Hi Andrew Zenz, hope you are having a nice day

Saturday, 20 April 1996 15:29:23, Russell Brooks wrote to Andrew Zenz
Subject: Modem Sharing

 AZ>> Hi All, Hoping you can help. I am looking for some software
 AZ>> (Shareware first) that will allow me to share a modem between
 AZ>> PC's. In the office where have 6 PC's linked using WIN95 and I
 
 RB> There is software available (written in Brisbane by Sable
 RB> Software, I think, forgotten the file names, for the moment)
 RB> specifically for Win95 to share modems. And also a DOS version.

 RB> Russell

Russel is referring to STOMPER.
   STOMPER is a program (or set of programs) that allows a modem to be made
a shared network resource. The latest shareware version I found
available was archived as ST305.ZIP and appeared on Diamond Vault 18
Shareware CD-ROM, but should be available on some BBS's and Internet sites
etc. A 32 bit Win 95 version was supposed to be available in Dec '95.

Here's some contacts from the files I got:-

From the file collection of the..Sable Software....
Sysop: Ray Creighton       BBS (07) 354 1438       Brisbane, Qld, Australia

            STOMPER network modem sharer Australian registration site

                4 Grandis Court, Everton Hills Qld 4053 Australia
                               Fidonet  3:640/311
                 Internet: sablsoft{at}iccu6.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au

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 º                                                                           º
 º   Stomper is German developed modem sharing software for networks         º
 º   runs on Novell and Netbios/Lantastic networks, Novell NLM included      º
 º   and Windows driver, works with Windows comms & Fax programs and DOS     º
 º   based Comms programs that support int14 fossils eg Telemate, etc        º
 º                                                                           º
 º    Give all users on your network access to modems on the modem server    º
 º                                                                           º
 º   FREQ by Magic name STOMPER for latest English version.                  º
 º   Log on and download from the Network File area. 1st time on Access      º
 º                                                                           º
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 One part of STOMPER is run on the computer whose modem one wants to become a 
Network Modem, and then a Network fossil driver (NETFOS included with STOMPER)
is run on another (or the same) computer, and Any Windows, OS2?? or DOS 
program that can use a fossil ie. Terminate, Telix etc can then use the 
Network fossil and Networked Modem.

 I've found it works really well making a GVC 28800 Modem on a remote
computer available to Terminate running locally, but the doc's are not very
clear, hence some instructions I've written, which I could Netmail to you 
and/or any other interested parties (requests via Netmail or Internet email). 
I have not looked at the Win95 version yet, but the doc's I've made should 
still be fairly relevant.

  The instructions included in the STOMPER archive needed, in my
opinion, clarification and there was not a full, detailed, step-by-step
instruction for MS Networks. Also I was very frustrated in understanding how
to implement the author's instructions, so I thought I'd offer this
assistance for setting up an otherwise excellent program.

  The equipment I've used as a model is based specifically on our home
network and the reader will have to make changes to suit his particular
setup, but having said that, our network is of sufficient mix to provide
a good example for both Win 3.11 and Win 95 Operating Systems (or as in
our case a mix of both).

  Our Network comprises a 486sx25 8Meg RAM with a Dynalink 1414 VQM
Pocket external modem on COM1 (8250 UART) running Windows for Workgroups 3.11
with Network Interface Card (NIC) networked via coax to a second NIC in a
Pentium 100 16Meg RAM with GVC 28800 Modem on COM2 (16550 UART).
  I wanted to be able to run my Comm's program Terminate v3.0 located in the
486, yet be able to switch back and forth from the Dynalink Modem to the GVC
Modem. Unfortunately the standard Microsoft Windows Network does not (to
my knowledge), in itself, support com port redirection.

 -=> Yours sincerely, Jeff Angus <=-

Jeff Angus -- Internet -- jangus{at}enternet.co.nz
FidoNet    -- jeff.angus{at}p1.f160.n774.z3.fidonet.org (3:774/160.1)
Phone      -- +64-(7)-575-3901 8:30am-8.30pm
Fax/Data   -- +64-(7)-575-5505 8:30am-8:30pm (when not on-line)

 .!. My modem isn't slow- it's "baudily challenged!"
--- Terminate 3.00/Pro