Subj : Re: BBSRace problem.
To   : Fzf
From : Cozmo
Date : Thu Feb 02 2023 22:13:59

 Fz> When you are running it in DosBox, is this the same executable file
 Fz> which was patched to remove the Runtime error 200?  When a Turbo Pascal
 Fz> executable gets the CRT patch but is run on a machine which does not
 Fz> need it (such as a DOSBox virtual machine) the TP Delay() function
 Fz> becomes useless.  Any function which depends on the Delay() loop will
 Fz> seem to run in slow motion.  For example, a Delay() call intended to
 Fz> wait for 200 milliseconds might end up actually delaying anywhere from
 Fz> 10 seconds to 2 minutes.  The end result is a super slow program or one
 Fz> that appears to have locked up. --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32

That was it! Runs perfect using the original .exe file.
I learned something new today. Thank You! I didn't realize that I could use the unpatched file in DosBox. I was baffled!

Thanks again!

|02-=|10Cozmo|02=-

.... That's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
 * Origin: Lunatics Unleashed (21:3/135)

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