Re: Apple //e Powered BBS Operational

[Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr>]

<address_is wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After a lot of trial and error I managed to get a telnet accessible Warp
> Six BBS operational using a Platinum //e, a Rasberry Pi (running tcpser),
> and a USB to serial converter. Surprisingly the whole darn thing worked by
> just plugging the serial converter directly into the //e's super serial
> card. A CFFA 3000 is used for disk storage.
> 
> You can connect to the board by visiting matrixreturns.dyndns.org on port
> 6401. Just like the old days it can only take one caller at a time. My //e
> lacks a clock so it doesn't enforce time limits at the moment :).
> 
> I recommend using syncterm as a client on a Mac or PC.  
> 
> I'll try to keep it running as long as the hardware holds out and there's
> interest.  Hope to see you!
>
I managed to connect using Safari and the telnet:// prefix for URL which
launches external Terminal application, and I registered.
As I never used a BBS when it was common usage in my country (I am a perfect
newbie for this kind of thing), I do not really understand what some entries
meant. So I found myself "locked/trapped" when the BBS prompted for a
library name. I did not find the guideline to return to main menu from
there, so all I was able was to kill the telnet process hoping that it has
released the connection from your side.
I'll give it a try this evening and see if your BBS has some file
upload/download capabilities.. and I'll look for the terminal application
you advise for doing so.
Thank you again and best regards,
Benoît