Subj : DOS BBS in Win2000
To   : Torbjorn Mohn
From : Craig Healy
Date : Sat Jul 22 2000 06:07 am

-> > -> It will not work because when you exit the BBS the modem will
-> > -> drop..
->
-> > Hrm.  That does sound correct..  Well, looks like I'll keep Wildcat
-> > for the foreseeable future..
->
-> Unfortunately it IS correct, which meant I hade to drop most of the p
-> doors on my BBS 3 years ago when I switched from DOS/DV to NT:-( And
-> I don't like Wildcat at all.:)

If I dropped the doors, I'd drop about 80% of my users.  I'll just
keep on as I am until something better surfaces.  Tried the new
Synchronet 3 on Win2000, but it's not complete enough for me yet.

-> > -> > Is there a FOSSIL that actually works with Win2000?
-> > ->
-> > -> I have seen no new fossil drivers for NT for years, so a
-> > -> working one for 2000 would have to be an old one for NT.
-> >
-> > I'd think that NT/2000 has hooks in the OS to make programs like
-> > that easier to write than DOS.  Then again, I know very little
-> > of 32 bit programming.
->
-> Could be, I don't know anything about programming at all.:) Would hav
-> nice though to have somone fix such a problem?

Perhaps with Win2000 out, someone will.  It's beyond my powers at the
moment..

-c-

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