12 Sep
2003
12 Sep
'03
7:04 a.m.
Hi there, >
Hello,
This may be OFF TOPIC but I did run WWIV more than 10 years ago.
My question is how to run a DOS BBS directly attached to a Terminal Server.
That is without a modem. I have a PicoWeb server which basically allows one
to connect a serial device directly to ethernet and comunicates via TCP/IP.
It works and I can talk with it via Telnet. However I want to run a classic
BBS such as WWIV. I have tried my backup copy from circa 1992 and
it really wants a modem. I have tried the current version too without luck.
So is there any old style BBSes which will work with a direct connection to
a terminal (in my case a serial to ethernet convertor)? I would want
chains.txt
support so I could run the great online games.
Well you could look at Fido12w which I think was the last release of
Fido, the bulletin board software which inspired fido net.
I could run WWIV with my two V.everything modems back to back but that
IS overkill. Is there any other solution? Has anyone tried this?
Thanks
Max
Ken Kirkby