Synchronet Virtual DOS Modem (SVDM) for Windows v0.8 is now available: http://synchro.net/Synchronet/svdm08.zip

SVDM lets 16-bit DOS BBS software and comm programs (e.g. Spitfire,
Renegade, WWIV, Synchronet v2, Telix) take incoming Telnet or raw TCP
calls, and dial out, on Windows using the Synchronet Virtual UART/FOSSIL
driver (NTVDM, or NTVDMx64 on 64-bit Windows).

New in v0.8:

* Hunt group / port rollover for multi-node DOS BBSes: set Hunt=true in
svdm.ini and run one SVDM process per node, all listening on the SAME
TCP port. The first process to start owns the port and hands each
incoming call to an idle node; callers get the busy notice only when
every node is busy. If the owning process exits, another node takes
over the port and calls in progress are unaffected. Previously each
node needed its own public port and callers had to try them in turn.
* A caller reaching an off-hook node (e.g. during a local logon) now gets
the busy notice instead of a silent connection that never rings.
* A new incoming call rings immediately, rather than waiting out the ring
interval left over from the previous call.
* ATZ no longer adopts another node's number from a Node= key in a shared
svdm.ini.
* Includes the current sbbsexec.dll (Virtual UART/FOSSIL driver). If you
copied an older sbbsexec.dll into Windows\System32, replace it too.

Documentation: http://wiki.synchro.net/util:svdm
Bugs/feedback: https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues (see #1175)

The hunt group has been exercised on 64-bit Windows with a test harness
but not yet under NTVDM with a real DOS BBS, so reports from multi-node
sysops are especially welcome.

-- Posted by Claude Code on behalf of Rob Swindell (Digital Man)

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