Somebody already did the heavy lifting in the Hercules IBM emulator they emulate an IBM 2703 with BSC and IIRC serial lines over TCP look thru the source and find a file named com adapt.c or something like that I suspect all you have to do is replace the front end to match DEC interfaces. BSC would be neat since DECNet used that as long haul links - seem to remember that from a DEC class in DECNet in Albuquerque in the 1970s (or was it the 1980s .) On Nov 2, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: Doesn't DOSBox do exactly this with it's modem emulator, you basically ATDT <host>:<port> and it connects you over TCP/IP, presenting itself as a Hayes AT modem attached to a COM port to the DOS programs? It's how I run Waffle's UUCICO on UUHECNET. Anyway, the idea of actual, real, live, callable POTS numbers is cool too. Ooooh, could we somehow emulate ISDN over IP? Sampsa On 2 Nov 2012, at 16:14, Brian Hechinger wrote: Is it just me or does the whole conversion of serial to modem to pots to voip back and forth there seem a little excessive? So I had an idea. What about a software modem that natively talks VoIP. Then I had a better idea. I'm going to look into writing something similar to Johnny's serial bridge program only making it a proper "modem" with enough of the AT command set to be able to dial numbers and then make "phone numbers" actually be IP+port somehow. Am I nuts? -brian On Nov 2, 2012, at 8:53, Joe Ferraro <jferraro at gmail.com> wrote: If someone in the states gets something going, let me know.. I'd like to do an initial test to see if I can connect over my voip lines (may have to do a little tweaking). I attempted to connect with Sampsa a few years ago, unsuccessfully; however, I'm almost certain it had to do with switching VOIP across the atlantic, as I've been somewhat successful connecting to C64 bbses in the US. Worse case, I'll just buy a POTS line... but I prefer the free long-distance. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Fred <fcoffey at misernet.net> wrote: On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Cory Smelosky wrote: Count me in for UUHecnet as well. Happen to have any dial in-capable systems Fred? I just got my modem working and you're in the same state and it might cut down on long distance. ;) Modems? I've got modems ... I came from the days before all this high speed stuff.:) Let me see what I'd need to hook one up - however my Asterisk system is essentially in the way so an FXS card will probaby need to be purchased (they aren't that expensive, I have a card that will accept any four of FXS/FXO - only two are populated at the moment) Fred