Oldschool units as OS X serial terminals

[blakespot]

Not sure how many folks are using any sort of machine as a serial terminal tied to a Mac OS X box, but I thought folks might enjoy a recent project of mine (and a few older, similar projects).

Set up as OS X serial terminals:

Epson PX-8 (circa 1984):
http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000143.php

Apple //c (circa 1984):
http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000113.php

eMate 300 (circa 1997):
http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000121.php



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[scaredpoet]

Definitely an interesting set of projects! My setup is sort-of the reverse. I use my Macs as ssh terminals to my linux boxes. 🙂 Of course, that's not ALL they're used for, but I've always though the OS X interface was too nice and elegant to go unused by relegating my Macs to being used as ssh shell boxes (though I do sometimes ssh from one Mac to another to grab the occasional file).

 

[blakespot]

Definitely an interesting set of projects! My setup is sort-of the reverse. I use my Macs as ssh terminals to my linux boxes. 🙂 Of course, that's not ALL they're used for, but I've always though the OS X interface was too nice and elegant to go unused by relegating my Macs to being used as ssh shell boxes (though I do sometimes ssh from one Mac to another to grab the occasional file).

Well, the way I use the Apple //c as an IRC terminal during the workday is to have it shelled into my remote Linux server through the Mac. Kind of a two-hop thing. So I'm there with ya.



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