I'm still waiting on the ECommStation stuff to arrive...I got an

emai
>#DS> on Jan. 11, saying that it had been shipped...but so far, nothing.
When

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>That's not good. Where did you buy it from?

Sorry it took me so long to get back on this. The guy forgot to ship
it, and then forgot to send the password to unlock it. I finally got it
in February, but my hardware setup would not let me work with it.

As a result, I'll still be getting GT echoes and netmail via QWK
packets from Mike Powell...but, the main software switches to
Synchronet, so I can get both telnet and dial-up access...the latter
with the Argus 32-bit frontend. I understand another GT Sysop at one
time was doing a similar setup.

This way, once everything is set up, I can use my laptop with my
cellphone data interface program to telnet into the BBS from anywhere.

The worst thing about Synchronet setup is that it's tedious...and
building the screens can be quite difficult. Synchronet comes with a
bunch of utilities, as GT did...but I liked GT's setup better. It's too
bad that GT was never ported over to Windows/32-bit for fossil and
telnet access.

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As a result, I'll still be getting GT echoes and netmail via QWK # packets from Mike Powell...but, the main software switches to # Synchronet, so I can get both telnet and dial-up access...the latter # with the Argus 32-bit frontend. I understand another GT Sysop at one # time was doing a similar setup. #
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This way, once everything is set up, I can use my laptop with my # cellphone data interface program to telnet into the BBS from anywhere. #
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The worst thing about Synchronet setup is that it's tedious...and # building the screens can be quite difficult. Synchronet comes with a # bunch of utilities, as GT did...but I liked GT's setup better. It's too# bad that GT was never ported over to Windows/32-bit for fossil and # telnet access. #

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I don't really understand what your problem is, but SIO's VMODEM works
fine for Telnet access. You don't need any fossil junk and you don't
need to port anything.
VMODEM provides GT with a virtual COM port and it knows nothing about
what is really happening.

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# I don't really understand what your problem is, but SIO's VMODEM works
# fine for Telnet access. You don't need any fossil junk and you don't
# need to port anything.
# VMODEM provides GT with a virtual COM port and it knows nothing about
# what is really happening.
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I think the problem was that he could not get eCommStation to work with all
of his hardware. I am not sure if he ever got around to trying Vmodem
with it.

I have been running the BBS using Vmodem for about a month now, under
OS/2 Warp 4. I usually had to worry about the board locking up sometime
if I was gone a week or more, but I just got back from an 8-day
vacation, and the board was still up & running fine.

Mike

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