In a message dated 11-12-14, mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

Good morning Mark,

 HG> I don't understand that unless you mean Telnet directly off the Net

ml> one can use a telnet ""server"" frontend that
answers the calls and
ml> passes them to comport expecting software... some folks call them
ml> shims... others see them for what they are... virtual modems... no
ml> fossil required... they've been around since before win95 appeared
ml> in the wild ;)

Oh yes, you reminded me of that the SIO package does indeed contain such
a virtual modem. I don't know if the SIO package can be used for other
operating systems but I do use it with OS/2.

Very nice utility.

Regards,

Holger

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