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   Nicholas Boel to joseph larsen   
   Re: Certain doorgames and DOSEmu.   
   10 Jan 16 00:35:40   
   
   Hello joseph,   
      
   On 09 Jan 16 19:00, joseph larsen wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    NB>> Is your BBS placing the proper dropfile in the correct location?   
    NB>> If you're putting them in a node directory, nodes 1 and two may   
    NB>> already have a door.sys in them. If nodes 3 and 4 don't have a   
    NB>> drop file available, and the BBS isn't putting one where it   
    NB>> should be.. that could be why your games aren't running properly.   
      
    jl> Yes, the BBS automatically makes dropfiles in /home/imp/imp. In my   
    jl> ~/.dosemu/autoexec.bat file, I lredir'd drive A: to be /home/imp/imp.   
    jl> So, the door games are searching for dropfiles in /home/imp/imp.   
      
   So nodes 1 and 2 work? But 3 and 4 don't?   
      
   You may want to take a look at your source code then. Remember, you're trying   
   to work with BBS software from the 90s that hasn't been updated in 20+ years.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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