Hello all, so I recently got back into BBSing about two weeks or so ago. Right now, I'm running Telix in a DOSBox window with the modem emulator enabled. However, I feel like this is probably not the most optimal setup for some reason (probably because I'm using the same software I used to call dialup BBSes in like 1995, haha). I went looking for both a good Windows terminal emulator (but I'll use PuTTY if need be, as I already have it installed) and a Hayes-compatible modem emulator.

The second bit seems a bit tricky. I have been playing about with TCPSer and a couple of other freeware solutions, but I'm getting nowhere. Windows complains about there not being serial ports, and although I could get TCPSer to bind to a port, and therefore I could use PuTTY as stated above, that won't be ideal for me if I can't support things like ANSI or file transfers (and yes, I do those sometimes on BBSes... there are still things you can't get on a Google search that you can stumble across on a BBS!).

What do you guys use, and what am I doing wrong?

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Dark Rider to All on Wed Aug 29 2012 07:00 pm

Hello all, so I recently got back into BBSing about two weeks or so ago. Right now, I'm running Telix in a DOSBox window with the modem emulator enabled. However, I feel like this is probably not the most optimal setup for some reason (probably because I'm using the same software I used to
call dialup BBSes in like 1995, haha). I went looking for both a good Windows terminal emulator (but I'll use PuTTY if need be, as I already have it installed) and a Hayes-compatible modem emulator.

The second bit seems a bit tricky. I have been playing about with TCPSer
and a couple of other freeware solutions, but I'm getting nowhere. Windows complains about there not being serial ports, and although I could get TCPSer to bind to a port, and therefore I could use PuTTY as stated above, that won't be ideal for me if I can't support things like ANSI or file transfers (and yes, I do those sometimes on BBSes... there are still things you can't get on a Google search that you can stumble across on a BBS!).

What do you guys use, and what am I doing wrong?

Welcome back! :-)


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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Dark Rider to All on Wed Aug 29 2012 07:00 pm

What do you guys use, and what am I doing wrong?

Syncterm and Mtelnet both work well. Syncterm is available for Mac, Windows and Linux. Mtelnet is WIndows-only.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Dark Rider to All on Wed Aug 29 2012 19:00:06

Ahoy,

What do you guys use, and what am I doing wrong?

Deuce's SyncTERM is available on multiple platforms. It can do file transfers, renders ANSI properly, and the whole shebang.

http://syncterm.bbsdev.net

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Hello all, so I recently got back into BBSing about two weeks or so ago. R

The second bit seems a bit tricky. I have been playing about with TCPSer a couple of other freeware solutions, but I'm getting nowhere. Windows compl about there not being serial ports, and although I could get TCPSer to bin
a port, and therefore I could use PuTTY as stated above, that won't be ide for me if I can't support things like ANSI or file transfers (and yes, I d those sometimes on BBSes... there are still things you can't get on a Goog search that you can stumble across on a BBS!)

Hey, welcome back to the hobby!

You could use syncterm:

http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/

It's ANSI support isn't perfect (it doesn't work with the text aquarium screen saver on my BBS correctly) but it's good enough for most things, and has a nice retro look to it.

...or...

Just use the Telnet that comes with Windows (in Vista and later you have to add it as a component). It's ANSI support is actually better (the aquarium displays more or less correctly).



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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Dark Rider to All on Wed Aug 29 2012 19:00:06

Most folks today use SyncTERM. It's ANSI/cp438 compatible (even
supports OverkillTerm) and chats over telnet normally.

http://syncterm.bbsdev.net to fetch it.


I"ve used com2tcp (the freeware one, not the you gotta pay for thing by someone else) to get older com port based apps to play nice over telnet.
So if you really want to use Telix or maybe ripterm you could try that.

--Chris

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: the doctor to THE DARK RIDER on Thu Aug 30 2012 09:16:00

Hey, welcome back to the hobby!

Thanks!

You could use syncterm:
It's ANSI support isn't perfect (it doesn't work with the text aquarium scre saver on my BBS correctly) but it's good enough for most things, and has a nice retro look to it.

I am seeing that name pop up quite a bit on here. I will have to check it out. The other thing that would be nice about using a Windows terminal program is that I could probably cut-and-paste text (like URL's, especially) with it, whereas with anything running under DOSBox, you don't get that ability.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Dark Rider to All on Wed Aug 29 2012 07:00 pm

Hello all, so I recently got back into BBSing about two weeks or so ago. Right now, I'm running Telix in a DOSBox window with the modem emulator enabled. However, I feel like this is probably not the most optimal setup for some reason (probably because I'm using the same software I used to
call dialup BBSes in like 1995, haha). I went looking for both a good

you should probably use mt32 [in windows] and synchterm for when you
are using linux.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Chris Trainor to The Dark Rider on Thu Aug 30 2012 11:22 am

I"ve used com2tcp (the freeware one, not the you gotta pay for thing by someone else) to get older com port based apps to play nice over telnet. So if you really want to use Telix or maybe ripterm you could try that.

