Subj : File transfer using NetFoss
To   : All
From : Björn Felten
Date : Fri Oct 19 2012 17:56:11

I'm using NetFoss to enable "modem" access to my BBS via telnet.

   And it works like a charm except for file transfers.

   Every time a file transfer is requested, my (old, outdated and unsupported) 
BBS software tries to open a COM port that doesn't even exist, or is used for 
other purposes, on my computer. Mostly COM1.

   Is there a way to make NetFoss, and then my BBS program, try another COM 
port? The NetFoss document indicate that it supports 256 COM ports, but how do 
I make my BBS program understand this?

   I have this

?s:\tcl\netfoss\nf.bat /n%n /h%h s:\bin\tcl_tn.bat %n

   ...line in my "Door and parameter" setting under Externals. And my 
tcl_tn.bat looks like this:

@echo off
REM %n from nf.bat
set TCLNODE=%1
s:
cd \tcl

REM Start BTrieve, the data base handler
s:\tcl\btrv.exe /M:64 /P:1536 /C /F:3

REM Start the BBS
s:\tcl\tcl2.exe -b9600 -f -p2

REM Stop BTrieve
s:\tcl\btstop.exe

REM Back to Argus
cd \argus

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