Hello, Jay.   
      
   Friday March 25 2011 at 23:19, you wrote to All:   
      
    JD> I was wondering if anyone was still here?   
      
   Just us old-timers.   
      
    JD> I am interested to know if anyone still run old dos based bbs   
    JD> software AND have their system on internet, telnet?   
      
   Lots of us do, myself included.  Heck, I still write "old" DOS-based BBS doors   
   and sysop utilities...   
      
    JD> If so do you have problems with fossil drivers?   
      
   Depends...   
      
    JD> I thought maybe OS/2 might be a choice. I found out quickly that I am   
    JD> OS/2 challanged and it is problematic at best. OS/2 insists on iee   
    JD> 802.2 framework topology and netware uses 802.3. OS/2 does NOT like   
    JD> bnu. OS/2 wants lots of ram, the machine I have is only capable of   
    JD> 512meg. OS/2 project: shelved due to my inability to understand it.   
      
   I've been running OS/2 for 15 years now and it's rock-solid stable.  I even   
   have a setup where people can telnet in via their web browser using a program   
   called fTelnet ("flash telnet").   
      
   That's because you don't use BNU under OS/2: you use SIO/VMODEM (SIO are the   
   I/O system drivers, VMODEM is the telnet engine). :)  SIO has VX00, a   
   "virtual" FOSSIL driver, built-in that is used for the OS/2 DOS subsystem.   
      
   I have had OS/2 running on a system with 64MB RAM before with telnet access.    
   I think your problem is like you said: inexperience.  What version of OS/2 do   
   you have?  It sounds like that you definitely just need a wee bit of help in   
   setting up OS/2, so check out the OS2 echo here in Fidonet or ht   
   p://www.os2world.com.   
      
    JD> So does anyone have any ideas on how I can get my ancient hardware on   
    JD> telnet/internet?   
      
   Why are you insisting on running Novell these days?   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. - Oscar Wilde   
   --- GoldED/2 3.0.1   
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