To the OP: I have used macSSH68k from a 8.1 Powerbook540c to modern (2006+) unix systems without a problem. It gives you a more or less functional terminal, the shell runs on the remote host!
If you can run NetBSD you can start up a black and white Xwindow server, and then ssh to a modern mac using Xterminal, and run Xwindow apps on the osX mac with the graphics redirected to your classic mac. You have to have Xwindow apps on the modern mac of course, which besides Xterm you probably have to build yourself with help of fink or macports, but then you can have those things to play with. I have NetBSD5.1 (current) running on my quadra 630 with 128MB RAM. It works ! I can sit at my Macbook logged in to quadra using a netbsd virtual machine running on the macbook as a build helper (netbsd offers few prebuilt packages beyond the base system in 68k), as well as sharing the internet connection from the macbook wifi to the quadra. I think if I could get a Classic mac and especially if I could get the RAM and a quadra upgrade I would set it up and be delighted with it. On Aug 10, 12:49 pm, Ivan Kowalenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all. I just read about someone over at Tumblr who had managed to rig up > an old VT220 terminal to work with his Mac Pro > (http://jstn.cc/post/8692501831). This got me thinking, I use the terminal a > fair amount, and I have a Mac Classic II. I've been looking for a use for > this Mac Classic II for a long time, and so far all it's done is provide me > with a place to put my clock radio so that the snooze button is uncomfortably > high compared to my bed. > > I'm wondering if there's something I can do to use this Mac Classic II with > my MacBook Pro. Perhaps as a terminal (using terminal emulation software on > the Classic side, obviously), or something else that's somewhat useful > (read-out of RSS or Twitter feeds, maybe? Any other ideas?). The Classic II > is running System 7 right now, and remarkably has a working HDD (though I may > need to whack it to get it spinning again) > > Any ideas on if this is even possible (I don't know much about what was out > there in the Mac System 6/7 days, since my dad was a staunch DOS supporter, > and being 9 I didn't have much of a choice in it at all), if there is even a > terminal emulator, or if a serial connection would physically work. > > Thanks for any info you can give me! Have a good day! > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Ivan Kowalenko > w:http://ivankowalenko.com > e: [email protected] > p: 856-270-6049 > > PGP.sig > < 1KViewDownload -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
