How to make PCBoard telnettable with VCOM in Windows 95

Background:

VCom is high-performance 32-bit Windows 95 telnet client/server program that
emulates a virtual modem(s) with 16550 FIFO buffered UART over an inbound or
outbound telnet connection.

Using this utility, Sysops can make their board telnettable on a Windows 95
machine instead of switching over to OS/2 and using SIO/VModem.

VCom is obtainable from Salt-Air BBS, called VCOM.ZIP, or latest updates are
obtainable from the author's site at http://www.netime.com/~infrared/vcom.

You will also need to obtain the FOSSIL driver that works well with VCom
under Windows 95.  ADF_141.ZIP is obtainable from Salt-Air BBS, or from
ftp.cdrom.com, or via FidoNet, 2:203/620.

Note: Traditional DOS FOSSIL Drivers such as BNU or X00 do not work with VCom.

The instructions below are to help you get started in having your PCBoard
system telnettable.  The steps below are what was done on one or two systems.
Since there are many different configurations, these instructions may not
exactly match what you must do to get it running for your system.  If you
run into any difficulty with any steps, consult the documentation and/or
authors of these respective utilities.

Instructions:

1. Add a device statement in your system.ini for vcom.386:

   [386Enh]
   device=c:\vcom\vcom.386

2. If you want a base address other than 2a0h and/or irq other than 7, then
   specify the base address and irq for the virtual com port in your
   system.ini:

   (Example)

   [vcom.386]
   port=2a0h
   irq=7h

3. Reboot your computer.

4. In the same DOS window where you will load PCBoard, load the fossil driver
   called ADF.  Have the FOSSIL driver to use IRQ 7 and Base 2A0.  The
   command line will vary depending on your port/address configuration with
   VCOM (SYSTEM.INI).

   The correct command line for ADF as follows:

   adf com5 2a0 7 115200 2048 2048 14

5. Configure PCBoard to use Fossil, Com5, locked at 115200, and simple "AT"
   command to check if VCOM is responding (no ATZ, ATH, etc).

   Note: PCBoard Modem port configuration varies depending on the VCOM side
   you set at.

6. Since you've already loaded ADF, load VCOM, enable the server and then
   load PCBoard.

Note! - You must load PCBoard from the same window you loaded the fossil
driver.  Otherwise the fossil driver that was loaded in memory will be gone.

FYI - If you load the ADF Fossil driver from Windows 95's Autoexec.Bat file,
then there shouldn't be a problem loading VCom and PCBoard anytime.