Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne
To   : Andrei Rachita
From : Simon Geddes
Date : Wed Sep 18 2019 20:49:00

At 3:37 PM on 15 Sep 19, Andrei Rachita said to Simon Geddes:

AR> I always liked dial-up BBSes.
AR> I think that besudes the fact some people don't know how to use a modem
AR> anymore, there are also 2 small problems:
AR> - Dial-up over VoIP lines can be a little tricky
AR> - most modern machines don't have serial ports anymore, and the best
AR> modems out there are still serial devices...

AR> Just my thoughts...

I had wondered about VoIP as a solution to diminishing landlines - didn't know 
data signals over VoIP are problematic.

I've faced the serial issue on my Apple laptop, but overcame it by buying a 
fairly cheap USB to serial adaptor. This works well, giving me a serial device 
I can point my term software too.

The biggest issue I have faced is just getting old terminal software running on 
a more moderm OS (MorphOS). Everything seems to half-work. Not like first time 
around in the mid-ninties, where the process seemed to be very plain sailing. 
I've definitely wanted to give up a few times! 

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