Hello Linda!

12 Nov 99 01:38, Linda Proulx wrote to David Randall:

 LP> Greetings and Salutations,

 LP>> If I wanted to Telent or FTP would Netscape do it for me? If
 LP>> not what kind of programs would I need?

 DR>> If you use the SIO comm drivers, you can setup a virtual modem
 DR>> and use any DOS terminal program for a telnet client.  I've used
 DR>> Telix and Front Door in this manner.  Or get a copy of the OS/2
 DR>> version of ZOC.

 LP> SIO means?

Serial Input/Output.  They are replacement drivers created by Ray Guinn for
the COMM.SYS AND VCOMM.SYS drivers included with OS/2.  The original drivers
were MUCH better than those included with OS/2.  The SIO package includes
several programs, one being VMODEM which can create a virtual modem connection 
for programs such as FrontDoor or Zap-O-Comm (ZOC).
 LP> Is Zoc Y2Ked?  What's the last version number?

Should be Y2K compliant.  The latest version is 3.12 here.  I don't use the
program and cannot due to the authors "anti-combat" clause.

 LP> How does one use a Front Door without being a BBS?

Don't know the answer to this one, but I suspect that FrontDoor has a
terminal
mode, much like LORA (the BBS software used here) does.

James

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