From: dumas.walker@CAPCITY2.remove-z39-this

To: IMMORTAL

I just use the built in fossil.com with no parameters. I never had to modify ything else that I can think of, it just worked "right out of the box".

OK, there is something I missed "in the translation." I did not realize
that fossil.com was built in. That helps!

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From: dumas.walker@CAPCITY2.remove-z39-this

To: DIGITAL MAN

- what door you're trying to run (e.g. native doors never use a FOSSIL)
- what operating system your BBS is running on (i.e. the Windows versions of

S

chronet include a "built-in" FOSSIL/virtual-UART device driver)

Any DOS door, so I am guessing not native.

Debian.

Again, it depends, but likely COM1, 38400 should work just fine.

OK

I am not a DOSemu user. Perhaps you should mention DOSemu in the subject of

yo

help request to attract the attention of DOSemu users/sysops. The

information

have on using Linux-DOSEMU with Synchronet is here: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu

I actually read that which is what brought me here with questions.

If you have a specific problem, please post the complete details of the

proble

you're having and likely someone with the relevant experience can help.

I have not had a problem yet. I am trying to get my ducks in a row so that
I hopefully don't have too many issues. :) Thanks!

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From: dumas.walker@CAPCITY2.remove-z39-this

To: NIGHTFOX

That's not quite right.. You don't actually need to specify any FOSSIL

driver

n the command line for the door - Synchronet loads a FOSSIL driver

automatical

. And in most cases, you don't even need a batch file - In the door

configurat

n in SCFG, you can put in the door's .EXE file and command line directly.

Is that with linux or windows? I may not have been specific enough.

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From: al@1:153/757.remove-6ru-this

To: Dumas Walker

Is that with linux or windows? I may not have been specific enough.

I do it that way in linux. ForHonour is run with this command line..

./ForHonour -D %f -N %# -SOCKET %h

The startup directory is set to ../xtrn/fhnr and I think all of apam's doors will work the same way.

That's a native linux app though, dosemu stuff for DOS doors will be different.

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From: nightfox@DIGDIST.remove-6ru-this

To: Dumas Walker
Re: DOS Doors? linux/dosemu
By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Thu Sep 19 2019 04:46 pm

That's not quite right.. You don't actually need to specify any
FOSSIL driver n the command line for the door - Synchronet loads a
FOSSIL driver automatical . And in most cases, you don't even need a
batch file - In the door configurat n in SCFG, you can put in the
door's .EXE file and command line directly.

Is that with linux or windows? I may not have been specific enough.

Windows. If you specified Linux, I probably missed that, and I apologize. I'm
not as familiar with setting up DOS doors with Synchronet in Linux.

Nightfox

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From: mark.lewis@1:3634/12.73.remove-8ey-this

To: Nightfox

On 2019 Sep 19 16:28:52, you wrote to Dumas Walker:

That's not quite right.. You don't actually need to specify any
FOSSIL driver n the command line for the door - Synchronet loads a
FOSSIL driver automatical . And in most cases, you don't even need a
batch file - In the door configurat n in SCFG, you can put in the
door's .EXE file and command line directly.

Is that with linux or windows? I may not have been specific enough.

Windows. If you specified Linux, I probably missed that, and I
apologize. I'm not as familiar with setting up DOS doors with
Synchronet in Linux.

DOSemu is only for linux, AFAIK... i don't think it even runs on *BSD... or at least not yet if there's been any work done on that front... i haven't seen anyone running *BSD mention it in the last six months or so...

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... Like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.
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From: nightfox@DIGDIST.remove-hl-this

To: mark lewis
Re: DOS Doors? linux/dosemu
By: mark lewis to Nightfox on Fri Sep 20 2019 08:59 pm

DOSemu is only for linux, AFAIK... i don't think it even runs on *BSD... or at least not yet if there's been any work done on that front... i haven't seen anyone running *BSD mention it in the last six months or so...

I've seen DOSEmu or similar for Windows. Its main use is running old 16-bit DOS programs on 64-bit editions of Windows (which would normally be unable to run DOS software). I've seen old 16-bit DOS games from Steam packaged with DOSEmu (or some other
DOS emulator) for Windows.

Nightfox

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From: rampage@SESTAR.remove-mnr-this

To: Nightfox
Re: DOS Doors? linux/dosemu
By: Nightfox to mark lewis on Sun Sep 22 2019 12:45:16

DOSemu is only for linux, AFAIK... i don't think it even runs on

*BSD... or at least not yet if there's been any work done on that front... i haven't seen anyone running *BSD mention it in the last six months or so...

I've seen DOSEmu or similar for Windows.

or similar is not the same thing ;)

DOSemu:
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It uses a combination of hardware-assisted virtualization features and high-level emulation. It can thus achieve nearly native speed for 8086-compatible DOS operating systems and applications on x86 compatible processors, and for DOS Protected Mode
Interface (DPMI) applications on x86 compatible processors as well as on x86-64
processors. DOSEMU includes an 8086 processor emulator for use with real-mode applications in x86-64 long mode.
----- snip -----

i think the key is virtualization where most of the 80xx[x] CPU chips are emulated... but this also depends on what one is really trying to do... for example, i also run KVM/QEMU for my virtual machines (vs virtual environments) which can emulate S/390,
PowerPC, ARM, x86, x86-64, Alpha, CRIS, LM32, M68k, MicroBlaze, MIPS, OpenRisc32, SH4, SPARC 32/64, Unicore32, and Xtensa hardware... i don't and haven't attempted to set up any virtual machines running games which the BBS can then talk to but i
understand a few others have attempted such with some limited success... i imagine that it would be like running (eg) a physical C64 and using a (eg) serial connection into the C64 to access a game running there and displaying it
via the serial
connection on the BBS... kinda the reverse of the way that C64 are put on the internet these days...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtualization_software

Its main use is running old 16-bit DOS programs on 64-bit editions of

Windows (which would normally be unable to run DOS software). I've seen old 16-bit DOS games from Steam

yeah, that's emulating/providing the necessary 16bit environment to run those programs... those emulators are only needed because the code to do it is no longer included in the OS like it used to be... NTVDM was one of those which m$
has removed in their
later OS releases... if one could find all the parts, they /might/ be able to put NTVDM back in place on (eg) W10 and use it but that's unlikely as there's probably dll conflicts that would get in the way...


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From: nightfox@DIGDIST.remove-9i6-this

To: Rampage
Re: DOS Doors? linux/dosemu
By: Rampage to Nightfox on Mon Sep 23 2019 09:33 am

I've seen DOSEmu or similar for Windows.

or similar is not the same thing ;)

By "or similar", I just meant something that allows 16-bit DOS software to run on 64-bit Windows.

Nightfox

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