Subj : Running DOS door games in Linux
To   : George Burdell
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Oct 06 2021 17:30:08

  Re: Running DOS door games in Linux
  By: George Burdell to All on Wed Oct 06 2021 03:52 pm

 > Hello all!
 >
 > new Synchronet sysop here. Just getting back into running a BBS.
 >
 > I'm thinking of running Synchronet in Linux and using DOSEMU to run old DOS
 > doors like LORD, TW2002, BRE, etc.
 >
 > I looked at the Synchronet wiki for setting up doors in Linux, but it's a
 > bit confusing.
 >
 > Anybody successfully set up doors in Linux (RH, Ubuntu, etc.) willing to
 > share how they did it, (example: LoRD) would be appreciated. Like a screen
 > shot of the SCFG and maybe any batch files used.

Firstly, a JavaScript port of LORD is included with Synchronet - no DOSEMU needed for that one.

Secondly, running DOS doors on Linux isn't too hard once you have DOSemu setup:
https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu

And yes, a lot of Synchronet sysops have done so successfully. There's usualy nothing special for the configuration (same for Linux/DOSEMU or Windows) and you could even use the automated external program setup scripts/.ini files included with Synchronet to do so.
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