Re: Apple IIgs --> OSX telnet

[email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com (Simon Williams)]

Aaron Howell <aaron@kitten.net.au> wrote:

> In article <1gr3sbx.o62xkb1ctlew6N%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com>,
> Simon Williams <email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> wrote:
> >I was thinking about setting up a connection between my IIgs and eMac
> >using a printer cable and one of those USB/serial adaptors with ProTerm
> >running on the IIgs... has anyone tried this?
> >
> >Sadly, this is looking more like a 'necessity' rather than just idle
> >speculation as the local Freenet has apparently gone belly-up.
> >
> There is probably a way to set this up simply using System Preferences, I
> don't have a serial device to test with. But assuming there isn't, the
> trick is to enable an appropriate line (as in chaging the off to on) in
> /etc/ttys then rebooting. You'll need to know what the device name given
> to your usb to serial adapter is, (which you can probably get from dmesg)
> then the appropriate line to enable should be obvious. I hope that helps.
> Regards Aron

Thanks for the info. I'll have to see about getting an adaptor and give
this a shot...

Anyone have any recommendations/cautions about these devices? 

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