16 Feb
1998
16 Feb
'98
6:08 p.m.
I just got my hands on a Kaypro 4 in excellent condition, complete with
software and manuals. However, I cannot seem to get the internal 300 baud
modem working. I have two programs here with it, one is KERMIT for the
Kaypro II CP/M 2.2, and the other is Superterm Version 5. According to the
addendum with the machine, the version of Superterm that I have was
modified for use with the internal modem on the Kaypro 4, however I cannot
seem to get the modem to do anything. Would this modem accept AT commands?
and if not, what commands do I have to send to it in command mode? Any help
would be appreciated.
On a side note, anybody remember the Star Trek basic game? They just don't
make games like that anymore. I'm sitting here with Quake, QuakeII, and a
whole slew of other advanced 3D games on my pentium, but I cannot tear
myself away from playng Star Trek on the Kaypro! (getting my ass kicked,
can't aim the torpedo's worth a damn :)
17 Feb
17 Feb
3:30 a.m.
On a side note, anybody remember the Star Trek basic game? They just don't
make games like that anymore. I'm sitting here with Quake, QuakeII, and a
whole slew of other advanced 3D games on my pentium, but I cannot tear
myself away from playng Star Trek on the Kaypro! (getting my ass kicked,
can't aim the torpedo's worth a damn :)
Yeah, I remember Star Trek. I played it on a DEC PDP-11/34, and
later a 11/45(?) under RSTS/E in 1979-80. I used to use a graph
paper template and a straightedge to figger out the torpedo
trajectory!
I estranged the girl I was going with at the time on account of I was
on the verge of winning the damned game, and she wanted to do
something else! (I went on to win, she went to the Rathskellar
without me). Ah, the price of technology.
Fortunately, my current mate is a little more tolerant-- but I had
to get her addicted to Video Poker & Black Jack first!
Jeff
PS: My first act of computer Malice-- I had this habit of
intentionally torpedoing starbases, just to provoke insults from
the program!
8:21 a.m.
In article <3.0.32.19980217020808.0068edc4(a)pop.morgan.ucs.mun.ca>ca>, Alan
Richards <alanr(a)morgan.ucs.mun.ca> writes
According to the
addendum with the machine, the version of Superterm that I have was
modified for use with the internal modem on the Kaypro 4, however I cannot
seem to get the modem to do anything. Would this modem accept AT commands?
and if not, what commands do I have to send to it in command mode? Any help
would be appreciated.
The modification presumably relates to the programs being
configured to
access the appropriate UART registers to transmit and receive.For that
vintage I wouldn't expect it to respond to any sort of commands, much
less Hayes ones, or necessarily have any sort of autodial or autoanswer
capability.
There should be some way of switching between answer and originate
modes, switch or software, but that's about the only configuration
possible on a 300baud modem (apart from maybe a Bell/CCITT switch.)
Do you have a cable to go from the computer to the phone jack? I
suspect you will find that the modem just spits out what you send it -
try plugging it in along with a phone, dial a digit to get rid of the
dial tone and then fire up the program (or issue whatever command will
turn on the modem tone, toggle DTR or similar) and type away. You may
also find that jangling a bunch of keys in front of the mouthpiece will
generate suitable gibberish to verify the receive side is working.
Good luck trying to find another modem to talk to, there probably aren't
many out there that support Bell103 nowadays. I hope I've got this
right, it's been a long time since I had my home-made acoustically-
coupled modem!
--
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