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guides:virtual_modem:section_4 [2019-11-16 05:26]
omolini [Skip to other sections]
guides:virtual_modem:section_4 [2019-11-18 23:51]
omolini [Required packages]
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 ====== Section 4 - Setting up Virtual Modem ====== ====== Section 4 - Setting up Virtual Modem ======
 ==== Required packages ==== ==== Required packages ====
-For the connection script to work properly, your Raspbian installation needs a few prerequisite packages. The most important of these is the PPP daemon **"​pppd"​** and **IP Tables** to route packages.+For the connection script to work properly, your Raspbian installation needs a few prerequisite packages. The most important of these is the PPP daemon **"​pppd"​** and **IP Tables** to route packets.
   * Run the following commands to install pppd and iptables:   * Run the following commands to install pppd and iptables:
 <code bash> <code bash>
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   * Restart Raspberry and test the changes. After rebooting, VModem should automatically start up with system processes and start expecting connections on serial.   * Restart Raspberry and test the changes. After rebooting, VModem should automatically start up with system processes and start expecting connections on serial.
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 +==== Further steps ====
 +You can now proceed to connect your retro machine to the Internet using Virtual modem.
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 +  * [[Guides:​Connecting Windows 3.1 to the Internet]]
 +  * [[Guides:​Connecting Windows 9x to the Internet]]
 +  * [[Guides:​Connecting a Macintosh Classic to the Internet]] | COMING SOON
 +  * [[Guides:​Connecting a Dumb/Smart Terminal to the Internet]] | COMING SOON
  
 ==== Skip to other sections ==== ==== Skip to other sections ====
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   * [[Guides:​Virtual Modem:​Section 3|Section 3 - Setting up Raspbian]]   * [[Guides:​Virtual Modem:​Section 3|Section 3 - Setting up Raspbian]]
   * [[Guides:​Virtual Modem:​Section 4|Section 4 - Setting up Virtual Modem]] << You are here   * [[Guides:​Virtual Modem:​Section 4|Section 4 - Setting up Virtual Modem]] << You are here
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-==== Further steps ==== 
-You can now proceed to connect your retro machine to the Internet using Virtual modem. 
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-  * [[Guides:​Connecting Windows 3.1 to the Internet]] 
-  * [[Guides:​Connecting Windows 95/98 to the Internet]] 
-  * [[Guides:​Connecting a Digital VT100 compatible terminal to the Internet]] 
  
 ==== Related Topics ==== ==== Related Topics ====
   * [[Guides:​Virtual Modem:​Script|Source code and Coding Examples]]   * [[Guides:​Virtual Modem:​Script|Source code and Coding Examples]]
 +  * [[Guides:​List of Compatible Websites]] | List of classic websites that work with pre-2000 legacy web browsers.
 +  * [[Guides:​Virtual Modem:​Script|Virtual Modem Source code and Coding Examples]]
 +  * [[Guides:​Web Archive Proxy|Steptail Wayback Proxy Server]] | Connect your retro computer to a mirrored copy of the Internet as it was in 1996!
  
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guides/virtual_modem/section_4.txt · Last modified: 2023-11-24 23:16 by omolini