Re: Tape on cbm2 machines

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:32:19 +0200
Message-ID: <3428942.aCxCBeP46V_at_rakete>
Am Montag, 13. September 2021, 15:15:35 CEST schrieb Marko Mäkelä:
> Hi Michał,
> 
> >>Somewhat unrelated topic: Is there is a virtual serial port that would
> >>allow cbmlink to work across the RS-232 interface on the CBM II and
> >>264 series machines? I am thinking how feasible it would be to
> >>implement a virtual C2N232 device.
> >
> >What do you mean by virtual serial ports?
> 
> Sorry for being unclear. I was referring to VICE. It would be great if
> an emulated 6551 or CMD SwiftLink or whatnot would be accessible to
> programs running on the host system. On Microsoft Windows, that would be
> called "Virtual COM port". I realize that it might require an operating
> system kernel module. For example, a regular Unix domain socket or named
> pipe may not be able to support all primitives defined in <termios.h>.

they can be used over a network socket (which may or may not work for whatever 
you want to do). i am smelling x/y problem here though - so what is the actual 
usecase here? :)

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Received on 2021-09-13 16:02:32

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