Re: Using Linux to get Apples surfing?

[Alistair J Ross <mail@ataliross.co.uk>]

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:28:21 -0400, ben yates wrote:

> A lot of people use TCPSER for such a connection. I already bought a
> Lantronix UDS-10 to put my 99/4A on my hub, and used Win98 Internet
> Connection Sharing.

By the looks of things, am I right in saying that this Lantronix box is
one of the coolest things ever, essentially changing an RS-232 into an
ethernet connection?

Wowzer! ;)

How much those things fetch for? Do they go on ebay?

Regards,

Alistair Ross

> On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:49:04 +0100, Alistair J Ross wrote:
> 
>> Hello everyone,
> <snip>
> 
>> 
>> Okay, what I'd like to do is to open up one of my Linux boxes serial ports
>> and run some sort of serial connection between the Apple and the Linux
>> box, so that I can basically access a terminal of the Linux box. I believe
>> that the A2 Platinum is an 80-column machine, so the standard 80 column
>> PC-type terminal should be OK, yes?
>> 
>> My main purpose in doing this is to run applications on my Linux box such
>> as lynx (to surf the web), and mutt (to read my email). Call me crazy but
>> I love the idea of being able to do that sorta stuff on an Apple II.
>> 
>> Anyone on this list done anything like that, or know of how it's done on a
>> linux box? I would presume it's got something to do with getty or
>> something, but I'm guessing.
>> 
> 
> A lot of people use TCPSER for such a connection. I already bought a
> Lantronix UDS-10 to put my 99/4A on my hub, and used Win98 Internet
> Connection Sharing.
> 
> I've since installed Fedora Core Linux on my desktop as my main OS. I
> simply had to enable Telnet service, set the ethernet card as a trusted
> device (firewall wise), and now I can share it's internet connection (I'm
> dial-up, sorry!). I telnet into my Linux box, then use Lynx with an
> 80-column terminal program to surf the internet... Works pretty well.
> 
> Ben

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