On Wed 1-Jul-2020 3:08p, Gigino@80:774/68.0 said to Bucko:
Ahh I knew about the incoming line but thought that since it is using ethernet,
it might be able the functionality since it is not trnaslating through a medium like a BBS server and straight through the router and obtaining an IP/DHCP. Interesting, I know the 128 also has the same limitation, but again,
those were for the times of a single modem, single call. I remember Jim Selleck
worked on a version v13 that could accomodate two calls, that said, I wonder
if there is some sort of work-around.
There are always work arounds, you can setup 2 BBS's on a Lt Kernal through a muxer, and have people dial into both, there is the 2 line BBS. The problem with the way you are thinking is the BBS only handles 1 modem and although the U64 can use Ethernet, the modem file is still only 1 modem/*Swiftlink*. What would need to be done is a new modem file would have to be written that accepts
telnet calls and allows for outgoing at the same time. You still couldn't have
2 people on at the same time as the C64 can only handle 1 instance of a program working at one time. The files needed to be completely re-written would
be +.modem, ml.rs232, and most likely some of the im file. Is it worth it? Absolutely not, if you want mIRC, or multiple nodes run a PC, Linux or Amiga board. Those computers can handle the stress of multiple lines, 64k of memory can only handle so much.. You have to remember Image BBS was written in the 80's and 90's, the new 3.0 although up to date, the base files we used to create it were written in the late 90's. So basically we are talking about software written 20 plus years ago.. The PC, and Linux boards I run were written in the past few years. My Linux board is brand new from the past couple
of years..
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