Subj : Re: Home Lab
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : paulie420
Date : Thu May 14 2020 16:52:39

  Re: Re: Home Lab
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Paulie420 on Thu May 14 2020 07:49 am

 PF> -=> Paulie420 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 PF>> I've wanted a DOS box for some time now, but DOSBOX in a full screen
 PF>> does enough to make me not need physical hardware. Being able to
 PF>> emulate all of the hardware of the time, including an NE2000 card -
 PF>> then being able to emulate a serial port with a TCP port to use old
 PF>> COMM apps with telnet BBSes is pretty neat.

 Pa>> I don't know how to do that, as I would love to use my copy of
 Pa>> Terminate 5... or heck, even BBS software from back in the day. Can
 Pa>> you elaborate on that process??

 PF> There are lots of different builds of DOSBOX - look in the dosbox 
 PF> configuration file under serial ports and see if there's a "modem" option 
 PF> for the comm ports.

 PF> I define my COMM1 port as "modem listenport:23", and when I send hayes 
 PF> commands with the hostname instead of a phone number, it connects to that 
 PF> host via port 23 (telnet)

 PF> For BBS software, I think you need to run NETFOSSIL or something like that
 PF> to do full port redirection.

Thanks, I understand the direction you're sending me... and I just simply didn't know DOSBOX that those features. I mean.. I never thought to look. I always used my new hardware and options that work under linux, or actual retro systems with the hardware at the ready.

I know my old Renegade friends use some type of NETFOSSIL options to run Renegade BBSes on telnet, but I didn't know those options were available to me, on a linux box, with consumer softwares in DOS. Thank you... for showing me another freaking rabbit hole that I'll probably wish I hadn't looked into in a week. :P

But really, thanks.. I get it.. and will 'get it' soon.

I love SyncTerm, but if I could get my TER-500 Terminate working... I'd smile. Or even Telix or.... you know. :P I wanna login like I did back then man.

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