TCP/IP between OB-430 & HP-200LX

[Bill (Smithville NJ)]

(01-10-2017 01:09 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  Cool! Thanks for sharing that. Beats the heck out of cleaning out an old closet, my 'choice' for a snowy day...

Somehow running a BBS directly ON a 200LX seems a bit incestuous.

Does this pkg implement a full TCP/IP stack which other apps could access, or was it a closed system (though with a BBS, mailer, ftp server and pop it's a fairly functional closed system). How about support for Finger? I think that's about the right timeframe isn't it?

Not sure on the full TCP/IP stack that other programs could access. But the full source code is available - in fact there are many versions of the code. Phil would release the master source code and then several different groups would take the code and layer in additional features. We had our choice of several versions with slightly different feature sets.

It was a pretty complete system - included Telnet, FTP, SMTP, POP, PING, Finger, ARP, DNS, etc.

There was also ways to interface to certain NEC cards - 3-com 3c500 being one of them. And at least one version allowed for connecting to a Linux system for use as a gateway to the internet.

Since I was using Radios for my connections, it was not a real fast system. But I do remember it being really stable. My systems ran 24/7 for months with no problems. At one point I had it running on Xenix 286, 386 PC, 486 PC and a true Unix System 5 AT&T computer. They were all connected to each other by SLIP connection with three of them using radios for links to other systems. I had a Xenix 286 system at work and could phone my Xenix system at home and check my mail, etc.

Bill
Smithville, NJ