Re: GBBS Question

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John)]

Another point is that the GBBS system was always more concerned with 
communicating with the serial port first and then the modem second.  It does 
bring back a memory that (though I have no way of verifying this at the 
moment) that GBBS would assume that after establishing the best way to 
communicate with the serial port that the serial port would know the best way 
to communicate with the modem on the other end.

One other thing (though this may have been mentioned earlier) is to make sure 
that you have all of your baud rates in sync with each other.  I wouldn't 
trust any type of "auto detect" baud rate when you are trying to talk via a 
Serial Connection and a Null Modem cable unless you have an absolutely correct 
modem cable with all pinouts done properly...

In article <XTZ54.483$NI6.18596@laxnws02.socal.rr.com>, "Joel Ostroski" 
<junkmail@youlazybum.com> wrote:
>I am thinking that it is waiting for a RING, but I cannot get the system to
>send anything across the null modem link to my PC.  I had expected to see it
>send the text that would normall go to a modem on my PC screen.  Thus the
>question.  Boy I just wish I could get it to work.  Once I know the
>connection is occuring, I can send all the codes that a modem would normall
>perfrom.  I have already written the Ethernet to Serial to spit out a
>internet connection (from my cable modem) to the serial port on the PC.  Now
>I just need to fool GBBS into thinking that my PC is the modem.  As I
>mentioned before, I am confused because I have to pick a interface card and
>then when I choose the modem, the Apple IIgs serial interface comes up in
>the modem lists.  Confused! :-)
>
>John <jmholmes@swbell.net> wrote in message
>news:QPZ54.188$Wd4.26964778@alpha.sky.net...
>> Ok, it's been MANY MANY moons ago since I ran a GBBS board, and I will
>admit
>> that my memory on some of the stuff is unclear (though I can't wait to get
>my
>> old backups of the board that I used to run out of storage to at least
>play
>> around with the software again), but here it goes...
>>
>> The GBBS system that I ran actually ran on an Apple file://+ system with a
>16K
>> memory expansion card (to bring it to 64K of RAM), 2 disk II drives, and 1
>> Apple Profile 5 meg hard drive (GOD those were the days) back around from
>> about 1985 to 1987.  I did quite a bit of modification to the system that
>I
>> ran, but I believe that I am seeing something that is sparking an old
>memory.
>>
>> I do remember at one time we had tried to set an Apple file://e that was
>in the
>> same room (the one that I did the programming for the system on before
>> transferring it over to the main system) as a remote terminal rather than
>> using the "Console" mode on the machine running the system via a
>null-modem
>> cable and we never could get it to work correctly. GBBS was always looking
>for
>> that "RING" signal from the modem to tell it to answer the line.
>>
>> I don't remember all of the details, as that particular 2 years of my life
>was
>> somewhat sketchy except for the programming part of the board and the fun
>we
>> used to have with it.  Not sure if that will help, but the discussion of
>the
>> GBBS system (which was a FANTASTIC BBS program at the time) sure does
>bring
>> back a lot of very fond memories!
>>
>> In article <3857eb83.18350358@news>, CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)
>> wrote:
>> >On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 06:42:32 GMT, "Joel Ostroski"
>> ><junkmail@youlazybum.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Well, in the configuration is lists the IIgs modem port as an option to
>> >>select.  But that is AFTER I have to select and interface.  It is listes
>as
>> >>a modem type, which is kind of odd, and thats where the confusion comes
>in.
>> >>I would assume if I got GBBS configured to think there is a modem on the
>> >>modem port, I should see text come across the screen on my PC when it
>tries
>> >>to initialize it.  I am not sure though, maybe I have to simulate the MR
>> >>status on the modem too.  But if I could get this solved, I will be able
>to
>> >>deal with that later.
>> >
>> >I've never actually used GBBS so I can't be of much help but I'll take
>> >a stab in the dark.  If the IIgs modem port is being displayed in the
>> >modem driver list instead of the interface driver list, maybe the
>> >interface driver for the IIgs modem port has just been saved in the
>> >wrong location.  Maybe all you need to do is copy the IIgs modem port
>> >driver file from where it is now to where the interface drivers are
>> >stored?  Just a thought.
>> >
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