Thanks luddite, terrific little site.
Knowing nothing about it, I know the 128K can connect to any other computer with MacTerminal. I'm guessing the limitation there is that it doesn't have enough RAM to monitor and establish automatic connections with incoming calls and "serve" the other systems automatically on demand.
As for dialup, I expect the demand for dialup connections to be minimal, so one phone line! If anyone ever got a busy signal I would be surprised. The main reason I want dialup is for those old Macs that can't really get on the internet easily, in particular the 128K & 512K that can't really do it at all. While I have a great serial transfer method for my 128K, the idea of being able to just dial-up a server and obtain software without anything else is kind of cool. Also, I would be surprised if the Apple & Microsoft lawyers are trolling the last vestiges of BBS networks looking for copyright violations.
nahuelamrisi, certainly Ethernet is going to be faster, but the goal is dialup access. But, it would be nice to make the same server available to others in the vintage Mac community who don't have dialup systems or like me, typically use OS X to manage all their old software. That's why I wanted some way to access the dialup connection via the internet. I must say gavo, this Ethernet modem idea is very interesting. Why do you say I would have problems with file transfers, though?
It looks like Hermes requires 4MB, so it's definitely a Plus. I would like a go at that 512K software though. Part of the goal here is to use the oldest equipment I can.
Knowing nothing about it, I know the 128K can connect to any other computer with MacTerminal. I'm guessing the limitation there is that it doesn't have enough RAM to monitor and establish automatic connections with incoming calls and "serve" the other systems automatically on demand.
As for dialup, I expect the demand for dialup connections to be minimal, so one phone line! If anyone ever got a busy signal I would be surprised. The main reason I want dialup is for those old Macs that can't really get on the internet easily, in particular the 128K & 512K that can't really do it at all. While I have a great serial transfer method for my 128K, the idea of being able to just dial-up a server and obtain software without anything else is kind of cool. Also, I would be surprised if the Apple & Microsoft lawyers are trolling the last vestiges of BBS networks looking for copyright violations.
nahuelamrisi, certainly Ethernet is going to be faster, but the goal is dialup access. But, it would be nice to make the same server available to others in the vintage Mac community who don't have dialup systems or like me, typically use OS X to manage all their old software. That's why I wanted some way to access the dialup connection via the internet. I must say gavo, this Ethernet modem idea is very interesting. Why do you say I would have problems with file transfers, though?