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   Message 691 of 2,762   
   Nicholas Boel to Torbjorn Mohn   
   Re: Doors that work here..   
   02 Nov 13 10:56:01   
   
    TM> I've never used Linux at home, so I can be of no assitance here. :-)   
      
   No worries. I run two BBS softwares on Linux here at home and DOS based door   
   games run just fine with Dosemu.   
      
    TM> Yes it is. BBBS for Windows is a 32 bit windows native program, hence it   
    TM> will not work with DOS based doors running in a "dos box". It runs fine   
    TM> on the local screen, but Windows will not let you pass that information   
    TM> to the Telnet node. So the user will be "blind" :-(   
      
   Is Synchronet and Mystic BBS softwares not 32 bit Windows native programs?   
   There have not been issues running door games with either of those softwares   
   for years.   
      
   Maybe it is a BBBS issue then.   
      
    TM> It does not. The Native BBBS (32 bits) for Windows will not work with DOS   
    TM> doors. I have discussed it with Kim Heino, and he can confirm it here if   
    TM> he reads this echo.   
    TM>    
    TM> You MAY get it to work if you run an old DOS based BBBS verison on a 32   
    TM> bit Windows platform. However BBBS for DOS is no longer compiled, and   
    TM> you will be stuck with version 4.00, since that was the last DOS version   
      
   Maybe that's specific to BBS and/or something Kim didn't want to add support   
   for. All I know is there are other 32 bit native Windows softwares out there   
   that run door games just fine, and /without/ a dos emulator of any kind.   
      
   This is why I said that for some BBBS sysop to be that interested in running   
   dos door games on their system, I'm sure they can find a way -- unless   
   support for it was not added into BBBS on purpose.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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