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|    ib joe to Michael Batts    |
|    Re: Virtual Modem for a DOS BBS    |
|    09 Jul 20 12:21:29    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A45       MSGID: 1:342/201 a732e8ca       REPLY: 1:227/114 1821dafa       TZUTC: -0600       On 21 Jun 2020, Michael Batts said the following...                MB> Im working to get my old DOS/Modem BBS platform (Spitfire) back online        MB> for posterity. Ive tried NetSerial with no success. Im able to get a        MB> connect but then NetSerial locks up and the service shuts down. I        MB> searched and found two virtual modem apps, one is Virtual Modem 2.2.2        MB> produced by fabulatech. This program works wonderfully but is only sold        MB> in a pairs at $139 each ($280 to get the board back up). The other,        MB> Virtual Modem Pro, like NetSerial does not work.        MB>         MB> Id like to get NetSerial working as its the only free option and looks        MB> like a much better app than the others. Any thoughts or suggestions for        MB> a fix for Netserial or another free (or at least cheaper) app would be        MB> greatly appreciated. Please note that Spitfire is not fossil aware so I        MB> dont think I will be able to get it running under Mystic or Netfoss and        MB> net3bbs.        MB>         MB> Thanks in advance!        MB>         MB> .\\ichael Batts              There are a few sysops around still running DOS BBSes, Nick Andre, thwe guy       who Authors D'Bridge, runs one. You should go to his website and or fido       echo to see how he does it...              Why not run Mystic or Synchronet.... they are being developed and are free...              :)              Good luck...              IB Joe       AKA Joe Schweier       SysOp of Joe's BBS       -= JoesBBS.Com =-              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)        * Origin: Joe's BBS -=JoesBBS.Com=- (1:342/201)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 120/340 601 123/131 226/30 227/114 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/275 424 426 452 664 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 201 633/280       PATH: 342/201 200 229/426           |
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