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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Samual Acorn wrote:

> something to tinker with;
>
> http://mephitus.renamon.org/sindi/m_stl-0.4.img.gz
>
> its 'serial terminal linux' redone to hopefully boot on a 386sx (the
> original versions wouldnt...) but i dont have a 386sx to test it
> with...

We have a 386sx laptop somewhere but I need to wait a week for my partner 
to get back and find it in his collection of junk.

I think James still has a 386sx to test on.
Our 486 laptop has a dead floppy disk.

> to install format a floppy (1.44mb) gunzip the file and use dd or
> rawrite to write the image to the disk...

Format to make sure it is 100% good, you mean?
dd if=m-stl-0.4.img of=/dev/fd0

> if you are curious its a small linux kernel that boots straight into
> minicom... hopefully it works...  the default settings are not....
> optimal and color doesnt seem to work but you can talk to the modem
> with it ;)

On my amber monitor all colors look the same.

> mainly i just want to see if it'll boot or not....
>
> On 03/01/06, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > > > > How do you dial a bbs without a terminal program, echo atdt1234567 >
> > > > > /dev/ttyS1, etc.?
> > > >
> > > > 'echo -e "ATZ\r ATDT555-5555\r" > /dev/ttyS0' (or S1... wherever your modem 
> > > > is)
> > > >
> > > > this will (should) reset the modem then tell it to dial.... your guess
> > > > is as good as mine as to what the port speed will be set at tho...
> > > > (probably 38400)
> > >
> > > Adding AT&N16\r before the phone number might set it to 33.6Kbps. (My
> > > manual is for a 28.8k modem).  Can I combine AT&F1&N16\r ?  But the bbs
> > > runs at 14.4K anyway.

> > Did not work.  Nothing happened, got another prompt.
> > I tried adding ATH0/r and ATH1/r and still nothing happened.