Guides:MAME - Software - Terminate (Terminal Software)

just a dump of the basics, i'll format it later

Terminate - Terminal Software

Needed

• MAME
• DOS
• Terminate
• tcpser

Installation

Terminate Install

• Get ter500.zip from https://www.terminate.com/download.htm
• Install dos and the terminate package into a chd
• The easiest way is to probably put it in a floppy image and attach it to the machine
• Copy and run the installer

tcpser

• Get a copy of tcpser (not available in repos on ubuntu 20.04)

$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/139812064/tcpser_1.0rc12-2_amd64.deb
# dpkg -i tcpser_1.0rc12-2_amd64.deb

• Configure MAME with a bitbanger device on port 25232 and a null modem connected. Add this to your launch params

looks like if you connect it as board2 it'll be become com2?

  -board2:comat:serport1 null_modem \
  -bitb socket.127.0.0.1:25232

• Startup tcpser to listen on 25232, using the VICE RS232 prot, speed and port can be whatever so long as MAME matches

tcpser -v 25232 -p 6333 -s 38400 -l 4 -i Z

Option	Description
-v	tcp port for VICE RS232 (e.g. 25232). Cannot be used with -d
-p	port to listen on (defaults to 6400)
-l	0 (NONE), 1 (FATAL) - 7 (DEBUG_X) (defaults to 0)
-i	modem init string (defaults to , leave off 'at' prefix when specifying)

-p probably isn't really required, but you can hook another console in if you care and watch along

MAME

1. Get a copy of MAME and set it up for the ct486 machine - https://www.mamedev.org/

1. Start up MAME with the bitbanger device, it'll auto connect to the tcpser instance

1. Go into partial UI mode (scrlock) and confirm the speed on the serial device

1. Machine Configuration -> root:board2:comat:serport1:null_modem

Setting	Value
Flow Control	Off
Data Bits	8
Parity	None
RX Baud	<tcpser speed>
Stop Bits	1
TX Baud	<tcpser speed>

1. Reset the machine to reconnect the tcp instance at the correct speed

Terminate Config

Boot into dos and start Terminate

Note: if you are in partial ui mode, go back to full because scroll lock in terminate toggles doorway mode

Check your comports

1. ALT-O
2. Communications Setup
3. COM Ports

Configure a Hays compatible mode

1. ALT-O
2. Communications Setup
3. Hayes Accura 28.80(1) on COM2
4. UART/Serial
5. Baudrate <tcpser speed>
6. Databits / Stops Bits / Parity 8,N,1

Configure a Phonebook Entry

1. ALT-D
2. A (Add)
3. E (Edit)
4. System name: <whatever>
5. Phone Number: <telnet address>
6. ESC
7. V (SaVe)

(1)caveats, you can't hang up the call because the bit is always high atm