17 Dec
2004
17 Dec
'04
12:33 p.m.
Does anyone know what the oldest documented functional computer is that is connected to
the internet?
Ashley
17 Dec
17 Dec
12:45 p.m.
Ashley Carder wrote:
Does anyone know what the oldest documented functional
computer is that is connected to the internet?
I know this was a few years ago, so I don't know what its status is
today. But I remember on comp.sys.tamdy, someone posted an announcement
that he had a TRS-80 of some sort (most likely a Model III) set up as a
telnettable BBS.
And if I ever get around to playing with SLIP and PLIP, I plan on
eventually hooking up old systems (such as my TI-99/4a and KayPro II) to
a Linux box so that they can access the Internet via a shell account.
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Scarletdown
2:56 p.m.
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Scarletdown wrote:
I know this was a few years ago, so I don't know
what its status is
today. But I remember on comp.sys.tamdy, someone posted an announcement
that he had a TRS-80 of some sort (most likely a Model III) set up as a
telnettable BBS.
That was probably Frank LaRosa. He brought the TRS-80 Model III to VCF
7.0 and had it online taking "calls" during the event.
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20 Dec
20 Dec
5:24 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Scarletdown <gsutton9503(a)wavecable.com>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: Oldest computer on the internet?
And if I ever get around to playing with SLIP and
PLIP, I plan on
eventually hooking up old systems (such as my TI-99/4a and KayPro II) to
a Linux box so that they can access the Internet via a shell account.
Why the Linux box? Can't you just dial in directly to a shell account with
the
Kaypro and/or TI-99/4a?
I have a couple of ZX-81 compatible 300 baud modems, and once for a lark
I dialed in and read my email with a TS/1000.
Glen
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6:39 p.m.
Glen Goodwin wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Scarletdown <gsutton9503(a)wavecable.com>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: Oldest computer on the internet?
I don't think there are any local ISPs around here that offer shell
accounts anymore. And even if there was, I would really have no desire
to go back to dialup.
And if I ever get around to playing with SLIP and
PLIP, I plan on
eventually hooking up old systems (such as my TI-99/4a and KayPro II) to
a Linux box so that they can access the Internet via a shell account.
Why the Linux box? Can't you just dial in directly to a shell account with
the
Kaypro and/or TI-99/4a?
8:12 p.m.
And if I ever get around to playing with SLIP and
PLIP, I plan on
eventually hooking up old systems (such as my TI-99/4a and KayPro II) to
a Linux box so that they can access the Internet via a shell account.
Why the Linux box? Can't you just dial in directly to a shell account with
the
Kaypro and/or TI-99/4a?
8:12 p.m.
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:45:56 -0800, Scarletdown
<gsutton9503(a)wavecable.com> wrote:
Ashley Carder wrote:
Check this out, it works quite well. I managed to get an old BBS on my
cpc working over the we for a while, but now I don't have the room. It
will do other things as well if you play with it.
http://www.telbbs.com/
Dan
Does anyone know what the oldest documented
functional computer is that is connected to the internet?
I know this was a few years ago, so I don't know what its status is
today. But I remember on comp.sys.tamdy, someone posted an announcement
that he had a TRS-80 of some sort (most likely a Model III) set up as a
telnettable BBS.
And if I ever get around to playing with SLIP and PLIP, I plan on
eventually hooking up old systems (such as my TI-99/4a and KayPro II) to
a Linux box so that they can access the Internet via a shell account.
--
Scarletdown
17 Dec
17 Dec
1:05 p.m.
Ashley Carder asks:
Does anyone know what the oldest documented functional
computer is that is
connected to the internet?
I often (but not continuously) have a DEC GT40 hooked up to terminal
server allowing me to telnet into and out of it. Normally I load programs
such as the Moonlander game by telnetting to my Linux server, logging in,
and typing a "cat lunar.gt" command.
The GT40 is a vector graphics terminal based on a PDP-11/05, 8K words of
core memory, a VT11 vector graphics controller and a VR14 vector monitor.
They were introduced in 1972.
The GT40 has a small boot PROM containing a very simplistic terminal
emulator which recognizes a special character sequence to initiate a
base-64 program download, so logging into a timesharing system was the
most common way to load programs.
Eric
1:12 p.m.
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Ashley Carder wrote:
Does anyone know what the oldest documented functional
computer is that is connected to the internet?
Don't know, but I know it's probably over 30 years atleast. (I have one
that is 29...)
Johnny
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9:21 p.m.
Probably not the oldest, but none-the-less a feat of ancient technology:
Mac SE: <http://oldmac.toddverbeek.com:8012/>
Mac Plus: <http://aurejac.dyndns.org/>
a list of others: <http://macintosh.luddite.ca/>
Jim
On Friday, December 17, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Ashley Carder wrote:
Does anyone know what the oldest documented functional
computer is
that is connected to the internet?
Ashley
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