From: doug.mccomber@fakepart.gmail.com   
      
   Chris Young wrote:   
   > Hey thanks Doug, that's more of what I was looking for was the "idiots guide   
   > to using a modem with the TRS-80" lol!!   
   > ;-)   
   > I did see the programs "COM/DVR" & "COMM", but I'm not familiar with the   
   > parameters I need to use.   
   > For example with COMM it gives the message "Comm line driver not specified"   
   > And with COM/DVR, it says "Must install via set".   
   > Could you give me a crash course, step-wise, on what I need to do, all the   
   > way up to the point of dialing up a BBS?   
   >   
   > Also, a big thanks for the BBS listings. :-)   
   > Is there a way to determine what BBS's will work with the TRS-80? Or is it   
   > basically "dial & trial"?   
   > ;-)   
   > I'm going to download "FastTerm" today and get that on a disk.   
   >   
   > Many Thanks Doug!!!!   
   > -Chris   
   >   
   Hi Chris,   
      
   I can't remember the specific commands for COM/DVR and COMM off the top   
   of my head, but you know where to get the manuals. On a more general   
   level, first you SET the COM driver (which makes it resident), then use   
   SETCOM to set the communications parameters (1200 baud, 8 bit, no   
   parity, etc.), then you use COMM as the actual communications program.   
   Something like:   
      
   SET *CL COM/DVR   
   SETCOM (1200,8,N,1)   
      
   Don't quote me on the syntax (try HELP DOS). I can't remember how to use   
   COMM.   
      
   As for BBSes, you're right, it will be trial and error. You may run into   
   some that want your terminal program to be ANSI which you can't do   
   without a hi-res graphics board. But most should have VT100 support.   
      
   Regards,   
   --   
   Doug McComber   
   http://www.VintageComputing.net/   
      
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