Hi Trifle,

> -> I'm a bit confused as to how DOSEMU speaks to the Linux file system

> DOSEMU uses MFS (mach file system). It maps dos drive letters to
> whatever linux subdirectory you want.

Yep.. I've never set it up here.. I'd much rather use linux native
software. Old habits I guess.. in the old days, DOSEMU under linux was not
especially secure.

> -> It would be nice to have a Windows version of DOSEMU.

> I got PCBoard running on DOSEMU with inbound telnet support, but it hits
> the CPU hard when you transfer files, and the telnet/pty support is
> inadquate for protocols like zmodem; they don't work in a DOSEMU setup.

> Using PCBoard on Windows XP with net2bbs and netfoss, file transfers
> only put a light load on the CPU, and zmodem works. So unless you're a
> hard core hacker trying to improve the DOSEMU code itself, I would not
> use it for a BBS.

Why not try a linux bbs?  There are several of them out there now.. MBSE
comes to mind as freeware (with source ).. BBBS (no source,
shareware as I mentioned in an earlier message), and I'm sure there are
others :) I've never run PCBoard for my own system, but did have to run it
on a spare system when U.S.Robotics was working on the FileGate with me
back in about 1990-1994 or whenever.. I never did like it's interface. 
Matter of taste I guess.  I know plenty of people who hate BBBS as well


Take care,
Janis

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