Hi All,

This echomail area FSX_RETRO was created on 25 May 2021 in fsxNet

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FSX_RETRO - Retro computing and any old tech discussions. From early computer
hardware and software, calculators, watches and more. if you have
collected it, use it, need it fixed tell us about it here.

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Best, Paul.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Agency + Risa HUB - Dunedin, New Zealand (21:1/100)

Hey! here with a Msx2 (8bit computer), someone else with Msx or 8
bits computers?
:)

telnet sotanomsxbbs.org:23
*The last Msx user in Ibiza*
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

Am 26.05.21 schrieb x1pepe@21:1/150 in FSX_RETRO:

Hallo x1pepe,

Hey! here with a Msx2 (8bit computer), someone else with Msx or 8
bits computers?
:)

As the MSX machines weren't that popular in Germany, I didn't came in
contact with one back in the days and I don't have one now.

I have a small collection of old 8 bit computers, mostly Commodore: 64,
128, 128D and 128DCR.

Also, I've built two kits, an RC2014 Pro and a SC126.
These are Z80/Z180 based machines, capable of running CP/M.
I've also created cases for them and added terminal modules and floppy drives, so they are self-contained computers.

Regards,
Anna
--- OpenXP 5.0.49
* Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)

Cool :)!
Msx2 also its capable to run CPM/80

Normaly I connect my MSX2 + Ethernet cartridge to FsxNet.
\Oo/

telnet sotanomsxbbs.org:23
*The last Msx user in Ibiza*
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

On 26 May 2021, x1pepe said the following...

Hey! here with a Msx2 (8bit computer), someone else with Msx or 8
bits computers?
:)

I have an Atari 130XE with FujiNet that I use to connect sometimes, but
mostly I use an Apple IIgs (16-bit) with UtherNet II card. I can get 80
columns from both of those.

I also have a Spectrum clone (Harlequin) with SpectraNet and a TI-99/4A with TIPI, but haven't been able to get 80 columns out of those yet.

Jeff.

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (21:1/180)

Am 26.05.21 schrieb x1pepe@21:1/150 in FSX_RETRO:

Hallo x1pepe,

Cool :)!
Msx2 also its capable to run CPM/80

Nice :)
As MSX computers also use Z80s, it's not that hard :)

Normaly I connect my MSX2 + Ethernet cartridge to FsxNet.

Very nice!
I've also built some ESP8266-based "Wifi modems" which use AT commands to
act as modems.
I just do have to use it more often... :)

Regards,
Anna
--- OpenXP 5.0.49
* Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)

On 26 May 2021, x1pepe said the following...

Hey! here with a Msx2 (8bit computer), someone else with Msx or 8
bits computers?
:)

Hi x1pepe!

I am using an MSX turboR, but sometimes I use other MSX models, always connected with an ethernet cartridge. Nowadays all my ethernet cards are Tecnobytes Obsonets.

Piter Punk
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

Great computer (Msx TR) :)
Now I am triying some new ways to connect MSX to the net with Rs232+ESP8266 chip.
There is also a new project called DROMOROBO to connect your Msx to the BBS's using the old Msx dialup modems.

telnet sotanomsxbbs.org:23
*The last Msx user in Ibiza*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

mostly I use an Apple IIgs (16-bit) with UtherNet II card. I can get 80 columns from both of those.

I forget, have you got a ROM1 or 3?

Spec


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (21:3/101)

On 27 May 2021, Spectre said the following...

mostly I use an Apple IIgs (16-bit) with UtherNet II card. I can get columns from both of those.

I forget, have you got a ROM1 or 3?

A ROM1, I believe.

Jeff.

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (21:1/180)

On 27 May 2021, x1pepe said the following...

Great computer (Msx TR) :)
There is also a new project called DROMOROBO to connect your Msx to the BBS's using the old Msx dialup modems.

That looks like a good project. I will take a look on it, as I have a few MSX modems hanging around.

Piter Punk

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

Hey! here with a Msx2 (8bit computer), someone else with Msx or 8
bits computers?
:)

I have on Sony HitBit MSX Computer here in my Computer Museum. Do you know a Terminal Programm i could use to connect to a BBS?

Regards
Andreas

-=Kautzner-Computer-Museum=-
zahrl.ddns.net:2023
https://kcm.or.at

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: KCM BBS (21:1/218)

That looks like a good project. I will take a look on it, as I have a
few MSX modems hanging around.

Yes, interresting, but i don't have no MSX Modem here. Are they expensive to get?

Regards
Andreas

-=Kautzner-Computer-Museum=-
zahrl.ddns.net:2023
https://kcm.or.at

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: KCM BBS (21:1/218)

On 03 Jun 2021, goto_KCM said the following...

That looks like a good project. I will take a look on it, as I have a few MSX modems hanging around.

Yes, interresting, but i don't have no MSX Modem here. Are they
expensive to get?

MSX Modems are not so common to use nowadays, I guess most MSX users connect using some kind of network card. A good place to ask for those cards is http://www.msx.org.

I am using Obsonet Ethernet cards from Tecnobytes (http://www.tecnobytes.com.br) you can ask if they are building a new batch.

Another source of MSX network cards is Eugeny Brychkov, which sells the
GR8NET multi-function cartridge. You can reach him sending email to info_AT_gr8bit.ru.

