Re: Unix/Linux Box

[Mike Pfaiffer <mike@digitalcivilization..ca>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> Michael Black wrote:
> 
>>Maybe there's not much advantage in this.  But if you use lynx
>>to download an Apple program, lynx will download it to a temporary
>>file on the Linux computer, and you can then transfer it over the
>>serial port to the Apple.  You no longer have to make a disk on
>>the main computer, in Apple format on top of that, and move it
>>physically to the Apple.  And except for software that apparently
>>runs on the IIGS, this is the closest many people will get to
>>putting their Apple II on the internet.
> 
> There is no need to "make a disk on the main computer" in the
> case that Ernest described.  One simply browses and downloads
> whatever is desired on the PC platform, then runs ADT to transfer
> the disk images to the Apple II as needed.  Since all the images
> ever transferred can be filed on the PC, it is trivial to make a CD-R
> backup.

        True. It could be done this way.

> There is little or no advantage to text-based browsing on an Apple
> connected through Linux, unless that's what floats your boat.

        I actually disagree. Here is why... *All* the software he needs on the PC
is free. This includes firewalls, backup software, servers, printing,
storage, spam filters, news, ftp, e-mail, gopher, IRC, and connection
clients. Not all the software I mentioned is necessary. He could just run
his //c as a terminal. He can also connect more machines than juct his
//c. If he wanted to install a version of Appletalk (I understand the
only thing it won't do is boot) it is there too. He can use a machine
like a 386 if he choose (rather than having to go with something in the
Pentium class).

        Besides, the internet was designed around UNIX. Windows didn't exist at
the time. It is one less layer he has to go through.

        If he is running his //c as a terminal he can run his *NIC box without
using a monitor on it.

        As a personal opinion I find software runs faster under Linux than it
does under Windows.

        My reccommendation is to go with something like RedHat rather than
Mandrake (Crashes as much as Windows) or a Debian varient (more for
developers).

> -michael
> 
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                                Later
                                Mike



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