Subj : Doors with DOSEMU or DOSBOX
To   : Mvan Le
From : Ryan de Laplante
Date : Mon Jan 14 2008 08:13 pm

Hi Mvan,

Remember me? We had some colorful discussions almost a year ago about Solaris, 
Java, contracting, DOS doors, etc :)  Are you closer to retiring young an rich 
now?

I remember you showed some interest in copying some code from Synchronet to 
help Maximus run DOS doors using DOSEMU or DOSBOX.  You spoke with one of the 
developers and here is the email:


 ML> Well basically it's a complex process to run doors 
 ML> under DOS EMU. Sycnrhonet uses a mod to make the 
 ML> process easier.

 ML> Here's what the Synchronet author said: 

 ML> |+------------------------7777
 ML> |& Subj: DOS EMU for BBS doors
 ML> |& Attr: Read
 ML> |& To  : Hostile
 ML> |& From: Digital Man #1
 ML> |& Date: Mon Apr 09 2007 03:41 pm PDT
 ML> |+-----------------------------------------------777777
 ML> |
 ML> | Re: DOS EMU for BBS doors
 ML> | By: Hostile to All on Sun Apr 08 2007 05:49 pm
 ML> |
|> Were there any specific adaptations (eg. sockets/handles code) made for
|> Synchronet to to work with DOS EMU ?; as I heard this was the case.
 ML> |
 ML> |Yes, see the USE_DOSEMU mod in src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
 ML> |
|> Or does running doors under DOS EMU require no particular internal BBS
|> support ?
 ML> |
 ML> |I believe it *can* work without any mods, but it's 
 ML> much easier if the BBS does
 ML> |some of the heavy lifting.

I'm curious if anything came of this? Were you able to make sense of the 
sources and integrate some of it? Just curious.

BTW my FidoNet hub has been on/off for the past week. If I don't reply for a 
while it's because I can't. 


Thanks,
Ryan

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