Subj : Re: ArcaOS
To   : esc
From : fusion
Date : Sat Aug 06 2022 19:27:00

On 06 Aug 2022, esc said the following...
 
 es> Interesting - one of the things I'm trying to figure out is how to have
 es> ArcaOS serve as a door game server. The missing piece for me is how to
 es> get it to listen for rlogin attempts and to do the auto-door-launch
 es> thing. If you have ideas here, I'm all ears :)

if you're a savvy programmer (or know one) there's sample code for a fossil
to named pipe bridge on hobbes (filename FossDummy_0-1.zip) .. this gets you only the dos side so you'd need to write a rlogin server to both generate dropfiles and service the other side of the named pipes the doors talk to.

bright side of that is all of the serial i/o is fake without SIO and virtual com ports. downside is comport-only doors won't work (though you could emulate that stuff too the same way fossil is emulated in the example)

this is essentially how netfos on win32 works..

.... A book in the hand is worth two on the shelf!

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