MSGID: 1:229/426 DAAD8F63   
   REPLY: 17438.dbridge@1:103/705 24a9c45d   
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   On 07 Mar 21  18:10:00, Marceline Jones said the following to All:   
      
   MJ> I heard D'Bridge can be used with Net2BBS. Is this true ? can Net2BBS pass    
   MJ> connection to D'Bridge, and then D'Bridge passes a caller to the BBS ?   
      
   Yes it can. It can accept mail packet transfers, file requests, EMSI sessions   
   over Telnet just as if it was using a modem.   
      
   MJ> I am not sure how Net2BBS works. I tend to think of it as something that   
   MJ> allows programs to piggyback off a live connection (ie. Data Carrier Detect   
   MJ> has to be high) (which is why it will not work with a program in Wait For   
   MJ> Caller mode).   
      
   Correct, it won't work in WFC mode because the BBS or mailer is not    
   telnet-aware, only serial-aware.   
      
   The logic is Net2BBS accepts an incoming telnet connection and spawns a new    
   CMD process. That usually consists of a batch file that should first load the   
   included Fossil driver NetFOSS. Then the NetCOM program is called with the   
   telnet socket handle passed to it along with whatever command or batch file to   
   start the mailer or BBS.  After the connection has ended, the Fossil driver   
   is uninstalled and the batch file exists.   
      
   For example, a batch file called DBRUN.CMD. Parameter %1 is the telnet handle   
   from Net2BBS (*H I think)   
      
   cd \DB   
   echo > LINE1.OTL   
   netfoss /n1 /x   
   netcom /n1 /h%1 db.exe   
   netfoss /u   
   del LINE1.OTL   
   exit   
      
   D'Bridge must first be told that when it runs to assume that a caller is "on   
   the line" and to exit when the call completes. So you create a dummy   
   semaphore file called LINE1.OTL in the DB directory.   
      
   In D'Bridge Setup, Config-Advanced, BBS Configuration you specify the   
   commands to run your DOS-based BBS. Then in Config-Comm/Modem you would    
   specify COM1 along with the OTHERMDM (Generic modem) template. Exit and save.   
      
   Start Net2BBS, test by telnetting locally. Net2BBS should spawn DBRUN.CMD    
   which loads D'Bridge. In your telnet session you see the D'Bridge logo   
   followed by "Press ESC twice to access the BBS". Doing so will swap the mailer   
   out to execute whatever commands you specified. When the BBS terminates, the    
   session returns to the mailer which at this point has sensed "dropped carrier"   
   and thus terminates back to DBRUN... which exits.   
      
   Nick   
      
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