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From: WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
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Subject: Re: VLT and FIFOBBS.REXX
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Date: 11 Feb 91 19:47:21 GMT
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       Well, as you guessed correctly, FifoBBS can't possibly work remotely
if you turn the serial device off. So leave it on... Secondly, FifoBBS.rexx
has extension rexx to indicate that it is *not* a VLT ARexx exec, but runs
"in parallel" with VLT (in fact, it runs just fine without VLT too - try
leaving off the parameter local or remote: it will echo a bit funny but
it will work - and then you can try it together with "remcli VLTL" as well).
So start up FifoBBS from a shell like this: "run FifoBBS remote".
       FifoBBS doesn't monitor the line for "RING" or anything, it assumes
you have set the modem to auto-answer. Of course, you could add this
feature yourself. Again, FifoBBS is not designed to be the be-all end-all
of BBS's, but rather something that just does enough to perhaps be useful
but still be small enough that you can figure it out and modify it yourself.
       BTW the reason the docs specify to turn the serial device off for
Local operation is just because typically there's a modem that echos stuff
connected to your system, and this would interfere with local operation.
I know, I should have spelled it out in the docs...

       Willy.
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