Subj : 2020
To   : Holger Granholm
From : Robin Hajek
Date : Mon Jan 13 2020 05:40:41

    Hi, Holger!

 RH>>     I restored MultiLine Sio2K/2 and FrontDoor/2 and GEcho/2 and
 RH>> PCBoard/2 and GoldED/2 after ten years and I had a lot of work
 RH>> with the IP connection.

 HG> I don't understand why you are using all those external programs when
 HG> almost everything is built-in into PCBoard.

The reason is simple. I only started with FidoNet and FrontDor and the 
necessary external programs. Only a year or two later I bought a PCBoard and 
used FrontDoor as a boot for PCBoard.

 HG>> If I remember it correctly there is software in the SIO package
 HG>> that I used to connect to internet but I don't remember if I used
 HG>> the connection for anything else than just mail.

 HG> In addition to the above I have checked my registered SIO v1.35
 HG> program and it contains the VMODEM program that I use with PCBoard to
 HG> connect to the Internet.

Yes, I also have a registered SIO program but I use v.1.6D and VMODEM to 
connect FrontDoor to the Internet.

More specifically, I should have. Today I use SIO2K v2.02 and eCS 2.2, not OS/2 
Warp.

 HG> Nothing else was required for that.

 HG> Then again, I do use some PPE utilities that make it easier to use
 HG> PCBoard itself and for reading/replying to QWK messages the MR/2
 HG> program for OS/2 but you can use MultiMail instead which is free and
 HG> available for many operating systems.

I understand, but I've never used PCBard alone and for FidoNet. It has always 
been just a bulletin board, so I have no experience connecting PCBoard to the 
Internet independently without FrontDoor :-(

 HG> At the moment I'm investigating BinkP to connect to the Internet but I
 HG> have other things to do that are more important at the moment.

Yes, BinkD is the only option today because Telnet and port 23 are useless 
today :-(

I have time, but again I do not have programming skills and I cannot set many 
things myself. Previously, my colleague helped me with everything he could, but 
he doesn't deal with it anymore and I don't know English and I can't do 
anything without Google :-(

                                Bye
                               Robin

--- GEcho 1.20/KLF Team
 * Origin: POPPER Univerzal BBS (FidoNet), Praha, BOHEMIA & MORAVIA (2:420/33)

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