Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #20
you can log onto your Unix Mac via telnet and send / receive mail etc.
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No, telnet is spawned by inetd. We are talking purely serial, so you would be coming i…
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Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #19
FidoNet worked as follows: User runs terminal software and dials his local FidoNet BBS system. Reads his messages, types new messages to other FidoNet subscribers and logs out. Lat…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #18
If so, I'd be interested in how it could be done. More than likely, I have completely misunderstood what I read and simply need to be set straight.
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Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #17
the down low is back when you used a terminal emulator to access unix (type) servers, and the whole experience was text based, altho that could be mouse and menu driven, anything b…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #16
Here's where you're sounding schizophrenic.
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I think we've totally gotten off on the wrong foot. I just re-read this thread and I can't even figure out what's…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #15
Since when does being interested in vintage Macs require a degree in computer programming? I'm not frightened, just have no interest in it. There are many folks on these forums who…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #14
http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/documents/4/4804/
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20081217161612647
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #13
USB port -> getty -> login -> bash -> mail
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Again, this is where I'm either really stupid when it comes to basic computer knowledg…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #12
I still have no way to bridge the output from MacTerminal to the Internet and vice/versa. Which was the whole point.
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I thought you had a Mac OS X box in betw…
What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #16
Thanks... It runs very good.... the previous owner never did any maint on it and then finding 2 screws in it floating around tells me that someone tried to do something... but they…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #11
I'd love it if there was a KIP/MacIP based package that you could use on a Mac 512K (no, a 128K will never cut it) to access a Unix box. I've tried it, and I have exchanged mail wi…
What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #15
Wow thats an amazing deal!
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #10
The way I read it you wanted the 128k to do SLIP or PPP. Both can be done, but you have to basically duplicate the functionality of MacTCP in a small memory space.
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Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #9
To do any expanding of the funcationalilty of the 128k like you describe you are going to have to do real programming ( Pascal, C or assembler ).
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Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #8
but it seems a little unusual to me for someone interested in "retrocomputing" to be frightened of learning gruesome technical details about how computers "in general" work....Real…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #7
Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but it seems a little unusual to me for someone interested in "retrocomputing" to be frightened of learning gruesome technical details ab…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #6
For many non-UNIX users on this forum, these kinds of projects usually die a quick death since it involves some advanced configuration of tools which are not familiar to most Mac u…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #5
For me, it's about expanding the functionality of a 128K (and bragging rights)......it's a fun idea that's beyond my skill set.
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To do any expanding of the fu…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #4
Here's a vt100 terminal emulator that supposedly runs on a 128k Mac.
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And this is where my eyes glaze over. There is no shortage of vintage Terminal and e-mai…
Mac 128K, BBS & The Internet? — #3
Just use a terminal emulator!
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Seconded.
Here's a vt100 terminal emulator that supposedly runs on a 128k Mac. There are many recipes out there to enable a tt…
What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #14
You have to remember that the G4's are a little older than the G5's and the G5's are a little older than the MacPro...
But in the end it's up to the person who uses it nd what the…
What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #13
If thats US$225, I think you paid a fair price for it. If you ask me, most PowerPC systems are massively overpriced these days, and I suspect that the values of most PowerPC system…
What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #12
Family Guy is produced under OS 9. I've seen behind the scenes video. Pretty awesome to know that, even if none of you like the show.
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What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #11
My 2.3 was introduced a little bit before the dual cores... so it's not that old, maybe in computer years but its still a VERY capable machine...
2.3 GHz dual 512/160 introduced 2…
What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #10
Family Guy is produced under OS 9. I've seen behind the scenes video. Pretty awesome to know that, even if none of you like the show.
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Where's this behind th…