Subj : Re: Modem/Dialup options for Mystic
To   : dejavu
From : Zip
Date : Wed Jun 17 2020 21:01:15

Hello dejavu!

Thank you for your message!

On 17 Jun 2020, dejavu said the following...
 de> must have decided to remove the dial-up modem support code, can't enough
 de> of us request we would like that code added back in to support dial up
 de> modem, as I know myself and many others are trying to make them have a

That would be nice, however I must admit that I'm not sure if Mystic had
dial-up support initially or if it has always been Telnet/SSH based...

 de> modems are a thing of the past, however by alienating the vintage
 de> computer industry is just plain out not smart, every from that era are
 de> the original BBS SysOp's from the 80's and 90's, we need native dialup
 de> support in Mystic...

I agree it's a nice thing to have! Probably I'll stick with mgetty+Mystic for
now, but used to run FD+RA in the mid-90s. :)

Back to mgetty -- before "discovering" mgetty and all its niceties when it
comes to detecting FTN calls (EMSI etc.) I created a bash script based modem
handler (with accompanying systemd service configuration) for handling incoming
calls and transferring those to Mystic using socat, which I think could work
for you if FTN calls are not a priority.

Please feel free to grab the files here and adjust (COM port device names,
user/group, init strings etc.) as needed:

https://scbbs.nsupdate.info/files/modem-frontend.zip

Enjoy! :)

Best regards
Zip

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 * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

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