I haven't been doing more with Newdos/BT lately.  I can post my latest
version though that was working really well over "wan" using getblue on an
android phone.....


On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote:

> The NADSBox protocol sounds fine to me. No issues with BT or WiFi packets
> I assume?
>
> Speaking of BT, seems to me that there were still some timing issues with
> TS-DOS and LaddieAlpha over Bluetooth; is everything playing nice now, and
> is the latest NEWDOS and documentation on line somewhere?
>
> Anybody using it on a regular basis?
>
> Thanks,
>
> m
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <[email protected]>
> To: "Model 100 Discussion" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [M100] Is it possible to use USb flash drive with a Model 100
>
>
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: John R. Hogerhuis
> >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 12:05 PM
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >>> The only concern would be exiting in case you want to access the
> command
> >>> prompt or some other utility (vim, mutt, w3m etc. )
> >>
> >> That's been an issue since DeskLink; any chance you could be talked into
> >> implementing the same escape technique as Hayes-compatible modems or the
> >> equivalent:
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequence
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Independent_Escape_Sequence
> >>
> >> m
> >
> >
> > Yeah now that I think about it it would have to be something like that
> > since TPDD is a binary protocol, CTRL-C can show up from the client
> > unescaped.
> >
> > NADSBox has the same kind of feature, I remember discussions with Ken.
> > That's why with NADSBox you just hit enter one or two times and it
> > realizes you are hitting enter at "human speed" (the "guard time" of
> > the old Hayes patent) and it automatically gives you a command line
> > prompt instead of treating you as a TPDD client.
> >
> > It would be easy enough to add to LaddieAlpha's state machine.
> >
> > Enter seems easier for users to figure out than +++ and modem
> > commands. Any particular reason not just to implement the same logic
> > NADSBox does?
> >
> > BTW the Hayes patent expired in 2003 so we're good on the IP front :-)
> >
> > -- John.
>

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