Linux

• Using C-Kermit to Exchange Files With Telnet BBS's

  9 April 2013   Tags: Linux     BBS     Retro     Tutorial    
  Most BBSs that are still running now do so via telnet. In many ways this is great as it allows people from all around the world to access a BBS as if it were local to them. The problem comes though, when you want to upload or download a file to/from the BBS. Most telnet clients don’t make t...   Read More
  
  

• Connecting to a Remote Serial Port over TCP/IP

  2 April 2013   Tags: Linux     Emulation     Retro     Tutorial    
  Most modern machines don’t have a serial port as standard; you could use a USB to serial lead, however, if you have another machine available that does have a serial port you can access it remotely over TCP/IP. Using ser2net to Connect a Serial Port to a TCP port ser2net listens to a TCP ...   Read More
  
  

• Using Netcat to Create ad hoc Links Between Applications or Machines

  25 March 2013   Tags: Tutorial     Linux    
  Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections using the TCP or UDP protocol. It is often described as the “Swiss-army knife for TCP/IP” because of its flexibility and is often used to debug and investigate network connections directly from the ...   Read More
  
  

• Getting Colour ANSI Emulation to Work Properly When Connecting to a BBS With Telnet Under Linux

  14 February 2010   Tags: Linux     Retro     ANSI     Text Mode     Tutorial     BBS    
  I have noticed that the number of people interested in using telnet to access BBSs seems to be growing, which I’m really pleased to see. However lots of people seem to be having trouble getting colour ANSI emulation working properly with telnet under Linux. I have therefore put this tutoria...   Read More
  
  

• Setting up a Beowulf Cluster Using Open MPI on Linux

  2 December 2009   Tags: MPI     Linux     Beowulf Clusters     High Performance Computing     Distributed Processing     Parallel Processing     Tutorial    
  I have been doing a lot of work recently on Linear Genetic Programming. This requires a great deal of processing power and to meet this I have been using Open MPI to create a Linux cluster. What follows is a quick guide to getting a cluster running. The basics really are very simple and, dependin...   Read More
  
  

• Connecting a Parallel Printer to a Modern Linux Machine Using a LogiLink USB to Parallel Cable, D-SUB 25pin

  6 May 2009   Tags: Retro     Review     Linux     Hardware    
  I have a number of older printers that I would like to connect to my modern machine, but have been unable to do so because my computer doesn’t have a parallel interface. After searching the internet for a review of a usb to parallel cable that works reliably with Linux, I pretty much drew a...   Read More