27 Oct 16 08:14, you wrote to me:

 ml>> BUT virtual machines are different than what DOSEMU does... using a
 ml>> VM to run an emulated x86 sounds to me like how some of the old apple
 ml>> and commodore BBSes are being brought back... they're using something
 ml>> like SLIP to connect to another machine with full time internet...
 ml>> they are actually only talking to a serial port which is connected to
 ml>> the other machine over a null modem cable and the other machine is
 ml>> handling the actual internetserial stuff...

 TL> Well, the VM would have to emulate a 6502 or similar processor
 TL> (depending what machine you're trying to emulate). :)

yeah but that's not what i was alluding to... physical apples and commodores
are on the internet with live BBSes... they are physically linked to another
machine via serial cable and the other machine is handling the network comms
and passing that to the serial connection... the apple and commie don't know
they're taking calls over a non-POTS network... that's my understanding of how
they're doing it... something like 9600 is best speed because of the serial
capabilities of those old boxen...

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