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    From David Gonzalez@4:930/1 to All on Sun Jan 26 11:17:28 2025
    Hi All,

    I was just reading about renegade and decided to test it under dosemu2
    on a VM, it's telnet-able through Mystic as a door and initially it does
    work, I'm going through the documentation to get used to it and using it.

    This is just a project I want to put out dial-in access maybe using VoIP
    with a USR 56k modem someone gave to me and I have made work through
    sexpots.

    One of the various questions I have for you is

    - I'm using icy term, I can connect but I cannot seem to be able to
    upload a file, it just shows what appears to be the init sequence to
    start the transfer but no matter which protocol I choose from icy's
    menu, nothing happens, I'm aware sexpots+zmodem is a no-no, but like I
    said I'm new to renegade so not sure how to set it to use Xmodem or the
    one you recommend for this kind of setup.

    Any thoughts or advice are welcome.

    --
    Hasta la vista Baby!
    Atentamente/Regards
    David G
    SysOp @SkyNet BBS (bbs.skynetbbs.com:20023)

    --- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: SkyNet BBS Colombia bbs.skynetbbs.com:20023 (4:930/1)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to David Gonzalez on Sun Jan 26 14:05:38 2025
    Re: newcomer
    By: David Gonzalez to All on Sun Jan 26 2025 11:17 am

    I'm aware sexpots+zmodem is a no-no

    I'm not sure what you're referring to here. Folks tranfers file via ZMODEM through SEXPOTS connections every day.
    --
    digital man (rob)

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  • From Mister G@4:93/1 to Rob Swindell on Thu Jan 30 06:46:31 2025
    On 26 Jan 2025, Rob Swindell said the following...

    Re: newcomer
    By: David Gonzalez to All on Sun Jan 26 2025 11:17 am

    I'm aware sexpots+zmodem is a no-no

    I'm not sure what you're referring to here. Folks tranfers file via
    ZMODEM through SEXPOTS connections every day.

    Well, I read ZModem transfers weren't working, also I tried with icy term, logged in to the BBS, tried uploading a file and it never started I tried several times with differnet protocols but could never see the transfer happening so but if you could ellaborate a bit on your comment or share how is it setup it'd be great.

    Thanks

    ... System halted - Press all keys at once to continue

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: New Mystic BBS (4:93/1)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Mister G on Fri Jan 31 09:59:41 2025
    Re: Re: newcomer
    By: Mister G to Rob Swindell on Thu Jan 30 2025 06:46 am

    On 26 Jan 2025, Rob Swindell said the following...

    Re: newcomer
    By: David Gonzalez to All on Sun Jan 26 2025 11:17 am

    I'm aware sexpots+zmodem is a no-no

    I'm not sure what you're referring to here. Folks tranfers file via ZMODEM through SEXPOTS connections every day.

    Well, I read ZModem transfers weren't working, also I tried with icy term, logged in to the BBS, tried uploading a file and it never started I tried several times with differnet protocols but could never see the transfer happening so but if you could ellaborate a bit on your comment or share how is it setup it'd be great.

    My comment is: SEXPOTS does not interfere with ZMODEM (or any other type of) file transfers. It's not a "no-no" as you put it. If you're having problems with file transfers, it's some other component of your system: likely the FOSSIL driver or other component not entering or supporting Telnet BINARY TX mode in one direction or the other or not escaping/unescaping the Telnet IAC character. SEXPOTS doesn't convert CR/LF or CR/NUL received via Telnet to CR (or vice versa), so BINARY TX mode has no effect and SEXPOTS always escapes IAC characters received from the serial/COM port/modem before sending to the Telnet server (when in Telnet mode) and performs the opposite translation for IAC characters received via Telnet.

    If you want more help with SEXPOTS, https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:support
    --
    digital man (rob)

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