Renegade BBS under ARCAOS 5.1 - connect problems
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robbiew · 2023-10-03 20:10

Hey all, I'm setting up Renegade BBS under ARCAOS 5.1 (essentially
actively developed OS/2) and I've run into a show-stopper with the
connection/

I've got ArcaOS running on a physical machine, along with Ray Gwinn's
SIO v2.60d (newer SIO2k had lag issues), VMODEM and VX00.SYS fossil
driver. That all seems good.

I've got SIO/VMODEM configured for COM4 -- exactly like in the
[Renegade Docs](http://renegadebbs.info/docs/)\-- and when I dial in,
VMODEM passes the call to a waiting RENEGADE node w/FOSSIL support.
But as soon as it RINGs, RG sends "ATA|" but then instantly re-
initializes ("ATZ|") and just sits there.

But the odder thing is, the call is still connected to the terminal, I
can see remote typing in the Renegade WFC window modem area. If I hit
"(A) Answer" from the RG WFC screen to manually answer, it'll ask for
the Baud rate and then RG connects the caller just fine. Just not
automatically.

Other DOS BBSs don't seem to get stuck here under OS/2 with the same
modem settings.

Any RG on OS/2 experts out there have a tip? Cheers!

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robbiew · 2023-10-04 21:17

FYI, makes me think there's something going on with Renegade under
OS/2. I was able to get Vision/2, Vision/X and Iniquity to answer
using just ATZ|

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Digimaus2K · 2023-10-14 22:50

The RG docs are missing a very important step!  You need to add a '-'
on the end of each node decleration in CONFIG.SYS as OS/2 will not
allow sharing of the com port with DOS.  Using the example in the
docs:


This is wrong:

(COM4,INTERNET:2E8,NONE:10)

​

It should look like this:

 (COM4,INTERNET:2E8,NONE:10,-)

​

Make sure you have VX00.SYS in AUTOEXEC.BAT.

I've always used 1.60d as the newer versions never worked right for
me.

Hope this helps.

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robbiew · 2023-10-15 21:22

Thanks! I made that change, but doesn't seem to fix the disconnection
issue with RG under OS/2 4.52 or AracOS 5.1... Maybe it's my version
of SIO? I'm using 1.6d registered, but I do seem to remember it
working with the unregistered version...