Post by ntech on Apr 30, 2019 18:13:47 GMT
Hey all, for a LONG time I've wanted to make a MUD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD) in JustBasic. Luckily, JB supports good ole' COM ports. However, these aren't able to connect to ethernet. That's changing!
In my project to create a working telnet/MUD server in JustBasic, I'll first write up (in Python) a bi-directional TCP/COM gateway that'll attach itself to COM2 and accept TCP connections on localhost, port 4000. Any connections shall be transmitted over COM2 - "!!CONNECTION IPADDRESS CONNECTION_ID" shall be sent over the COM port. To receive data from clients, the JB server shall read "CONNECTION_ID <here goes what the client sent>" from the COM port and reply with "CONNECTION_ID <here goes the response>".
The significance is that JB shall now be able to act as a server for any type of TCP-based communication: HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, Telnet, etc.
I would appreciate pointers on how to receive that data, as well as open the COM port. Like, a subroutine to open the COM port (COM2), a function to read data from the COM port, and lastly, a function to send data.
In my project to create a working telnet/MUD server in JustBasic, I'll first write up (in Python) a bi-directional TCP/COM gateway that'll attach itself to COM2 and accept TCP connections on localhost, port 4000. Any connections shall be transmitted over COM2 - "!!CONNECTION IPADDRESS CONNECTION_ID" shall be sent over the COM port. To receive data from clients, the JB server shall read "CONNECTION_ID <here goes what the client sent>" from the COM port and reply with "CONNECTION_ID <here goes the response>".
The significance is that JB shall now be able to act as a server for any type of TCP-based communication: HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, Telnet, etc.
I would appreciate pointers on how to receive that data, as well as open the COM port. Like, a subroutine to open the COM port (COM2), a function to read data from the COM port, and lastly, a function to send data.
