bill rowe wrote:
I can't help thinking telnet is a good answer to this. it gives you a
tty interface over the internet with simple hardware and can be run on
small systems. I know there are telnet bbs's - i just don't know if
they run on z80's.
I've never run across telnet. I'll have to look it up and see what it is!
even a chat program would be a fun start.
If it's capable of functioning as a serial link between two computers, I would think it could work with any of the BBS software that worked with modems.
We probably don't really need a vintage machine on the server end; that could be a PC or something modern with mass storage. But the client end would need Z80 CP/M software.
It still leaves me uncertain of how a Z80 connects to the web with telnet. Hardware-wise, I assume it still needs to talk to an ethernet connection on your router?
Lee
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