> See http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/docs/misc/ for descriptions of th pin-out > for the cable. I've built several cables over the years. I used to run > a getty on my serial port on my PC and then use a terminal emulator on > my HP so I could use it as a terminal!
I did something funny like this back in high school. I told everyone that I had everything I needed in my pockets to connect to the Internet from anywhere (this was like ten years ago before you had wireless PDAs and stuff). What I had was my HP48g calculator, a serial cable, an external modem, a telephone cable, power cable for the modem, and a terminal emulator for my calculator like Michael mentioned (granted, my pockets were pretty full). I could then connect to the library BBS, and there was a back door that if you pressed Ctrl-C at the right time, it would bring up a telnet prompt. Then I had to show off to everyone that I could telnet to port 110 and check my e-mail (my ISP was srv.net I think; anyone remember that? Snake River Valley or something). Yep, back in the good old days... Phillip P.S. Anyone remember back when there were several free Internet dial-up services? It wasn't that long ago, really. I can remember Netzero, Juno, and FreeWWW. Which ones do you all remember and why? -- Phillip Hellewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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