DoorRoot BBS Door Library for PowerBasic (1998) - registration?
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robbiew · 2023-05-23 16:09

OK, I've got an unhealthy obsession with DOS-based BBS door
development/creation software from the 90's... And I was messing
around with a variety of the programming libraries from the [BBS
Archive's](http://archives.thebbs.org/ra134a.htm) collection of door
kits (and working on Part II of [this
article](https://retroshed.us/bbs-door-dev-1/) as well) when I came
across **DoorRoot** from **SaltySoft Software**.

It's written in PowerBasic, which caught my eye, and fairly well
documented compared to other (mostly Pascal) kits out there. From the
example program to handling of status bars, dropfile variables, ANSI,
menus, etc.

However, it needs a $10 registration in order to remove the nag screen
after a door created with it runs. The instructions are vague, but
sounds like some code from the author needs to be dropped into one of
the source files to make the nag go away.

Does anyone know if the author, David Kiesling, is around? Looks
California-based, Crescent City, at the time.  I'd gladly pay the $10,
just for historical purposes! Looks like it was used in TriBBS
circles, and "Freejack's Place" HQ BBS was mentioned in the docs. Any
help appreciated...

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CopperThumb · 2023-05-23 19:46

What about connecting with the current owner of TriBBS? Marc Brooks.