Subj : Re: Dialup line for my BBS
To   : claw
From : Warpslide
Date : Thu Apr 27 2023 08:55 am

On 27 Apr 2023, claw said the following...

 cl> And this will work with Mystic too?

Yup, I run Mystic and it works.  (It'll work with really anything that accepts a telnet connection, even Net2BBS/Netfoss & Telegard).

SEXPOTS (I've used it on both Windows & now linux) will listen for a ring and then answer the modem.  Once a connection is established it'll connect that modem session to telnet.  In my case it's running on the same box so it just telnets to localhost:2323.

I'm using voip.ms with a Cisco SPA112 ATA.  The ATA is connected to a USR Sportster 56k modem which is connected to a USB to serial adapter.

All I have to do us run:
sexpots -com /dev/ttyUSB0 -port 2323 &

and it'll do the rest.

Nobody has ever actually called and connected before (other than me testing it), but at US$0.85 /mo for the phone number and less than one cent per minute if someone actually calls it's a neat & inexpensive novelty to have setup.

Here's a voip.ms referral link if you don't already have an account.  That'll get you (and me) a $10 credit after you sign up & make your first call:

https://voip.ms/en/invite/MTI0NDc1


Jay

.... I don't smoke because I get my oil changed regularly

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