Hello Ryan.

06 Apr 07 16:48, you wrote to me:


 RT>> Never run Solaris, so I cannot comment, but I have
 RT>> gotten DOS doors to run
 RT>> using DOSEMU in the past, When I updated my Linux
 RT>> Distro (Slackware) DOSEMU
 RT>> was no longer officially supported, and I never got around to
 RT>> getting the

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


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

 RT>> source and compiling myself, I run MBSE BBS, which is a
 RT>> full featured Linux
 RT>> native BBS package.

 RL> I've been using Maximus since 1993 or so and keep my board running for
 RL> nostalgic purposes.  If I were to switch it to an other package then
 RL> to me it would not be the same board.  Maximus is being developed for
 RL> Linux, though I'm not sure if they will support running DOS doors from
 RL> DOSEMU.  I'm hoping based on your description of how DOSEMU interfaces
 RL> with a linux bbs, the maximus developers will see that it is
 RL> (hopefully) simple to enhance max to support it. IMO, the bbs package
 RL> won't be complete until then.

Well, I also ran Maximus, first on MS-DOS 6.22 then WIN98SE then later on 
OS/2, but due to networking problems (OS/2) and WIN98SE not being stable, ... 
, I moved to Linux, and after much testing, I started of with MBSE BBS which I 
have been using the last 9-10 years, if memory serves me well. I will be the 
first to admit that MBSE BBS is not Maximus, but if you have, time and the 
scripting ability, you should be able to make it pretty close ... , whether 
that will be worth it, I have no idea. Maximus is being developed, but Bob 
Jones cannot currently work on it due to his current employment contract as I 
understand, which is a pity ...

 RT>> However I have ordered a copy of the current Open
 RT>> Solaris to have a look at,
 RT>> but from the sound of things hardware support is not
 RT>> that great ... , will see
 RT>> when it gets here ...

 RL> That's right hardware support isn't that great yet because it has only
 RL> been a few years since x86 support was introduced.  If you're still
 RL> waiting for your CD, I think the demand for the free cds was so big
 RL> that they ran out and had to order more.

That may be, but they said 2-3 week for delivery ... , so I am hopefully 
waiting ... :-)

Russell

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