.copyfiles - it is a prg.file that runs at night during automaintenance to back up files (any type) to a different device, a nightly backup. The new version now copys upto 600 files per file match and you can have upto 250 different file matches, specify the day of the week (8 = everyday) or month to back up, set a delete flag, keeps track of free blocks, etc... I have it copy 460 or so files a night from the RAMLink to a partition to the HD (takes about 40 minutes), then once a week I back up to the FD-4000, so when the HD dies, reconstructing shouldn't be that difficult. This should be a BIG ++ for SysOps. Making reliable backups was always a pain in the a**. Not any more!
Before I hooked up with Eric he was spending a lot of time on the Message Base Networking piece, so that should be working too, we just haven't had to chance to set it up yet.
There's still so much I could say.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement,
Eddie
telnet to: bbs.innercirclebbs.com
port 23 = Centipede (for now), port 64000 = C-Net 128!!!
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Post by eddiie on Jul 26, 2008 15:08:38 GMT -5
Ed, Glad to hear of your success. I'm working on getting the old Color 64 version 7 up and running via telnet right now. Is it possible for you to share a copy of your 'modified' BBS server with me so i can test it with Color 64 v7.35/7.37. That would be a great help. Also I'm wondering if any of the Centipede mods might be usable with color 64...if necessary I could convert them. Roy (Lycamp) Desert-Fox (on the boards.) Hi Desert Fox, How did this go? It should work if I remember correctly. WizardNJ had this working, didn't he? Centipede mods (are there any?) will not work in Color 64. Should be easy to convert, there was a program Adam wrote for Centipede that would convert Color64 (maybe it was Color 128?) programs (games, etc...) to Centipede - it was called 'Cacoon' (did I spell the correctly?) but I never used it. You could look at the program and reverse engineer it very easily, or get an idea of the differences. Hope that helps, Eddie |
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Post by wiskow on Sept 24, 2008 2:56:15 GMT -5
Has a fix been made to BBS Server yet to allow us to call to a BBS using port 64000 yet? CGTerm works fine, but I so prefer to call using "the real thing". Eddie, I just got off your board... Lookin' real good! I've really noticed that the "kinks" have been getting worked out of the software. |
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Post by Leif Bloomquist on Sept 24, 2008 16:19:01 GMT -5
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Post by wiskow on Sept 24, 2008 20:53:40 GMT -5
Sorry... I missed the announcement because I was "out of it" for a while. Thanks, Leif!!! |
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Post by xlar54 on Sept 25, 2008 1:01:12 GMT -5
After doing this with Image, C-Net 128 was next on my list. But I see Eric has done the grunt work for us. Has he updated his site with the modified version? Where can we get the code?
With this kind of change, I see no reason that C-Net cant be made to work with the VICE emulator as I did with Image BBS. Sweet!
Thanks
X
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I basically changed 3 lines in BBS Server - the CONNECT, RING, and ERROR to the numeric result equilivent. 
