On Sat, 29 Nov 2014, John Kelly wrote to Mark Lewis:   
      
   hey john! it has been a while :)   
      
   -> as it has been on OS/2, use SIO with vmodem providing the virtual    
   -> modem port for the software to talk to... i still use SIO 1.60D   
      
    JK> I tried the SIO vmodem and it didn't work on warp4, an    
    JK> incompatible dll problem I recall ... or did you mean you're only    
    JK> using SIO with serial ports, and not vmodem?   
      
   no, i use SIO and Vmodem with both real serial ports and virtual ports... with   
   both DOS and native OS/2 programs...   
      
    JK> I have an inbound telnet solution for PCBoard. It's a reverse    
    JK> telnet proxy, written in PERL, runs on linux. Works for me cause I    
    JK> use a linux box for my router/firewall.   
      
   many firewalls these days are *nix solutions... the one i run here on my   
   perimeters is, too :)   
      
    JK> The PCboard nodes connect to the linux proxy with serial ports and    
    JK> null modem cables, if you have a multiport serial card on the    
    JK> linux box, or via ethernet and a telnet fossil I wrote. The fossil    
    JK> needs Novell TCP/IP from Client32, so your node requires that to    
    JK> run the fossil.  Can be either DOS or Windows 3.1.  I have a    
    JK> Windows 3.1 test box set up with 2 nodes working, I think it could    
    JK> do 4.   
      
   wow... that's pretty deep...   
      
    JK> It's all free, but a lot of work to get working. People enjoy    
    JK> talking about the good old days and PCBoard, but few are willing    
    JK> to invest the time and effort to make it happen.   
      
   true... in many cases, folks have been spolied by the install and go stuff...   
   few really understand how it all works these days :/   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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   you hire an amateur.   
      
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