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to: Bo Simonsen
from: Russell Tiedt
date: 2003-06-05 15:03:04
subject: Maximus UNIX port

Hello Bo.

04 Jun 03 02:02, you wrote to me:

 BS>>> He can use his max and squish configurations file, and if he
 BS>>> would like to run BT he could use them too..

 BS>>> He only needs to find a ticker, and some nodelist tools, that he
 BS>>> can get from the husky project.

 >> Yep, they worked very well here, that was before I made the move to
 >> MBSE BBS.

 BS> Then my fileticker tosses, it would automatic call the nodelist
 BS> updater if a diff is recieved, and after that fastlst runs and qico -n
 BS> :) So i'm automatically up to date with nodelist.

That is the idea, yes ...

 RT>>>> Just got my first messages in this echo after being cut off for
 RT>>>> more than a few days.

 BS>>> Ok, i your hub not able to do a rescan? Or did he just
 BS>>> subscribed the echo?

 >> Nope, rescan does not work. :-(((

 BS> Hmm.. stoneage system?

Yes, unfortunately ...

 RT>>>> Seems I missed a lot. :-(

 BS>>> I really don't know the most of the last days did we just
 BS>>> discuss about maximus and mgetty issues.

 >> Well, I support the use of mgetty for answering the phone and
 >> deciding what to dowith the incoming call, works here, and I am not
 >> using all the abilities that it allows. Other getty's do not work
 >> as well.

 BS> I've tested it on ISDN, and it detects fidonet calls fine, it works
 BS> like:

 BS> if(CALL == FIDO)
 BS> {
 BS>     system("qico -a {at}");
 BS> }

 BS> else if(CALL == PPP)
 BS> {
 BS>     ...
 BS> }

 BS> else
 BS> {
 BS>     system("BBS");
 BS> }

 BS> If somebody didn't know it :)


Works great with POTS as well. :-))

Russell

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