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to: Russell Tiedt
from: Stephen Walsh
date: 2007-04-08 18:41:50
subject: Maximus on Solaris 10

Hello Russell.

07 Apr 07 15:56, you wrote to Ryan de Laplante:

 RL>> Can you tell me a bit more about how it worked? Many years ago I
 RL>> read that you don't need to run a fossil driver because there is
 RL>> something built in.  Doors think they are talking to a fossil
 RL>> driver, and outside of DOS emu the linux bbs package is somehow
 RL>> able to let DOS emu take over the socket until the door exits.
 RL>> I'd like to understand more about how a door running in DOSEMU
 RL>> will work.


 RT> Hmm ... , being as this was some time ago, I don't remember exactly
 RT> how ... , but the MBSE BBS doc's in html format had a tutorial section
 RT> in the FAQ that explained how this was all setup. Basically you setup
 RT> a script that started dosemu, and then loaded the door, had L.O.R.D
 RT> BRE, and Tradewars running here that way ...

Do you get the MBSE echo? I've been trying to get Tradewars 2 release 11.20 
working with my setup, and my head is very red and sore from hitting the brick 
wall every time I think it's going to work.

I've read the faq on how to get dos doors going in mbse, but it's been of no 
help.


Stephen

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