Re: Use //c to show ftp weather from Bureau of Meteorology

[lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx (Steve Nickolas)]

mdj wrote:
> On Jun 22, 6:44�pm, phil <pjwy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> Thanks for help in the past..
>> If my //c could run vt terminal emulation, and connect through serial
>> to an adjacent PC, I believe it may be able to display a text file
>> from ftp transfer over the internet.
> 
> If the adjacent PC is a Unix box or Mac, you could configure it to run
> a 'getty' on the serial port.
> 
> An Applesoft basic program could easily 'chat' with the Unix shell on
> the other end and load the ftp data for whatever local manipulation
> you'd like.
> 
> Not sure about getty's on windows but Cygwin might be able to pull
> something like that off.
> 
> Matt
>

Confirmed.  I've run getty on Cygwin.

-uso.