Re: Telnet BBS Interface

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <hcrbb.538778$Ho3.92268@sccrnsc03>,
Phil Abel <phil_abel@nomorespamorviagraadsforme.prodigydotnet> top-posted
(grr):
>yes the traditional BBS requires an extra phone line and also requires your
>long distance users to pay up to call you.  With a telnet interface the
>issue of cost would be a small one.  I would subscribe to my internet
>service regardless.  The only incremental "cost" would be the electricity to
>leave the host PC and the IIgs on all the time.  Then there is the security
>risk of having a machine always connected to the internet.

Apple IIs (of any variety) don't draw much power at all...the power supply
was only rated for somewhere around 30-35W output and was a fairly efficient
design, so its requirements are but a fraction of what your average modern
PC sucks down.

As for the security risk...as long as your "bridge" machine is not running
Windows, you're most of the way there.  One possibility would be to dredge
up an old 386 or 486, yank out the hard drive (or just unplug the cables to
it...it'll probably be so small it's not worth reusing), and put a
lightweight Linux system on a floppy disk.  The only moving part in normal
use will be the power-supply fan, and power usage will be fairly low...not
as low as your II, but still low by modern standards.

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