Virtual Modem (VMODEM) allows you to use a regular communications program to connect through the Internet. You load a driver that connects a com port (communications, or serial port) to your Internet-accessing software so characters sent from your communications program are sent out your Internet connection. This lets you use your familiar communications program to access the Internet.

VMODEM is part of the SIO communications drivers by Ray Gwinn, a $25 shareware program. Download SIO now [SIO160.ZIP as of November 1996, approx. 200 KB].

Follow the instructions to use VMODEM, but basically:

Install the SIO.SYS file in your CONFIG.SYS file, specifying the appropriate com port to use for vmodem. Boot the computer. Enter vmodem from the command line. Start your communications program and set it to use the com port you specified in CONFIG.SYS. Type atdt and the Internet address to connect to. For example: atdt bbs.os2bbs.com or atdt 204.194.180.10 will connect you to The OS/2 Shareware BBS.

at? will give you vmodem help.

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