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Commit 45abaf75 authored by rswindell's avatar rswindell
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Minor update.

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Synchronet External Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) Support
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a.k.a. SEXPOTS
Copyright 2007 Rob Swindell
Synchronet External Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) Support
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
a.k.a. SEXPOTS
Copyright 2007 Rob Swindell
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......@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Synchronet BBS Software v3 (see www.synchro.net for more details)
was designed for client connections over TCP/IP protocols only (e.g. Telnet).
Over the 7 years since Synchronet v3's release, I've received occasional
(but persistent) inquiries about the possibility or likelihood of adding
modem support back into Synchronet (to support direct analog dial-up
users of the old BBS days before the Internet/broadband boom).
modem support back into Synchronet to support direct analog dial-up
users of the old BBS days before the Internet/broadband boom.
I've resisted this idea (for a few significant reasons I won't go into here),
and have instead, suggested alternative methods of supporting dial-up users
......@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ COM2TCP which do fundamentally the same thing as SEXPOTS, but SEXPOTS is more
robust/reliable, and has some niceties and cool BBS and Synchronet-specific
features you'll like:
o Can run from command prompt or as NT service
o Can run from command prompt or as an NT service
o Handles modem initialization or "Null" modem connections
o Supports Telnet (with full option negotiation) or raw TCP connections
o Can accept "live" COM handles on the command-line (from "front-end" app)
......@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Options:
-host <addr | name> Specify TCP server hostname or IP address
-port <number> Specify TCP port number
NT Service
NT Service Options:
-install install and enable NT service (SEXPOTS)
-service run as an NT service (background execution)
......@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Example .ini file (with default values given):
Enabled = TRUE ; Set to FALSE to disable Telnet mode
Debug = FALSE ; Set to TRUE to log Telnet commands sent/recv
AdvertiseLocation = FALSE ; Set to TRUE to send "WILL SEND LOCATION"
TermType = sexpots ; You shouldn't normally change this value
TermType = SEXPOTS ; You shouldn't normally change this value
TermSpeed = 28800,28800 ; Default terminal speed reported
[Ident]
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