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   Message 6,007 of 8,232   
   Charles Stephenson to Mike Powell   
   Linux & Modems   
   26 May 19 07:22:18   
   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux  May 18 2019 GCC 8.3.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Linux r3.114 May 18 2019 GCC 8.3.0   
     Re: Linux & Modems   
     By: Mike Powell to CHARLES STEPHENSON on Fri May 24 2019 10:54 am   
      
    MP> I did not have to do anything to my kernel. I did have to hook up a USB to   
    MP> serial conversion cable to get my USR Sportster to work. Then all I had to   
    MP> do was tell sexpots which device to listen to. Sexpots answers the modem   
    MP> and then makes the telnet connection to the board, connecting the modem   
    MP> call to my dosemu session that runs my DOS bbs.   
      
    MP> I set the device in the sexpots.ini file. For my system, it   
    MP> is /dev/ttyUSB0.   
      
   I have sexpots configured, I have my VOIP configured with a phone number (from   
   my Google voice), I'll have to ad that /dev/ttyUSB0 as the dev that points to   
   my modem. I can't remember how to redirect it to /dev/modem. I'll have to   
   google that....   
   Regards,   
     KrUpTiOn   
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