Sounds interesting for sure. There are a number of RS-232 bridges out there, both soft- and hard-ware, that you might want to look at/play with for ideas/comparison/fun.
As you note, the problem with many of them is buffer overflow due to the Model-T's small buffer not being able to handle network latency and the fact that data is arriving in packets; some do let you set the size of packets sent to the Model-T as low as one character while buffering data received from the net until the XOFF is recognized by the sender. Presumably the ones that use hardware handshaking would work with John's HTERM. But as you also note, the issue that seems to keep any of this from actually happening every time it's discussed (and it is discussed often ;-) is the lack of a Model-T oriented server/BBS... m ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt McCullum To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 11:34 AM Subject: [M100] Telnet Client The topic of being able to put a Model-T online comes up every now and then. I've been toying with the idea of adding a Telnet client to mComm. My thoughts were to add the ability to switch to Telnet mode in mComm. When a control key is pressed the TELCOM screen will clear and then ask for a URL to connect to. Then, mComm would connect to the remote Telnet server and send all the data to the Model-T, doing the all important buffering so that the Model-T serial buffer isn't over run before it can send an XOFF. On the other end of the wire would need to be a Telnet server that is geared towards our little machines. To my knowledge, there are none. One would need to be setup. The end result would be a Telnet BBS system geared towards the 40x8 screen (or 40x16). Or a Linux system with the proper termcap. While this is certainly doable, would it be useful? Kurt
