Running an old door for RemoteAccess BBS that I wrote a long time ago
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Thaurin · 2019-10-23 08:37

Hello! I wrote a fun little door for RemoteAccess BBS called Pinboard
almost 30 years ago. It was written with Remote Access Door Unit
(RADU) using Turbo Pascal 6.0. Unfortunately, I lost the (badly
written) source code, but I did salvage the ZIP file that I had
distributed.

What would be the best way to try and see if I can still get this to
run? Are there still RemoteAccess BBS's running, or should I try to
set one up in a virtual machine running DOS, or use FreeDOS? Any
suggestions?

Thanks for any ideas. It would be fun to see again what little me made
back then.

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PraiseBobSlackOff · 2019-10-23 09:06

If you're not concerned with opening the board up for public, you
might be able to do this with DOSBOX.

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Thaurin · 2019-10-23 09:08

Hmmm, I do think it had a local mode. I think I even ran the door on
boot for fun. Hopefully it won't be too difficult to set up.

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spentmiles · 2019-10-23 14:42

Ah man Turbo Pascal 6.  That brings back memories.  Do you know if you
can still run it, and if so, where you might find a copy?

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Thaurin · 2019-10-23 15:30

You mean of Turbo Pascal? I have no idea where to get a copy, but you
could try Abandonware sites. It should still run on a copy of DOS, I
suppose!

Funnily enough, I found a copy of the archive of my door on some BBS
archive site that had file listings and immediately made multiple
copies for myself. It's amazing what you can still find on the web!