Subj : Upgrade path from 3.33 to 4.10
To : Oyvind Hallsteinsen
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Thu Jun 05 2025 03:33 am
Hello Oyvind!
04 Jun 25 22:43, you wrote to all:
> Hi all!
> I ran a BBBS in the mid-90s, and just got a complete backup of it out
> from an old HDD I had saved. It was called Voyager BBS, was based in
> Norway and I had a 2 line license if I remember correctly.
> I want to get it up and running again -- purely as a museum piece for
> myself and my friends from back then.
> The backup is BBBS 3.33 for OS/2, and I was wondering if there is any
> sort of upgrade path to 4.10? I want to run it under Linux, and just
> as a test I was able to get 4.10 fresh up and running over telnet
> without issue.
> I saw there was software to upgrade the message board and config to
> 3.42, but nothing more recent.
> Thanks for any help you are able to provide!
Current is v7 (toy?)
Some one else will have to advise if the data files are still compatible
though.
Vincent
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