BL> Does anyone know of a terminal program that can send RI (Ring
BL> Indicate) to force a bbs programme to think it is getting a call from
BL> a phone connection rather than from a Null modem/cable connection.

You do realise that most BBSs dont use RI dont you ?

You should be able to make a modified null modem cable which say
connects DTR to RI and then just toggle that to make the BBS wakeup.
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