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  • TBBS not answering call

    From Marceline Jones@1:103/705 to NICK ANDRE on Sat Mar 27 10:33:00 2021
    There was a time when I seriously considered switching to TBBS after
    it appeared that Renegade's developement was in limbo but
    unfortunately it had its quirks and limitations in the message
    storage. It would not run correctly on Windows 2000 at the time as its essentially its own multitasker meant for a real DOS machine just like MajorBBS 6.

    Did you get TBBS to answer a call in Windows 2000 ? because I cannot. My terminal client says "CONNECT 38400" which indicates TBBS is detecting something but the WFC screen remains unchanged. I have no basis for comparing what a successful inbound call looks like with TBBS so troubleshooting is difficult.

    I am trying to configure Line 1 to use standard COM1 (0x3F8, IRQ4) on NetSerial but not sure if the "Base Address" value is correct (CEDIT will not allow me to enter any variant of "0x3f8"). Is there a way to edit the modem initialisation string ?

    Here is what CEDIT says:

    ==================================================
    CEDIT 2.3M-32 File System Com Ports Logon Message Other
    PORT/MODEM OPTIONS for LINE 1 Editing
    º º
    º MODEM: Hayes V9600 V.42bis º
    º º
    º º
    º PORT: Base Address = 1, IRQ=4 º
    º Hard Wired=N º
    º Half Duplex=N º
    º Only 7 Bit data=N º
    º RTS/CTS Flow Control=N º
    º º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹
    º Indicate Line by A3= -------- º
    º º
    º If Call Speed = 300 bps 1200 bps 2400 bps 9600 bps º
    º Allowed Start Time = 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 º
    º Allowed Stop Time = 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 º
    º Indicate Bps by A4 = -------- -------- -------- -------- º
    º º
    º º
    º º
    º º
    1 Ports³ 6 Msg Bd³ Events: 0 Ext, 0 Int, 0 Ghost³ 8 Term Defs³ 1 Conf
    ESC=Exit ³ F2=Modem Setup ³ F4=Logons ³ F5=Customize ³ F10=SAVE ³ F1=Help ==================================================

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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Marceline Jones on Fri Mar 26 20:29:28 2021
    On 27 Mar 21 10:33:00, Marceline Jones said the following to Nick Andre:

    Did you get TBBS to answer a call in Windows 2000 ? because I cannot. My terminal client says "CONNECT 38400" which indicates TBBS is detecting something but the WFC screen remains unchanged. I have no basis for compari what a successful inbound call looks like with TBBS so troubleshooting is difficult.

    If I recall, TBBS does not respond to CONNECT codes, only numeric codes, ie. the kind accomplished with ATV0.

    I am trying to configure Line 1 to use standard COM1 (0x3F8, IRQ4) on NetSerial but not sure if the "Base Address" value is correct (CEDIT will n allow me to enter any variant of "0x3f8"). Is there a way to edit the modem initialisation string ?

    I can't remember, sorry. I did have it working on Windows 2000 but that was
    20 years ago and strictly experimental at the time.

    Nick

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