Telix issues with DOSBox reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2020-02-18 19:49 I used to run a BBS in the 90s, and have been running a telnet BBS since 2007. Usually I use SyncTerm, but for a more retro feel, today I set up Telix and TeleMate in DOSBox. On one of the menus on my BBS, my BBS was responding like it was getting extra inputs from the user, causing the menu to be re-drawn and causing the error "Unrecognized command ()" from my BBS. It looked like it was getting empty inputs. Is there a setting in Telix that could affect this? I also tried TeleMate, and there was no problem with TeleMate. Also, in the Telix dialing directory, naturally the "phone number" has limited space, and it doesn't have enough space for an internet address. Is there a workaround for that, or do you just have to manually do an 'atdt' to telnet into a BBS with Telix? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mattjh · 2020-02-18 20:32 I don’t know the answers to your questions, but those were my two favorite terminal programs from those days so your post gave me those nostalgic fuzzies. I haven’t thought about them in forever. I remember liking the dialing directory of Telix more, but Telemate had infinite backlog which was useful when I’d call into Diversi-Dial chat systems. Anyway, good luck. Thanks for that very sudden flashback. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jokker115 · 2020-02-18 21:27 You could resolve the DNS name to an IP and try and use that. It's not much but you can get a full IP in there but with no port options. [111.111.111.111](https://111.111.111.111) would work but if it's on another port you only have 2 characters leftover which isn't enough. I suppose a URL shortener might also work for that? I don't know how long those stay active. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mycall · 2020-02-19 03:05 Sounds like you didn't have the serial parameters setup right or DOSBox doesn't handle hardware IRQs well. Those were solid programs for their time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UnaClocker · 2020-02-19 03:21 If it’s just on the local machine you can add an entry to the hosts file, nice and short URLs. I use Telix on my NuXT 8088 with a GuruModem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xenomachina · 2020-02-19 03:28 >I suppose a URL shortener might also work for that? I don't know how long those stay active. I think URL shorteners generally use HTTP redirects, which I don't think would work in this context. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2020-02-19 03:39 I tried changing some of the communications settings in Telix but that didn't help. One thing I did find is enabling/disabling the status bar seems to affect it though. Without the status bar, it was showing similar odd behavior at a different menu on the BBS. I know these were solid programs, so this seems odd. I used both Telix and Telemate in the 90s, though Telemate was my favorite at the time. Telemate in DOSBox doesn't seem to have this issue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nineteen999 · 2020-02-19 05:33 Yeah same! I hadn't heard the name Telix since waaaay back in the 1990's. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gklinger · 2020-02-19 06:36 Are your copies of Telix and/or Telemate registered? I have been searching for registered copies for years without luck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2020-02-19 06:55 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2020-02-19 19:53 I've seen a [Telemate 4.12 registration/key generator](http://www.digi taldistortionbbs.com/api/files.ssjs?call=download- file&dir=doscomm&file=REGTM412.ZIP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UM-Underminer · 2023-03-11 08:46 Serious necropost, but how did you have the com port set? It may be related to the fact that if you're using the telnet setting... It's not true telnet. It can cause some serious munging, but intermittently. Rob Swindell did a write up on it some time ago. I think it may be improved now, and there is a virtual modem option that I \*believe\* is raw TCP, but I'm not 100% on that as I've been using dosemu2 with serial passthrough more recently.