Tyrop Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I wrote a simple BBS in Basic back in the day (written for an 850 interface module and Hayes Smartmodem). When a modem is connected, the BBS interfaces with the remote user using the R: device, and when a user logs on locally, it uses the E: device. Does anyone know if there is a utility that can be loaded into memory that can piggyback R: onto E: (or somehow merge the two) so that if I break into Basic or go to DOS, the operating system will use R: instead of (or in addition to) E:? If there is such a thing, I would love to be able to log into my BBS remotely, press a menu command that breaks me into Basic or DOS so I can remotely control my computer (like a gotomypc for the Atari), and then resume . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 There's various methods and what you do can depend on the environment. With Basic you can fairly easily redirect I/O in the background, e.g. open a file then have Basic accept it's input from that IOCB rather than #0. In your case you could just close IOCB #0 then reopen it from the file you want the input processed from. Though that has potential for problems as E: also accepts output and the Dos or Basic processor would expect that to work. From memory if Basic gets an error outputting to E: it will just close then reopen it. You might also want a different command file depending on environment, e.g. one for Basic and one if only Dos is present. Another method might be to create a HATABS entry that points to a custom table entry, so e.g. E: reads from one handler but writes to it's own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) You can already get to the dos shell, as for basic, you would only have to patch (looks like someone already answered this). The ability to use a serial port to SIO and then use the remote s-100/cpm machine to type on the Atari has been a part of the critical connection software since the 800 days. Edited December 3, 2018 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Try MOE that comes with Carina and, IIRC, something similar called AMP. Look here: http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ATARI/EIGHTBIT/CARINA and here:http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ATARI/EIGHTBIT/FOREMXE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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