Re: Portmaster to BBS

Prof Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Sat, 2 Nov 1996 20:10:02 -0600 (CST)

Hmm, what about converting the BBS to a unix/linux operating system? Then
connectg it to the internet 24/7 and telnet to it? Lots of people use the
galacticomm package to do this. THen they buy a PM 11 from me, and they
can still have multiple dial-ups.

On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Bryan Wann_Stigler_ISP wrote:

> How would I go about hooking a portmaster to a BBS via null modem cable
> so I can telnet to it? I've got it "working" so far, but it does not work
> perfectly. For one thing, characters typed are not echoed back over the
> serial link. And I would also like to be able to assign an IP address
> to the serial port so I don't have to specify a port when telnetting.
>
>
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> Bryan Wann, Owner, CNA, Solaris Sysadmin, BOFH >clickety-click<
> CWIS Internet Services http://www.cwis.net
> bwann@cwis.net bcasey@galstar.com Stigler, OK
>

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