NetFoss is a popular Network FOSSIL driver for Windows.
A
FOSSIL
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
is a serial communications layer to allow DOS based software to talk to modems without dealing with hardware I/O and interrupts.
A Network FOSSIL redirects such software to a TCP/IP address rather than to a serial modem.
NetFoss is faster than other FOSSIL drivers, due to being written in 32-bit
assembly language.
It allows
Zmodem
ZMODEM is an inline file transfer protocol developed by Chuck Forsberg in 1986, in a project funded by Telenet in order to improve file transfers on their X.25 network. In addition to dramatically improved performance compared to older protocol ...
transfers at up to 280,000 CPS.
NetFoss was developed in 2001 by
pcmicro, and was released as
freeware
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. Several minor updates have been released since then. The current version can be downloaded from http://netfoss.com.
References
NetFoss Users Guide*
ttp://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403026/ Interfacing to a FOSSIL Communication Driver, Dr. Dobb's Journal
The BBS FAQ, Chapter 6.09: FOSSIL DRIVERS
External links
http://netfoss.com
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