Subj : Re: Major BBS 4ever
To   : bamageek
From : Ragnarok
Date : Mon May 18 2020 11:33:15

El 18/5/20 a las 10:58, bamageek escribió:
> Back in the day I was always been fascinated with the MajorBBS software.
> Being I was just gettign out on my own with my first job and everything I
> always considered the software too pricey and out of my league, so I stuck
> with my Virtual BBS/Virtual Advanced software until the internet made us
> Sysops obsolete. 
> The other day I discovered a pre-configured package of Major BBS called
> "mbbs4ever" so I downloaded it and set it up. I set it up on a seporate
> VirtualBox image and added a Telnet link to it from my Mystic BBS main menu. 
> Its really neat because it already has some of the teleconference games that
> I used to enjoy playing on MajorBBS configured.
> 
> Anyway, I'm trying to figure out how to "auto-start" the BBS package. It
> comes with a BBS "pif" file, which launches a batch file. I know how to add a
> file to the startup in Windows, but I'm not sure how to tell MajorBBS to
> start. Normally, you have to run the .pif file and then press "5" (or "F5")
> to actually start the BBS. I haven't found any good documentation yet that
> tells me so I'm wondering if there are any old MajorBBS gurus out there that
> may know/remember how to do this?
> 
> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)
>  * Origin: Dave's BBS (21:1/140)
> 
you can run with number meu parameter

start the bbs:

bbs 5

run hard config:

bbs 1


etc..
--- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
 * Origin: Dock Sud BBS - bbs.docksud.com.ar - Argentina (21:2/151)

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