Subj : BBS waiting for caller
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Tue Oct 16 2018 11:29 am

Hi Allen,

>I am setting up BBBS and I can't remember how to access the waiting for caller
> mode for use with tcpip. I read in the sysop.txt to run BBBS with the TCPIP
> device but ./bbbs TCPIP doesn't seem to work.

Ok, for TCPIP on my
node 2, I use this in my scripts:
==============cut here===========
#!/bin/sh
while :
do
   cd /home/bbbs
../bbbs 1 2 /dev/ttyS1 "uid":bbs
# see note below about above line
  RC=$?
  echo BBBS RC: $RC
  if [ $RC = 137 ]; then
    exit
  fi
  if [ $RC = 0 ]; then
    exit
  fi
  reset
done
==========cut here=====


> I'm also trying to start bterm with ./bbbs BTERM but it doesn't start.
> Can someone give me a reminder on how to do that? :)

To load up the manual, you type ./bag sysop.gui  or cat sysop.txt.  Press S for 
search, then search for bterm.

One way to start bterm is from the WFC screen... 1st, press Esc, then the 
arrow-right key to Applications->BTERM

Sorry, my first message got saved by mistake.. this should have been added:

To start BTERM from the command line just rename the bbbs binary to bterm..

Over here I created a separate directory for it.. you rename BBBS to btelnet if 
IIRC...

bbs@filegate:~/term/bterm$ dir
total 3.3M
drwx------ 3 bbs bbs 4.0K Dec 24  1999 scripts drwx------ 2 bbs bbs 4.0K Jun  4 
 2005 up drwx------ 4 bbs bbs 4.0K Nov 15  2009 down
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 6.7K Sep 26  2010 LICENSE.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs  492 Sep 26  2010 BTERM.doc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bbs bbs 1.2M Sep 26  2010 btelnet
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 608K Sep 26  2010 sysop.gui
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bbs bbs 212K Sep 26  2010 btermcfg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bbs bbs 1.2M Sep 26  2010 bterm
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 9.9K Sep 26  2010 bbbs.002
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 5.5K Sep 26  2010 bbbs.001
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bbs bbs  63K Sep 26  2010 bag
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs  184 Aug 13  2013 bterm.pho
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs  398 Jun 24  2014 bbbscfg4.000

Take care,
Janis

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