Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century?

lkh <lkh@dwalin.uucp> writes:

 - UUCP over IP (obviously requires IP connectivity)

All but the very old UUCP packages I've seen (DECUS UUCP) will run over
TCP/IP.

 - null modem cables (only local connections)

As long as you can get a login prompt. There's a project, tty0tty. This
makes a virtual null modem cable on Linux. Using this, you can connect a
system that doesn't use IP UUCP to one that does, running under
emulation, allowing that machine to be reachable by the others.

; vax8650.ini:
; Linux (agetty) listens via /dev/tnt0, VMS (simh) grabs /dev/tnt1.
; This is for VMS to dial into Linux.
; Linux can dial in via /dev/tnt2, into VMS /dev/tnt3.
; DECUS UUCP uses TXA0 to call *into* Linux.
; Taylor UUCP (from Linux) calls *out* and connects to TXA1
; Non-UUCP logins work as well, providing they are on the correct port.
set vh dhu,enable
att vh line=0,connect=/dev/tnt1
att vh line=1,connect=/dev/tnt3

$ show queue /batch
Batch queue SYS$BATCH, idle, on KIRIN::

Batch queue UUCP_BATCH, available, on KIRIN::
  <UUCP Daemons and Administrative Processing>

You can probably also tether a smartphone, and use that like you'd have
used a modem before. I've not run UUCP over it, but I have used it to
dial into places. Should the internet go down, you could still connect
one system to another using that.

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