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--- ref:fossil [2012/07/19 19:10] – digitalman
+++ ref:fossil [2022/03/27 10:03] (current) – [See Also] Change link to X00REF.DOC from FTP to HTTP, I hear it's the "new thing" digital man
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 ====== FOSSIL ======
-See [[ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/PROG/X00REF.DOC]].
+In the context of BBSing, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSSIL|FOSSIL]] (**F**ido **O**pus **Sea**dog **S**erial **I**nterface **L**ayer) is a standards protocol for creating an 8086/8088-compatible serial driver interface. It was primarily used to replace poor COM port support in the PC BIOS but used a similar (INT 14h) interface.
+For Synchronet, a FOSSIL driver is needed to support 16-bit external BBS programs (i.e., door games), both for [[config:sbbsexec.ini|Windows]] and [[howto:dosemu|Unix]].
 ===== See Also =====
-  * [[:ref:|ref index]]
+  * [[http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0015.001|FidoNet FTSC: Fundamentals of FOSSIL implementation and use]]
+  * [[http://vert.synchro.net/files/main/PROG/X00REF.DOC|FidoNet: Functions reference manual for the X00 developer]]
+  * [[http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/PROGRAMS/NETWORK/FOSSIL/|FidoNews: FOSSIL drivers' ancient history]]
+  * [[:ref:|Reference Library]]
-{{tag>fossil}}
+{{tag>reference, fossil}}