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   Message 496 of 1,554   
   Rob Swindell to David Smith   
   Re: Java BBS Door Program   
   16 Jul 20 21:36:05   
   
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     Re: Re: Java BBS Door Program   
     By: David Smith to Rob Swindell on Thu Jul 16 2020 01:54 pm   
      
    >  RS> I am a BBS/door guru, but have very little experience with Java. In   
    >  RS> general, I think Java has not had a lot of traction as a platform for   
    >  RS> writing BBS doors. If you can find a way to construct a socket object   
    >  RS> and specify the underlying descriptor/handle that should be used   
    >  RS> (rather than opening a new socket), then that should get you started.   
    >  RS> I'm not   
    >  RS> sure "ServerSocket" is the right thing as that *sounds* like a   
    >  RS> listening socket which is not really what you want. The socket is   
    >  RS> already   
    >  RS> connected (no bind/listen/accept required).   
    >   
    > You may be right the ServerSocket API may not be what I need. I had tried   
    > to open an OutputStream usign a number of different methods but it just   
    > locked the BBS user up completely.   
    >   
    > Should the handle be the only thing I would need or do I need to specify a   
    > baud rate somewhere?   
      
   Just the socket handle/descriptor. Baud rates don't apply.   
      
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