Subj : Re: Ping
To   : Jeff Bowman
From : Dennis J
Date : Sat Mar 08 2008 19:57:00

-=> Jeff Bowman wrote to Dennis J <=-

 JB> Good news is, I'm pretty sure almost all the Amigas had RS-232 serial
 JB> ports, so you should be able to use a common null modem cable to hook

The 500 definitely has one.  My GVC 2400bps modem is connected to it.  :)


 JB> need to find some software, presumably for OSX in your case, to listen
 JB> on a TCP connection on your main computer, and pass communication
 JB> through your serial port.  Since OSX is based on Unix, this might end
 JB> up being fairly simple to do already without even downloading anything,
 JB> since I know Linux can do it, but I have no idea off the top of my head

Looks like there are a few options to do this on Windows and Linux.  I've 
already got a Linux webserver machine running 24/7, so this sounds like a 
perfect job for it.  Thanks for the tip!

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Dennis
 
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