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to: JOSEPH LARSEN
from: NICHOLAS BOEL
date: 2016-01-10 00:41:00
subject: Re: Certain doorgames and

Hello joseph,

On 09 Jan 16 19:00, joseph larsen wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> Is your BBS placing the proper dropfile in the correct location?
 NB>> If you're putting them in a node directory, nodes 1 and two may
 NB>> already have a door.sys in them. If nodes 3 and 4 don't have a
 NB>> drop file available, and the BBS isn't putting one where it
 NB>> should be.. that could be why your games aren't running properly.

 jl> Yes, the BBS automatically makes dropfiles in /home/imp/imp. In my
 jl> ~/.dosemu/autoexec.bat file, I lredir'd drive A: to be /home/imp/imp.
 jl> So, the door games are searching for dropfiles in /home/imp/imp.

So nodes 1 and 2 work? But 3 and 4 don't?

You may want to take a look at your source code then. Remember, you're trying
to work with BBS software from the 90s that hasn't been updated in 20+ years.

Regards,
Nick

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