Hi all,

I recently acquired a nice little USB serial modem, which I would like to use to call some dial-up BBSes (all two of them). Do you know the names of any Linux terminal software for this? Ideally, it would support the usual BBS terminal software stuff - ANSI, zmodem.

Thanks
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I recently acquired a nice little USB serial modem, which I would like to use to call some dial-up BBSes (all two of them). Do you know the names of any Linux terminal software for this? Ideally, it would support the usual BBS terminal software stuff - ANSI, zmodem.

Minicom is an old time terminal for linux. It's a standard part of a slackware install but should be doable just about anywhere.

SyncTERM is a more modern term for linux/windows that supports dial-up and telnet/rlogin/ssh.

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On 08-04-19 13:30, Simon Geddes wrote to All <=-

Hi all,

I recently acquired a nice little USB serial modem, which I would like
to use to call some dial-up BBSes (all two of them). Do you know the
names of any Linux terminal software for this? Ideally, it would
support the usual BBS terminal software stuff - ANSI, zmodem.

Minicom is widely available. Should be able to install it using your distribution's normal tools (yum, apt, etc). And SyncTerm also supports dialup, as well as telnet/SSH/rlogin. SyncTerm needs to be compiled from source, so it's a bit more work to get it running.


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On 08-04-19 13:46, Alan Ianson wrote to Simon Geddes <=-

Minicom is an old time terminal for linux. It's a standard part of a slackware install but should be doable just about anywhere.

I'm yet to find a distro that doesn't have Minicom in its repositories.

SyncTERM is a more modern term for linux/windows that supports dial-up
and telnet/rlogin/ssh.

Works well too. :)


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Re: Linux dial-up terminal software
By: Alan Ianson to Simon Geddes on Sun Aug 04 2019 01:46 pm

Minicom is an old time terminal for linux. It's a standard part of a

slackware install

but should be doable just about anywhere.

Minicom sounds perfect. I want to keep away from any of the internet technologies if at all possible, and keep this pure serial.

I see you're in beautiful Penticton. Was there for my honeymoon a couple of years ago, browsing in an awesome second hand bookshop, and riding lazily down a river in a tyre. Canada is such a great country.
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Re: Re: Linux dial-up terminal software
By: Tony Langdon to Simon Geddes on Mon Aug 05 2019 09:58 am

Minicom is widely available. Should be able to install it using your

distribution's

normal tools (yum, apt, etc). And SyncTerm also supports dialup, as well as

Minicom sounds like just what I'm after. Thank you for the help.
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Minicom is an old time terminal for linux. It's a standard part of a
slackware install but should be doable just about anywhere.

Minicom sounds perfect. I want to keep away from any of the internet technologies if at all possible, and keep this pure serial.

Yep, minicom is a serial terminal so I think it'll do what you want.

I see you're in beautiful Penticton. Was there for my honeymoon a couple of years ago, browsing in an awesome second hand bookshop, and riding lazily down a river in a tyre.

Oh, made your way down the channel between Okanagan and Skaha lake? I haven't done that in quite a few years now but it is very popular. I can see the channel is full of tubes and folks making their way along when I drive down the
highway.

Canada is such a great country.

We do have our problems too.. but by and large it's a pretty good place to be..

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On 08-05-19 13:29, Simon Geddes wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Minicom sounds like just what I'm after. Thank you for the help.

Yes, it works well. It's similar to the old DOS classic, Telix, in look and feel. Enjoy. :)


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Re: Linux dial-up terminal software
By: Alan Ianson to Simon Geddes on Mon Aug 05 2019 08:04 pm

Oh, made your way down the channel between Okanagan and Skaha lake? I

haven't done

that
in quite a few years now but it is very popular. I can see the channel is

full of

tubes
and folks making their way along when I drive down the
highway.

Sounds like the one. When we were fished out after an hour or so of lazy floating, we were greeted by an Elvis impersonator who entertained us while we waited for the bus back. All in all a bizarre but brilliant way to spend an afternoon!
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Hi all,

I recently acquired a nice little USB serial modem, which I would like
to use to call some dial-up BBSes (all two of them). Do you know the
names of any Linux terminal software for this? Ideally, it would support the usual BBS terminal software stuff - ANSI, zmodem.

Thanks

Syncterm is free.

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