RT> Due to the loss of my Linux sever (bad power) I need to 
 RT> get a dial-up system 
 RT> working with WINXP.

 RT> So how do I do this, which fossils work, which version 
 RT> of BinkleyTerm works 
 RT> best, no BBS support required, just a mail only node. 
 RT> Done this previously on 
 RT> WIN98 ... , and it worked well.

I think any BinkleyTerm DOS or Win32 version will work. It appears even the
DOS version of BinkleyTerm works equally well under Win32 OS (ie. no time
slice problems).

Because you're not passing hot com ports to any other application (eg. BBS)
you don't have to fuss over which fossil.

I use ADF:

ADF_150.ZIP    28253 22-08-02  ADF v1.50 serial port FOSSIL driver. ADF is a
                               serial port FOSSIL driver for high speed modem
                               users. Supports FIFO UARTs 16550, 16650 and
                               16750, 115200 bps, any port, any IRQ, any FIFO
                               trigger level, FOSSIL rev level 5 and
                               multitasking environments (such as Windows 3,
                               Windows 95/98 and OS/2). Now freeware!  (Go to
                               the [43]AnDan home page.)

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