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

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Jun 22, 1:44 am, 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.
> I would love my Apple // to be an up to date weather machine.
> The Bureau of Meterology gives Sydney weather via ftp: Seehttp://www.bom.gov.au/other/Ftp.shtml
> andftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDN10064.txtfor the actual
> text I would love to interface to my Apple.
> Could someone with more experience than I please share the mysteries
> of how I might arrange for my A2 to receive or request the ftp page
> and be useful every minute of the day?
> Thanks very much for any assistance,
> Phillip Wylie.

Over the years, I have been keeping track of ways to hook up one of my
various Apple IIs to the Internet by simply connecting it via a serial
port directly to a PC or Mac and essentially making the Apple a dumb
terminal.

In your case, assuming you connect your Apple to a computer that has
the command-line tools to FTP, telnet, IRC, Lynx, and such, then you
can use your Apple II on the Internet in all sorts of ways.

My bookmark list has the following web pages of other people who are
slaving their Apple II to either a Mac or a Linux box for connectivity
to the Internet in various forms. Maybe one of them will help you on
your quest:

Apple //c as a Dumb Terminal to my Mac mini
http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000113.php

Apple Hacking For Fun and Profit
http://pdw.weinstein.org/2007/06/apple-hacking-for-fun-and-profit.html

Using an Apple IIe as a serial terminal with Gentoo Linux
http://www.dataswamp.net/apple2eserialterm/

How To Hook an Apple IIgs up to a Linux Machine via a Dedicated Serial
Line
http://web.textfiles.com/computers/linux.gs.login

Hope this helps,
Warr