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|    Bj”rn Wiberg to g00r00    |
|    Re: Accessing the BBS via dial-up    |
|    21 Aug 21 19:25:20    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 2:201/137 10d94d8c       REPLY: 2:201/137 b8762c3a       TZUTC: 0200       Hello again g00r00!              The FSED launched its menu when I pasted /sbin... in a path, so accidentally       sent (S) it... :-D              On 21 Aug 2021, Bj”rn Wiberg said the following...        BW> socat STDIO,icanon=0,min=1,time=0        BW> PTY,link=/dev/fakemodem,rawer,hupcl,crtscts        BW>         BW> ...and then run mgetty like:              /sbin/mgetty fakemodem              By answering OK to the mgetty modem initializations, then simulating RINGs       etc., one can make mgetty believe it is talking to a modem (although it is       not) and have it establish a "connection".              (I haven't tested this particular example, though.)              Best regards       Bj”rn              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/08/17 (Linux/64)        * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 19/10 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 129/305 154/10 201/0 137 203/0 124 221/0 1 6 242 360 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 702 229/424 426 428 452 550 700 981 1016 1017 230/0       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 307 317 400 280/464 5003 282/1038 292/854       SEEN-BY: 292/8125 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/81       SEEN-BY: 633/267 280 281 410 412 414 416 509 640/1138 1321 1384 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2452/250 3634/24       PATH: 201/137 0 203/0 280/464 221/1 640/1384 633/280 229/426           |
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