[Coco] Off Topic: BBS snippet

[Steve Stroh]

Jack:

There are devices called telephone line simulators, like this:

http://a.co/ayWRm5j

They let modems "play together" in their own little simulated
telephone network - dial tone, dialing, ringing, off-hook, etc.

I have a couple and plan to do something interesting with them.

Thanks,

Steve

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Jack Carpenter via Coco
<coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the info. I guest it was a thought.
>
> Jack
>
>
>     On Monday, July 16, 2018, 8:27:34 PM GMT, Steve Stroh <steve.stroh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Jack:
>
> These days, there are very, very few BBS systems that have phone line
> (modem) access these days (that I'm aware of). It's just a pain, and
> expense, to maintain a phone line for a modem.
>
> But you can achieve much the same effect using "Telnet" via Internet,
> and most of the surviving, or revived, BBS that I've heard of use this
> technique.
>
> The "easiest" way I've heard of (I'm a newbie to Retro CoCo) to get
> online with a CoCo is to use Drivewire.
>
> For myself, I'm planning to use the RS-232 port or an RS-232 cartridge
> (or equivalent) to connect to a Raspberry Pi "terminal server", and
> the CoCo will think it's connected via modem (though I may cheat a bit
> and up the RS-232 speed a bit from the classic experience of 300 /
> 1200 / 2400 bps).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Jack Carpenter via Coco
> <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>> This might be dumb but I just got a Coco 3 and it came with a Modem Pak is your BBS threw the phone lines like back in the 1980? I used to connect with Wildcat and would like to try again someday.
>>
>>
>>    On Monday, July 16, 2018, 7:38:16 PM GMT, Steve Stroh <steve.stroh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  https://microship.com/high-tech-oasis-in-texas/
>>
>> ...
>>
>> “Yeah, but there’s nobody to talk to on a BBS,” I replied. “Unlike the
>> CB Simulator —”
>>
>> “I can talk to anyone I want. I’m a sysop!”
>>
>> Another board owner joined in. “Personally, I get a little tired of
>> answering CHAT requests. That’s why I brought up ELIZA.”
>>
>> “You mean . . .”
>>
>> He twinkled with wry humor. “You got it. It’s the perfect Turing test.
>> I have a second computer hooked up to my board system. When someone
>> issues a CHAT request, it says, ‘Hello? Can I help you?’ I changed all
>> the messages so it emulates a sysop instead of a psychiatrist. Some
>> people never do catch on.”
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Explains a lot. :-)
>>
>>
>> Steve Stroh
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