Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith) (01/12/91)
To: spf@cbnewsl.att.com
SF> I'm trying to get up to speed on the various ways in which one can set
SF> up a pc for remote login. I'm familiar with the obvious method -
SF> running Unix on the pc - but that leaves some difficulty (to say the
SF> least) in getting to dos applications. I suspect there are dos-based
SF> solutions to this problem (don't some bbs's run in dos environments?),
SF> but I'm not familiar with them.
There are many BBS's running on dos based machines. (more dos than Unix if I'm correct). If you are just looking at a way to run anything from remote on your computer, I recommend getting a copy of the shareware program DoorWay 2.12 by Marshall Dudley. It is a program which will allow you to run any program from a remote site through a null-modem or and com port at any baud by making use of ANSI escape sequences. It does handle direct screen writes correctly. The doorway program comes with a simple ho
st which asks for a name and password, and drops to a doorway dos shell if it is correct. As for other software, I haven't found anything better. Doorway will work if the remote is non-ansi, but not too well. Look for it on local dos bbs's around your area.
Greg
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