I hope this can help you to connect your MSX to a BBS

Piter Punk

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

Hi!
You can connect to the BBS's with:
- BaDCat wifi cartridge.
- Obsonet Ethernet cartridge.
- GR8NET ethernet cartridge
... and if you have only a rs232 cartridge you can plug in easily an Nodemcu8266 + COM6 Terminal toconnect with ANSI full color :)
You can find these Msx cartridges easily with google, if you need more info, write me :)

telnet sotanomsxbbs.org:23
*The last Msx user in Ibiza*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS

... and if you have only a rs232 cartridge you can plug in easily an Nodemcu8266 + COM6 Terminal toconnect with ANSI full color :)

Theres no slip or ppp support?

Spec


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (21:3/101)

Not in Msx.
A few models have rs232 port and also you can insert an rs232 cartridge.

telnet sotanomsxbbs.org:23
*The last Msx user in Ibiza*

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

Not in Msx.

Would've thought someone would get there... still... PPP or Slip over serial is usually the easiest, I say easiest, tricky but usually possible for most platforms with a serial port :)

Spec


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (21:3/101)

On 06 Jun 2021, Spectre said the following...

Theres no slip or ppp support?

The Internestor Lite have a serial driver, thi is the same TCP/IP stack used
by most MSX network interfaces. If you have an MSX with a built in RS232 or a RS232 interface you can try to use it.

Two attention points:

1. You will need to have an available Fossil Driver to your card;
2. The InterNestor's developer doesn't have an working RS232 interface, so
the serial driver is stuck in version 2.0

There is also an UNIX implementation for MSX computers, called UZIX, which includes a TCP/IP stack with a SLIP and PPP support and also some network utilities, including telnet. In the 90's it was used to connect to ISP in MSX user meetings.

Piter Punk

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Sotano Msx BBS (21:1/150)

Hey everyone,

FSX_RETRO - Retro computing and any old tech discussions. From early computer hardware and software, calculators, watches and more. if you have collected it, use it, need it fixed tell us about it here.

Yay! I'm so glad this base has been created! Especially as it seems that RetroNet is not so active/not taking new members on at the moment...

Some of you already know me from my YouTube channel, "Al's Geek Lab", but I
do lots of retro stuff on the channel. My collection is modest these days (I used to have my own museum back in the UK). My current collection consists of: * IBM 5162 XT/286 (that's the machine I'm using to write this message with!)
* IBM 5160 XT
* IBM 5170 AT
* Compaq Prolinea 4/100
* Apple IIe Platinum
* Apple IIGS ROM3 with Uthernet2
* Apple Macintosh SE
* Apple PowerBook 520 & 540
* Osborne 1
* Panasonic Sr. Partner
* and a few other things that either don't work, or haven't been tested yet

The main thing I love to do is make the machines work on the net. Push them
to their limits and expand them to the point where they are no longer expandable, whilst keeping them using their original motherboard. For
example, my XT has a 286 daughtercard, 1MB RAM (around 760k usable) and a network card. My XT286 has a 1.5MB AboveBoard RAM card, a compact flash
drive, a 3com NIC and is paired with an ATI EGA Wonder 800+ with the IBM 5154 EGA display. My pride and joy!

If you want help with anything DOS machine related, I should be able to help because that's what I play with most.

Cheers!
Al // hyjinx


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube) alsgeeklab.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Al's Geek Lab -=- bbs.alsgeeklab.com:2323 (21:1/126)

I just want to say I loved the documentary. You had some excellent production values and it was a contributor to me joining the modern BBS scene (although MeatLotion was probably the main catalyst ;)).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/05/03 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbS>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

Some of you already know me from my YouTube channel, "Al's Geek Lab",
but I do lots of retro stuff on the channel. My collection is modest
these days (I used to have my own museum back in the UK). My current collection consists of: * IBM 5162 XT/286 (that's the machine I'm using
to write this message with!) * IBM 5160 XT
* IBM 5170 AT
* Compaq Prolinea 4/100
* Apple IIe Platinum
* Apple IIGS ROM3 with Uthernet2
* Apple Macintosh SE
* Apple PowerBook 520 & 540
* Osborne 1
* Panasonic Sr. Partner
* and a few other things that either don't work, or haven't been tested yet

I will have to check out your Youtube channel. Always looking for good new content to waste time at work :)

Nice collection. I have just recently started getting into PC compatibles. I have had a 5155 and a 5160 for a while. I just picked up a 5150 earlier this summer and most recently I picked up a PS/2 Model 30 and an Atari ABC
386DX-II. I have mostly focused on Atari in the past but I have Commodore's, Apple's, TRS-80's, TI and a lot of unique units.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 8-Bit Classics (21:2/133)

On 12 Jun 2021 at 04:07p, hyjinx pondered and said...

If you want help with anything DOS machine related, I should be able to help because that's what I play with most.

Ah DOS.... many many hours spent with this before 1995 rolled around... and Start Me Up played in our ears...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

I hope this can help you to connect your MSX to a BBS

Thanks for the informations.
Will take a look into it.

Regards
Andreas

-=Kautzner-Computer-Museum=-
zahrl.ddns.net:2023
https://kcm.or.at

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: KCM BBS (21:1/218)

Hi!
You can connect to the BBS's with:
- BaDCat wifi cartridge.
- Obsonet Ethernet cartridge.
- GR8NET ethernet cartridge
... and if you have only a rs232 cartridge you can plug in easily an Nodemcu8266 + COM6 Terminal toconnect with ANSI full color :)
You can find these Msx cartridges easily with google, if you need more info, write me :)

Thanks, will take a look into it.

Regards
Andreas

-=Kautzner-Computer-Museum=-
zahrl.ddns.net:2023
https://kcm.or.at

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: KCM BBS (21:1/218)