From: RAParker (RAParker_at_Quadzilla.NET)
Date: Sat Nov 15 2003 - 15:49:00 PST
Having fun with my Newton and learning Unix too. I've finally completed my
Newton -> Unix setup. This is an official "Hello...testing...it works!"
message to the NewtonTalk list.
Hardware
Newton MessagePad 120
OS v2.0 (516263)-1
2MB Internal RAM (346K Free)
2MB PC Card Flash RAM (472K Free)
Maximum Available Heap (44828 Free)
Newton Fax Modem Card / XJack by Megahertz (2400 data/9600 fax)
2100mah NiMh
Quadra 840av
OS: NetBSD 1.6.1 (STABLE)
64MB RAM
2 x 2GB Compaq ST12550N SCSI-2 Hard Disks
Farallon EtherWave NuBus
USRobotics Sportster Voice 33.6 Faxmodem
Software
GoFetch Shell Transport v1.2.6 for email
mgetty+sendfax v1.1.3 for dial-up shell access plus fax-to-email relay
A few more bugs to work out but everything appears to be working. The
dial-in line also serves as a fax-to-email relay that sends my faxes as
gif's to my.yahoo account. I can't (as of yet :-) read the faxes on my
Newton, but I do receive a short email about the fax (caller ID / name /
date / time / size / etc.) that I can read.
On trick to getting GoFetch Shell working was setting the Newton's Modem
Prefs to Hayes Basic (instead of Newton Modem) even though it's a Newton
Modem. The connect/login process was then able to get beyond modem
handshaking, instead of hanging up immediately after connecting.
Another trick was creating a new user for the dial up access with just a
default "/usr/bin/sh" shell access, no costomizations, default prompt set
to "$", etc. That allowed GoFetch to work more reliably with it's scripting
mechanism. I watched as GoFetch scripts, logged on, telneted to the
appropriate smtp & pop servers, and successfully sent and received my
email.
The next problem I'm working on (if anyone has some experience) is getting
GoFetch to properly logout and reset the tty line when hanging up. After
the first connect, I cannot reconnect until the user log's out...freeing
mgetty to regain control of the line.
The script status window (in GoFetch) indicates that a "logout" is issued
and the Newton hangs up, but the user remains logged in and mgetty doesn't
reset the modem.
I will probably have to figure out how to get NetBSD to logout the user
once the modem has lost the carrier.
Ron
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