On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:35:05AM -0700, Jonathan Lassoff wrote: > I just put together a simple modem that functions the same as the > classic "dumb" baycom modem. It just turns RS-232 data into tones and > vice-versa. I got the Baycom software to run off a DOS bootdisk, and > the modem works just great. But what I would really like to do is do > the same stuff under linux so I can do it over SSH. :) > > The only software package I could find that provides similar > functionality to the original baycom software is tfkiss, but I have > been unsuccessful in getting it to compile. The tarball looks > antiquated, and it fails compilation on my modern linux system (I'm > not much of a software guy; I'm learning). Does anyone know of an > application that pretends to be a TNC and makes all the nicely > formatted packets with just the simple text interface? Perhaps someone > knows how I can compile tfkiss properly? Any and all comments > appreciated.
Baycom modems are supported in Linux. Try either the baycom_ser_fdx or baycom_ser_hdx drivers (you may need to configure/compile your kernel, although they in some packaged kernels, e.g., Debian and some others). See Documentation/networking/baycom.txt in the Linux source tarball for more details. Bob, N7XY - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
