saundby
Experienced Member
I'm looking at improving my means for moving software around between my newer and older non-PC systems. Presently, I'm using a "sneakernet" that has me putting software on PC floppy, reading that on my Ampro Z-80, and writing whatever CP/M format from there. Apple II and Commodore software goes over ad hoc serial transfers.
What I'm considering is setting up a BBS on my iMac. I'd connect to it via serial port (serial to USB adapter) with whatever system then use X/Y/ZModem to pull the files over.
Has anyone done this? How did it work for you?
Next question is about an in-home serial network or some such. I could run a number of serial cables to the BBS host then plug in whichever one I'm moving data to. That'd be the KISS solution, I guess. But has anyone got experience running some other sort of network in-house for moving software and data around? A switched serial network? A fake phone system? Something else? I've got plenty of modems to go around.
I have about 8 retro systems that'd be on the network initially, about half in the same room as the BBS host, the rest about a 30-40' cable run away in another room.
What I'm considering is setting up a BBS on my iMac. I'd connect to it via serial port (serial to USB adapter) with whatever system then use X/Y/ZModem to pull the files over.
Has anyone done this? How did it work for you?
Next question is about an in-home serial network or some such. I could run a number of serial cables to the BBS host then plug in whichever one I'm moving data to. That'd be the KISS solution, I guess. But has anyone got experience running some other sort of network in-house for moving software and data around? A switched serial network? A fake phone system? Something else? I've got plenty of modems to go around.
I have about 8 retro systems that'd be on the network initially, about half in the same room as the BBS host, the rest about a 30-40' cable run away in another room.