> I'm interested in stories of people using PM2's for users
> other than dialin remote access, with modems attached to the serial ports.
ok
> Perhaps as:
> A true terminal server, with Dumb terminals attached to the Sx ports.
Yes Ive done this. No big deal.
> A dialout pool for corporate dial out ppp access.
Yes
> Has anybody been able to share a modem from a PC through the
Linux but not a PC.
> ethernet and establish an outbound PPP conecction on the PC. This
> would require off course a virtual serial driver on the PC.
> A dialout FAX modem pool.
> Sending faxes from a PC's on an ethernet. Also would require a
> virtual serial driver, or possible a UNIX faxserver (faximum,hylafax,etc).
> Also FAX software on the PC being able to print to the virtual serial
> driver.
> UPS monitoring with UPS's connected to the Sx ports.
Not done this yet and I dont think it would be very easy.
> Floppy duplicator. I remember a thread some months ago about
> someone who got flamed when asking about duplicating disks on the list.
I use one (actually a pm 11) as a reverse term server to feed into several
older computers in our computer room which do not talk tcp/ip.
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Advanced Medical Systems, Inc. jake@uh.edu
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