Subj : Re: Java BBS Door Program
To   : David Smith
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Thu Jul 16 2020 09:36 pm

  Re: Re: Java BBS Door Program
  By: David Smith to Rob Swindell on Thu Jul 16 2020 01:54 pm

 >  RS> I am a BBS/door guru, but have very little experience with Java. In
 >  RS> general, I think Java has not had a lot of traction as a platform for
 >  RS> writing BBS doors. If you can find a way to construct a socket object
 >  RS> and specify the underlying descriptor/handle that should be used
 >  RS> (rather than opening a new socket), then that should get you started.
 >  RS> I'm not
 >  RS> sure "ServerSocket" is the right thing as that *sounds* like a
 >  RS> listening socket which is not really what you want. The socket is
 >  RS> already
 >  RS> connected (no bind/listen/accept required).
 >
 > You may be right the ServerSocket API may not be what I need. I had tried
 > to open an OutputStream usign a number of different methods but it just
 > locked the BBS user up completely.
 >
 > Should the handle be the only thing I would need or do I need to specify a
 > baud rate somewhere?

Just the socket handle/descriptor. Baud rates don't apply.

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