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  To: Richard Vonzel
  Re: Setting up MajorBBS under Windows XP
  By: Richard Vonzel to All on Thu Mar 02 2023 03:58 pm

 >
 >    Hello everybody!
 >
 >
 > I'm working of setting up a MajorBBS bbs under Windows XP in a VirtualBox.
 > I'm having a heck of a time getting the IP setting correct. I'm using
 > SWSVPKT packet driver for the protocol. I also can't seem to get port 23 to
 > open up. Anyone have some ideas what I might do to get this running?
 >

what have you tried? EXACTLY

i did it before using swsvpkt and it was pretty simple stuff.
maybe you entered in some incorrect settings.
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