Subj : 4/4 - LSPPPDlr 2003
To   : MATT GILBERT
From : MICHEL SAMSON
Date : Wed Dec 08 2004 08:55 am

[The previous message concludes here.]                               4/4

MG> I already have kermit and it runs okay when I have a packet driver
MG> loaded at 0x60 so I'm not worried about Kermit.

     Evaluate it without its internal ~TelNet~ support, using `RLFossil'
intead...  Perhaps you'll see the point when you compare your cps rates!

                                  ;->

MG> ...could I not just fire it up, cd to c:\rlfossil and run the
MG> RLfossil program and cause it to emulate a comport, my modem is on
MG> com2, mouse is on com 1, so what comport/irq would I use?

     Using `RLFossil' can be involving when it's a 1st try...  I realize
that `LSPPPDlr' will be a decade old before i notice so i wrote a Batch-
File to ease the installation task.  You'll find i added it on the site:

          http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/LSPPPDlr.BAT (6 Kb, Dec-8)

     To answer your question, there's no ~IRQ~ line...  `RLFossil' talks
to the Packet-Driver and the later has EXCLUSIVE use of your real MoDem.

     The packet-Driver itself is no piece of HardWare, `RLFossil' simply
handles `WatTCP' interfacing on the ~TCP~/~IP~ end and ~FOSSIL~ (partly)
implementation on the other side...  ~TelNet~/Hayes-compatible emulation
between the two allows you to use your favourite terminal emulator if it
supports the ~FOSSIL~ LEGACY plain old BBS standard.  As a bonus, you'll
notice that `RLFossil' has a buffering action which "boosts" the client!

                                  8^)

MG> I suppose instead of a phone number...  ...I would have it "dial"
MG> something like ATDP bbs.fidotel.com or perhaps its numeric telnet
MG> address?

     Exactly.  As i wrote, an image i worth a thousand words:  i thought
that looking at `Commo.FON' might clear a few things including this one.

     I read that you have `Linux' installed and this reminded me of when
i wanted to experiment with `BasicLinux', `VirtMoDem.Src.Elf.TAR.GZ' and
`MiniCom-1.83.1.Src.TAR.GZ' (of course, as a newbie, i simply failed)...

MG> ...for all I know you (and others) are rolling your eyes in
MG> disbelief at my (dumb?) questions, but if you can bear with me I'd
MG> certainly like to give this a go.

     How did you know?!  ;-D  ))  Ahummm...  Sorry.  :)  Well, i've been
there too so i decided that i wouldn't allow you to fail this install!!!

     `LSPPPDlr.BAT' isn't 100 % fool-proof but i believe it can make you
successful without as much effort as must have been required previously;
just copy this file in a directory with all your archives and execute it
as intended, this time it may be harder to fail!  Keep me posted!!!  8^)

                                    Salutations,  

                                    Michel Samson
                                    a/s Bicephale
                                    http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/


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