Subj : DOS BBS in Win2000
To   : Rob Swindell
From : Craig Healy
Date : Mon Jul 24 2000 02:49 am

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

In my area, I have a large population of older BBS users, some of whom
rely on DOS machines for e-mail to relatives.  I have four dial-up and
two telnet nodes.  It's about 90% dial-up useage.

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

It will migrate there, but for the next five years or so I see a need
for these nodes.

-> > Out of curiousity, is your fossil driver useful with any other syst
->
-> No, it's Synchronet-specific.

Ah.  That's a shame.  (see other comments and posts)

-> > 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).

What would it cost in programming time as a specific contract job to
create such a beast?  Dollars?  Consider this a Request for Quote..
sysop@chowda.com for e-mail if you care to move the discussion..

-> Sorry I couldn't be of more help,

You have been!  The Synchronet V3 is a great bit of work, and just
because I can't migrate there at the current time doesn't meant it
hasn't been very instructive.  I can't migrate to Wildcat 5 for
many of the same reasons.  In fact, I have both your v3 and WC5 on
different IP addresses right now under test.  It hasn't been
simply installed and deleted.

As I said, please don't take this as a criticism of your work.  It's
just that the effort required to move Chowdanet to another platform
is far more than it takes to keep it running with the collection of
programs I have now.

-c-

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