Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!7103_300
From: 7103_300@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Con -> RS232
Message-ID: <2106@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 22 Apr 89 11:00:36 GMT
References: <111500016@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
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Organisation: University of Western Ontario, Canada

In article <111500016@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> I have set up an ST BBS recently and am trying to get some online games
> running, specifically Larn and Nethack.  However, both of these games send
> output to the screen, not the RS232 port.  Does anyone out there have a 
> program that will redirect output from screen to the RS232?

I don't know about Larn, but it should be possible to redirect the output
and input of NetHack to the RS232 port by means of Fforce(), e.g. something
like Fforce(0, Fopen("AUX:", 2)); Fforce(1, Fopen("AUX:", 2)). The
major potential problem is that NetHack (I'm assuming you're using the version
I posted to comp.binaries.atari.st) uses a Crawcin call, which may not be
properly redirected in all versions of TOS. It's worth a try, though.
Failing all else, the sources for NetHack and Larn are available on
terminator.cc.umich.edu; you could always recompile them with appropriate
modifications!
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