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|    Charles Stephenson to Alan Ianson    |
|    Re: Maximus for Linux?    |
|    10 Jun 20 01:39:29    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 58.fidonet_muffin@1:226/17 2345a84b       REPLY: 1:153/757.3@fidonet 5ece0931       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux Jun 1 2020 GCC        TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.173 Jun 1 2020 GCC 9.2.1       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: SlyEdit 1.73 (2020-03-31) (ICE style)        Re: Re: Maximus for Linux?        By: Alan Ianson to Charles Stephenson on Thu May 28 2020 06:48 pm               AI> Maximus is a dial-up BBS package, there is no telnet or any internet        AI> servers built into it. I was able to run Max following the instructions        AI> that came with the source using inetd answering with telnet.. one node at        AI> a time. I never worked out how to get it to answer a second time or get        AI> more than one node going at a time but I think that is doable with a        AI> little (or a lot of) work.               I had an idea to run maximus as a door, I think there was something like that       built into the old program. Would have been nice.               AI> It was not possible to use mex under linux. I forget if mex scripts        AI> wouldn't compile or if they wouldn't run but mex was not working when I        AI> tried it. It's possible that could be fixed if someone with the skills        AI> worked on the code but I don't know if that has or will happen.              It would be sad to see such a wonderful and inovative program at the time. It       was so simple and awesome at the same time. :(       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux        * Origin: The New Frontier ][ BBS [frontierbbs.net:23] - OH (1:226/17)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 120/340 601 123/131 226/30 227/114 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 452 664 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 292/854       SEEN-BY: 317/3 322/757 342/200 633/280       PATH: 226/17 19/36 261/38 320/219 203/0 280/464 229/101 426           |
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