[ On 2012-10-19 at 17:56:10, Bj”rn Felten wrote to All ]

 BF>    And it works like a charm except for file transfers.

Are you using an external file transfer program?  Does it support/is it
configured to use a FOSSIL driver?

 BF>    Every time a file transfer is requested, my (old, outdated and
 BF> unsupported) BBS software tries to open a COM port that doesn't even
 BF> exist, or is used for other purposes, on my computer. Mostly COM1.

 BF>    Is there a way to make NetFoss, and then my BBS program, try
 BF> another COM port? The NetFoss document indicate that it supports 256
 BF> COM ports, but how do I make my BBS program understand this?

Since everything else is working, I assume you're running NetFoss in telnet
mode, not COM port mode?

In telnet mode, NetFoss is supposed to let you use any COM port up to 4096 on
up to 65535 nodes (including using COM1 on all your nodes concurrently).  But
this only works via the FOSSIL driver; if your file transfer program tries to
open the port directly it'll fail.

In COM port mode, you need to specify a separate COM port for each node.  You
can pass that from Argus with %C.  Alternatively, your BBS program probably
has a node-specific configuration that will pass the correct port to any doors
it runs.


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