[HELP] BBS Configuration reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mjohnson90 · 2018-11-16 15:03 Hi All, ​ So i help run a fairly large IRC network, that used to run it's own BBS about 10 year ago. I'd love to get another one going for the community, with things like LORD, and Usurper. ​ I've spent quite a lot of time over the last few days playing with different BBS systems like Synchronet, Mystic, and Enigma, but i can't seem to get the doors games to load. ​ On windows, the issues seem to be around newer versions not being able to support/run the old 16bit games. ​ And on linux i can't find a good enough document/tutorial that fully explains how to setup dosemu. ​ I'm a linux sysadmin, so linux would probably be my preferred OS, but if a windows VM or something would run better i'm happy to use that - same goes with BBS software. ​ Just looking for some advice, i see there's still a lot of sysops on here that run their own BBS's just wondering if i could pick someones brains? ​ Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nolageek · 2018-11-16 16:55 You have to be running a 32bit OS if you want to run any 16bit door games. A very good option is to use a door server like [Door Party](http://wiki.throwbackbbs.com/doku.php) or [BBSLink](https://bbslink.net/) and just connect to their games. That way the games are active and you wont have to install or maintain them, other than download the client package for your software type and either just connection to their main menu, or configuring each door as a remote connection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patient-Tech · 2018-11-16 17:39 Go full retro and run a headless dosbox instance. There was a link floating around of a premade script to get you going. I did it all by hand and experimentation. Took forever but learned a lot and it was fun. dtbbs.ignorelist.com:31337 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mjohnson90 · 2018-11-16 18:02 I've just tried: [https://www.gamesrv.ca/](https://www.gamesrv.ca/) which is actually perfect for what i want, but it doesn't allow SSH connections :( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patient-Tech · 2018-11-16 18:39 Not sure if that’s the route you want to go. Every bbs is usually a Telnet connection. Besides, I’m not sure any terminal that supports ANSI also does ANSI graphics over ssh. Not saying it can’t be done, but I don’t recall seeing that happen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -CatX- · 2018-11-16 19:01 SyncTERM supports full ANSI in both Telnet and SSH modes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cloverskull · 2018-11-16 19:12 Dosbox doesn't have share.exe, right? So single node only? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patient-Tech · 2018-11-16 19:54 Something like Synchronet that was built from the ground up the past few years supports it, but how would you plug a retro system built to use a modem and forward it into SSH? I guess it depends if you’re trying to keep it nostalgic or not? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mjohnson90 · 2018-11-16 20:08 I guess a little nostaliga yes, but its the actual games i'm interested in for a community rather than communication etc, we have IRC and stuff for talking, but having somewhere we can compete against, using Usurper etc would be awesome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- electronicchicken · 2018-11-16 22:29 You may want to get onto a system that carries DoveNet (virtually any Synchronet BBS) and ask about dosemu setup there, perhaps in the Synchronet Discussion area. The two can be made to work together. Perhaps someone who's set it up recently can give some tips. [This page](http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu) hasn't seen an update in five years, but may be a good starting point. I haven't attempted it in at least as long. nolageek's point about door servers is also worth exploring. I have a hypothetical idea of how to put SSH in front of GameSrv, but I'd have to test it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DaiTengu · 2018-11-17 00:28 I, too, am a Linux Sysadmin. I run a Synchronet BBS ([War Ensemble BBS](http://warensemble.com)) under CentOS 7 and have DOS doors set up. It's pretty easy. Start here: [http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix?s\[\]=linux](http://w iki.synchro.net/install:nix?s[]=linux) for building Synchronet on Linux. How to set up DOS Doors here: [http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu?s\ [\]=linux](http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu?s[]=linux) It doesn't matter if you're running 32 or 64-bit Linux either, since DOSEMU is an emulator, and emulates the hardware. I also have a landline (it's currently offline, need to find the time to look into why), and I use SEXPOTS (Part of synchronet) to forward phonecalls from my local linux machine to the BBS via Telnet. You can use mgetty to do the same as well, but I haven't messed with that yet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mjohnson90 · 2018-11-17 11:53 This sounds like it is exactly what I need!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- doctorroberthume · 2018-11-17 12:50 Screw DOS. Do it in OS/2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dekar24k · 2018-11-26 20:14 I remember using DesqView for multi-noding back in the early 90s. Should still work fine with DOSbox. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- btsierra · 2019-03-15 22:01 So I was looking for information about roughly the same thing - I'm setting up Synchronet on a 64-bit system, which means no 16-bit doors. I stumbled upon https://github.com/otya128/winevdm which I'm going to be trying out, we'll see how it goes!