Opry99er Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 I spent a good hour or two tonight tying up the phone line dialing out to BBSes. Hey Chris, is Fusion equipped with dial-up? If so, I would very much like to dial in. I have spent all my time on The Keep and The Reef tonight. So much fun, it should be illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Buck loves The Hidden Reef. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) This TELCO is a SIGNIFICANT upgrade... Holy cow. One-touch auto-dial. Epic, epic, epic. Very glad to have this as a stop-gap until I start running the F18A-enhanced TIMXT. Edited March 30, 2017 by Opry99er 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I absolutely loved Telco, it was a great piece of software 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Back in the day I loved and used Telco so much I was conditioned to jump when the end of download chime went off. It's the reason I use it at the end of my videos now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Telco was quite the feat. I didn't care for the module loading when I had my floppy-only system, but it's abilities were (and are) quite amazing to this day. When I wrote my terminal emulator for the Geneve, I used the same chimes to signal the end of a transfer. There just didn't seem to be any other "proper" sound 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Back in the day I loved and used Telco so much I was conditioned to jump when the end of download chime went off. It's the reason I use it at the end of my videos now. Ah! Now I remember that chime! It sounded so familiar, and yet I could not place its origin :} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 It is probably the most "professional" execution of any of the legacy software I have used. The overlapping windows, clean menus, the ability to customize virtually everything... I am a fan, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I seem to remember that this chime is from somewhere else, maybe a game. The only glitch in TELCO is that there is something wrong with the XModem transfer initiation; I think it expects a byte where the protocol does not. For my MDOS XModem tool I had to include a "TELCO option". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I seem to remember that this chime is from somewhere else, maybe a game. I think the chime is in the Editor Assembler manual? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Telco was quite the feat. I didn't care for the module loading when I had my floppy-only system, but it's abilities were (and are) quite amazing to this day. When I wrote my terminal emulator for the Geneve, I used the same chimes to signal the end of a transfer. There just didn't seem to be any other "proper" sound Yeah, but if you use Telco with a SuperCart it'll keep a couple of more modules active once loaded. Charles Earl thought of everything. If he was releasing it these days, I bet all the modules with the exception of the macros and phone directory would be on a single cartridge. And of course it would have been F18A compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Charles Earl thought of everything. If he was releasing it these days, I bet all the modules with the exception of the macros and phone directory would be on a single cartridge. And of course it would have been F18A compatible. If someone was to track down the source code or obtain it from the author, I would be willing to take a stab at updating it to work with the F18A as well as implement the color ANSI and high speed RS232 routines from TIMXT. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I think the chime is in the Editor Assembler manual? Yes, it's one of the sound samples. I used it in my own BBS as the 'page sysop' sound and in Mr Chin as the extra life sound (even on the Coleco version ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Owen, I'm not sure if you've been able to print the Telco Documentation or not. So just in case, here is the PDF conversion I made a couple of years back that will let you print up your own book on a modern printer. TELCO DOCUMENTATION.pdf TELCO COVER.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Thanks. I had downloaded it but had not yet had a chance to print it. Nicely done, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I spent a good hour or two tonight tying up the phone line dialing out to BBSes. Hey Chris, is Fusion equipped with dial-up? If so, I would very much like to dial in. I have spent all my time on The Keep and The Reef tonight. So much fun, it should be illegal. No, FuSiON is only telnet accessible. The phone company has gone almost complete digital and the analog modems seem to not connect worth a crap. At least in my area that seems to be the case so I have only put it up via telnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Gotcha. Thanks for letting me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 What could be the best terminal program for accessing the Hidden Reef. Just got the modem working again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Telco for me... select green text on black background. If you have xb2.7, you can use Mass Transfer (option F from the menu screen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Telco was my TI option, great. But my main system was PFM+ Genny and Port was the program, Tim does great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Telco for me... select green text on black background. If you have xb2.7, you can use Mass Transfer (option F from the menu screen) Mass Transfer just locks up from xb2.7, perhaps it doesn't like the HDX mod on the card??? I am able to use it with ZTERM, comes up "ROM Interrupt Mode Activated" and seems to work slowly (misses keystrokes and such when attempting to post - annoying) at least the card is talking to the modem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) What cable configuration are you using from the rs233 to the modem? Edited March 31, 2017 by Opry99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Telco was my TI option, great. But my main system was PFM+ Genny and Port was the program, When I wrote Port I really wanted two things: speed and color ansi. I still use it these days for the hex dump mode, where the top 10 lines of the screen are reserved to display every incoming character, in hex. Makes it much easier to debug protocols and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I think the chime is in the Editor Assembler manual? yes but the original program wouldn't work as it has a bug prob fixed in one of the errata's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Is there a F18A compatible terminal program? I have something on my FlashROM but it seems corrupted - garbage at the bottom of the screen and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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