Subj : Re: Modem/Dialup options for Mystic
To   : Zip
From : dejavu
Date : Wed Jun 17 2020 15:33:12

 Zi> I agree it's a nice thing to have! Probably I'll stick with
 Zi> mgetty+Mystic for now, but used to run FD+RA in the mid-90s. :)
 Zi> 
 Zi> Back to mgetty -- before "discovering" mgetty and all its niceties when
 Zi> it comes to detecting FTN calls (EMSI etc.) I created a bash script
 Zi> based modem handler (with accompanying systemd service configuration)
 Zi> for handling incoming calls and transferring those to Mystic using
 Zi> socat, which I think could work for you if FTN calls are not a priority.
 Zi> 
 Zi> Please feel free to grab the files here and adjust (COM port device
 Zi> names, user/group, init strings etc.) as needed:
 Zi> 
 Zi> https://scbbs.nsupdate.info/files/modem-frontend.zip
 Zi> 
 Zi> Enjoy! :)
 Zi> 
 Zi> Best regards
 Zi> Zip

Wow, that is a very impressive script you have there.  I'd like to try it out
as see if it works for me, it looks like it was created for RHEL or CentOS
from the directory names, I run Debian and I'm a little rusty right now,
after a long break and I'm not sure I could implement your code without
requiring several stiff drinks and basic instructions.file :)

Also, I see in the script where it references a variable for the BBS's IP and
the BBS's port number, however I don't see any any of the files where that
variable is defined.

-Dejavu

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/32)
 * Origin: 1984 BBS [1984bbs.net] Washington, DC (21:3/114)

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