Re: Ethernet & Internet on Apple 2

["Laine Houghton" <laine@intergate.com>]

"sca" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> In article <20040626210035.12238.00000770@mb-m01.aol.com>,
> mjmahon@aol.com says...
> > sca no@spam.com asked:
> >
> > I have no interest in hooking an Apple II to the Internet, since
> > I have blazingly fast machines for doing that, and can easily
> > transfer any useful files to the Apple II using a removeable
> > disk (ranging from a floppy to a Zip Disk).  I also have little
> > interest in hooking a snowplow to my sedan.  ;-)
>
> You may have no interest in hooking to the net, but I want to hook to
> the net, not for surfing but for downloading all the software that is on
> the net.  Plus I want relatively easy access on an ethernet network, if
> I can get it, to allow me to move files easily.
>
> I'm not asking for air conditioning on my Model-T.  But howsabout a
> motorized windshield wiper so I can drive in the rain?
>
> What is this ethernet card with software for the IIgs?

I'll let others chime in on the ethernet cards and software.

I'll tell you some of the things I do. Years ago I got an ISP who could
provide a shell account ( oddly enough or perhaps perfectly appropriate it
was with Morgan Davis). Then using Apple // terminal software ( I used
ProTerm) you could surf and download with Lynx and other serverside
programs.

I heard shell accounts were getting hard to get. Others talk of installing
linux on an x86 an creating a shell there them connecting to an ISP.

I picked up a  Performa 550 for $2.50 and using DAVE it is part of  my
windows network. I have the //gs doing local talk to the performa and that
completes the chain.

For the Apple //e which is used more often, I mostly download stuff to the
PC and use ProTerm to null modem the stuff back and forth. Besides I am more
likely to use it on the PC anyway in an emulator.

If I was to transfer a large amount of stuff I would probably get it on the
//gs and sneaker net it to the //e .

There are plenty of free term programs that will work for you as well as ADT
.

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