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Re: Put your BBS back online with MagicJack?
I had my BBS online for a year using a hardware device called an "ethernet
modem". It acted like a modem to the computer and was a telnet server on the
internet. Worked really well with my METAL BBS on the Apple IIgs. The major
problem was that file transfers using x/y/z-modem would not work at all.
There was someone, can't remember his name, that had his IIgs hooked up
directly to a serial port on a cisco router and configured the router to
direct telnet traffic on port 6502 to the IIgs. File transfers worked great.
Unfortunately, it did not detect dropped-carrier and would sit there until
it timed out if someone dumped.
I have also wrote my own software as a go-between called "Internet Modem",
available here: http://boycot.no-ip.com/InternetModem/
It works pretty well also, but just like the ethernet modem, x/y/z-modem
doesn't work at all... That's why I was thinking about going back to the old
way with modems and phone lines...but I'm seeing from the conversation that
there's no hope for that either....
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Greg at Age of Reason (telnet: aor.retroarchive.org) is running GBBS Pro
using tcpser. It emulates a Hayes compatible modem for the Apple, and
uses a serial->usb cable to send / receive via tcp/ip.
I have had some success in tests with GBBS using tcpser4j, which appears
to be the follow-up to tcpser, but written in Java. It even can play .wav
files for dial tone, ringing, etc. It can alias phone #'s, so you can use
atdt5165551212 to get to your favorite IP address.
The problem I have encountered with reviving old BBS software is that some
of the early stuff had drivers written for specific hardware, ie: Nexus
only supports Micromodem and Apple-Cat. I am still trying to find a
suitable Hayes compatible driver that can be hacked into these old DOS
BBSs like Apple-Net, Networx ][, Nexus, Tele-Cat, Pro-Connect and others.
-BZ