• Forgive me if this has been answered previously...

    From Phoobar@21:2/147 to All on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 00:18:54
    Have attempted to setup some of the Sunrise DOS doors on the system...but the only option I seem to have available is DOOR32.SYS...rather than Door.SYS or some of the other options like Chain.TXT & whatnot.

    I have all the Sunrise doors registered with *.bat files set up...along with the config files setup in the local folders. Here's the *.bat file for the first door:

    @ECHO OFF
    CD\mystic\DOORS\PAIR3
    pair3 pair3.cfg
    CD\mystic

    Here's the first part of the *.cfg file for said door:

    C:\mystic\temp%3\door.sys
    ACME BBS
    Donald
    Lowery
    *********
    2
    10

    Have attempted to read the docs for Mystic/SBBS and others for a way to run it...but I get complaints about not finding the drop file in whatever node is running.

    Thank you for your help

    Phoobar
    Don

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Phoobar on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 10:54:53
    On 19 Nov 2019, Phoobar said the following...

    Have attempted to setup some of the Sunrise DOS doors on the
    system...but the only option I seem to have available is DOOR32.SYS...rather than Door.SYS or some of the other options like Chain.TXT & whatnot.

    C:\mystic\temp%3\door.sys
    ACME BBS
    Donald
    Lowery
    *********
    2
    10

    The cfg files won't understand %3 or any of the variants. You'd have to
    either setup separate cfg files for each node, using the absolute path to the node dir where the drop file is (\mystic\temp1 etc) and reflect that in the batch file with %1 for the node number.

    For example:

    c:
    cd \mystic\doors\pair3
    pair3 pair3_%1.cfg

    and create a separate cfg file for each node, pair3_1.cfg, pair3_2.cfg, etc.

    C:\mystic\temp1\door.sys
    ACME BBS
    Donald
    Lowery
    *********
    2
    10

    for node 1 cfg. I also noticed you said Mystic won't do just door.sys; it
    does. Use the DD command instead of D3 in Mystic

    You can also do it in a batch file to create cfg files on the fly for each
    node number, but that might be something you're not up for. It's easier,
    albeit a bit more tedious, to create the individual cfg files for each node.

    Just make sure you reflect each \tempX directory in each corresponding cfg file.

    The Mystic command line should be something like:

    c:\mystic\doors\pair3\pair3.bat %3

    which will pass the current node number.

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  • From Phoobar@21:2/147 to maskreet on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 16:08:11
    The cfg files won't understand %3 or any of the variants. You'd have to either setup separate cfg files for each node, using the absolute path
    to the node dir where the drop file is (\mystic\temp1 etc) and reflect that in the batch file with %1 for the node number.
    and create a separate cfg file for each node, pair3_1.cfg, pair3_2.cfg, etc.

    That makes sense!

    for node 1 cfg. I also noticed you said Mystic won't do just door.sys; it does. Use the DD command instead of D3 in Mystic

    Just noticed that I did have the command set up for (DD) with this under the data:
    c:\mystic\netfoss\nf.bat /N%3 /H%0 c:\mystic\doors\3pairpoker\pair3.bat %3 /DOS

    From what you mentioned...was on my way there...but not quite.

    Thank you for the help!

    Phoobar
    Don

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Phoobar on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 22:40:18
    On 19 Nov 2019, Phoobar said the following...

    Just noticed that I did have the command set up for (DD) with this under the data:
    c:\mystic\netfoss\nf.bat /N%3 /H%0 c:\mystic\doors\3pairpoker\pair3.bat
    %3 /DOS

    No worries! I don't mind helping where I can.

    Just to let you know, the /DOS command doesn't do anything, as near as I can tell. Everything else about that command looks 100% though.

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to maskreet on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 20:44:14
    Just to let you know, the /DOS command doesn't do anything, as near as I can tell. Everything else about that command looks 100% though.

    It does, it will create the drop files with ^M or CR/LF line endings in
    the linux and OSX versions of Mystic. Some doors may need that to read
    the drop files as expected.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Al on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 08:39:32
    On 19 Nov 2019, Al said the following...

    Just to let you know, the /DOS command doesn't do anything, as near a can tell. Everything else about that command looks 100% though.

    It does, it will create the drop files with ^M or CR/LF line endings in the linux and OSX versions of Mystic. Some doors may need that to read
    the drop files as expected.

    Oh, that's right. Forgot about that switch. I actually ran 3 Pair Poker on Mystic before swapping over to Synchronet for DoorParty, and it ran okay
    (from what I remember) without the /DOS switch. Either way, I guess it should be okay.

