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|    Jas Hud to Fzf    |
|    Pit - Door help wanted    |
|    28 Jun 22 09:48:13    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 7497.doorgame@1:103/705 27207481       REPLY: 235.fidonet_doorgame@1:105/500 271faea5       PID: Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan 2 2022 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.15-Linux master/0ea73e3ae Jun 27 2022 GCC 8.3.0       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1        To: Fzf        Re: Pit - Door help wanted        By: Fzf to All on Mon Jun 27 2022 08:38 pm               > Do you enjoy playing The Pit 4.17 (yes, the one with the fancy graphics        > terminal) but get annoyed by a one specific shareware feature? Is your        > single biggest regret of the '90s (and we know about that mullet) not        > getting this game registered when you had a chance? Does your version of        > the game make you feel like you are in that Groundhog Day movie, constantly        > re-living the same day and starting over again once a certain point has been        > reached?        >        > That's unfortunate. It's been decades since this game was last able to be        > registered. There's nothing to be done about it at this point.        >        > In COMPLETELY UNRELATED news, a team of 5-6 software testers is being        > assembled to verify recent updates for an undisclosed software package.        > Ideal candidates for this group will have most or all of the following        > skills and attributes:        >        > - Be fully capable of installing and running DOS door games on a BBS system        > (public or private) with little or no assistance        >        > - Be able to accurately report problem details and follow instructions to        > resolve them        >        > - Have working knowledge of DOS or a DOS emulator and be able to use simple        > DOS applications without help        >        > - Actually be interested in helping to ensure the software is functioning        > properly        >        > - Already be familiar with the various quirks and features of The Pit 4.17        > or at least later versions of The Pit 4.xx        >        > If you would be interested in this small project, please send a netmail to        > me at this node. Include a reliable Internet e-mail address, describe your        > system setup, and give a brief explanation of how you meet the requirements        > above. Preferably I would like to have all of the common door environments        > (Win32 NTVDM, NTVDMx64, DOSBox, DOSEMU, others?) represented. A DOS machine        > without a floating-point math coprocessor would be especially interesting.        >        > Thanks for reading.        > --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32              how much are you paying? this looks like a long winded job posting       --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 92/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 114/705 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/120 131 129/305 330 331 153/757 7715 154/10 218/700 840       SEEN-BY: 220/70 221/1 6 226/17 30 100 227/114 229/110 111 112 113       SEEN-BY: 229/200 206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470 550 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 250/5 8 266/512 267/800 282/1038 298/25 301/1 113 305/3 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 4500/1 5020/1042       PATH: 103/705 301/1 221/6 218/840 770/1 317/3 229/426           |
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