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Re: Age of Reason BBS
To: Lon Seidman
Lon wrote:
> From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2
>
> On Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:06:31 PM UTC-4, Moose wrote:
>> If anyone else is interested in BBS's (and there's quite a few here ;), and is thinking of setting up a BBS, Synchronet is great and free web BBS software that is telnet-able:
>> http://www.synchro.net/
>>
>> http://wiki.synchro.net/resource:doors
>>
> I have an extra Apple IIe and an older CFFA sitting around. I am totally up for setting up an Apple II telnet accessible BBS. I've been having a really tough time getting the serial interface working though. I have a USB serial adapter for a PC that is just not talking with the IIe's serial interface properly.
> Anyone have any pointers or hardware I can look at to get this thing up and running?
I would recommend BBS Server - it's a nice little windows app that does the
same job as tcpser. I tweaked my copy of tcpser to issue a telnet negotiation
sequence to turn off local echo (IAC WILLDO ECHO) to keep things like tthhiiss
from happening. :)
If BBS Server also has this issue, let me know and I can fix it and drop a new
build for you (just email me directly). If you follow the wiring diagram for
the null modem adapter in the BBS Server (or tcpser) docs, you should be just
fine.
g.
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