Re: Telnet BBS cable?

[Xerxes409 <colin_tokyo@hotmail.com>]

On Nov 27, 10:46 am, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> Xerxes409 wrote:
> > On Nov 23, 3:37 am, <address...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >> dboomsma <dboom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I suppose you put one side of the cable into the Apple IIe, but where
> >> > does the other end go into?
>
> >> > I've been playing with the same thought for a long time, only
> >> > different:
> >> > I'd love to see Sweet16 to be able to accept a telnet connection and
> >> > forward it to a virtual modemport that the ProDOS 8 system (METAL/
> >> > FutureVision) will accept.
>
> >> > Mr Brad, seen recently here in csa2, has a setup as follows: Windows PC
> >> > with cable to Apple IIgs with (Null?) modem to BBS software. On the
> >> > Windows side he's got software running that will intercept the Telnet
> >> > calls and forward to the serial port.
>
> >> That's what I plan to do -- I have a null modem cable running to a
> >> virtual
> >> machine through a serial to USB adapter. The problem is that the
> >> communication is only one way at the moment. Commands can be sent to
> the
> >> Apple II but nothing comes back through the cable out to telnet.
>
> >> I was able to get a telnet connection as you describes above using KEGS
> >> or
> >> maybe it was XGS. It wasn't completely reliable but it did let me log
> >> into
> >> my AppleNet BBS for the first time in 20 years :). I'd really like to
> >> run
> >> this "new" one on actual hardware.
>
> > Let us know if you get it up and running! There used to be a retro
> > Apple BBS, but afaik it's down.
>
> Age of Reason is still up. I "dialed in" a week or two ago.
>
> it's aor.retroarchive.org
>
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Beautiful, I'll check it out!