Hi Janis,   
      
   >>I am setting up BBBS and I can't remember how to access the waiting for calle   
   >> mode for use with tcpip. I read in the sysop.txt to run BBBS with the TCPIP   
   >> device but ./bbbs TCPIP doesn't seem to work.   
      
   > Ok, for TCPIP on my   
   > node 2, I use this in my scripts:   
   > ==============cut here===========   
   > #!/bin/sh   
   > while :   
   > do   
   > cd /home/bbbs   
   > ./bbbs 1 2 /dev/ttyS1 "uid":bbs   
   > # see note below about above line   
   > RC=$?   
   > echo BBBS RC: $RC   
   > if [ $RC = 137 ]; then   
   > exit   
   > fi   
   > if [ $RC = 0 ]; then   
   > exit   
   > fi   
   > reset   
   > done   
   > ==========cut here=====   
      
   Thanks, I'm going to borrow your script.. :)   
      
   I don't have a modem here so I can't use /dev/ttyS1 here. When I tried running   
   BBBS it tries and fails to initialize the modem then quits so I need a way to   
   start BBBS without a modem.   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3   
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.1)