Hey there Dave. So it will actually speak plan ASCII without starting up the NAPLPS protocol, to make a (pretty crappy) plain terminal? -Dave On 2/18/22 11:18, Dave Shevett via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
It looks like you can dial up with straight ASCII communication directly over the serial port (which'll require a DIN to RS232 cable).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rkEoQ803k
There's an online BBS that the folks on /r/retrobattlestations use for testing / dialup access like this, you should be able to connect to it and chat with the world :)
Getting 'videotex' working will be challenging, I don't know of an existing provider that will give you that experience.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 11:10 AM Joseph Giliberti via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Greetings!
A friend of mine has a TRS-80 Videotex Terminal, which seems to be a very limited CoCo1, intended solely for use with dial-up services which no longer exist. Other than being a display piece, is there any way of actually using it? Could it dial in to a modem BBS?
Thanks! Joe Giliberti
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA