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From: Sean Dennis                                       27-Aug-99 10:56:28
  To: Alain Gohier                                      28-Aug-99 21:46:02
Subj: need help for a bbs in Montreal.

Hello Alain.

25 Aug 99 14:52, you wrote to All:


 AG>    Green Machine bbs need help badly from anybody who knows how to run
 AG> a
 AG>    bbs under OS/2 Warp.

 AG>    He said that dos doors don't run, they give a error of :

 AG>    "an error saying can't open port or something.. so all dos doors"
 AG>    "don't work yet. :("

He needs to install SIO (the best serial driver for OS/2).  He will need to
read the instructions carefully and when he sets up SIO's command line in
CONFIG.SYS, he will need to use - on the end of it.  He needs to read the
instructions first.


 AG>    "I don't even have inet working under os/2 yet cuz my isp is"
 AG>    "asking for other info.. which my dialer can't give. :("

 AG>    So if someone can help, I'll pass all messages. Thanks.

OK, he needs to get InJoy-it's the best Internet dialer for OS/2.  What he
will need to get from the ISP is the Gateway IP address... that's all I needed 
here (besides the phone #) to set up my ISP.

I hope this helps!

Later,
Sean

... You must want the Barney conference down the hall. - David Worrell
--- AfterHours/2 and GoldED/2 : Enjoying the silence.
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From: Ernest Nachtigall                                 28-Aug-99 12:33:27
  To: Alain Gohier                                      30-Aug-99 00:08:29
Subj: need help for a bbs in Montreal.

AG>   Green Machine bbs need help badly from anybody who knows how to run 
AG> a   bbs under OS/2 Warp.

AG>   He said that dos doors don't run, they give a error of :

AG>   "an error saying can't open port or something.. so all dos doors"
AG>   "don't work yet. :("

I have been running since '93, currently WARP 4.0, with SPITFIRE DOS BBS.
Suggest (if not already) to get Ray Gwinn's COM drivers. It allows
com ports to remap IRQ's and addresses, may be the problem.
SIOnnn (I use SIO145 since newer versions do not work well with USRobotics
Sportsters (drop carrier, Ray says newer versions
of his code changed timings that aggravated a USR "feature?")).
Looks like there is a mismatch with the FOSSIL and ehat the DOORs expect.
Also check the DOS definitions in the DOS VDM to ensure that access to the
expected PORT is allowed.
I run 4 nodes, each is defined as only having access to its one COM port (some 
DOORs in the past tried to reset all COMs with buggy code, this prevents it).
* SPITFIRE v3.6 HomeWard Bound BBS (905) 840-0592 1:250/308 81:1/51
--- Alexi/Mail 2.02b (#189)
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