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- From: lwilliam@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Tom)
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- Subject: Re: Linux via NULL modem
- Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 19:59:26 GMT
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- aa351@cfn.cs.dal.ca (Jeff Warnica) wrote:
-
- >I know someone who is soon going to be running Linux under an 486. He is
- >going to hook his old Amiga 500 up to it using a null modem cable and a
- >vt100 terminal. Is it possible to hook a C=64 to the IBM in a similar
- >fashion?
-
- Yes. The Linux box would need a device (serial port) available for each
- connection desired (modem, A500, C64 means 3 serial ports, not impossible).
-
- > a vic 20?
-
- Why not? Your limit will only be terminal emulation on either the C64 or the
- Vic20, but Linux will support VT10x, VT52, and dumb tty, among others. The
- terminal info files (termcap and terminfo) can be edited to add a C64 or Vic20
- to the list, which might make connections a little easier.
-
- > I'm looking for something cheap so we could play head
- >to head unix text games (muds and the like) localy.
-
- Cheap is to use a null modem. A user-port version is sold by a few vendors
- and provides standard RS-232 connectivity at bus speed (typ. 2400bps, more
- than enough for text-only), and there are devices for the C64 that allow
- speeds up to 38.4kbps via the user or cart ports.
-
- Linux out of the box (so to speak) is a fully functional Unix-like OS with
- POSIX compliance. But that means nothing, except to say the system will allow
- a device to connect to a supported port, perform login duties, and provide
- shell access. If you provide the cables from the C64 to the Linux box with
- RS-232 specs, Linux will let the C64 log in.
-
-