Hi Bill, I totally missed that you actually had your console working, sorry the systemd changes make me blind with rage.
If you are primarily using BBSes X-modem works pretty well, if you have an X-Modem capable term on your M100. You can also send files to/from the M100 via the Linux command line with the sx (send x-modem) command. Brian On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 8:15 AM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you so much! Embarrassingly I discovered my problem was that that I > had to go into raspi-config and designate my country so the WiFi would > work. The packages I was trying to install on my raspberry pi weren’t > installing because no internet. Once I got that sorted and made a couple > changes to configure I was good to go and successfully contacted a BBS with > the setup. Now I need to sort out out to exchange files. Thanks again for > your response. > > Regards, > Bill Miranda > [email protected] > > On Jul 12, 2021, at 6:18 AM, Brian Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > HI Bill, > > The divergence from systemd is frustrating but at last current versions of > Raspian still have ifconfig... > > I'm using Raspian 10 here are my quick and dirty hints: > > Get your termcap sorted: > https://zork.net/~octal/mod100.xhtml > > You will note that termcap doesn't exist like it should though, so save > the cap to a file and install it like so: > > tic <termcap-file> > > I assume you are going to to the easy route and use a USB to serial > adapter. You can use the onboard UART with some level conversion as I have > done, but you have to get creative with the hardware. Check out the photos > of my M100 hooked to my pi zero here: http://niedobry.com/mod100/tanpi/ > > Copy the template file */lib/systemd/system/**[email protected]* to* > /etc/systemd/system/[email protected] *(Provided you are > using ttyUSB0) > > In [Service] modify the ExecStart line to say the following: (Adjust your > baud as you like.) > ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -o '-p -- \\u' 19200 %I trs100 > > Issue *systemctl enable [email protected]* > > Do a ps -ax | grep getty and you should now see a getty process running > on the USB port. > > Connect your Model-T with a null modem cable to the serial port, set your > TERM to STAT 98N1E and you should be good to go. Lots and lots of > customization needed for it to be useful, I'm working on getting my notes > together on this and hope to have it somewhere for reference soon. > > Hope this helps, > Brian > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 11:09 PM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Can anyone point me to current instructions on how to configure a >> Raspberry Pi so that I can connect my M100 as a serial console? I found >> numerous websites with instructions for older versions of Raspian which >> were pre-systemd. I was able to get the M100 to connect to the Pi after a >> lot of experimenting but I once I login I can’t get anything to work. >> >> Regards, >> Bill Miranda >> [email protected] >> >