The great thing about DOSBOX is that it'll do the com port mapping automatically and provide a DOS environment to boot (no pun intended)

--pF

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to Chris Trainor on Thu Aug 30 2012 04:07 pm

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Chris Trainor to The Dark Rider on Thu Aug 30 2012 11:22 am

I"ve used com2tcp (the freeware one, not the you gotta pay for thing by someone else) to get older com port based apps to play nice over telnet. So if you really want to use Telix or maybe ripterm you could try that.

The great thing about DOSBOX is that it'll do the com port mapping automatically and provide a DOS environment to boot (no pun intended)

--pF

Yeah but it won't read your modem if you don't have one though.


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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Dark Rider to the doctor on Thu Aug 30 2012 11:42 am

I am seeing that name pop up quite a bit on here. I will have to check it out.

One nice thing about SyncTerm and mTelnet is being able to have a dialing directory. bbs-scene.org has a downloadable dialing directory pre-populated with the entries from their telnet BBS list.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to Chris Trainor on Thu Aug 30 2012 16:07:57

The great thing about DOSBOX is that it'll do the com port mapping automatically and provide a DOS environment to boot (no pun intended)

Yeah but it won't map it to a TCP port over telnet will it? I knwo it
can map to another virtual com port or any physical port on the box..
but don't think you could use it to attach to a telnet BBS.

--Chris

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Millionaire to Poindexter Fortran on Thu Aug 30 2012 06:40 pm

Yeah but it won't read your modem if you don't have one though.

Yeah, but you can map telnet to it and use it for IP only. You even dial ATDT <hostname> to connect. :)

--pF

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Chris Trainor to The Dark Rider on Thu Aug 30 2012 11:22:42

Most folks today use SyncTERM. It's ANSI/cp438 compatible (even
supports OverkillTerm) and chats over telnet normally.

Yeah, I ended up installing it and actually, I am using it right now. It's so much faster! (Probably because I'm not emulating a 57600 bps connection like in DOSBox.)

I"ve used com2tcp (the freeware one, not the you gotta pay for thing by someone else) to get older com port based apps to play nice over telnet. So if you really want to use Telix or maybe ripterm you could try that.

I'm sure it's got its uses. I'm thinking of calling com2tcp into service at work, where I have to manage (among many other, much newer things) a Merlin Legend/MAGIX system that was built in like 1996. The management interface is a 1200 bps (though I've gotten it to work at 2400 bps using an old laptop with it) serial connection, translated into an RJ-45 plug. I would love to hook that to a Linux server and share the serial port out as something my Windows workstation would see as an actual, viable serial port of its own. AT&T (oh, sorry, Lucent... oh, sorry, Avaya) only has this crappy old program called WinSPM to manage it. It will work on Win7 x64, but yeah...

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulator
By: the doctor to THE DARK RIDER o

I am seeing that name pop up quite a bit on here. I will have to check it The other thing that would be nice about using a Windows terminal program that I could probably cut-and-paste text (like URL's, especially) with it whereas with anything running under DOSBox, you don't get that ability

It's the best telnet terminal program I've ever used. I tend to use it under linux, because it supports IBM high ascii characters.



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Chris Trainor wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-

Yeah but it won't map it to a TCP port over telnet will it? I knwo it
can map to another virtual com port or any physical port on the box..
but don't think you could use it to attach to a telnet BBS.

Yes, exactly. It can. You open telix, point it to the re-mapped comm port, type ATDT <hostname or IP address> and it connects. VERY COOL.

--pF

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to The Millionaire on Thu Aug 30 2012 10:58 pm

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Millionaire to Poindexter Fortran on Thu Aug 30 2012 06:40 pm

Yeah but it won't read your modem if you don't have one though.

Yeah, but you can map telnet to it and use it for IP only. You even dial ATDT <hostname> to connect. :)

--pF

Does it make that good old connect sound as well? :-P


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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to The Dark Rider on Thu Aug 30 2012 05:24 pm

One nice thing about SyncTerm and mTelnet is being able to have a dialing directory. bbs-scene.org has a downloadable dialing directory pre-populated with the entries from their telnet BBS list.

bbs-scene's maintainer goes missing for long periods of time.

i would rather go with telnetbbsguide's lists. it's actively maintained. diamond dave has syncterm and mt32 lists.

if you want a program for maintaining/importing/exporting syncterm and mt32 dialing lists check out bbslist.bbses.info and click the link for david rife's converter programs on the bottom.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: the doctor to THE DARK RIDER on Fri Aug 31 2012 20:33:00

It's the best telnet terminal program I've ever used. I tend to use it unde linux, because it supports IBM high ascii characters.

