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   Message 135 of 613   
   Björn Felten to All   
   File transfer using NetFoss   
   19 Oct 12 17:56:11   
   
   I'm using NetFoss to enable "modem" access to my BBS via telnet.   
      
      And it works like a charm except for file transfers.   
      
      Every time a file transfer is requested, my (old, outdated and unsupported)   
   BBS software tries to open a COM port that doesn't even exist, or is used for   
   other purposes, on my computer. Mostly COM1.   
      
      Is there a way to make NetFoss, and then my BBS program, try another COM   
   port? The NetFoss document indicate that it supports 256 COM ports, but how do   
   I make my BBS program understand this?   
      
      I have this   
      
   ?s:\tcl\netfoss\nf.bat /n%n /h%h s:\bin\tcl_tn.bat %n   
      
      ...line in my "Door and parameter" setting under Externals. And my   
   tcl_tn.bat looks like this:   
      
   @echo off   
   REM %n from nf.bat   
   set TCLNODE=%1   
   s:   
   cd \tcl   
      
   REM Start BTrieve, the data base handler   
   s:\tcl\btrv.exe /M:64 /P:1536 /C /F:3   
      
   REM Start the BBS   
   s:\tcl\tcl2.exe -b9600 -f -p2   
      
   REM Stop BTrieve   
   s:\tcl\btstop.exe   
      
   REM Back to Argus   
   cd \argus   
      
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