    Did you get it working?

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to maskreet on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 06:09:04
    Did you get it working?

    I haven't messed with anything dos in a while, although I have an itch to
    get OO][ up and running. Trying to decide between dosemu or qemu. I've
    done it before with dosemu so I may go that way to avoid the learning
    curve but I think qemu may be a better solution to dos stuff going
    forward for Pi's and *nix OSs so I may do that too.

    But I need spare time to get to anything.. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Phoobar@21:2/147 to maskreet on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 16:32:41
    Been working on getting the Sunrise doors running. For the most part...most
    of them work once I check the paths & such are correct. For those which are causing me grief...just gotta do RTFM. ;)

    Again...thank you for all your help!

    Don
    Phoobar
    KA0TT

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  • From Phoobar@21:2/147 to maskreet on Thursday, November 21, 2019 02:15:22
    c:\mystic\netfoss\nf.bat /N%3 /H%0 c:\mystic\doors\3pairpoker\pair3.b %3 /DOS

    Found that command line in my searches on setting up these doors. The first part of that line was suggested to call the fossil...but isn't needed.

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Phoobar on Thursday, November 21, 2019 14:03:05
    On 21 Nov 2019, Phoobar said the following...

    c:\mystic\netfoss\nf.bat /N%3 /H%0 c:\mystic\doors\3pairpoker\pa %3 /DOS

    Found that command line in my searches on setting up these doors. The first part of that line was suggested to call the fossil...but isn't needed.

    Yaknow, I run DoorParty, which has most of the Sunrise collection available. Easier than messing with DOSEMU and stuff. Just an FYI =)

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  • From Phoobar@21:2/147 to maskreet on Thursday, November 21, 2019 12:10:58
    Yaknow, I run DoorParty, which has most of the Sunrise collection available. Easier than messing with DOSEMU and stuff. Just an FYI =)

    Have seen their website. You're the first one I've been in contact with who
    has used it. Am considering getting another RPi and transferring this over there to an old Xbox 20GB HDD with a USB connector. Would DoorParty work on
    the RPi under Raspian?

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Phoobar on Friday, November 22, 2019 12:26:32
    On 21 Nov 2019, Phoobar said the following...

    Yaknow, I run DoorParty, which has most of the Sunrise collection available. Easier than messing with DOSEMU and stuff. Just an FYI =)

    Have seen their website. You're the first one I've been in contact with who has used it. Am considering getting another RPi and transferring
    this over there to an old Xbox 20GB HDD with a USB connector. Would DoorParty work on the RPi under Raspian?

    It most assuredly does. I was running it on my RPi for about a year before it died. Also used it on Windows 7 and now Linux Mint. No problems at all.

    And I don't just use it, I also run and host it. =) If you're interested, you can check out the wiki for it, http://wiki.throwbackbbs.com or there's info about it on my BBS. It's also where the signup form is if you decide to take the plunge.

    There's also a list of systems connected to DoorParty, I think last count was over 150. Yep, 157 as of now. Link for that is http://wiki.throwbackbbs.com/doku.php?id=connected_bbses

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  • From Phoobar@21:2/147 to maskreet on Friday, November 22, 2019 10:52:02
    DoorParty work on the RPi under Raspian?
    It most assuredly does. I was running it on my RPi for about a year
    before it died. Also used it on Windows 7 and now Linux Mint. No
    problems at all.

    HOT DOG! Just waiting to re-sign my lease with a new roommate & I'll be able
    to get back on my feet with an RPi 4 with the ethernet hat (which I already have on my RPi 3B+).

    http://wiki.throwbackbbs.com or there's info about it on my BBS. It's
    also where the signup form is if you decide to take the plunge.

    Am so happy that there is some/anyone on here who are familiar with things
    like this. Sometimes it feels like I'm hitting my head against the wall
    without being able to talk to someone about this & other things I have questions about before coming back to this medium.

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Phoobar on Saturday, November 23, 2019 10:28:34
    On 22 Nov 2019, Phoobar said the following...

    http://wiki.throwbackbbs.com or there's info about it on my BBS. It's also where the signup form is if you decide to take the plunge.

    Am so happy that there is some/anyone on here who are familiar with
    things like this. Sometimes it feels like I'm hitting my head against
    the wall without being able to talk to someone about this & other things
    I have questions about before coming back to this medium.

    No worries man, any questions about getting doors to work in general I try
    and help with. =)

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