My laptop has a hardware modem, internal. It's a Pentium III machine, so I'm not sure what risks that may imply about it being a Winmodem I've heard such nasty things about.
I will look into Net-Tamer and Procom. Telix was the software I had found the defunct website for. I'm not sure if I want to trust a mirror. As far as which BBSes are still alive, there exist directories for finding them, and they are apparently popular among people who are interested in vintage tech. A colleague of mine knows more. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 04/13/2018 12:12 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from David McMackins: > >> I have a late 90s vintage laptop running FreeDOS, and I'd like to use it >> to connect to a BBS system directly over a phone line using its modem. >> Even if it turns out that this modem in particular won't work, I'd still >> like some help finding software for this. > >> My cursory web search led me to a website that was last updated in 2001 >> and had broken links to the software. What software is available for >> DOS-compatible systems that will let me do this? I don't want to use >> some ethernet/wifi adapter to hack together a solution. I want the >> authentic experience. > >> Thanks in advance. > >> Happy Hacking, > >> David E. McMackins II >> Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) >> Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) > > Karen Lewellen responded: > >> Let me be sure I understand the setup you have in place. >> You have a laptop with a modem, card or internal? that modem can connect to >> a phone line yes? You have dos drivers for the modem yes? >> Frankly I want to know which one. >> You wish to dial into a bbs service with this modem. >> Okay, three programs come to mind. >> Nettamer is likely the best because it has allot of structure. the edition >> you need will depend on the nature of your laptop, 386 486 Pentium etc. >> or 286 and less etc. >> I have both copies of nettamer so can share. >> there are two others, procom, and telix..I hope I have the last program name >> correct. >> I can direct you to places where those can be found as well. >> If you do not mind sharing the specifications of your machine, it will >> help. >> I am sure you know this, but you will need to know the com port and IRQ for >> the modem. > > I didn't think you needed specific DOS drivers to use a hardware modem. A > Winmodem is another matter, and nasty. > > I remember Net-Tamer made it difficult to setup with a modem having port > address of 4 hexadecimal digits, such as d800, because its setup form only > allowed 3 hex digits. > > A workaround was to use DEBUG to write the serial port address to lower > memory, but forget just where (somewhere around hex 0040?). > > But I never actually setup or used Net-Tamer, and time has long run out for > any prospect of my using Net-Tamer. > > But even if you can setup the modem, where do you find a BBS? Haven't they > all disappeared with the advent and expansion of the Internet? > > I remember back in 1997 seeing an online list of BBSes, and more than half > were no good or no longer valid. > > For software, there is also Kermit, developed at Columbia University and now > at > http://www.kermitproject.org/ > > Some links that you might find relevant are (copied and pasted) > > > The Zip files containing all the files, both text and binary, is here: > > ftp://ftp.kermitproject.org/kermit/archives/bbc146.zip (via FTP) > http:://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/archives/bbc146.zip (via HTTP) > > It seems to me there should be one colon and not two following "http". > > Tom > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
