Re: The BoycoT BBS (bug fixed)

["Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

http://www.moxa.com/product/NPort_DE-311.htm
http://www.moxa.com/product/NPort_DE-211.htm

I was pretty lucky to find one on ebay.  I never saw one on there before I 
got mine...and I never saw one after.


"brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net> wrote in message 
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> "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> There are a couple of options:
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>> 1.  Get an ethernet modem (if you have cable or dsl).  This is a device
> that
>> pretends to be a modem to your IIe and is connected directly to the
> network.
>> It hooks up to your computer just like a regular modem.  I have the Moxa
>> NPort Express DE-311. This has a DB-9 for the serial port.  The DE-211 
>> has
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>> DB-25 for the serial port but is identical.  I've also heard that the
>> Lantronix UDC-10 does the same thing.
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> you got a source or a link to these things?? the eithernet moxa nport
> express de-311?
> or do i just have to troll thru ebay?
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>> 2.  Hook your Apple up to a PC using a custom-built cable
>> (http://boycot.no-ip.com/BoycotBBS/AppleIIgsPcCable.pdf) and get a 
>> program
>> that connects the PC's serial port to the network like IPCOMServer.
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> is this the same cable as you helped me with (bradw lost gonzo) for our
> attempt
> at putting up the bbsgateway method of using an apple //gs on a pc?..also 
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> i
> better off using the gs port on this or should i pop in a super serial
> card..? which
> works best? super serial card?
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> also this is completely hardware driven right? or are there some kinda
> settings for
> the pc to see the de-311? or some other silly settings i need to know
> (assuming i can
> find the beast...i find just copying terry's stuff hardware/software the
> easy way to
> muck thru this stuff...dense that i am)
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> lastly the bbs gateway program is not involved in any of this setup? again
> hard
> ware more/less solution?
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> anyway that are my guestions so far (i'm sure i'll have more)
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> brad
> former sysop at lost-gonzo.com (still down)
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