Hi
I am new to Linux and I want to connect to a commodore 64 BBS. I have Linux lite 2.0 installed on an old laptop. I am running Vice
for Linux (I also have Wine installed and have a copy of winvice on the machine as well.) I have a terminal program for the C64
emulator. I have been trying to get this to work but I cannot and I am getting a little frustrated.
Here is what I have done so far;
I installed TCPSER with
sudo apt-get install tcpser
Also made sure NETCAT was installed with
sudo apt-get install netcat
(I read somewhere that I need this)
I then did this from a command window in linux
nc 127.0.0.1 25232. I read that I had to initialize Netcat like this.
Question 1: Why is the IP address 127.0.0.1? should it not be the IP assigned to my Linux box by my internet router?
Then I did this from a command window in linux
tcpser -v 25232 -s 1200 -p 6400
Question 2: I must leave this command window open while trying to connect. Is this correct?
Then I opened Vice (Linux version)
in settings under the RS232 settings menu: ◦Turn on “Userport RS232 emulation
under “Userport RS232 baud rate set baud to 1200
Under “Userport RS232 device” select “Exec process”.
◦Under “Program name to exec…” type | nc localhost 25232
Question 3 : should I change localhost to the IP address assigned to my Linux box?
I then saved my settings in Vice, closed vice and restarted it.
I then opened my Terminal software (CCGMS 5.5) with vice and tried to dial a BBS IP address
Question 4: should I try using striketerm instead?
When I dial the BBS IP address, It just says no carrier
The command window where I did the tcpser -v 25232 -s 1200 -p 6400 command doesn’t show anything, it doesn’t tell me that it is
trying to connect.
I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong.
Can someone please help. I am going crazy here.
Is it because the BBS I am dialing is not working.
Do you have the IP of a known working BBS?
Please help
Thanks in advance
I am new to Linux and I want to connect to a commodore 64 BBS. I have Linux lite 2.0 installed on an old laptop. I am running Vice
for Linux (I also have Wine installed and have a copy of winvice on the machine as well.) I have a terminal program for the C64
emulator. I have been trying to get this to work but I cannot and I am getting a little frustrated.
Here is what I have done so far;
I installed TCPSER with
sudo apt-get install tcpser
Also made sure NETCAT was installed with
sudo apt-get install netcat
(I read somewhere that I need this)
I then did this from a command window in linux
nc 127.0.0.1 25232. I read that I had to initialize Netcat like this.
Question 1: Why is the IP address 127.0.0.1? should it not be the IP assigned to my Linux box by my internet router?
Then I did this from a command window in linux
tcpser -v 25232 -s 1200 -p 6400
Question 2: I must leave this command window open while trying to connect. Is this correct?
Then I opened Vice (Linux version)
in settings under the RS232 settings menu: ◦Turn on “Userport RS232 emulation
under “Userport RS232 baud rate set baud to 1200
Under “Userport RS232 device” select “Exec process”.
◦Under “Program name to exec…” type | nc localhost 25232
Question 3 : should I change localhost to the IP address assigned to my Linux box?
I then saved my settings in Vice, closed vice and restarted it.
I then opened my Terminal software (CCGMS 5.5) with vice and tried to dial a BBS IP address
Question 4: should I try using striketerm instead?
When I dial the BBS IP address, It just says no carrier
The command window where I did the tcpser -v 25232 -s 1200 -p 6400 command doesn’t show anything, it doesn’t tell me that it is
trying to connect.
I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong.
Can someone please help. I am going crazy here.
Is it because the BBS I am dialing is not working.
Do you have the IP of a known working BBS?
Please help
Thanks in advance