I'm using it on Windows so far. I was going to try that thing today that I was talking about a few messages back with remote Linux serial ports, but I had too much real work get in the way. There's always next week, though!

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I'm using it on Windows so far. I was going to try that thing today that I talking about a few messages back with remote Linux serial ports, but I ha much real work get in the way. There's always next week, though

Tell me about it. Real life keeps getting in the way of my hobbies!



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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to Chris Trainor on Thu Aug 30 2012 04:07 pm

The great thing about DOSBOX is that it'll do the com port mapping automatically and provide a DOS environment to boot (no pun intended)

Sweet, did they finally get around to working those bugs out? Last time I tried to run a BBS under dosbox, the serial emulation was so buggy it was almost unusable for a BBS...lol

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Dreamer to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Sep 01 2012 12:32 pm

Sweet, did they finally get around to working those bugs out? Last time I tried to run a BBS under dosbox, the serial emulation was so buggy it was almost unusable for a BBS...lol

it's usable as a bbs. it does have its limitations.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: the doctor to THE DARK RIDER on Sat Sep 01 2012 15:47:00

I'm using it on Windows so far. I was going to try that thing today that I talking about a few messages back with remote Linux serial ports, but I ha much real work get in the way. There's always next week, though

Tell me about it. Real life keeps getting in the way of my hobbies!

Yeah, really... they pay me and expect me to do actual work first :)

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Millionaire to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Aug 31 2012 12:53 pm

Does it make that good old connect sound as well? :-P

Nope, but hearing Telix connecting after 12+ years or so was nostalgic. :)

--pF

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Aug 31 2012 07:44 pm

bbs-scene's maintainer goes missing for long periods of time.

We're all humans, and we're all volunteers here.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to The Millionaire on Sat Sep 01 2012 02:17 pm

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Millionaire to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Aug 31 2012 12:53 pm

Does it make that good old connect sound as well? :-P

Nope, but hearing Telix connecting after 12+ years or so was nostalgic. :)

--pF

Yeah, Telix wasn't too bad but I wish I could get Terminate to work properly again. Really missed that program a lot now.


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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Sat Sep 01 2012 02:18 pm

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Aug 31 2012 07:44 pm

bbs-scene's maintainer goes missing for long periods of time.

We're all humans, and we're all volunteers here.

Yup, abd having a great time at it too. :-)


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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Sat Sep 01 2012 02:18 pm

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Aug 31 2012 07:44 pm

bbs-scene's maintainer goes missing for long periods of time.

We're all humans, and we're all volunteers here.

volunteers where.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Millionaire to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Sep 01 2012 06:33 pm

Yeah, Telix wasn't too bad but I wish I could get Terminate to work
properly again. Really missed that program a lot now.

terminate works fine.

get bbsdosbox on bbstorrents and check out all the old terminal programs

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Sep 01 2012 11:37 pm

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Sat Sep 01 2012 02:18 pm

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Aug 31 2012 07:44 pm

bbs-scene's maintainer goes missing for long periods of time.

We're all humans, and we're all volunteers here.

volunteers where.

humans where?

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Corey to Mro on Sat Sep 01 2012 21:11:16

humans where?

IN A WORLD WHERE HAM IS ALSO A MEAT!

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Mro to Dreamer on Sat Sep 01 2012 03:44 pm

it's usable as a bbs. it does have its limitations.

I might try it out Monday. What are the current limitations?

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: The Dark Rider to the doctor on Sat Sep 01 2012 05:07 pm

Yeah, really... they pay me and expect me to do actual work first :)

Running a BBS and having remote access to it has killed off many a lunch hour. You've heard of working from home? From 12 to 1 I home from work. :)

--pF

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: echicken to Corey on Sun Sep 02 2012 02:20 am

IN A WORLD WHERE HAM IS ALSO A MEAT!

SOYLENT HAM IS MADE OF PEOPLE

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: echicken to Corey on Sun Sep 02 2012 02:20 am

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Corey to Mro on Sat Sep 01 2012 21:11:16

humans where?

IN A WORLD WHERE HAM IS ALSO A MEAT!

echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230

ham, the other pink meat.

"Practise safe Lunch, Use a Condiment"


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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Poindexter Fortran to echicken on Sun Sep 02 2012 08:52 am

Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: echicken to Corey on Sun Sep 02 2012 02:20 am

IN A WORLD WHERE HAM IS ALSO A MEAT!

SOYLENT HAM IS MADE OF PEOPLE

I was wondering why when we burn ourselfs it smells like burnt pork.

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Re: Terminal/Modem Emulators
By: Dreamer to Mro on Sat Sep 01 2012 08:15 pm

it's usable as a bbs. it does have its limitations.

I might try it out Monday. What are the current limitations?

i cant name off a laundry list, but file locking, issues with running multiple nodes, having to run it on a server with X if you are using linux

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