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How do I check the Weather on my Atari?


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Try CTRL-J instead of Carriage Return. If prompted take a guess at city code (I used BOS for Boston). What you type won't echo. Don't forget to use CTRL-J

 

This works with each of my NodeMCU based wifi modems. One has Strikelink firmware and one has Zimodem firmware.

 

-SteveS

 

Sorry, I don't currently have a means to get screenshots from my real Ataris.

 

I was having the same issue with Bob Term and can confirm that ctrl-J works for it as well. I was able to enter a city code and get my local forecast (a bit hard to read since it clearly isn't meant for 40 column displays but works well enough). Here is a list of the 3-letter city codes: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/NWS_WFO_ID.txt

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I guess this falls under silly Atari and linux tricks.

 

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I created a simple telnet server on my Raspberry Pi like this:

 

socat -s -v TCP-LISTEN:4444,fork exec:"curl wttr.in/Boston?0?n?q" &

 

"musicbox" is the hostname of my Raspberry Pi. I'm using the tiny Musicbox distro and never bothered to change the hostname.

 

"4444" is just an arbitrary port number.

 

ICE-T's EOL handling is set to "LF only". I think 8 bit charset is at "IBM PC" though some of the characters used in www.wttr.in's display aren't available on the Atari.

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Hello Ivo

 

Nah. It doesn't say you have to be ON the Atari to check the weather, it says check the weather ON the Atari. Easiest way: Put the Atari outside for about minute, then take it back inside:

 

- If the Atari is warm, it's sunny

- If it's cold, it's cold outside

- If it's freezing cold, it''s freezing cold outside

- If it's wet it's raining

- If there's snow on it, it's freezing

- If you can't see anything, let alone the Atari, it's foggy

- If you can't find it anymore, it's fairly windy. Or you live in a neighborhood where people take stuff without asking.

 

Sincerely

 

Mathy

 

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telnet://rainmaker.wunderground.com

don't know if it still works but it used to

 

 

Try CTRL-J instead of Carriage Return. If prompted take a guess at city code (I used BOS for Boston). What you type won't echo. Don't forget to use CTRL-J

 

 

Heh. Pointless fun. For what it's worth, you can set your terminal software to Local Echo: On and at least see what you type, though you still need a CTRL-J at the end of any keyboard input.

 

(My 1088XEL running ICE-T connected to the 'net via a vintage P:R:Connection, a CX-87 Terminal cable, a straight-through DB25 gender changer, a Lantronix MSS100 gateway box, then an Ethernet cable to a WiFi extender I've got plugged in near all my vintage stuff.

 

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So, an awful lot of work and finagling when I can just open the door and see it's pretty effing hot and uncomfortable out there. :P

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