Subj : Re: Virtual Modem for a DOS BBS
To   : alterego
From : stizzed
Date : Sun Jun 21 2020 21:05:44

On |1522 Jun 2020|08, |15alterego |08said the following...
 
 al>   Re: Virtual Modem for a DOS BBS
 al>   By: stizzed to All on Sun Jun 21 2020 09:39 am
 al> 
 al>  st> Id like to get NetSerial working as its the only free option and look
 al>  st> like a much better app than the others. Any thoughts or suggestions f
 al>  st> fix for Netserial or another free (or at least cheaper) app would be
 al>  st> greatly appreciated.  Please note that Spitfire is not fossil aware s
 al>  st> dont think I will be able to get it running under Mystic or Netfoss a
 al>  st> net3bbs. 
 al> 
 al> Is NetSerial free now?

No, sorry.  Still $25 for SysOps.  Just NOT $280!

 al> I've used it in the past, but with limited success.
 al> 
 al> Depending on what is your windows server (physical/virtual), you could
 al> plug into the serial port and use tcpser from another device. IIRC there
 al> may also be a compile of tcpser for windows, but you probably need to
 al> use it with a (software) null modem like comm0comm. Otherwise you can do
 al> all that on linux, even using a Pi.

Windows Server 2003 32-bit, single physical COM2

 al> One of the problems with the "telnet to serial port" is while it
 al> generally works for interactive sessions, if you are wanting to enable
 al> downloads (via zmodem for example), or mailer (that does zmodem
 al> transfers) then you will likly have issues - either because the telnet
 al> stream is not 8 bit, or because of timeouts due to the large TCP window
 al> and the slow emulated serial port speed.
 al> 
 al> Good luck though, curious to know how it works out...
 al> 
 al> ...лоеп

Thank you, sir!  I will let you know.  To my knowledge, no-one is running
Spitfire.  At least no-one in the Telnet BBS List.  Perhaps there is a very
good reason for that ;-)

..\\ichael Batts
a.k.a. stizzed (because, why not?)
SysOp, The ROCK BBS III

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