Subj : Upgrade path from 3.33 to 4.10
To   : Oyvind Hallsteinsen
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Jun 05 2025 12:30 am

> 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 2 line license if I remember correctly.

My first BBSs were from the mid 90's although I don't have a backup.

> I want to get it up and running again -- purely as a museum piece for myself
> and my friends from back then.

Sounds good.

> 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.

The current upgrade package has a light htdocs directory. It is missing a bootstrap and jquery directory. You only need those if you want to run the web server.

I have an upgrade package from 2019 that has those directories if you need it let me know and I'll get it to you.

> I saw there was software to upgrade the message board and config to 3.42, but
> nothing more recent.

I upgraded from 4.01 Flag without any issues. Keep a backup of course.. just in case.. :)

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