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|    RUBEN FIGUEROA to Matthew Munson    |
|    Re: yes, i did the unthin    |
|    23 Jul 16 09:16:32    |
      -> -=> Ruben Figueroa wrote to Robert Wolfe <=-                -> RF> I also resubscribed for the WinServer 7. Everything worked fine until        -> RF> I tried my 16bit doors. None of them worked. They all worked when I        -> RF> was running WinServer on a Windows 2003 server, but I had installed       the        -> RF> new WinServer onto a Windows 7/32bit computer. Long story short I had        -> RF> to NetWork Wildcat using the Windows Server 2003 as a workstation.        -> RF> Then ran wcOnline, and configured for my users to telnet into that        -> RF> server/workstation and now the games all work.                -> RF> Apparently Santronics uses MicroSoft VDD to run these games, but        -> RF> MicroSoft quit supporting VDD a long time ago. Any new OS starting I        -> RF> think with Vista will not run your 16bit door games.                -> I am thinking of just running a doorgame server on the board or run an old        -> operating system.        -> I like the interface on the web end that is why I made the purchase. Maybe       i        -> is a bucket list item for me to try out their product. I am also       considering        -> giving up playing a MMO to make the cost neutral.                -> I think running GameSrv on my end might be the best idea.                                -> ... I shop at the class gap. It's called the petit bourgeoisie.        -> --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49        -> * Origin: Inland Utopia (1:218/109)        I networked my WinServer and have wcOline running on Windows 2003        server where there is a shared drive off the WinServer machine for wc5        and my door games. All is working, but it took some effort to get it        right. Networking WinServer was not hard, the hard part was geting the        games working on that shared drive where before they knew to go to        drive d: and now the shared folder is W: So I had to take all the        drive desginations out of the batch files and configuration file of        each game.                --- Wildcat! v7.0.454.5 (May 15 2016), Editor Mod v2.0         * Origin: Neptune's Lair * Memphis TN * winserver.org (1:116/18)    |
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