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For those crazy enough to test, here is a smoke test release of PLATOTERM for the Sinclair QL, version 0.1.

It is still very much under construction, but if you have real hardware, and a wifi modem connected to your SER1, please test, and let me know how it goes, file an issue, etc.

I have a binary there, and a floppy image. the XTCC header is there in case you need to patch your executable metadata.

https://github.com/tschak909/platotermq ... SMOKE-TEST

-Thom

Hi,

Is there a way to test PLATOTERM without a wifi modem ? Maybe like connecting the QL serial port to another computer with internet access ? I am afraid the number of QL users that own a wifi modem is very low...

Francois

connecting the QL serial port to another computer with internet access ?

http://www.linuxcertif.com/man/1/tcpser/en/
TCPser on Linux computer or raspberry.

I also had experiment with new modem, based on ARM board instead on ESP8266 (targeted to Atari ST, Acorn and possibly QL), but not tested on QL yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_jZQprwKeg
The intention was to buid it cheaper than WiModem, but thanks to Simulant modem https://www.simulant.uk/shop/retro-vint ... compatible the price dropped.
(Yes, you can buy one Simulant!)

Yes, I have a fork of tcpser that fixes a telnet IAC issue:
https://github.com/tschak909/tcpser

and I run it with:
&K3 enables RTS/CTS handshaking, which you REALLY WANT.

-Thom

tschak909 wrote:For those crazy enough to test, here is a smoke test release of PLATOTERM for the Sinclair QL, version 0.1.

It is still very much under construction, but if you have real hardware, and a wifi modem connected to your SER1, please test, and let me know how it goes, file an issue, etc.

I have a binary there, and a floppy image. the XTCC header is there in case you need to patch your executable metadata.

https://github.com/tschak909/platotermq ... SMOKE-TEST

-Thom

I absolutely want to test, great job!!!

tschak909 wrote:It is still very much under construction, but if you have real hardware, and a wifi modem connected to your SER1, please test, and let me know how it goes, file an issue, etc.

Hi Thom,

How can I configure platoterm to SER2? (I don't have cable adapted to SER1).

It is currently hard-configured for SER1 (this is a smoke test build), if you want SER2, you'll need to change and compile (it builds with XTC68)

I don't understand, from what I see, ser1 and ser2 literally are two of the same connector?

-Thom

tschak909 wrote:II don't understand, from what I see, ser1 and ser2 literally are two of the same connector?

But the wiring is different. One is DCE and one is DTE.

The difference between that shouldn't be much more than swapped RXD/TXD connections, a null modem changer would literally fix that.

So, has nobody else tested this?

sigh.

-Thom