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 Message 32539 
 Digital Man to Ltning 
 Call straight to door? 
 04 Oct 25 13:55:25 
 
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  Re: Call straight to door?
  By: Ltning to All on Sat Oct 04 2025 07:58 pm

 > Hola!
 >
 > I'm running my Synchronet/2 along with a second 286 PC occasionally running
 > the DOS version. The main reason I run the DOS node is that I'm playing with
 > a way for visitors to sign a guest book (long story), and running a full
 > Synchronet seems a bit overkill.
 >
 > RLFOSSIL is working fine on that box, so now my question is - is there a way
 > to run a door program without a full-blown BBS in front? All that is needed
 > is basically something that speaks FOSSIL and does the job of accepting the
 > "call" and handing control off to the door program right away.
 >
 > This needs to work in DOS, and preferably not require a 386. RLFOSSIL does
 > technically require a 386 but with EMU386 it actually works on a 286 as
 > well.

Have you looked into Doorway? I don't know if it can answer a modem call or
not.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #31:
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