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Re: Apple 2E with Linux?
- Subject: Re: Apple 2E with Linux?
- From: "John Jacobs" <jjacobs@hager.net>
- Date: 1999/07/06
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: BrightNet Wisconsin
- References: <7lgpb6$ce8$1@reggie.win.bright.net> <7lml79$s9f$3@chakotay.ncc74656.org>
> You wouldn't install a NIC in your IIe, unless you want to set up
AppleTalk
> between it and the Linux box. That's overkill, IMHO. If you don't
already
> have one, get a Super Serial Card and some comm software and hang your IIe
> off a serial port on the Linux box. Hack /etc/inittab to allow you to log
> in over the serial port and you're done. You can use protocol transfers
> (ZMODEM, Kermit, etc.) to move files back and forth, and you can do
anything
> that you'd normally do from a shell prompt (since that's what you'll be
> using).
That sounds *perfect*, because all I want to do is send files back and
forth... next question: what is the name of a good 2e terminal program that
does good terminal emulation (I suppose VT100) and all the standard file
transfer protocols (plus it must look great on an 80-col mono screen).
Thanks!