Subj : Dial-up and Telnet Synchronet?
To   : All
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Feb 26 2005 09:41 am

There is a fellow sysop who is attempting to set up his BBS, on a Windows
machine, to be available both via Telnet and dial-up.  Someone pointed
him to Synchronet, and apparently told him that you could set up the DOS
and newer Windows versions on the same machine to accomplish this.
 
He would like to keep a dial-up node available as he does still have a
few dial-up callers.  It would sound like he is attempting to have both
versions share the same message and file areas (and probably doors, etc.,
too).
 
Portions of his latest e-mail to me are included below.  Does anyone have
any pointers for him?  Is this possible to do, or is there a better way?
 
I suggested that he might try installing one version, and set up only one
or two message areas, and then set the other version up in a different
directory, or possibly even a different partition, and then attempt
to point the second install to the original message areas, and see if
that works.
 
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    After several attempts, I had installed and setup the DOS version of
Synchronet for my dial-up and local node...then, thought that I could
install the Windows version over it, for a hybrid system, to add telnet
access. But, when I installed the Windows deal of it, it wiped out all of
the work I had done for the nearly 200 message areas, and over 5500 files.
 
   I haven't yet emptied the Recycle Bin...so, I might be able to uninstall
the Windows deal for now...and restore the DOS stuff. But, I'm basically
back to square one. I still want to go with Dial-Up and Telnet access for
the BBS...but, I'm basically going to need some guidance. The setup with
the Synchronet Configuration program isn't difficult, but it's tedious.
But, there are so few BBS packages that are still supported, that will
offer a combination of both dial-up and telnet access.
 
   If anyone can provide pointers with Synchronet, or another supported BBS
package...freeware, or shareware (not too expensive, please)...I would
greatly appreciate it.
 


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