Subj : Re: Tiny BBS for DOS?
To   : fandarel
From : Spectre
Date : Fri Oct 14 2022 07:25:00

 fa> Getting such a beast to talk to the net would be interesting.  There is a
 fa> DOS package called rlfossil.zip that allows for a single serial channel
 fa> to be emulated by TCP connection.  It is good enough to support
 fa> interactive sessions.  I am not sure if it will support an FTN session.
 fa> Again, maybe at 1200 baud FTS-0001 only.  Hold the ZedZap.

I'm using RLFOSSIL at tlp.  It can be configured to report any speed, but I
don't believe it actually has any effect on throughput.  I've got FrontDoor
running on top of it reliably talking to 21:3/100.  Within the BBS though I
cannot get any file transfer to work reliably.  It appears to be related to
latency, the further away you are the worse it gets.  Over LAN I can get X/Y
modem to function reasonably.  I guess the other thing to note is I'm using
it in a VM and real hardware might well produce a better result.  The last
and in some ways more catastrophic problem is it tends to go deaf.  If the
port you assign it to gets hit by the script kiddies, RLFOSSIL will
eventually start ignoring the connects, don't have any good reason for this.

Spec


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