Re: Apple ]['s on the Internet?

["Mr Brad" <sysop@lost-gonzo.com>]

Supertimer wrote in message <19990129021325.17425.00000777@ng16.aol.com>...
>MRL <i@neverlikedspam.com> wrote:
>
>>Well, after all these years, I was certainly glad to see some activity
>>having to do with the Apple //...a heartbeat is still out there,
>>however faint.  My question is, are y'all actually using Apple //'s to
>>get on the internet and read/post to newsgroups, etc?  If so, which
>>machines, and configured how?
>>
>>Or do you just use them for other tasks and use a "modern" computer to
>>get to this newsgroup?  Let me know...
>
>I use both.  I have a text account that I access from my Apple IIGS
>to read csa2.  It is faster to boot up and faster to read.  I also use
>AOL and, unfortunately, AOL has blocked logon from its IIGS
>software about 3 years ago, so I do also use another computer.
>
>However, for 90% of the things I do online, including reading NGs
>and email, the IIGS is fine.  ;-)
>
>My IIGS has a 1GB SCSI hard drive, a Zip drive, a fast modem,
>and plenty of memory.  The IIGS can also be configured with
>TCP/IP, a web browser of sorts, and telnet.  Dedicated email
>and ftp programs are in development.


Well ....the closest i can come to Apple 2 computers on the internet is my
site. I have 2 apple GS computers
connected serially as doors to my web site and off my major/wg bbs package
on a T1.  They are on the main
menu of the system via telnet, either from my www page at    www.
lost-gonzo.com  or via telnet : lost-gonzo.com

I use a worldgroup system bbs pkg on an ibm pc 486 as the front end to
connect to the internet ..the bbs pkgs on the apple gs's from the 80's are
connected off of that. The system is free 45 min a day to telnet users. I
also have door games like: l.o.r.d, tw2002, ultimate universe, exitilus 2.05
and 3.13 (the new one), etc etc

the two old 80's programs run on the 2 apple gs computer are from main menu
ap2/fv is  an apple // bbs pkg called futurevision 4.0xev has games like
spacer quest and monochrome
ansi and proterm from around 85.

and the 2nd gs has an apple bbs pkg called : Tpro 4.2f RPG BBS (modified)
which is essentially a large, for the time, role playing game with bbs built
around it ..it is asci and proterm from around 1983.

both games are accessable from the internet from my web site and /or via
telnet on main menu of bbs. just make an account and i'll pop you access.

What the heck the make nice doors off my mbbs/wg system and it is better
then them sitting in the closet.

 Now if i could just get my orig 1983 applenet (by pechenck(sp?) up from my
orig dos 3.3 disks on a sider 20
meg hd i found..i'd have everything bbs wise i'd ever run as a bbs up and
still accessable via the internet.

man i really ..really ...need a life....

whatever feel free to check my site out for whatever reason

brad
sysop@lost-gonzo.com
www.lost-gonzo.com
telnet: lost-gonzo.com
or
mrbrad@ll.net
gonzo@ic.mankato.mn.us

p.s. i also have found a door program for ms/dos bbs pkgs (including
freeware msdos bbs pkgs like kbbs, and renegade etc) that allows you to make
a dialout door via serial or phone line to your old
gbbs/proline/applenet/futurevision/whatever apple 2 bbs pkg sitting around
in your closet. assuming the author still takes reg for it..it was 15
bucks..so if you have a site/system that can run standard  ms-dos door
games/programs ...you could easily setup up the old apple //  bbs up on your
site too.....just a thought ... if your an old apple // sysop.