Subj : Re: Maximus for Linux?
To   : Charles Stephenson
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu May 28 2020 18:48:04

Charles Stephenson wrote to All:

CS> I've seen the Maximus source floating around. I'm not a programmer. I was 
CS> wondering if anyone compiled it under Linux, or if that source could be 
CS> compiled under linux?

I did build Maximus under linux shortly after the souece was released, I
think I did that around 2005. It did build at the time but it wasn't a
simple process and I'm not sure it will build easily today.

Maximus is a dial-up BBS package, there is no telnet or any internet servers
built into it. I was able to run Max following the instructions that came with
the source using inetd answering with telnet.. one node at a time. I never
worked out how to get it to answer a second time or get more than one node
going at a time but I think that is doable with a little (or a lot of) work.

Squish built fine. There was some visual glitch and I don't remember what it
was but it seemed to work as I remember it working under DOS and OS/2.         

It was not possible to use mex under linux. I forget if mex scripts wouldn't
compile or if they wouldn't run but mex was not working when I tried it. It's
possible that could be fixed if someone with the skills worked on the code but
I don't know if that has or will happen.
                                       
   

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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