Easy BBS telnet servers for DOS?
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mcandre · 2019-08-24 18:25

Hi,

I want to setup a FreeDOS machine as a build bot for compiling DOS
applications. What are some easy to install BBS servers?

Ideally, these would provide telnet access with an mTCP Ethernet
connection, and offer file transfer over XMODEM / YMODEM. If possible,
would be great for the BBS to operate as a TSR, so that other network
commands like wget, ping, ftp, etc. can be run inside a telnet
session.

So far, I've tried rmenu but it drops telnet signals like crazy and
hogs all the network access while it runs.

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scrutinizer80 · 2019-08-24 20:23

EleBBS?

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lucidphreak · 2019-08-25 15:14

why would you want xmodem and ymodem?

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mcandre · 2019-08-25 16:25

So that the telnet server can provide file transfers by itself. That
way, even if other networking apps are unable to function, the telnet
server can do both remote commands and file swap, the only
requirements for a build bot to work.

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mro_1337 · 2019-08-26 02:10

sounds like a bad idea.  run a vm and compile them there

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mcandre · 2019-08-26 02:56

That's exactly what I am working on automating. Most VM's receive
commands via SSH. But DOS does not have an SSH server, only telnet
servers.

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lucidphreak · 2019-08-26 13:12

understood!

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mcandre · 2019-08-27 19:59

The EleBBS page explains that the telnet server feature is not
available in DOS.

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FiniteYogurt · 2019-09-06 21:59

Maybe [Doorway](http://pcmicro.com/doorway/) would do what you want?

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mcandre · 2019-09-07 05:44

That is neither free nor open source.

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FiniteYogurt · 2019-09-10 03:45

You didn't ask for free and open source.

I seriously doubt you will find what you're asking for as free/open
source unless you write it yourself.

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That said, do you *really* think that $20 is too much to ask? If so, I
think you should reconsider your objectives, and look at batch files
combined with a dos emulator like DosBox

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stone_henge · 2019-10-27 16:54

I have used DOSBox for automating C builds (with Turbo C). I just put
my command sequence in `AUTOEXEC.BAT` and launched it in headless
mode. Plus it's easy to launch DOSBox in regular mode if your build
absolutely requires user interaction.