Re: some old doors only display control codes locally
  By: Rixter to all on Wed Jun 12 2024 07:44 am

 > Thanks to Rob I got the ntvdm64 to work and some of the door games on my bbs
 > now work, but some of them when i try to play local only show control codes.
 > I remember there was a program called nansi.sys i used WAY back when to to
 > see the games locally in ANSI through DOS mode. I think I had to load them
 > in something called an autoexec.bat file that started when the pc started.
 > Is that still such a thing and if so, How do i load nansi.sys into the
 > system so i can see these local graphics? Is there something better than
 > nansi.sys? I just remember using this a LONG time ago. i can make out a few
 > words in the local mode but 95 percent is just control code gibberish to my
 > eyes. I was not sure if nansi.sys could be loaded anymore or not but since i
 > can now run old 16 bit doors on pc and local i wanted to see some of my
 > favorites local before i put them on bbs. in particular one called lasso!
 > from T&J software 1995. Any ideas, thank you.

Try running svdmansi.com first.
https://synchro.net/files/main/SBBS_ARC/SVDMANSI.ZIP

No, autoexec.bat is not a thing on modern Windows systems. There is the autoexec.nt for auto-running things in 16-bit environmnets on more recent Windows NT variants, but I don't think it's used in modern (64-bit) Windows versions.
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