Subj : Lazy Saturday
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nick Boel
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 17:49:29

Hey poindexter!

On 08.03.25 at 18:15:36, you wrote:

 pF> I've got an empty house this morning, time to putz around on the BBS.
 pF> Read a QWK packet, upgraded my binaries to the newest version, removed a
 pF> dead network from my configs, zip up log files, and set up a new Windows
 pF> 11 guest VM to host the BBS. I'm currently running in Windows 10 32-bit,
 pF> but I don't have any dependencies on DOS that I can't run in DOSBOX. No
 pF> one plays my local games anymore, that was a big part of my DOS
 pF> footprint.

I've also gotten rid of most local door games, besides some javascript ones that work without dosemu. Ever since game servers came about, and with the lack of tons of users calling around playing everyone's local door games, it just made more sense to link to the servers where there's always players in each game.

 pF> I found Tiny11, interested in trying it out. I ran the BBS on TinyXP for
 pF> years, liked the smaller footprint - and I don't need all of the features
 pF> of Windows 11 on what's essentially a BBS server.

You don't need Windows at all for a BBS server. ;)

 pF> I should bite the bullet and move the BBS to Linux - then I could host it
 pF> on a smaller VM, on a VPS, or most anywhere. I just don't want to go
 pF> through the hassle of changing paths everywhere. I have a couple of days
 pF> coming up with an empty house, that might be a good time to switch.

Now you're on the right track! I doubt paths would be that much of a hassle. You could just manually edit all of the .ini files now and do a search and replace. More than likely, it would be any (which could be a lot) batch files you've made over the years that would need to be converted.

Either way, definitely something you could slowly work on when bored and while your BBS is still running elsewhere.

Regards,
Nick

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