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    From Grant Weasner@1:138/397 to David Gonzalez on Thursday, December 11, 2025 21:39:01
    Re: Retro BBS Setup
    By: David Gonzalez to All on Thu Jan 23 2025 21:01:50


    This whole "dial-in access" project is really just a passion project for
    me. It’s a challenge I’ve set for myself, and while I’m not expecting anyone to actually call in, I’m hoping to replicate the experience using VoIP to mimic PSTN lines. It’s a bit of a nostalgic dream, but one I’m determined to make happen.

    If you’ve done something similar or have suggestions, I’d love to hear from you. This project is a labor of love, and every bit of advice
    helps. Let’s bring some retro magic back to life!

    Have you made any progress on this?

    I have tested setting up a wifimodem directly connected as serial port and getty is taking the call.

    I haven't attempted automated data transfers, upon login. I would need kermit/gkermit, ymodem, zmodem, ..etc.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Grant Weasner on Sunday, December 14, 2025 15:05:16
    Re: Retro BBS Setup
    By: Grant Weasner to David Gonzalez on Thu Dec 11 2025 09:39 pm

    This whole "dial-in access" project is really just a passion project for me. It’s a challenge I’ve set for myself, and while I’m not expecting anyone to actually call in, I’m hoping to replicate the experience using VoIP to mimic PSTN lines. It’s a bit of a nostalgic dream, but one I’m determined to make happen.

    Have you made any progress on this?

    Justa head's up/observation: you quoted a message with UTF-8 content, but your message includes a CHRS line claiming to be "ASCII". I'm not sure if this might be an already-fixed bug in Synchronet or not, but ideally, that shouldn't be happening.
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    digital man (rob)

    Rush quote #32:
    Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more
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