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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 **Neko68k**. Thank you for shedding light on this rather grey area !
  
 First of all you will need to download these: First of all you will need to download these:
-  *[[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/UNIX/NETWORK/pppxr5.lzh|Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Driver - pppxr5.lzh (PPPX)]] +|[[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/UNIX/NETWORK/pppxr5.lzh|Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Driver]]|pppxr5.lzh| 
-  *[[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/UNIX/NETWORK/TCPPACKA.LZH|TCP/IP Driver - TCPPACKA.LZH (INETD]] +|[[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/UNIX/NETWORK/TCPPACKA.LZH|TCP/IP Driver]]|TCPPACKA.LZH| 
-  *[[http://retropc.net/x68000/software/system/rs232c/tmsio/TMSIO031.LZH|RS-232C Driver With Buffer Control and Hardware Flow - TMSIO031.LZH (TMSIO)]]+|[[http://retropc.net/x68000/software/system/rs232c/tmsio/TMSIO031.LZH|RS-232C Driver With Buffer Control and Hardware Flow]]|TMSIO031.LZH|
  
 +It might also be useful to install [[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/HUMAN/TwentyOne/tw136c14.lzh|TwentyOne]] (long file name support) if you haven't already.
 +
 +  *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:
 +
 +<code>inetdconf +dns 192.168.0.1</code>
 +
 +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:
 +
 +<code>inetd</code>
 +to
 +<code>inetd -t -1</code>
 +
 +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:
 +
 +<code>
 +#
 +# /etc/hosts
 +#
 +127.0.0.1 localhost localhost
 +192.168.0.11 x68k x68k
 +</code>
 +
 +<code>
 +#
 +# - /etc/networks
 +#
 +127 loopback
 +192.168.0 private-net
 +</code>
 +
 +Optionally add this line to \ETC\services, clat asks for it:
 +
 +<code>irc 6667/tcp</code>
 +
 +Add to your config.sys the following (RSDRV.SYS comes with Human):
 +
 +<code>
 +PROCESS 16 10 50
 +DEVICE = \SYS\RSDRV.SYS
 +DEVICE = \SYS\PPP.SYS
 +</code>
 +
 +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://www.gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:rs232_null_modem_cable_with_partial_handshaking|RS232 null modem cable with partial handshaking]]
 +
 +  *On your x68k run PPPX.BAT. On the emulator this throws an error, it can be safely ignored.
 +  *Once at the ppp> prompt type 'term' and push enter then switch to your Linux box. This also throws a couple errors in emulation and they can also be ignored.
 +
 +  *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't matter what these are necessarily as long as they dont collide with any other IP addresses on your network.
 +    */dev/ttyS0 is your serial port(ttyS0:COM1 ttyS1:COM2 etc)
 +
 +<code>pppd -detach crtscts lock proxyarp 192.168.0.10:192.168.0.11 /dev/ttyS0 38400</code>
 +
 +If everything worked you should see something like this:
 +|{{:x68000:internet_1.png?400|}}|{{:x68000:internet_2.png?400|}}|
 +
 +To test it out try:
 +
 +<code>ping google.com</code>
 +
 +and ignore any errors that may occur.
 +
 +You can try the following Web browsers:
 +  *[[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/UNIX/NETWORK/lynx27r0.lzh|Lynx]] is probably as good as any.
 +  *I tested [[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/UNIX/NETWORK/vwxb25.lzh|VWX]] and it had serious out of memory problems.
 +  *I also tested [[http://w2332.nsk.ne.jp/~gonta/arc/wx046_0b_0206220.lzh|WebXpression]], this version works very well.
 +  *For IRC I recommend [[http://sharl.haun.org/a/x68/clat-beta5.tar.gz|Clat]]
 +
 +To configure clat, put clat.x somewhere handy and create a file called clatrc in the same folder and fill it in as follows:
 +
 +<code>
 +SERVER irc.efnet.org
 +NICK yournick
 +MAIL blah@whatever.com
 +NAME whatever
 +USERINFO blahblahblah
 +QUIT yourquitmessage
 +</code>
 +
 +{{:x68000:internet_3.png?400|}}
 +
 +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't matter.
 +
 +I didn't test out NFS but it seems pretty straightforward.
 +
 +Keep the scene alive !
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