sage Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 And while we are on the subject has anybody used Handy's TCP/IP connectivity for multiplayer games? Some kind of ComLynx <-> UDP client/server would be cool. Even at just 9600 bauds it could be used for turn based games. Well, the problem you need to rewrite handy in some parts. f.i. you want to run more than one emulator on one machine for testing. anyway udp is a protocoll which is nearly as reliable as comlynx connection is. I think it is more useful to get comlynx working properly and error tolerant. But yes. It would be nice to have that feature in handy, because then it would be mor eeasy to test that code!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 And while we are on the subject has anybody used Handy's TCP/IP connectivity for multiplayer games? Some kind of ComLynx <-> UDP client/server would be cool. Even at just 9600 bauds it could be used for turn based games. Well, the problem you need to rewrite handy in some parts. f.i. you want to run more than one emulator on one machine for testing. anyway udp is a protocoll which is nearly as reliable as comlynx connection is. I think it is more useful to get comlynx working properly and error tolerant. But yes. It would be nice to have that feature in handy, because then it would be mor eeasy to test that code!!! 993232[/snapback] I was thinking about doing a small stand-alone ComLynx-UDP Lynx gateway to test the concept. The idea is: - Everything coming in from a socket is echoed to ComLynx and also echoed to the next Lynx gateway. Except packages that originally originates from me. - Data coming in from ComLynx is assembled in a ring-buffer. - When a buffer has enoung data for one UDP packet or there is a 1 byte break in the transmission from the Lynx then the UDP packet is transmitted to the next Lynx gateway. So this gateway could be used to extend ComLynx over internet for games that do not require fast communications. Well, actually there exists custom baudrate USB dongles that would allow the ComLynx to run at 62500 bauds. So in theory you could extend even fast ComLynxed applications on it. Running multiple Handy-emulations could use this scenario for testing ComLynx by giving every Handy an unique port number and chain the communications to form a ring of Lynxes. If you could combine the ComLynx-USB with a small CPU running the Gateway code and export it to Ad-Hoc WiFi (a small laptop perhaps) then you could run Handy on Sony PSP's together with ComLynxed Lynxes. Or for new developement you cold intergrate the Lynx gateway to existing networked games and just create new Lynx ports of the games. So many ideas and so little time to play... - sigh - -- Karri 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 Well, actually there exists custom baudrate USB dongles that would allow the ComLynx to run at 62500 bauds. So in theory you could extend even fast ComLynxed applications on it. Which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Well, actually there exists custom baudrate USB dongles that would allow the ComLynx to run at 62500 bauds. So in theory you could extend even fast ComLynxed applications on it. Which one? 993906[/snapback] I actually ordered one called DLP Design - DLP-TxRx USB - Serial Adaptor today. It is a bit expensive about 20 pounds, but if it works well then it pays for itself in shorter flash burning times. And it allows me to dump ComLynx data at full speed for debugging purposes. It connects to ComLynx directly with no need for level converters. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 I actually ordered one calledDLP Design - DLP-TxRx USB - Serial Adaptor today. It is a bit expensive about 20 pounds, but if it works well then it pays for itself in shorter flash burning times. And it allows me to dump ComLynx data at full speed for debugging purposes. It connects to ComLynx directly with no need for level converters. support for not-standard baud rates... does it include windows/linux can handle that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I actually ordered one calledDLP Design - DLP-TxRx USB - Serial Adaptor today. It is a bit expensive about 20 pounds, but if it works well then it pays for itself in shorter flash burning times. And it allows me to dump ComLynx data at full speed for debugging purposes. It connects to ComLynx directly with no need for level converters. support for not-standard baud rates... does it include windows/linux can handle that? 994411[/snapback] It has Virtual Com Port drivers for Windows 98 / 98 SE / 2000 / Me / XP MAC OS-8 and OS-9 Linux 2.40 and greater Besides, there is also a sourceforge project that maintains an open source driver for the chip used in this design. But the really cool thing is that they also have a Windows DLL available for this device for free. So you could integrate this with my ComLynx downloader and Handy to get it to work as fast as possible with no need for COM-port emulation in between. In units of 10 the price is about 13 pounds so this could become a very attractive download cable for modern laptops that lack RS-232. Besides it is 9 times faster than a normal serial PC<->Lynx connection. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 In units of 10 the price is about 13 pounds so this could become a very attractive download cable for modern laptops that lack RS-232. Besides it is 9 times faster than a normal serial PC<->Lynx connection. As i did it on my Falcon all the time... But this was not working with your Flash CArd and I was not able to rewrite the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 In units of 10 the price is about 13 pounds so this could become a very attractive download cable for modern laptops that lack RS-232. Besides it is 9 times faster than a normal serial PC<->Lynx connection. As i did it on my Falcon all the time... But this was not working with your Flash CArd and I was not able to rewrite the code. 995128[/snapback] Yes, I know I cut a few edges while writing the flash utility. I will create a new version of the tools that allow you to change the baudrates to all the rates the Lynx supports. Besides... For the Falcon you could probably use the command line flashing utility. It is only Windows that cannot use serial ports as orinary fread/fwrite files. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Yes, I bought some nice adapters in USA, which requiered only to solder a diode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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