Subj : USR USB Modem woes
To   : Ted Long
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 01:01 pm

  Re: USR USB Modem woes
  By: Ted Long to All on Sun Jan 29 2023 12:55 am

 >  I've been toying about with a retro BBS, targeted at hams and electronics
 > hobbyists. Wanted to add a true dialup node, so I picked up a 56k USR 525
 > voice/data/fax modem. Has both DB-25 and USB ports. Claimed to work with Win
 > 95/98/2000. Unfortunately, my Debian Linux box refuses to recognize it. I've
 > tried mgetty, vgetty, and agetty, and the modem simply won't recognize the
 > ATZ or ATDT7195551212 strings, or respond with an error code. It's got a new
 > USB cable and a DB25-to-DB9, so its not the cable....plugged it into my old
 > ThinkPad, and it works great. I should mention that the Linux box is a
 > Raspberry Pi 4B, 8 GB RAM, 500GB SSD.
 >
 >  Any suggestions?

If it's an external modem (sounds like it is), it should work with anything.
Perhaps double-check the DTE (baud rate) configuration for the port?


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