Client modem software for Win98 and/or DOS ? reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThrakaAndy · 2020-03-22 23:41 I've played a bit with procomm 4.8 but there seems to be some issues using it with a wifi232 adapter that translates modem commands into telnet over wifi. It never seems to send the correct phone number (in name:port format). So I was on the hunt for other modem software from that era. What did you use? What can I use now? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2020-03-23 00:27 Telemate 4.x is the best. Friends don't let friends use procomm. ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- istarian · 2020-03-23 00:32 Well a string like 'reddit.com:80' isn't a phone number, so maybe that's part of your problem... Your client might be expecting that to be a phone # and doing something funny to it. Maybe try setting up a speed dial? Or you could try using PuTTY[1] or TeraTerm[2], both should support Win 9x at least. [1] https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ [2] https://ttssh2.osdn.jp/index.html.en ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bobmooney · 2020-03-23 00:42 I always used QModem ---------------------------------------------------------------------- StevetheNPC · 2020-03-23 01:24 Aw man, I remember using Telix for years. I spent hours writing scripts in the built-in SALT language. Good times! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- myself248 · 2020-03-23 02:02 Hah, I came here to promote Telemate. One of the first pieces of shareware I ever registered! Years later, I found myself digging out the zips again, because they had so many nice little music ditties as BASIC play strings. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mauszozo · 2020-03-23 02:23 Yes! Telix > Telemate, all the way. :-D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- crappyboy · 2020-03-23 02:37 I used telix back in the day. Good memories. I still remember some BBS numbers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 · 2020-03-23 12:26 Terminate. The Final Terminal. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- roonie12 · 2020-03-23 14:24 i used these: - term90.exe / term95.exe from norton commander - dos navigator’s built in terminal program ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheRoamer · 2020-03-23 14:58 Telemate was my go to back in the day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThrakaAndy · 2020-03-23 16:52 Re: the string phone number, that is what I was originally thinking. But it *did* work previously with a name:port syntax. Why it suddenly stopped working, I have no idea. There is some problem with the program for sure because even putting in a real phone number doesn't send correctly to the modem. The problem I find with things like putty and other terminals, is that they don't support the modem aspect. So you have to just connect to the com port and do your own `at` commands, which I don't really want to do ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- istarian · 2020-03-23 18:03 > The problem I find with things like putty and other terminals, is that they don't support the modem aspect. So you have to just connect to the com port and do your own at commands, which I don't really want to do ;) Best of luck then. :) I'm not really sure exactly what support of the 'modem aspect' you mean. Both PuTTY and TeraTera among others are general purpose terminal emulators. They are not specialized BBS clients or some such. If you can find some way to establish a proper internet connection via the OS they can probably use that. The historical way would be a dial- in server with actual network access. Instead you've got a specialized solution that merges the system providing network access with the modem and performs some kind of bridging function. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThrakaAndy · 2020-03-23 22:29 Indeed. like having to use `ATDT number` to call out to the BBS, the terminal emulators you would just have to type that yourself, but a dial app would have phone book and know all of the hayes capable op codes (or whatever they are called) for configuring the modem, etc. That type of software is what I'm talking about. RIP support etc.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThrakaAndy · 2020-03-24 15:40 Oh I like Telix! Have to find a registration copy (or register it if they are still around)