> The only reason I can think of is perhaps you are someone like me, > someone who absolutely loves and adores retro-telecom technologies and > old telco gear of all kinds, and wishes to keep the real Siemens BSC > and its TRAU as a matter of philosophical principle. If this situation > indeed holds, please let me know! I have to explicitly ask this > question because motivations like mine are extremely rare in this > community, most other participants around here seem to approach from a > commercial PoV, and their mindset tends to be totally different from > mine.
Yes, you are right, this is the motivation. I used to work with this kind of equipment and I would like to see it working again. Since we have here at the university Mobile Communications courses, I am also interested in the didactic aspect of this project. > In any case, I am still interested in hearing what is your motivation > for getting the Siemens BSC (with TRAU) working with Osmocom CNI, and > not just the BTS part - if your motivation is akin to mine > (philosophically principled retronetworking), then maybe we can be > friends! It seems that we have the same motivation, so indeed we can be friends and work on this nice project! Sincerely, Dan.
