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From: "Pete" <Hanno@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: Yaroze and Modem
Date: 24 May 1998 14:59:10 GMT
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Stefano Provenzano <dragon@intercom.it> wrote in article
<6k9209$hca2@chuka.playstation.co.uk>...
> Hi,
> I'am working at a VRML browser and I have thought to use it with the
yaroze,
> but there is a big problem (at least for me) command directly the modem
and
> then the psx serial port.
> 
> Anyone know how to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefano

It depends on what you're trying to do, are you using the modem connected
to your PC or have you got it connected directly to your playstation?

For info on a PC (DOS) modem connection Andre LaMothe's book the Black Art
of 3D Programming contains a detailed explanation on setting up the PC
serial port and communicating with the modem. The maximum baud rate is only
2400bps though, for higher transmission speeds you'll need to use one of
the standard data compression and error correction schemes. If you search
the net you should be able to download a software library containing these
modem protocols (I've had no luck yet).

To control the psx serial port, you should be able to use the ioctl( )
function in the updated Libps library.
I've not been able to get it to work though, perhaps SCEE could give us a
few examples ??

Even without ioctl, you can read( ) and write( ) data thru the serial port
at 9600 or 115200bps. I've had two playstations chirping happily to each
other via a link cable.

I hope this helps, if you need any info on the PC serial port or modem
commands I can mail it to you,

Pete.