Analog modem emulator?

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On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, James Fogg wrote:

> > > Just curious...has there ever been a device available to anyone's
> > > knowledge that functions like an analog phone line and
> > allows transmission via TCPIP?
>
> Get an old phone system with analog station cards (for POTS phones) and
> stick a system with a modem on one extension with it set to autoanswer
> and call it with a modem from another extension.

I'm thinking back to the original intent of this.  Is it that the guy
wanting to do this (sorry, forgot who you are) wants to put a computer
running a BBS on the internet?  If so, all these suggestions are overkill.
The best one I've heard so far is to get something that fools the computer
into thinking it's connected to a modem when in actuality it's connected
to some sort of terminal server that emulates ring signals, etc.  This is
also something that is somewhat easy to write with the write serial port
driver software.  A linux box will do.

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