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   Message 1,087 of 2,243   
   Dennis J to Jeff Bowman   
   Re: Ping   
   08 Mar 08 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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