Subj : Re: Certain doorgames and DOSEmu.
To : joseph larsen
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sun Jan 10 2016 12:35 am
Hello joseph,
On 09 Jan 16 19:00, joseph larsen wrote to Nicholas Boel:
NB>> Is your BBS placing the proper dropfile in the correct location?
NB>> If you're putting them in a node directory, nodes 1 and two may
NB>> already have a door.sys in them. If nodes 3 and 4 don't have a
NB>> drop file available, and the BBS isn't putting one where it
NB>> should be.. that could be why your games aren't running properly.
jl> Yes, the BBS automatically makes dropfiles in /home/imp/imp. In my
jl> ~/.dosemu/autoexec.bat file, I lredir'd drive A: to be /home/imp/imp.
jl> So, the door games are searching for dropfiles in /home/imp/imp.
So nodes 1 and 2 work? But 3 and 4 don't?
You may want to take a look at your source code then. Remember, you're trying
to work with BBS software from the 90s that hasn't been updated in 20+ years.