Macintosh 512Ke, MacTerminal and a USB-Serial Adapter

recently have acquired rs-422 cable kitted out macintosh 512ke. sports external 800k drive, hd20, midi interface localtalk interface connected home appletalk network servers hosted on classic ii , pm 8600.



seeing 512ke lacks ram needed run lot of interesting networking software, it's use terminal quite intriguing. perhaps things can done controlling os x terminal example , allow me administer minecraft server 512ke. or perhaps access primitive form of e-mail in text form? knows...

studying computer science , love enable 512ke (and apple ii plus) perform arguably useful tasks in modern world. great kick out of appletalk networking , hosting 512ke on internet through use of 8600 intermediary. uploading pictures iphone straight onto hd20 blast can tell you.

far, have been able achieve using macterminal on 512ke send series of full stops (.......) on serial connection macbook pro running apps "zterm" , "coolterm". no matter setting use, every character on 512ke keyboard results join "." on mbp. 512ke receives no data mbp, communication 1 way also.







so, if here can assist me in communicating between 512ke , macbook pro via usb-serial cable pleased.

(i have ordered raspberry pi b+ expand options vintage network hacking)

i aware images upside down. fault of vbuletin not own. can click them proper version.

 

when did move australia?

big thing make sure set serial port speed on modern computer slow speed - default 115 kb/s, fast 512ke handle.

when did 512k-upgraded original macintosh, used 9600 baud.

have make sure set modern computer allow tty (serial) terminal connections. i'm @ work right now, know have tutorial bookmarked @ home, i'll evening. (really morning time.)

 

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