> Hi Benny,   
   >>> 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.   
   >>i gave op with modems under linux long time ago, it was to complicated compar   
   >> to how simple it was in amiga os   
      
   >It's easy under Linux. Over here, my modem is owned by bbbs:dialout with prope   
   >permissions.  For Alan's question, it was a matter of using this line for BBBS   
   > since he is not using a modem :)   
   > ./bbbs 2 2 TCPIP   
   > for node 2, for example.   
      
   Kinda like what I have here:     
      
   {0}[c:\bbbs] type tcpnode.cmd   
   @echo off   
   cd \bbbs   
   bbbs.exe 1 1 TCPIP   
      
   But for the OS/2 version :)   
      
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