> 2. Can I use it to receive internet email through?
(Hi I'm new here!)
This is a method I use to check my email with my HP48 calculator from all over
town....
The following is from:
http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/kc7nfz/hamradio.htm#LINUX
http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/kc7nfz/hp48.html
1) add these two lines to /etc/gettydef
# 2400 baud Dumb Terminal entry
TNC# B2400 CS8 CLOCAL # B2400 SANE -ISTRIP CLOCAL #@S login: #TNC
2) add this line to /etc/inittab
# it goes right bellow your mingetty lines
5:345:respawn:/sbin/getty -h -r5 -t 90 ttyS0 TNC vt100
This spawns a terminal connection on the serial port (in this case
COM1 = ttys0) the terminal type is TNC which is defined above
as 2400 baud, 8 data bits etc etc... the -h means no hangup, YOU
NEED THIS. the -r5 means it waits 5 seconds when it detects a
character before it starts a login session (handy with packet) and
-t 90 means it will timeout in 90 seconds if inactive. vt100 is self
explanitory.
So basically, now you can connect to a TNC which is connected to
the serial port (in transparent mode) and get a login prompt to
Linux.
This actually gives an awesome vt100 terminal emulation. You
can run pine/elm or lynx with striking emulation.
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David M. Ritzenthaler http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~ritz
Systems and Programming Professional (509)335-7301
Washington State University Work Fax (509)335-3818
School of Elect. Engr & Comp Sci. - Pullman, WA 99164-2752
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