Subj : Looking For Bbs Client Su
To   : KIRKSPRAGG
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Sat Apr 27 2024 09:19:00

³Am currently using the telnet client from MTCP, would like to know i there are
³any other good DOS based clients... maybe even something that supported
³RIP graphics or maybe lets you store you fav bbs's in a nice menu like
³SyncTERM.
 [...]
³Most of what I have found thus far are communication programs that are
³limited to using a modem/serial port - Is there perhaps a way to get these
³working as telnet clients via some COM port to TCP redirection software??
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GT Power BBS software originally started as a terminal client and retained
that capability throughout its lifespan.  There was included a "GTO"
executable that was a terminal only, no host, version, while the standard
executable contained both a terminal and host modes.  It supports RIP
graphics and also has a very nice dialer/phone book menu.
 
The standard version works on XTs, 286s, and up.  The "AT" version works on
machines greater-than an XT.
 
GT, of course, is from the era where you had to dial out using a modem.  I
have never tried it with Windows or DOS but, under OS/2 with VMODEM, if you
set the COM port in GT to the virtual modem and put a telnet address into the
phone number field, GT is a very excellent telnet BBS client.
 
Virtual modem software for Windows used to often emulate a "soft" modem,
which in this case would not work.  If you have a package that properly
emulates a hardware modem, like VMODEM for OS/2 does, GT might work as a
telnet BBS client for Windows or DOS.
 
Mike
 
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