Maurice Kinal wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MK> Hey Roy!

 MK> Apr 09 04:06 04, Roy J. Tellason wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 RJT> But we're talking about two different things here,  binkd is a 
 RJT> protocol,  right?  If it's a program I don't know anything about it 
 RJT> -- I'm talking about binkleyterm as a front end mailer here...

 MK> Two different things yes, but they both serve the same function
 MK> which is to exchange archives. 

To that extent they share the same function,  yeah,  but my understanding
of it is that binkd is for exchanging those archives over an internet
connection, while binkley is to answer the phone,  and hand off to the bbs
if necessary (and do other stuff like deal with faxes,  if so configured).

 MK> binkd is a daemon and can work with all sorts of connections, 
 MK> including POTs,

Oh.  That's news to me!

 MK> but is based on tcpip as opposed to straight dialup serial 
 MK> progamming.  I suppose for your users binkleyterm would be the way 
 MK> to go unless they wanted to use ppp to connect to you instead and 
 MK> then binkd would be far more useful.  A matter of choice and 
 MK> convenience I suppose.

There was an article in fidonews a while back about how bbs'ing could be
revived somewhat if sysops were to provide for a ppp connection as well as
the usual kind.  I find that to be an interesting idea,  but have never
pursued it.

 MK>> mgetty.

 RJT> Ok.  That's something else I need to look into.

 MK> Sounds like what you are really looking for.  I believe it can
 MK> handle voice capable modems as well.

There's something I'd *really* like to get some info on,  as the modem I'm
using on the other box has those capabilities,  though I haven't had much
luck with chasing down any particulars on that.  Best I've been able to do
is to find out that it had some particular TI DSP in it,  if I'm
remembering right.

 RJT> Sure is.  I'm just not sure if this is the right one for this stuff 
 RJT> or not.  I guess we'll see.

 MK> In my particular situation I saw years ago.  I just have never been
 MK> sure I really need or want to do anything about it.  I've sort of
 MK> picked away at it over the years though.

Yeah,  but on this I guess we're coming from different places.

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