I'm running the modem on port 101010, and telneting to it from another box on my LAN (using a 192.168.x.x class C subnet) It seems to be working (Albiet, I have no software installed with which to test with really, save things like Falcon 3.0 and One Must Fall, and Wing Commander: Armada, but I have no other systems on the network with Dos Box installed.

The telnet session connects, and I can hear Dos Box create its ring tone to the sound card. Try changing your modem port in your dosbox.conf, probably want it to be something above 1024. 😀

Well, I've tried "OMF 2097" so we'll talk on the same level, but no matter if I try to connect or listen, it keeps complaining about my modem having no "UART"...the original game that made me open this topic is Wacky Wheels, so perhaps it had the same problem.

Incidentally, "OMF 2097" has a "-no16550" option, but it just defaults the UART into 8250 instead of shutting it down completly like I hoped it would.

Also, I've found out that DosBox does not find its conf file automatically like I thought it would. Now I always add the "-conf" option and indeed, the LAN computers, when DosBox works, have 23 port open, so at least that's covered.

So what do you suggests now? What do I do about the UART thing?

As for "OMF 2097" and UART, just found out
Topic 3989

I guess you chose the wrong game for example purposes...

Hello,

I tried to debug OMF and found out for myself that dosbox doesn't handle int 14h.

I want to add support for this, which changes in the source will be required? (I'll do them myself).

Demon

I'd like to add that I've tried the virtual modem in Archon Ultra and it actually worked! So forget my "no LAN support" theory!

Alas, each time I try it, the game loses connection after a few minutes.
What gives?!

Also, it says it uses port 17, although I've never touched the modem's defaults in the .conf file, which indicate port 23.
How come?

P.S.
Unlike what the official site says, Archon Ultra works PERFECTLY!
That is, if you use parameters and more specifically /s:SILENT
(because /s:SBLASTER still makes the game halt right in the intro screen).

In other words, you must force the game to shut off the sounds, but at least it finally works in Windows XP!

17 hex =23 decimal

If it's hex, than I guess every other program in the world must use decimal. For example, I'd say this forum uses port 8080 and not 1F90...but at least noe I know it was the right port.

Alas, each time I try it, the game loses connection after a few minutes. What gives?!

Sounds like a buffer overrun or something. I'll give it a try and see what I can find.

Hey canadacow, am I still supposed to be waiting for your try...? 😉

Anyway, it seems to finally be fixed in v0.70.