Ok, so basing my pppd scripts on Robert's scripts I've come up with the
following:

charybdis# cat dial-acadia 
#!/bin/sh
pppd /dev/tty00 14400 crtscts defaultroute connect /etc/ppp/acadia.sh

charybdis# cat acadia.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo 'Dialing Acadia...'
rc=4
while [ $rc != 0 ]; do
        chat -v -f /etc/ppp/acadia.chat
        rc=$?
done
echo 'Done\n'
exit 0

charybdis# cat acadia.chat
ABORT BUSY
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT "NO DIAL"
"" ATZ 
OK ATS11=50 
OK ATDT5420941
CONNECT ""
me: 033197m
word: mypassword   <-- not my real passwword :)
> c\sppp


unfortunately the system takes it upon itself to dial, log in, and
disconnect.  In my /var/log/messages i get the following:

Aug  8 07:20:38 charybdis pppd[2094]: pppd 2.3.1 started by sean, uid 0
Aug  8 07:20:39 charybdis chat[2098]: abort on (BUSY)
Aug  8 07:20:39 charybdis chat[2098]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Aug  8 07:20:39 charybdis chat[2098]: abort on (NO DIAL)
Aug  8 07:20:39 charybdis chat[2098]: send (ATZ^M)
Aug  8 07:20:39 charybdis chat[2098]: expect (OK)
Aug  8 07:20:39 charybdis chat[2098]: Dialing Acadia...
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: ATZ^M^M
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: OK
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]:  -- got it 
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: send (ATS11=50^M)
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: expect (OK)
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: ^M
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: ATS11=50^M^M
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: OK
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]:  -- got it 
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: send (ATDT5420941^M)
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: expect (CONNECT)
Aug  8 07:20:40 charybdis chat[2098]: ^M
Aug  8 07:20:52 charybdis chat[2098]: ATDT5420941^M^M
Aug  8 07:20:52 charybdis chat[2098]: CONNECT
Aug  8 07:20:52 charybdis chat[2098]:  -- got it 
Aug  8 07:20:52 charybdis chat[2098]: send (^M)
Aug  8 07:20:52 charybdis chat[2098]: expect (me:)
Aug  8 07:20:52 charybdis chat[2098]:  14400/ARQ/V32/LAPM/V42BIS^M
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]: ^M
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]: Username:
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]:  -- got it 
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]: send (033197m^M)
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]: expect (word:)
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]:  033197m^M
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]: Password:
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]:  -- got it 
Aug  8 07:20:54 charybdis chat[2098]: send (mypassword^M)
Aug  8 07:20:55 charybdis chat[2098]: expect (>)
Aug  8 07:20:55 charybdis chat[2098]:  ^M
Aug  8 07:20:55 charybdis chat[2098]: PPP session from (131.162.2.100) to
131.162.2.126 beginning....~^?}#@!}!}!} }8}!}
Aug  8 07:20:58 charybdis chat[2098]: $}%\}"}&} } } }
}%}&usm^\}'}"}(}"oR~~^?}#@!}!}"} }8}!}$}%\}"}&} } } } }%}&usm^\}'}"
Aug  8 07:21:04 charybdis chat[2098]: }(}"%@~~^?}#@!}!}#} }8}!}$}%\}"}&} } 
Aug  8 07:21:32 charybdis chat[2098]:  } } }%}&usm^\}'}"}(}").~^M
Aug  8 07:21:32 charybdis chat[2098]: NO CARRIER
Aug  8 07:21:32 charybdis chat[2098]:  -- failed
Aug  8 07:21:32 charybdis chat[2098]: Failed (NO CARRIER)

I'm guessing the remote system is hanging up on me because the script is
failing to engage ppp and is just taking/generating garbage.  I know the
reomte system works fine because I'm connected to it via Win95 dial up
networking now..  any thoughts?


 Sean Murphy (033197m@acadiau.ca)
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