24 Sep 16 19:33, you wrote to me:

 ml>>>> the main thing to remember is that there needs to be a virtual
 ml>>>> modem for FD to talk to...

 rc> I know this thread is ancient... but I am curious about this...

i'm sure you're not the only one ;)

 rc> Lets just pretend I am crazed.. ok.. so its not so much pretend...

hahahahaha...

 rc> So I sudo apt-get install dosbox

 rc> Then lets say... you put this in the dosbox conf

 rc> [serial]
 rc> serial1=modem listenport:3141

that's the vmodem port... it is generally used for the vmodem protocol which is
a slightly tweaked telnet...

 rc> Then you mount up a C drive with FD etc... installed

 rc> XOO loaded up for a FOSSIL and point FD at that FOSSIL with COM1 and
dosbox
 rc> doing its virtual modem thing...

 rc> And thus **** potentially *** FD would run via net versus DU???

that sounds about right... no clue if anyone has actually done it, though...

 rc> Have you done this???

no... my main system (still) runs OS/2 with the original SIO/VModem stuff...

 rc> I might try it after I rectify some things, due to the idea that is
 rc> swirling in my brain.. this is why you should not read echos late at
 rc> night! :) ;)

hahaha... the only thing i'm not sure about is being able to do true multinode
with multiple DOSBOXes... i don't know of their file locking stuff will work
across the divisions between them...

 rc> I find this very interesting... although I think there are some huge
 rc> problems in getting FD to actually do this ie: dial something like:
 rc> fidonet.me.domain

FD doesn't have a problem dialing domains... i actually set mine up to dial
some with telnet and others with vmodem ;)

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