24 Sep 16 19:33, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>>>> the main thing to remember is that there needs to be a virtual   
    ml>>>> modem for FD to talk to...   
      
    rc> I know this thread is ancient... but I am curious about this...   
      
   i'm sure you're not the only one ;)   
      
    rc> Lets just pretend I am crazed.. ok.. so its not so much pretend...   
      
   hahahahaha...   
      
    rc> So I sudo apt-get install dosbox   
      
    rc> Then lets say... you put this in the dosbox conf   
      
    rc> [serial]   
    rc> serial1=modem listenport:3141   
      
   that's the vmodem port... it is generally used for the vmodem protocol which   
   is a slightly tweaked telnet...   
      
    rc> Then you mount up a C drive with FD etc... installed   
      
    rc> XOO loaded up for a FOSSIL and point FD at that FOSSIL with COM1 and   
   dosbox   
    rc> doing its virtual modem thing...   
      
    rc> And thus **** potentially *** FD would run via net versus DU???   
      
   that sounds about right... no clue if anyone has actually done it, though...   
      
    rc> Have you done this???   
      
   no... my main system (still) runs OS/2 with the original SIO/VModem stuff...   
      
    rc> I might try it after I rectify some things, due to the idea that is   
    rc> swirling in my brain.. this is why you should not read echos late at   
    rc> night! :) ;)   
      
   hahaha... the only thing i'm not sure about is being able to do true multinode   
   with multiple DOSBOXes... i don't know of their file locking stuff will work   
   across the divisions between them...   
      
    rc> I find this very interesting... although I think there are some huge   
    rc> problems in getting FD to actually do this ie: dial something like:   
    rc> fidonet.me.domain   
      
   FD doesn't have a problem dialing domains... i actually set mine up to dial   
   some with telnet and others with vmodem ;)   
      
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