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==== Irc, Internet on X68000 using null modem cable ==== | ==== Irc, Internet on X68000 using null modem cable ==== | ||
- | This article is a kind contribution by our forum member Neko68k. Thank you for shedding light on this rather grey area ! | + | This article is a kind contribution by our forum member |
First of all you will need to download these: | First of all you will need to download these: | ||
- | *[[http:// | + | |[[http:// |
- | *[[http:// | + | |[[http:// |
+ | |[[http:// | ||
+ | It might also be useful to install [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | *unlzh PPPXR5.lzh | ||
+ | *put PPP.SYS in \SYS | ||
+ | *put PPP.X KILL.X and PPPX.BAT in \BIN | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you install PPP.X anywhere else, be sure to modify the first line of PPPX.BAT to point to that directory. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I found it helpful to add the following line to the end of PPPX.BAT: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | You have to do this anyway so might as well just make it happen. This is to point at your dns server, I used the IP address of my router. | ||
+ | |||
+ | While you're at it, change: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | to | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | This allows internet to work in KOWIN. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *unlzh TMSIO031.LZH and put TMSIO.X in \BIN | ||
+ | *unlzh TCPPACKA.LZH and merge the folders it contains with your existing \BIN \ETC and \MAN | ||
+ | *edit \ETC\hosts and \ETC\networks to reflect your actual network, for example: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | # /etc/hosts | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost | ||
+ | 192.168.0.11 x68k x68k | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | # - / | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | 127 loopback | ||
+ | 192.168.0 private-net | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Optionally add this line to \ETC\services, | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Add to your config.sys the following (RSDRV.SYS comes with Human): | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | PROCESS 16 10 50 | ||
+ | DEVICE = \SYS\RSDRV.SYS | ||
+ | DEVICE = \SYS\PPP.SYS | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Once this is complete plug in your null modem cable and reboot the x68. A wiring diagram for making a null modem cable can be found here: | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | *On your x68k run PPPX.BAT. On the emulator this throws an error, it can be safely ignored. | ||
+ | *Once at the ppp> prompt type ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | *On your Linux machine(I am using Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat) open a terminal. | ||
+ | *At the prompt type the following where: | ||
+ | *192.168.0.10 is the host IP, 192.168.0.11 is the x68k IP. It doesn' | ||
+ | */dev/ttyS0 is your serial port(ttyS0: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | If everything worked you should see something like this: | ||
+ | |{{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | To test it out try: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | and ignore any errors that may occur. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can try the following Web browsers: | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | *I tested [[http:// | ||
+ | *I also tested [[http:// | ||
+ | *For IRC I recommend [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | To configure clat, put clat.x somewhere handy and create a file called clatrc in the same folder and fill it in as follows: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | SERVER irc.efnet.org | ||
+ | NICK yournick | ||
+ | MAIL blah@whatever.com | ||
+ | NAME whatever | ||
+ | USERINFO blahblahblah | ||
+ | QUIT yourquitmessage | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | You have to be in the directory you installed clat.x and clatrc or it will fail to find the clatrc file. I think the docs said there is a way to change that but I didn't follow up on it. If you have TwentyOne you can also call it .clatrc but it doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | I didn't test out NFS but it seems pretty straightforward. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Keep the scene alive ! |
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