Re: TIAD for TBBS

Skywalker wrote:

> Yep, got it up and kicking quite well !!! TBBS Box is a stock standard
> 386 with an Accton Network card in it.. Set the IPX stuff up on it
> quite easily

Wow, talking to a 386 even!  I got rid of all my non-Pentium stuff a 
while ago so my TBBS box is a P233.  Needless to say it sits near idle a 
lot. :)

> Gateway machine is running NT4 workstation. Installed the IPX stuff
> and it worked ok.. ran Netterm (my telnet program) after TIAD was up
> and running telnetted localhost and bingo !! local testing ok...
> dialled into my ISP, ran command prompt in a window and ran ipconfig
> giving me my dynamic address, then telnetted into it .. bingo
> again...

I'm curious if you had to set your Network number.  I've done a few 
tests with the verious Windows IPX stacks and this seems to be required 
to use SAP.  (My assumption is that if you installed a nice Netware 
stack it would work without any tweaking.)

>  I'd say the most important thing is to make sure the network is up
> and running ok first, then try a telnetting localhost whilst your not
> dialed into the net ..
>
> I'll post my batchfiles on the TBBS box, with a few pointers on
> setting it up at it's end, and my NT settings if that will help
> anyone...

Good advice!  We do need to get some network configuration information 
up.  I have successfully shared a drive from NT to a DOS box over IPX 
using Microsoft Client for DOS.  Also the eSoft site still has some tech 
docs on the IPAD that also apply to TBBS.

http://techdesk.esoft.com/tech.5000/index.htm

Long live the multiline king. :)

- Mike