RdL> I've been keeping an eye on this echo since 2003.  
 RdL> Back then I was reviving my old Max board and thought 
 RdL> I'd set it up using the Linux version.  It didn't take 
 RdL> long to find out things weren't stable and I went back 
 RdL> to the DOS version.  Three years have passed and I'm 
 RdL> curious how things are now?

Unfortunately, a "two month" contract went 2.5 years and has kept
me out of max for a bit....  There were some others working it, but not
much for about a year or so till a recent attemp to compile on a Windows
based system....

 RdL> - Do file upload/downloads work?
 RdL> - Is MEX stable?
 RdL> - Has anyone successfully run DOS doors using dosemu? 
 RdL> Are there any tutorials on that somewhere? I'm curious 
 RdL> what the dropfiles will look like. 
 RdL> - Is ANSI working correctly?  Back when I tried it, I 
 RdL> think there were problems with color and characters?

Give the Linux version a try and see what is and what isn't fixed....  I
know some of the items were fixed.  


 RdL> Basically if it's pretty usable now, I might give it 
 RdL> another try.  I run 2 nodes on Windows XP.  When two 
 RdL> people are one at the same time it gets a bit 
 RdL> sluggish.  I'm hoping things will be a bit smoother on 
 RdL> linux.  However if I can't get it working as good as I 
 RdL> have it running on Windows then I'll probably wait a 
 RdL> bit longer.

I'd keep your current version running and see what the current code does
under Linux.  I don't think anyone has been interested in getting the DOS
doors running under dosemu.....  

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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