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Now enter the area code and phone number of the BBS, and click ok again.Īfter that, I usually click "Modify." and change the settings for the number. Enter a name for the connection ("Test Connection" or the name of the BBS) and click ok. When you start the program, a box should pop up that lets you set up a new connection. Now all you have to do is set up a new connection.
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To start HyperTerminal in Windows XP, open the Start menu, and go to All Programs>Accessories>Communications and click on HyperTerminal.
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Now all you have to do is start up HyperTerminal or the software you're using. If you managed to get your modem connected and plug into a phone line, then you're already done with the hardware part of this.
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And if you're using an older external modem, such as a serial modem, then follow the instructions that came with it and get it set up. If you have a computer with a phone modem built in, or one with a PCI-card modem, then all you need to do is plug the modem into your phone line. If you have all you need, then it's time to get started.įirst, you need to get things set up. That being said, lets get in our time machines and begin. * This probably won't be very fun for you unless you're interested in older technology and computers. Have much luck with this if you're using anything newer than XP. And if you're using Windows, you probably won't * Old technology doesn't always work with new technology. * There are much easier ways to do this, like using Telnet over the internet. So if you're impatient, this probably isn't for you. And if you feel like taking a trip back to 1989, why not get out a modem too?īut before you begin, here's a few things to remember:

This was the Bulletin Board System, which over time would link together the world and lay the foundation for the way we use computers today.Įven though it's been over ten years since the decline of the BBS, there's still a small community of people who love to get out their old phone modems and dial in to the few remaining BBS's. synchro.Over thirty years ago, before the internet and before the first PC, something small started that would greatly effect the history of modern communications and computers. Þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ. Norco, CA WX: 61.0øF, 64.0% humidity, 1 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs. I'm pretty sure Deuce would appreciate a bug report here: I was compiling for Linux (Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS) "The latest" from where? For what OS? I know Deuce was working on SyncTERM file transfer support recently, so I would expect the current code in git to be working. Norco, CA WX: 54.1øF, 85.0% humidity, 0 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs. Karl Childers: Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade. Subject: Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload c1e0 Re: Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues You're reading this because FQTERM uploaded it via Zmodem. To upload my REP packets to Synchronet and Mystic BBSs using Zmodem. Just synchronet and mystic BBSs.Īs a work-around in Linux I'm using FQTERM, a Chinese BBS terminal app, Today with Xmodem or anything else (usually try Zmodem).Ģ) I am trying to upload to other systems like Synchronet. Successfully did a couple uploads yesterday to my test BBS and to aĬouple other live BBSs on the internet and it worked using Xmodem. I'm uploading to the following BBS systems:ġ) My own test Mystic BBS - works sometimes, usually once but then notĪgain until maybe the next day - kind of random. If it's a BBS you're uploading to make sure your permissions are correct. What are you uploading to? A BBS? Which BBS software? I upload with Syncterm 1.2a to my Synchronet BBS all the time without issue.

Norco, CA WX: 72.6øF, 30.0% humidity, 8 mph ENE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs. Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #16:

Were those tests from a recent build (from gitlab)?ĭo you have the same problems using SyncTERM v1.1 (the latest release)? It's just the uploadingġ.2a is not a released version of SyncTERM, so it's a moving target. With SyncTerm for Linux works all the time. Tried using Zmodem, YModem, Xmodem, all to no avail. With SyncTerm uploading of REP packets fails 99% of the time.
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If I use my DOS Virtual Machine with Windows 3.1 and Procomm Plus I can upload REP packets without issue to any BBS all day long and fast, 100% I am getting seemingly random successes with 99% failures. Is anyone out there using SyncTerm for Linux? I'm using version 1.2aĪnd seem to have nothing but troubles uploading files to ANY BBS I try. Subject: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload c1e0
