Re: Metal BBS Online via Telnet

["Terry & Utahna Olsen" <tolsen64@nospam.boycot.dns2go.com>]

just to follow up.  I'm currently working on the BBS Gateway software...so
if anyone tries to telnet in and can't get thru, it's because I'm working on
the software and it isn't listening for your call.  But it'll up & down as I
work on it.

"Terry & Utahna Olsen" <tolsen64@nospam.boycot.dns2go.com> wrote in message
news:Fhk99.211565$UU1.37013@sccrnsc03...
> Well, some success so far on my project...
>
> I've got METAL running on a IIgs hooked up to my Windows box via custom
> null-modem cable.  Flow-control & Carrier Detect works great.  When you
> disconnect the telnet session, the PC sets the DCD line to low and the BBS
> instantly resets.
>
> The only thing I have left to do now is figure out how (in Visual Basic)
to
> send non-text bytes through the software I wrote.  File transfers won't
work
> right now because of this.  I'm not sure if they would work anyway because
> of the time lag involved and the timeout of the transfer protocols.
>
> Anyway, help me test it out.  Telnet to my Apple IIgs and take the short
> survey I've got going on it.  No full-fledged BBS yet, but it is METAL,
and
> it is running on the IIgs.  And if anyone is interested in running such a
> setup, let me know.
>
> click here to log on: telnet:boycot.dns2go.com
>
> Thanks,
> Terry Olsen
> aka Tall Runner
>
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