Re: Telnet from a Apple //e?

[Miles Attacca <milesattacca@gmail.com>]

On Jul 28, 3:09 am, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 28, 3:18 pm, JCarlson <jcarlson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > In article
> > ¼1185585303.140344.246...@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>"bbaker4311@gmai
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> > l.com" <bbaker4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  Back in the day we used to telnet all the time.  One simply finds a
> > > dial-up BBS type system.  Connect to that system and then use
> > > theremote telnet from that system.
> > >  It's been a long time but I thought you could telnet from Proterm
> > > after you were connected.  It used to be that internet providers
> > > would allow you to dial up and connect to a menu.  From that menu you
>
> > ¾ could use a program to telnet or actually do www.  A program named
>
> > > lynx could be used to do surfing, you just didn't see all the
> > > prettypictures.  That makes it faster, if all you want is information.
> > >  But few internet providers allow you to directly connect like that
> > > anymore.  They are so afraid someone will go through a security
> > > holeand do evil deeds.
> > >  Jcarlson1701 wrote:
> > >>   Hi All,
> > >>   I would like to be able to telnet from my A2e but don't know how.
> > >> I currently have my A2e connected to my mac via a SSC and a serial
> > >> to USB adapter. Can anyone help me with this? What will I need to
> > >> do, what software will I need, etc... Any help would be appreciated.
> > >>   Regards,
> > >>   Josh
>
> > Are there still any dial up Apple 2 related BBS's left? I have a Hayes
> > modem that could be put to good use. However, I figured that I could
> > "piggyback" my Macs internet connection on the A2 and telnet that way.
> > A2 Central's web site leads me to believe this is possible, but
> > doesn't explain how to do it.
>
> There are not many dial up BBS's left, however there was a recent
> thread discussing this - it didn't really interest me greatly because
> I'm in Australia.  ;-)
>
> If you have a search over the last few weeks you should find a thread
> regarding the availability of BBS's. Good luck finding one near you
> though.
>
> If you ran linux on your Mac, you could set it up to act as a terminal
> server by setting it up to listen to your serial connection. Then you
> could direct serial into it (like I mentioned before) and then use
> telnet or lynx from your Mac (if it has a connection to the internet).
> Then you could "psuedo" browse on your //e. You may be able to set Mac
> OS up as a terminal server also, but I'm not familiar with Macs at
> all, so I'll leave that up for an exercise for you.
>
> Or as someone mentioned previously, if you could find a dial up
> internet provider that still gives you a shell account, you could dial
> in (by using your modem) to the internet provider (from within MMGR or
> Zlink for example) and use telnet or lynx from there. I don't know
> about where you are, but accounts with shell access are pretty hard
> (if not impossible) to find these days.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> cheers,
> -p

The Super Dimension Fortress offers free shell accounts. I think they
also have a low-priced dial-up service. Once I get one of my older non-
Apple computers online (a 24-year-old Xerox), I plan to use the SDF
for AIM and browsing the web with Lynx!