[OZAPRS] Most convoluted HF gateway ever?

James Cameron vk2lqz at wia.org.au
Mon Oct 26 20:30:13 EST 2009


On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 07:58:03PM +1100, Steve wrote:
> 3) Now for the thing that took the longest to work out. A virtual
> "Null-Modem" cable between a Windows app (MixW), running under WINE,
> and a native Linux app (Xastir). It took me a couple of days to work
> it out, but in the end I must say that I love the socat command!

Yes, it's neat.  Well done.  A use for socat that I hadn't come across
yet!

(Once everything on an operating system is a file, accessed the same
basic way ... open, read, write, close ... stuff like this just works.)

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/


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