1 Aug
2005
1 Aug
'05
1:30 p.m.
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Brad Parker wrote:
I'd find an old terminal server which has
"reverse telnet". An Xylogics
Annex would do nicely. Then connect the serial ports on the annex
directly to the BBS box, removing the modems. No need for the modems...
Hi Brad.
Correct.
(unless, of course, they are somehow wired in, in
which case you'll need
another bank of modems and a bank of the phone line eliminators we
talked about earlier)
The only stuff I've seen that does this is old US Robotics modem banks.
Even a relatively easy (and cheap) to source Livingstone PortMaster will
work for you. I have one that I'm keeping for this very purpose (putting
old computers online for public tinkering).
And, as "Vintage Computer Festival" wrote
(whoever that is :-), you can
Probably some dork.
use any linux box to do this. This is true, but you
might need a
multiport serial card and some software to 'automagically' connect the
tcp port to the serial port. I'd be suprised if that software didn't
already exist...
It does exist: it's called getty ;) And you could just use your standard
serial ports. I have a great multi-port (8) ISA serial card that's super
easy to configure. It uses standard 16550s mapped to standard base
addresses and uses one interrupt. You can even chain up to 4(?) more
cards to it that share the same interrupt. It has an external connector
(something like a DD-50) that then plugs into a breakout box where you
have all 8 ports as DB-25s. It's a generic board and I don't have any
info off-hand to help you find one but if anyone's interested then e-mail
me and I'll find out where you might be able to order one. I'm sure they
turn up on eBay from time to time as well.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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