Re: Telnet BBS cable?

[Xerxes409 <colin_tokyo@hotmail.com>]

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.