Subj : Re: Doors/Utility Suggestions? To : alt.bbs.doors From : BlueWolf Date : Thu Aug 21 2003 11:59 am rhythmnp@aol.comSTOPSPAM (RhythmNp) wrote in news:20030819190245.07201.00000182@mb-m26.aol.com: >>1: door.sys <-> door32.sys program >> >>Concept: It would require three programs (two if the author of the >>third >> would add in the support). >> 1: a 16-bit door kit (ddplus) >> 2: a 32-bit telnet program >> 3: gamesrv by mannsoft. > > I think there's an easier way to arrange this that doesn't require a > larger program like GameSrv. I think all that's needed is: > > 1. a 16-bit door (routes user's I/O to a shared file) > 2. a 32-bit program (routes I/O from the shared file to a localhost > socket) > > The door32 game you're running then reads/writes to the localhost > socket, which can be passed to the door32 game through the dropfile. > > The only potential snag is that sockets are designed for client/server > behavior, so the 32-bit intermediate program may need to actually > "connect to itself" with 2 threads in order for the socket descriptor to > be valid? (in english, this is slightly inefficient, but is still faster > than using something like GameSrv) I saw you postted a link to a door.sys <-> door32.sys convertter. ;) About your post: See, that is what I would have orginally done, but I am not versed in threads nor how to use the Handle of an application to start another one. Otherwords I would have wrote a vp dos console app to do this. Without the uses of sockets, because I could just pass the handle of the applications along and have it run locally on the computer. Wouldn't have to go through sockets. I just used gamesrv, because I don't know how to program something like that. That could launch door32.sys games. I am not that advanced when it comes to win programming. uhm mader of factly not that adviced when it comes to dos programming either. oh darn.. >>3: BBS Listter >> 5: A web-crawler (google) type of portal for the BBS scene only >> that hunts down bbs telnet urls and phone numbers to include >> in the list and gives a run down the the bbs's you want to >> find. > > I've been planning on writing something like this, and I have some Perl > code that can be easily modified to do this task... just haven't gotten > time yet... the hard part is that a textual classifier is necessary, to > separate telnet BBS's from telnet MUDs, unix telnet account logins, etc. > A well-written classifier could differentiate between these as well as > determine BBS software and keywords, based on the web site the telnet > addy was found on as well as the telnet server's login screen. > > Definitely something that I want to (and can) write sometime, just a > question of when I find the time :( > Yep, been talking with you about this one. Just add it in. >>5: mtel phone book utility. >> I use mtel for my telnet client and it has a limit of 200 bbs's. >> Which is >>great, but there is hundreds of bbs's out there and sometimes I want to >>try something new and when I look through the list I forget about some >>of the bbs's I added it to and what they have to offer. A utility that >>will keep more then 200 bbs's and keep a small description of the bbs >>and what it has to offer me. > > The author of mTelnet is still around (AFAIK), you can probably just ask > him to put these modifications directly into the program. > Well, accually I startted a WinGui (Delphi) version of this, but I sorta have A.D.D. when it comes to programming I can only stay on something as far as startting it out and never really get it finished without moving onto something else. It is getting annoying. In other aspects of my life, though, I don't have this condition. It is very wierd. When I start progamming my attention span is like one hour on most things and it takes me about 1 or 2 months, before I get back to it an spent another hour on the project. >>8: email validation utility to a bbs. >> >>Back in the day I recall we had a call back verifier to prevent multi >>accounts, but now with telnet. You don't really have that option. This >>would somewhat cut down on the dup accounts. (drawback: yes, it is easy >>to get email accounts). > > I think these already exist, I know of at least one although it might be > Synchronet only... a lot of Synchronet boards are running this in any > case. Don't know either, but I know I am working on one for my renegade board to go with the login routine. I just hate the default questions rg ask you and would like to make my own questions and just add the account on myself. .