On Mon 16 Nov at 19:00 Peter Knapper (3:772/1.10) wrote to Karl Schneider:

 PK> Effectively, a FOSSIL is a type of DOS DRIVER for the serial 
 PK> port, that allows full interrupt driven I/O to take place. 
 PK> If you run Windows, OS/2 or any version of *nix, they all 
 PK> provide a Serial Port Device Driver to provide a standard 
 PK> method of access to the H/W, however the FOSSIL was around 
 PK> before all these arrived and provided more functionality 
 PK> specific to the use required for Fidonet. In many cases, the 
 PK> BBS programs used on these platforms dont need a FOSSIL, 
 PK> because they all provide an enhanced Serial Port interface 
 PK> within the OS.

I think that Unix serial I/O pre-dated FOSSIL drivers... (-:

The name of the FOSSIL BNU is a take off of the AT&T Unix "Basic
Networking Utilities" better known as the Honey Dan Bear UUCP suite of
programs.

What is the current state-of-the-art of having a Binkleyterm system handle
UUCP sessions?


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