Re: The BoycoT BBS (bug fixed)

["brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net>]

dang..at 200 bucks it might be awhile before i'm brave enough....to try this

brad

"Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.moxa.com/product/NPort_DE-311.htm
> http://www.moxa.com/product/NPort_DE-211.htm
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> I was pretty lucky to find one on ebay.  I never saw one on there before I
> got mine...and I never saw one after.
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> "brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net> wrote in message
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> > "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > 34jed0F4b0ndgU1@individual.net">news:34jed0F4b0ndgU1@individual.net...
> >> There are a couple of options:
> >>
> >> 1.  Get an ethernet modem (if you have cable or dsl).  This is a device
> > that
> >> pretends to be a modem to your IIe and is connected directly to the
> > network.
> >> It hooks up to your computer just like a regular modem.  I have the
Moxa
> >> NPort Express DE-311. This has a DB-9 for the serial port.  The DE-211
> >> has
> > a
> >> DB-25 for the serial port but is identical.  I've also heard that the
> >> Lantronix UDC-10 does the same thing.
> >>
> >
> > you got a source or a link to these things?? the eithernet moxa nport
> > express de-311?
> > or do i just have to troll thru ebay?
> >
> >
> >> 2.  Hook your Apple up to a PC using a custom-built cable
> >> (http://boycot.no-ip.com/BoycotBBS/AppleIIgsPcCable.pdf) and get a
> >> program
> >> that connects the PC's serial port to the network like IPCOMServer.
> >>
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> > is this the same cable as you helped me with (bradw lost gonzo) for our
> > attempt
> > at putting up the bbsgateway method of using an apple //gs on a
pc?..also
> > am
> > i
> > better off using the gs port on this or should i pop in a super serial
> > card..? which
> > works best? super serial card?
> >
> > also this is completely hardware driven right? or are there some kinda
> > settings for
> > the pc to see the de-311? or some other silly settings i need to know
> > (assuming i can
> > find the beast...i find just copying terry's stuff hardware/software the
> > easy way to
> > muck thru this stuff...dense that i am)
> >
> > lastly the bbs gateway program is not involved in any of this setup?
again
> > hard
> > ware more/less solution?
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> > anyway that are my guestions so far (i'm sure i'll have more)
> >
> > brad
> > former sysop at lost-gonzo.com (still down)
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