On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 12:17:40 PM UTC-6, Jimmy Mac wrote:
> On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 6:00:43 PM UTC-7, Jimmy Mac wrote:
> > Hi all, 
> > 
> > I've struggled to find much in the way of solid documentation on
how to get tcpser to autostart on the Raspberry Pi. Anyone have a quick
easy solution? 
> > I blame my 30 years of Microsoft on my Linux ignorance but I'm evolving :-)
> > 
> > Trying to resurrect (rebuild) a C46 BBS. No problems getting
tcpser to work from ssh or local terminal, just can't get any of the
examples I've read about to work on the Pi.
> > 
> > TIA!
> > 
> > Jim..
> 
> Carl!  You ROCK!  I hadn't even considered the MAX232 method. I've
been using a serial to USB cable and a Commodore 1011 RS-232 cart. No
worries on root. I would have done that anyway. Many thanks!
> 
> I may just have to break down and try this with the Max232 with a new
Pi Zero W. Nice small package.
> 
> J..

If you use the Zero with a headless Raspbian, than it will work perfectly;
fast, responsive, and boot quickly.  I used an older 2011 Model B (which is
practically the same as the Zero) with the above project and it works
great.

If you would rather have the more thought out text file I wrote, then let
me know and I'll post it or send it or whatever...  It's bothering me so I
probably will just repost the complete and corrected instructions here... 
It make much more sense than 
the semi-babble-blog instructions above.

Worth noting, the MAX232 will work every time.  The USB to Serial adapters
are not all the same and many work while many other adapters will not... 
It's worth spending the $1.50 on a MAX232 and just get it done without the
headaches.

Cheers,
Carl

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