Posted By
commodore69
on 2014-10-24
20:39:13
|  PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
Has anyone ever tryed to get a PLUS 4 to work on the INTERNET i know it can't do much but i think it could work!
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Posted By
JamesC
on 2014-10-24
21:39:07
| Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
Yes, someone has. Way back in the late 1990s it was wonderful. Now, not so much.
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Posted By
RobertB
on 2014-10-25
01:42:06
| Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
What would be the best term program for the Plus/4?
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
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Posted By
Luca
on 2014-10-25
02:04:40
 | Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
Mh, I really don't know which's the best, but you can run some tests on the stuff in the Utility/Modem subcategory here 
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Posted By
MIK
on 2014-10-25
06:07:10
 | Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
Connecting to some BBS would be the normal way of being so called online with an 8bit... C64 scene still have the odd users running them.
I wouldn't even put my Amiga online these days let alone an 8bit computer. It's like saying I'll compete in the Isle of Man TT Race on a Penny Farthing while the rest of us use the latest Super Bikes, yeah whatever... We will be home in time for cornflakes before the Penny Farthing has finished a lap. 
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Posted By
retroscener
on 2014-10-25
19:53:56
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lol yep, I can't see any point in using an old microcomputer above a modern day PC to hook up to the internet, which is why hardly anyone ever does it these days. 25 years ago though I imagined it being amazing, but being series-264 paupers back then (OK I had a C64 at that point) we never really had the money for such extreme extravagance. Still, it would be briefly kinda fun to find out just what all the fuss was about back then 
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Posted By
commodore69
on 2014-10-25
14:29:41
| Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
BAZ my friend i agree with you whats the point hooking up an 8 bit computer to the INTERNET i see no point thats what PCs are for but i bet there are people with PLUS 4s, C64s and even a SPECTRUM hooked up to it! I know someone had a VIC 20 running on it whats the point in that??
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Posted By
MIK
on 2014-10-25
15:53:10
| Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
Just to prove they can more than likely, or maybe they have no other means of getting stuff over to a real machine so use the only way they know how. Most being in the USA where it was more common. 
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Posted By
JamesC
on 2014-10-25
22:36:45
| Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
@MIK, that's pretty much the nail on the head. Call a BBS or a local internet provider that offers a text-based interface to the 'net.
@Bernando, the only one I'm familiar with is Higgyterm. It came with the original 1660 (grey box, not the white box) and it's downloadable as a .d64 from this site.
@Commodore69, if you think it's a silly idea, then why did you ask? :p
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Posted By
RobertB
on 2014-10-26
03:58:31
| Re: PLUS 4 ON THE INTERNET
JamesC wrote:
> ...the only one I'm familiar with is Higgyterm.
Oh, very good. I will try it out. If I can get my C128DCR on the Net with Desterm 2.01, a 56K modem, a Turbo-232 cart, and the dial-up shell service I have, then I'll see if I can get the Plus/4 on it. I can dig out my Aprotek Mini-modem 2400 and try it with the Plus/4.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
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