Subj : Best Beginner Door Game(s To : Daryl Stout From : Rob Swindell Date : Tue Jul 20 2021 20:25:47 Re: Best Beginner Door Game(s By: Daryl Stout to Rob Swindell on Tue Jul 20 2021 07:19 am > Rob, > > RS> Trade Wars, or any other door for that matter, should never "have a > RS> fossil driver with it"; the system/sysop must provide a compatible > RS> FOSSIL driver. I'm not clear what you're trying to convey here. -- > > The way I understand it, if you don't have a fossil driver with it, > it can't be run under telnet Door games don't come with FOSSIL drivers. A door game can *use* a FOSSIL driver, but it would never come with one. > , unless: > > 1) You're running Synchronet with the DOSXTRN utility. DOSXTRN.EXE *is* a FOSSIL driver (for Win32). It's also a virtual UART driver. > 2) You use the Doorway program and a generic dropfile for the door. There are several ways in which a door game can send output to and accept input from a user (without relying on "the Doorway program") - FOSSIL is just one of them. > Since I'm running Synchronet, I can run fossil or non-fossil doors, > setting them up like a regular door. Correct, because Synchronet for Windows (not Linux) supports a virtual UART (COM port) within its virtual UART/FOSSIL driver (DOSXTRN.EXE). Since you're running Synchronet, you can also run TCP/socket doors, stdio doors, and DOS console (int21h/29h) doors. For details, see https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:door:index > When I ran Virtual Advanced, I > had to set up a generic dropfile and use the Doorway program, with > DOOR.SYS as the dropfile, if the door didn't support DORINFO1.DEF -- > the late Tim Cornett developed a VScript that'd convert the comport > to com0, and combined with Doorway, you could run it under Virtual > Advanced (VADV32). Okay. -- digital man Breaking Bad quote #7: Does the Pope shit in his hat? - Hank Norco, CA WX: 81.3øF, 39.0% humidity, 7 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) .