Re: Is it possible to get the GS on the net via a linux box?

["GarberStreet Enterprises" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Sorry for the top post, but I didn't want everyone to have
to scroll aaaaalllllllllllllllllll the way back down there. Will
this approach also work with a Mac running OS 8.1, or
will I need to run Linux also? My Mac 7100/80 is already
on DSL cable modem.

TIA

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com


Michael Black <et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
news:b46i1l$7tc$1@freenet9.carleton.ca...
> SlickRCBD (yourIP@127.0.0.1) writes:
> > Here's a thought. Is it possible to get the IIGS on the internet with a
> > TCP/IP connection or some way by connecting the serial port to a machine
> > running Linux? I don't even know if that can be set up on the Linux end,
> > let alone the GS end.
> >
> > I'm just starting to learn Linux (I installed Yellow Dog 2.1 on my
> > PowerMac 6500), and running a serial cabel to my IIGS would be a simple
> > matter. Unfortunetly, I don't know if it's possible or not. THe Mac gets
> > on the 'net via a cabel modem, though I doubt the IIGS could handle THAT
> > kind of speed considering the serial port only goes up to 19,200 (though
I
> > remember seeing a CDA called speedport that supposedly could make it go
> > higher).
> >
> > In any case, is it possible? I'm a true newbie, and probably will remain
> > so until the summer, when I'll have time to really learn how to use &
> > configure linux.
>
> Yes, it's basically the same idea as when I ran a terminal program
> on my Mac Plus, and dialed into my ISP's shell.  You'd simply
> be moving the shell to your home, and connected the GS directly
> to the Linux computer with a null modem (ie a cable with the correct
> wiring) instead of via  a modem and phone line to the ISP.
>
> Doing it this way, you'd be using the GS as a terminal instead
> of a console on the Mac.  You'd run a mail program on the Linux computer,
> and simply view it, and type, on the GS.  Run Lynx on the Linux
> computer, and you can browse the web (admittedly with no graphics)
> with the GS.  Configure Lynx properly, and when you download
> something it will land in the GS.
>
> Doing this is really quite easy.  When I first got Linux running
> two years ago, for a bit I was running it this way, since I
> wasn't yet ready to move my Mac out of the way.  Make the cable,
> edit /etc/inittab so it starts a shell on the serial port,
> and away you go.
>
> The "Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO" explains it all, and should
> be enough.  Read it here:
> http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO
>
> I'm assuming Linux on the Mac is basically the same as for the Intel
> machines.
>
> This one also covers some of the same territory:
> http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html
>
> If you want to be fancier, and actually run programs on the GS,
> you can certainly set up the Linux computer to accept a PPP connection
> over the serial port; after all, the Linux computer is basically
> what they have at your ISP, only not as fast or large.  But since
> I haven't done that, I don't even know if you can run a ppp connection
> from the GS, you'll have to dig some more for details.
>
>    Michael
>


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