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   Charles Stephenson to Alan Ianson   
   Re: Maximus for Linux?   
   10 Jun 20 01:39:29   
   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux  Jun  1 2020 GCC    
   TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.173 Jun  1 2020 GCC 9.2.1   
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     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. :(   
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