On 09/24/2016 10:38 PM, mark lewis -> rick christian wrote:   
      
      
    ml> that's the vmodem port... it is generally used for the vmodem protocol   
    ml> which is a slightly tweaked telnet...   
      
   Hmmm.. I figured that might be the best choice... that VMODEM protocol came   
   along after I moved on from FTN...   
      
   Any pointers to info... what I am finding just keeps going to all that OS2   
   stuff for drivers.   
      
   So best to have this on a differing port then.(?) I guess I will have to flesh   
   out some more things but AFTER I see that this thing is even installable under   
   DOSBOX....   
      
    ml> no... my main system (still) runs OS/2 with the original SIO/VModem   
    ml> stuff...   
      
   Hmm... well..I guess I will be finding out... VM's are CHEAP! :) ;)   
      
   I need tp dig up some more docs on this DOSbox thing.. never played with it...   
      
    ml> hahaha... the only thing i'm not sure about is being able to do true   
    ml> multinode with multiple DOSBOXes... i don't know of their file locking   
    ml> stuff will work across the divisions between them...   
      
   Never played with it before... so I can't speak to it either.. Right now the   
   noise that is in my head... about using TLB (The Last Byte Memory Manager) in   
   there for EMS/XMS stuff... like I said it really is a bad idea to read echos   
   at night!!!! My imagination runs away with ideas on things! :) ;)   
      
      
    ml> FD doesn't have a problem dialing domains... i actually set mine up to   
    ml> dial some with telnet and others with vmodem ;)   
      
   Really??? I would have expected that the input would parse for 0-9 and reject   
   anything and especially puke on . in there let alone letters..hmm....   
      
   HMMM.. interesting....   
      
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