bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP (10/25/83)
Can anyone out there in Net-land help? We have one (1) port available on our VAX-11/780 and would like to use it to acquire some sort of dial-out capability. Apparently, the Automatic Call Unit software supplied was for dialers controlling a large number of modems etc. The constraints present are as follows : a) Only 1 port is available. b) Funds are constrained to ~ $700. c) Our site is new to UNIX (4.1 bsd) and would prefer to avoid a large amount of hacking. The constraints listed above could probably be satisfied with one of the "ASCII controlled `Smart' modems". These include The Hayes Smartmodem, The Novation Smartmodem and a model by Racal Vadic. The question is, what would have to be rewritten to use one of these instead of the supplied drivers for acu0,acu1 etc. ? If anyone happens to have drivers for any of the modems listed, or can tell us what is involved (so that we can try to write the stuff ourself), we would be very grateful. A driver to allow the use of a Hayes Smartmodem would be ideal ( I know where I can get one cheaply). If the solution proposed previously is unrealistic, and you have an alternative suggestion, please let us know by mail. Thanks, Binayak Banerjee {psuvax|presby}!burdvax!sjuvax!bbanerje