Re: Future Developments

[Ralph Glatt <mairsil@my-deja.com>]

In article <3a47f3ef$1@news.uow.edu.au>,
  david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson) wrote:
> Ralph Glatt <mairsil@my-deja.com> writes:
> >Well, one thing I'd like to see is a way for 8-bit Apple users to get
on
> >the internet without having to use a Shell account. I really don't
want
> >much, just a way to email and read the usenet, and possibly a way to
> >telnet into systems that can accomodate an Apple //. Nathan Mates
said
> >this isn't possible with TCP/IP lines, though, so I doubt it'll ever
> >happen.
>
> Given that this is possible using a Linux box as the interface between
> the 8 bit Apple // and the PPP dialup line, my thought was to build a
> smart serial card with the PPP code running on an onboard CPU. In the
same
> way that you can control a Hayes compatible modem over the same serial
port
> as your data communication occurs, a Telnet session could be
established
> using a comms program treating the smart serial card as a modem of
sorts.
> Instead of dialing a phone number you could dial an IP address (or if
DNS
> is available a host name).
>
> CPU+RAM+ROM(Flash)+serial chip+glue=smart serial card

That's great, but it doesn't help me out much, since I'm running a //c
and a //c+. Oh well.



Ralph Glatt


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