Re: Telnet from a Apple //e?

[Jcarlson1701 <jcarlson1701@gmail.com>]

On Jul 27, 5:02 pm, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 28, 2:49 am, Jcarlson1701 <jcarlson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I would like to be able to telnet from my A2e but don't know how. I
> > currently have my A2e connected to my mac via a SSC and a serial to
> > USB adapter. Can anyone help me with this? What will I need to do,
> > what software will I need, etc... Any help would be appreciated.
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Josh
>
> Well, just to clarify things - you can't actually "telnet" without an
> ethernet adapter. What it sounds like you want to do is to have a
> direct serial connection using two terminal programs - one on the
> apple //e and one on your Mac. There are numerous terminal programs
> available for the //e - two good ones that I've used are MMGR and
> Zlink. Zlink supports connections up to 57600kb/s and has Xmodem and
> Ymodem transfer capabilities. MMGR can connect up to 19200kb/s (I
> think) and includes Xmodem, Ymodem, & Zmodem capabilities.
>
> Basically you need to run a terminal program on both machines (I don't
> know Macs so I don't know a good terminal program there) and set them
> up talking at the same baud rate (eg, 57600 or whatever), the same
> number of data bits (usually 8), the same parity (usually "none"), the
> same number of stop bits (usually "1"), and the same flow control (try
> "hardware" first and if that doesn't work try "none" or "Xon/Xoff").
> Once you have all setup on both machines, make sure they are connected
> (ie. sometimes there is a "connect" button) and you should be able to
> type keys on your Mac and see the letters appear on your //e screen
> and vice versa.
>
> You will then be able to transfer files or whatever it is your trying
> to do.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> -p

Thanks for the info Polymorph. What I want to do is be able to connect
to BBS sites from my A2 (i.e. A2Central and so forth). Will this work?

Thanks - Josh