Subj : Doors with DOSEMU or DOSBOX
To   : Ryan De Laplante
From : Minh Van Le
Date : Sun Feb 03 2008 04:32 am

Hello Ryan !

On 14-Jan'08 20:13, Ryan de Laplante wrote to Mvan Le:

RdL> Remember me? We had some colorful discussions almost a
RdL> year ago about Solaris, Java, contracting, DOS doors, etc

Heh. Has it been that long.

RdL> :)  Are you closer to retiring young an rich now?

Sort of. Depending on how I look at it.

Did you sell your project for 6 figures ?

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

Nah. I haven't disseminated anything. I only have some assumptions about the
process atm.

It appears that xaragmata.thebbs.org is currently successfully running
Maximus/2 under DOSBOX which is encouraging to see. You could ask him (Peter
Knapper):

=================================================================
Version: Compiled on Dec 28 1998 at 16:34:27 (WATCOM C/16 v10.60)
Computer: AT-class
     OS: DOS BOX (OS/2 Version 2.45)
 FOSSIL: bnu.com BETA 1.89h (C)1990 David L Nugent
 Memory: 254,720 bytes remain in heap
=================================================================

I'll assume that he's running OS/2 SIO virtual modem, and passing the connetion
to DOSBOX's virtual modem.

I couldn't find any heavily animated games on his BBS to test, but I assume
whatever games he has utilises FOSSILs.

My guess is DOSBOX appears to work.

But I have no DOSBOX SysOp experience. Andrew Clarke mentioned a while ago some
clumsy hurdle with multinode operation, something about getting DOSBOX to
automatically switch between its virtual modems by alternating config files or
inetd.

Anyway DOSBOX dies trying to load Windows NT's cmd.com, which my main BBS batch
file requires. I'm not even sure if it can load 4DOS. If it can't load a
cmd.com interpreter, I'm not using it. I don't mind pegging my setup to Windows
NT compatible operating systems.

I don't understand why people try to complicate their environment by using
emulators eg. DOSBOX/DOSEMU.

Bo Simonsen lost interest in the Maximus Linux port because in his opinion it
would require a rewrite to work well.

Just use VMware so you can virtualise DOS/Windows completely and don't have to
worry about ncurses or portability issues altogether.

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

No. It's currently beyond my programming ability.

And I don't want to use Synchronet. I'm a Maximus fundamentalist.

I imagine hiring programmers in future to implement desired features.

It appears you can do SMTP via Sendmail with an old Squish tool called
MailGate.

I've been thinking about a Synchronet FTP Server for Maximus ...

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 Synchronet FTP Server for Maximus by Minh Van Le

Heh.

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

I'd just route mail through somebody else's system.

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