Subj : Re: What Legacy Technology Is Still Relevant?
To   : alt.bbs, alt.bbs.doors
From : dperry
Date : Tue Dec 28 2004 09:44 pm

Lash Rambo wrote:
> I'm party to a BBS door restoration effort.  Part of my decision in
> restoring BBS doors is which legacy technology to continue
supporting, and
> which legacy technology I can safely ignore.  The less legacy tech I
have
> to support, the less there is to go wrong, and the easier it is to
> modernize the door.

> I'll start with a couple of techs I'm 99% certain aren't on the
radar.  Are
> either Desqview support or "snow checking" for ancient video cards
> important to you?

I can't say I ever found that useful when I was running on DOS.

> Getting a little more controversial, is 16-bit DOS support important
to
> you?  If not, is *any* DOS support important to you?  Would you be
just as
> happy if a door was a 32-bit Windows app, or perhaps even a Java app
> capable of running on Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.?

If you make a windows only version, then that means that I can't run
the door.  I run on linux.  If you have a dos version so I can run it
in dosemu, or a linux version, then I would be happy.  If you have to
chose a single platform, DOS may be the only one that everybody can
use.

> Now for the most controversial question: Is modem support important
to you?
> This is as opposed to telnet-only support.  My impression is that the
vast
> majority of BBSs these days are telnet-only, so serial com support
will not
> be missed.

Nope, I'm telnet-only.

Darryl Perry
Sysop of Cyberia BBS
telnet://cyberia.darktech.org
http://cyberia.darktech.org

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