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     Re: Migrate Sync to Linux   
     By: Belly to All on Wed Sep 25 2024 08:10 pm   
      
    Be> Of late, I've been pondering migrating my board to Linux from Windows...   
      
    Be> It was originally running on Win2k, and has made the journey to Win10 over   
    Be> the decades.  Does anyone have anything to look out for as I plan this?   
    Be> Maybe particularly in the area of the old 16-bit doors?   
      
   I did this with mine a couple years ago after running mine in Win32 for a long   
   time (Win2K originally, then Windows XP and Windows 7 before I migrated it to   
   Linux).   
      
   The transition was actually fairly smooth.  But if you're on any FTN message   
   networks, it helps to be using BinkIT and TickIT (included with Synchronet),   
   since those are in JS and will run on both platforms.  If you're using a   
   mailer that's Win32-only, then you'll need to switch your mailer.   
      
   For 16-bit DOS doors, dosemu is the thing to use.  It seems some distros offer   
   version 1.4 by default, which works for a lot of doors but isn't developed   
   anymore.  And TradeWars 2002 (one of the most popular doors) doesn't work with   
   dosemu 1.4, but requires dosemu2.  Some other doors run very slowly/badly with   
   dosemu2 though, but those are few.   
      
   This is a guide on the wiki for using DOS doors in Linux, which assumes dosemu   
   1.4 (last time I used it):   
   https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu   
      
   This is a guide for installing and using dosemu2 - those using dosemu2 have   
   tried to keep this up to date, but different setups might need some different   
   tweaking:   
   https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu2   
      
   For dosemu2, I believe nelgin has a package of files to help.   
      
   Nightfox   
      
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