Re: Apple //e Powered BBS Operational

[scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <1485543905380179113.818986address_is-invalid.invalid@news.giganews.com>,
 <address_is@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>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.

IIRC, I ran my BBS on Warp Six for a while...don't recall it only supporting
numeric user IDs or having such a ridiculously short maximum password
length.  Then again, brute-forcing even a short password would've taken
forever at 2400 bps, especially since you'd need to dial back in after a few
failed attempts...

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