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   BBS_CARNIVAL      Your BBS software rules and others suck      5,461 messages   

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   ATREYU to All   
   NXVDM project / walkthrough   
      
   
   MSGID: 1:229/426 876146C1   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Everyone,   
      
   I forgot to mention, you can download this from my website. Its not necessary    
   to compile anything but it was tricky to hunt this down:   
      
   https://www.net229.org/misc/ntvdmx64.7z   
      
   Use WinRar or something to unzip to a temporary directory. I would strongly    
   recommend disabling UAC or run with Admin rights.   
      
   On Windows 10 it may be necessary to enable 16-bit application support before   
   installing. Try following these steps:   
      
   https://www.groovypost.com/howto/enable-16-bit-application-support-windows-10/   
      
   On Windows Server 2012R2, 2016 and 2019, or if your Windows 10 has issues    
   with the above, then it may be necessary to enable 16-bit application support   
   in Group Policy (disable the prevention setting) before installing NXVDM:   
      
   - Windows-key+R, GPEDIT.MSC   
   Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application   
   Compatibility   
      
   Also before installing, you most likely will need AUTOEXEC.NT and CONFIG.NT   
   from 32-bit Windows, and you can also grab these from my site. Unzip these   
   in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32   
      
   https://www.net229.org/misc/ntfiles.zip   
      
   *Now* you can go ahead and install NXVDM. Be sure to run the installer as    
   Administrator. You must reboot the computer when prompted.   
      
   When your computer has rebooted, fire up a CMD prompt and run EDIT. You should   
   have the DOS EDIT blue-screen editor running.   
      
   You can now *seamlessly* run 16-bit DOS programs on your 64-bit Windows    
   without Dosbox, Dosemu, Vdos or whatever emulators.   
      
   Now at this point, if you have it all working, then we move on to where I'm   
   stuck at which is the Fossil driver stuff. NET2BBS / NETFOSS does not appear   
   to work on 64-bit Windows. It appears the DLL cannot be found no matter   
   where I try to place it. I have emailed the author, no reply yet.  I   
   strongly suspect that the NETFOSS.DLL has to be recompiled for 64-bit.   
      
   Here is what I have succcesfully tested working on Windows Server 2019:   
      
   - D'Bridge   
   - Searchlight   
   - Renegade   
   - TBBS/Flame 2.3   
   - MakeNL and all 16-bit related archiver / compilers / Turbo Pascal stuff   
      
   Nick   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)   

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