Re: WaZaBoo! BBS 216-382-7040

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

Yeah, I'll put it up...

Would anyone be interested in a YAHOO Group for Apple II? (or does one
already exist).  Each YAHOO group has a file transfer section that we can
use for sharing & such...


"Gavin Picknell" <gpnz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Sounds cool! I've recently rescued my apple IIgs from storage
> (although its now stored in my roof instead, gee I wonder if it still
> even works...) and was thinking about doing something similar for a
> laugh. Years ago I used to run a local apple II BBS on my //e using
> Warp6 v2.5, although my //e was spec'd quite well at the time (HD/more
> RAM/Accelerator - which I seem to have lost somewhere along the line
> doh!).
>
> I came across the following website (I think from a post here
> actually) http://www.petscii.com/ that is in to the same kind of
> thing, but from a C64 perspective, but does have some software that
> runs on a PC that does a similar thing to your VB app by the sounds of
> it, and I'm hoping it doesnt mind that its not a C64 on the other end
> of the serial port (havent tried it with my II yet).
>
> Speaking of your VB app, is it anything you'd be willing to share, or
> is it one of those little customised jobbies that would probably be
> too hard for anyone else to figure out how to use...(I wont be
> offended if dont wont to release it, but figured I should ask anyway
> :) ).
>
> Anyway, thanks for the info.
>
> Cheers,
>
> "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Gavin Picknell" <gpnz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > Hi Terry,
> > >
> > > I was just wondering about how you went about enabling your apple II
> > > BBS for telnet access, I'm guessing a PC in the middle with net
> > > access, and Apple II connected to PC via a serial port with some
> > > software on the PC to listen for telnet connections and convert into
> > > serial for the Apple II BBS access (along with the appropriate modem
> > > commands?). Anyway, I'm interested in that kind of stuff and was just
> > > wondering how you did it if you dont mind me asking :)
> >
> >
> > Correct. I had the BBS connected to a PC via null-modem cable.  I wrote
a
> > program in Visual Basic that listened to a telnet port and pretended to
be a
> > modem for the BBS.  Worked pretty good...  Then they kept raising the
price
> > of Cable Internet and I had to shut it off...