Re: RFC - Apple II / IBM PC Telnet Gateway

[smentzer@ecom.net (Steven W. Mentzer)]

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>smentzer@ecom.net (Steve Mentzer)
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>>I was recently perusing some of my old projects, and I located a "telnet" 
>>gateway that I wrote some time back for Win32. 
>>
>>Basically, this gateway allows a "dummy terminal" computer to connect to the 
>>"host" win32 machine and use it as a "gateway" to the internet via a 
standard 
>>serial connection (port speed is the only limitation).
>
>Excellent idea.  Several years ago, I saw a school with a VAX system
>and many PC of 286 and older slaved to it as terminals providing text
>based internet access.  I had thought that an effective way to make
>many school Apple II internet capable with the basics, email-news-
>lynx, would be to set up a similar system.  The Apple II is no slower
>than the old serial ports in those PC.  The GS has even faster serial
>than those old PC ever had.  ProTERM 3.1 with the right macros
>should do the trick.


Thanks for the interest. I am cleaning it up, and it should be ready within a 
week or so. Time has been limited in my house (my daughter is learning to 
crawl..... ack!)

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