Re: Telnetting with a ][?

[The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>]

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 08:13:19 +0000, Moll wrote:

> Robert Bernardo wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Moll wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm just musing right now, but I've found out about software people 
>>> use to connect to Telnet-based BBSes with C64s, and I was wondering if 
>>> anyone knew of similar software for a PC to feed an Apple ][ comm port 
>>> to a Telnet service like that, like "ATD cyberspace.org:23" or such.
>> 
>>     With your Apple term program and a shell account at your ISP, just 
>> drop into the shell's UNIX prompt, and type in  telnet youraddress 
>> <RETURN/ENTER>.  You will arrive at the telnet BBS of your desires.  :-)
> 
> That's not an option if your ISP is Verizon DSL, and you don't have any 
> Linux boxen handy. :-( (Trying to get to a telnet-based *x shell with my 
> //e)  I should have mentioned I'm running Windoze 2K on the computer 
> with the line.
> 
> Moll.

	If you are allowed to reboot your 2K box, you may want to check out a
bootable CD or three. There are some live distributions of Linux which
will run directly from a CD (no installation required and they won't even
touch the harddrive unless you specifically tell them to). Others will run
from one of those USB RAM sticks. A good source for those distros is
http://freshmeat.net. One or another shows up usually every couple of
weeks. There is also a site which keeps track or the various distros. As
long as you can login to Linux you should be able to telnet out.

				Later
				Mike