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    From DARYL STOUT@CAPCITY to ALL on Thu Oct 21 17:27:00 2004

    This may be a dumb question, but to me...the only dumb question is one
    not asked; so...

    Awhile back, there was a "Fossil" version of GT (15.50) -- but ever
    since I've been in the network, I haven't seen one of these since. I use
    a Fossil Driver (Ray Gwinn's X00.SYS), and I really didn't see anything
    in GT's documentation, host or otherwise, about it working with a
    Fossil, as well as with the com ports. I currently run GT 19 (the latest version).

    The thing is, to make GT telnet-capable under Windows 98 Second
    Edition, the programs (GT and the doors) need to recognize fossil usage.
    I do have a copy of COM/IP that a friend of mine gave me that he no
    longer uses, and I may have to go with that...especially since I just
    found out that COM/IP is no longer supported...and the "replacement" for
    it is more expensive to register.

    I've been in discussion with several folks in the FIDOnet BBS Network
    on this, and have told them that I do NOT want to rebuild the BBS from
    scratch (doors, bulletins, files, message areas, utilities, etc.) by
    changing software, just to get telnet access. Also, I don't want to go
    with a newer operating system (Windows 2000, ME, etc.) if I don't have
    to.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Daryl Stout, 035/005
    Little Rock, Arkansas

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  • From MIKE POWELL@CAPCITY to DARYL STOUT on Wed Oct 27 05:53:00 2004

    Daryl,
    I have/had a copy of the GT15?? fossil version. I was also using it to
    try to get GT telnet'able. I was not able to get it working, but I may
    have been trying to do it under DOS, and not Windows.

    I have looked a little and can't find it, but I will look in a few other
    places where I might have put it.

    # I've been in discussion with several folks in the FIDOnet BBS Network
    # on this, and have told them that I do NOT want to rebuild the BBS from
    # scratch (doors, bulletins, files, message areas, utilities, etc.) by
    # changing software, just to get telnet access. Also, I don't want to go
    # with a newer operating system (Windows 2000, ME, etc.) if I don't have
    # to.
    ##[DS=>All]

    A newer OS won't help get GT telnetable, esp. Win2k. Actually, an older
    one might help. I believe that it can be made telnetable under OS/2,
    with a few utils. Paul or Dave in Net 50 might have demonstrated that
    once. GT does not like virtual comm ports, and the way Windows does it
    is faulty & won't work with GT (or so I was told). OS/2 handles it a little differently, and supposedly can fool GT into thinking the virtual port
    really does exist.

    Mike

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  • From DARYL STOUT@CAPCITY to MIKE POWELL on Fri Oct 29 05:54:00 2004

    >I have/had a copy of the GT15?? fossil version. I was also using it to
    >try to get GT telnet'able. I was not able to get it working, but I may
    >have been trying to do it under DOS, and not Windows.

    Mike...

    I may not need that after all...see next message from our newest
    potential GT Sysop, Sean Dennis. He has been helping me get GT to run
    under telnet, and he got his working last night. I'm going to telnet
    into his site later today to see what it's like.

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  • From PAUL RATCLIFFE@CAPCITY to MIKE POWELL on Wed Nov 3 23:59:00 2004

    Strewth, I've almost forgotten how this OLR works....

    A newer OS won't help get GT telnetable, esp. Win2k. Actually, an olde# one might help. I believe that it can be made telnetable under OS/2, # with a few utils. Paul or Dave in Net 50 might have demonstrated that # once. GT does not like virtual comm ports, and the way Windows does it# is faulty & won't work with GT (or so I was told). OS/2 handles it a l# differently, and supposedly can fool GT into thinking the virtual port # really does exist. #
    ############################################################################# GT works fine on OS/2 using VMODEM and SIO. GT doesn't know it isn't a
    real port - as far as it is concerned, it is. The virtualisation works
    fine on anything I've tried - made an outgoing 'call' using DSZ the
    other day to somewhere on the 'net.
    If I were to open the telnet port on my router, I'm sure it would work
    and you could log in. GT is (just about) still set up for multi-node
    operation here.
    Of course, if you insist on running 'doze, then you can likely forget
    getting it to work.

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