having problems connecting to bbs.

[ed777]

i just get an error code 4 from my virtual internet modem on my pc. and the telnet on the amiga just sits there.... saying its dialing..... ive tried a few different bbs's.

[emufan]

i think not many are familiar with virtual internet modem - I've never heard about.
you must give some more information.
how is your amiga connected to the net, pcmcia card - serial link to your windows machine?
which software you have installed, Miami, amitcp?

[ed777]

null modem. bbs works now. virtual internet modem turns your com port into a vitual modem, so computers connected to it think its a dial up modem. http://boycot.no-ip.com/Software
http://98.127.192.66:6502/Software/

and im using ncomm

[emufan]

Originally Posted by ed777

when i try to connect to irc it shows a few lines and then disconnects. bbs is working fine. not sure if my baud rate is wrong? 9600. it seems that the irc server may be doing this. ive tried freenode, amigaworld and undernet, all with the same result. im using ncomm to connect. it also sometimes crashes the virtual modem program just before it gets to 'looking up your hostname'

good news. i think you can at least use 19200, depends on your amiga model.
try another irc client, there is for example amirc and blackirc.

thanks for the internet modem link.

@admin: please merge this thread to this one.

[ed777]

Originally Posted by emufan

good news. i think you can at least use 19200, depends on your amiga model.
try another irc client, there is for example amirc and blackirc.

thanks for the internet modem link.

@admin: please merge this thread to this one.

i couldnt get amirc to work. i think i will having trouble using irc clients as im using workbench 1.3

[emufan]

so you are using ircII client? if not here is one on aminet.
here is a youtube [ Show youtube player ] talking about the internet modem and hwo to connect.

[ed777]

Originally Posted by emufan

so you are using ircII client? if not here is one on aminet.
here is a youtube [ Show youtube player ] talking about the internet modem and hwo to connect.

yea, thats the video i was following. no i am using a telnet program to connect called ncomm. ll try that version of ircii in a bit

[emufan]

maybe i'm wrong, but i would say ncomm is a nogo for an irc session.
you need a dedicated irc client. you can try the ircII client from above. it starts from shell/cli.

[ed777]

Originally Posted by emufan

maybe i'm wrong, but i would say ncomm is a nogo for an irc session.
you need a dedicated irc client. you can try the ircII client from above. it starts from shell/cli.

ok, cool. someone on freenode #amiga told me u could use telnet for irc...

[emufan]

Originally Posted by ed777

ok, cool. someone on freenode #amiga told me u could use telnet for irc...

possible, but not very useable i guess. same when you browsing the web, using telnet on port 80 somewhere

AmIRCii-2.8.2.lha -> AmIRCii-2.8.2/bin/IRC-II/bin/irc-2.8.2 is the client
start it with option "-d" for a start, change nochname with /nick command
then /server irc.undernet.org for example. /join #channel ... and so on

#1) i've tried using it here with winuae, but it crash, when emulating a500 kickstart/workbench 1.3 with 1MB memory. it does work when using a1200 emulation.
i hope you have more luck.

[ed777]

Originally Posted by emufan

possible, but not very useable i guess. same when you browsing the web, using telnet on port 80 somewhere

AmIRCii-2.8.2.lha -> AmIRCii-2.8.2/bin/IRC-II/bin/irc-2.8.2 is the client
start it with option "-d" for a start, change nochname with /nick command
then /server irc.undernet.org for example. /join #channel ... and so on

#1) i've tried using it here with winuae, but it crash, when emulating a500 kickstart/workbench 1.3 with 1MB memory. it does work when using a1200 emulation.
i hope you have more luck.

yeah it crashes on my 1.3 setup. now im stuck

[emufan]

a1000 using ncomm connected to irc - this must work somehow.

#1) cannot find some instruction for connecting to irc with ncomm.
i'm using telser ( this does what your internetmodem does - together with ncomm,
just saw the welcome mesage of undernet , then it was closing connection - i keep trying.

i have no clue how to enter '/nick nickname' while connecting - this did work with ircii client.
no clue howto do this with ncomm. also tested dctelnet - same problem.

#2) i have no idea how this may work. another optio for you may be grapevine irc client.

[ed777]

Originally Posted by emufan

a1000 using ncomm connected to irc - this must work somehow.

#1) cannot find some instruction for connecting to irc with ncomm.
i'm using telser ( this does what your internetmodem does - together with ncomm,
just saw the welcome mesage of undernet , then it was closing connection - i keep trying.

i have no clue how to enter '/nick nickname' while connecting - this did work with ircii client.
no clue howto do this with ncomm. also tested dctelnet - same problem.

#2) i have no idea how this may work. another optio for you may be grapevine irc client.

ive done it. connected through a bbs service which lets you connect to any irc network u like. i will try grapevine though...

[emufan]

Originally Posted by ed777

ive done it. connected through a bbs service which lets you connect to any irc network u like. i will try grapevine though...

ah, allright, thanks for info.

Originally Posted by ed777

i will try grapevine though...

I was wrong here, grapevine wants 3.0 system - since they wrote 2.0 comaptible, i thought the other way around ( 1.3 -> 2.0 -> 3.0 ). - so this is nogo for workbench 1.3