Subj : 2020
To   : Holger Granholm
From : Robin Karel Popper Alias Hajek
Date : Wed Jan 15 2020 09:06 pm

    Hi, Holger!

 HG>> I don't understand why you are using all those external programs
 HG>> when almost everything is built-in into PCBoard.

 RH>> The reason is simple. I only started with FidoNet and FrontDor and
 RH>> the necessary external programs. Only a year or two later I bought
 RH>> a PCBoard and used FrontDoor as a boot for PCBoard.

 HG> OK, I have only used FrontDoor APX (FDAPX) on my office and laptop
 HG> machines and that one doesn't require any external programs.

    FDAPX is a breeze, it can't run PCBoard, and if there's a coordinator in 
Fidonet, it can't use it and doesn't work in 64 bit.

 HG> Interesting. I have also considered either eCS or the one called
 HG> BlueLion

    eCS and BlueLion are only slightly upgraded Warp. Kernel is still the same 
:-( But I love OS / 2 and so mmsm eCS even though it is not cheap :-(

 RH>> I understand, but I've never used PCBard alone and for FidoNet.
 RH>> It has always been just a bulletin board, so I have no experience
 RH>> connecting PCBoard to the Internet independently without FrontDoor

 RH>> Yes, BinkD is the only option today because Telnet and port 23 are
 RH>> useless today :-(

 HG> You don't have to use port 23. You can use port 2023 instead.

    I worked for a long time and I couldn't persuade SIO and VM. Finally, Tomi 
from Belgium advised me, and FrontDoor dials through port 2030, but we didn't 
solve it to accept calls as well.

                                Bye
                               Robin

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