Subj : DOS BBS in Win2000
To   : Craig Healy
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sun Jul 23 2000 03:52 pm

RE: DOS BBS in Win2000
BY: Craig Healy to Rob Swindell on Sun Jul 23 2000 05:32 pm

 > -> > 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.
 > ->
 > -> Out of curiousity, what necessary features were lacking in your
 > -> opinion?
 > 
 > Dial-up nodes.  

Ah, I see. I was under the impression that most of the BBS usage these days was
over the Internet. <shrug>

 > V3 is a nice piece of work, and I intend no criticism
 > of it.  

Thank you!

 > It's also a lot different than Wildcat 4, and it's hard
 > shifting gears.  Since the WC4 BBS I have now is fine-tuned over many
 > years of effort by myself and the previous sysop, it'll take a lot
 > of effort to change.  WC4/ViaMail/iFTP work very well together.  Some
 > of the minor utilities blend nicely, like ViaUUCP for UUCP e-mail.
 > 
 > Out of curiousity, is your fossil driver useful with any other system?

No, it's Synchronet-specific.

 > There has been a crying need for a solid NT/2000 fossil.

The Synchronet NT4/2K FOSSIL is an int14 Virtual Device Driver that interfaces
with Windows TCP sockets. A "regular" FOSSIL driver would likely interface with
a virtualized serial port. Something I'm certainly capable of doing, but not
particularly interested in (since again, I think most of the BBS usage is over
the Internet these days).

Sorry I couldn't be of more help,

Rob

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