Subj : Re: Infocom doors..
To   : Shane O'Neill
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jul 17 2021 12:22:16

  Re: Re: Infocom doors..
  By: Shane O'Neill to Digital Man on Fri Jul 16 2021 04:28 pm

 > On 16 Jul 2021, Digital Man said the following...
 >
 >  DM> Do you mean that the caller sees the output of the game, but cannot
 >  DM> send keyboard input into it?
 >
 > The caller sees nothing, they are still seeing the games menu prompt where
 > they selected the game.  Only on the BBS machine can you see the game open
 > up.
 >
 >  DM> What are the settings you're using SCFG for the game?
 >
 > I have tried all kinds of settings with the same result, currently:
 >
 > ³Name                       Zork I
 > ³Internal Code              ZORKI
 > ³Start-up Directory         ../xtrn/infocom/zork
 > ³Command Line               _zork1.com
 > ³Clean-up Command Line
 > ³Execution Cost             None
 > ³Access Requirements
 > ³Execution Requirements
 > ³Multiple Concurrent Users  Yes
 > ³Intercept I/O              Standard
 > ³Native Executable          No
 > ³Use Shell / New Context    No
 > ³Modify User Data           No
 > ³Execute on Event           No
 > ³Pause After Execution      No
 > ³BBS Drop File Type         Synchronet      XTRN.DAT
 > ³Place Drop File In         Node Directory

It's possible that _zork1.com isn't writing to stdio (so therefore, it can't be redirected). A good test would be to run another door that relies on standard I/O redirection and see if it works. That'd at least eliminate SBBS or DOSXTRN.EXE as part of the problem.

Another option would be to run Zork using cioxtrn, it's like doorway.exe but modern:
http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:cioxtrn
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