Subj : src/sbbs3/sbbsdefs.h src/sbbs3/scfg/scfgxtrn.c src/sbbs3/xtrn_sec.cpp
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Oct 16 2024 13:13:16

  Re: src/sbbs3/sbbsdefs.h src/sbbs3/scfg/scfgxtrn.c src/sbbs3/xtrn_sec.cpp
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Wed Oct 16 2024 12:08 pm

 >   Re: src/sbbs3/sbbsdefs.h src/sbbs3/scfg/scfgxtrn.c src/sbbs3/xtrn_sec.cpp
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Tue Oct 15 2024 05:55 pm
 >
 >  >> I have Thunder Cat v3.30 installed on my BBS, and it runs with the
 > 52-line
 >  >> DOOR.SYS.  I updated Synchronet on my system and changed the option to
 > the
 >  >> 31-line DOOR.SYS, but Thunder Cat didn't run.  I haven't looked into the
 >  >> error yet, but I reverted back to the 52-line DOOR.SYS and it runs
 >  >> successfully.  I'm running the door on dosemu2 on Linux, and I believe
 >  >> Rixter (who said he was seeing this issue) may be running Win32 - though
 >  >> for this issue, I wouldn't think that would make a difference.
 >
 >  DM> Interesting. The problem that Rixter reported was with line 42 (Time
 >  DM> credit, in minutes). So it's possible the user account(s) he tested
 >  DM> with had banked minutes, but your user does not.
 >
 >  DM> Bummer than the 31-line version doesn't work. That is surprising since
 >  DM> that is the original length of the GAP DOOR.SYS file. I wonder if
 >  DM> adding 21 blank lines would resolve that problem.
 >
 > I looked into this more, and the door was giving an error value of 62 with
 > the 31-line door.sys.  I tried adding 21 blank lines to that door.sys and
 > manually running the door, and it didn't report that error anymore - it just
 > said it was unable to initialize the COM port - maybe because I was running
 > it manually within dosemu rather than running it as a user on my BBS.

Thank you for that experiment and report. I think it's likely safe to add extra blank lines to pretty much any text-based drop file, so I'll go ahead and do that for the 31-line door.sys file in SBBS. The work-arounds for 30 year old abandonware continue!
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