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DwTerm v0.2

A RSDOS DriveWire 4 Terminal Program

DwTerm is a terminal program for RS-DOS on the TRS-80 Color Computer 1/2/3. This program uses the DriveWire protocol for communication. A connection to a DriveWire server is required.

  • (new for v0.2) ANSI Support for CoCo1/2/3 on 32x16 VDG
  • (new for v0.2) ANSI Support for CoCo1/2 64x32 on CoCoVGA
  • (new for v0.2) ANSI Support for CoCo3 on 80x25 GIME
  • (new for v0.2) Break-C to hang up connection
  • (new for v0.2) Break-Q to Quit
  • (new for v0.2) Break-Break to send Ctrl-C

Download the latest version from:

https://github.com/n6il/DwTerm/releases/latest

Documentation & GitHub Site:

https://github.com/n6il/DwTerm

Using it

At the DWTERM> prompt you can type dw commands. Here are some examples:

  • Dial out to the internet: ATD<host>:<port> or telnet <host> <port>
  • dw disk show
  • dw disk insert <drive> <path>
  • help for more commands
  • Break-C to hang up connection
  • Break-Q to Quit
  • Break-Break to send Ctrl-C

ZIP File Distribution

The Zip file Contains both:

  1. DWTERM.dsk -- Disk image with all the BIN files listed below
  2. All of the individual BIN/CAS/WAV versions listed below

Standard Version for Bit-Banger

Standard Versions for all Cocos, Minimum 32k RAM

  • DWTRMBB1.BIN - Bit-Banger (CoCo1 38400)
  • DWTRMBB.BIN - Bit-Banger (CoCo2 57600/CoCo3 115200)
  • DWTRMB63.BIN - Bit-Banger HD6309 (CoCo2 57600/CoCo3 115200)

Lite Version (Minimum 16k RAM)

Lite Version for Cocos with minimum 16k RAM

Bit-Banger (38400)

  • DWTBB1LT.BIN
  • DWTBB1LT.CAS
  • DWTBB1LT.WAV

Becker Port - Emulators, Coco3FPGA

  • DWTBCKLT.BIN
  • DWTBB1LT.CAS
  • DWTBB1LT.WAV

Other Versions

RS-232 Pak

  • DWTRM232.BIN -- All Cocos Minimum 32k RAM

Becker Port

  • DWTRMBCK.BIN - Becker Port (32k Coco and up; Emulators; Coco3FPGA)
  • DWTRMWI.BIN - Coco3FPGA WIFI Module