Linda Proulx wrote in a message to David Randall:
DR> It's part of the SIO comm driver package. It allows you to
DR> setup a virtual modem. This tricks DOS comm programs into
DR> thinking that they're using a real modem on a dial-up line
DR> even tho they're being used over the internet. This enables
DR> me to use Telix for a telnet client and to use a mailer to
DR> connect with another mailer over the net for my echomail feed.
LP> Sound like fun. So that it looks like I just dialed up a
LP> board here but instead is connecting to another over the I
LP> net. If I ever Inet, how does one get the driver?
It should be on any bbs with an OS/2 file area. On the internet, any of the
OS/2 file depositories like Hobbes will have it. Search for SIO*.*. I
believe the latest version is 1.60. Most folks find that it's worth getting
even without using vmodem.
... Support OS/2 - Show Windows 95 to your friends!
--- timEd 1.10.y2k
* Origin: Cross your feet...we only have three nails (1:319/10)
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