TTYLINK Question

["Carl Makin" <makinc@hhcs.gov.au>]

>>> Has anybody tweaked the ttylink code to allow a ttylink connection (telnet
>>> port 87) to be re-directed to a COM# async port? My reason for wanting this

>> I'm working on making a telnet to port 23 do this.  Basically, turning ka9q
>> into a modem or async host (or whatever you want to attach) server.

> Do you really want a remote user to have to capability to send raw data
> directly to an interface?  This starts to get far afield of what most

Yes.  We'd like to access equipment that only talks RS-232C
remotely via NOS.

> code to do it is trivial, but anyone who has tried to write a "door"
> in the landline BBS world will quickly appreciate the problem of having
> a whole new "raw interface" server.

What problems do you see with this?  (Aside from the
implementation ones)

Carl.