Subj : Renegade v1.35 on OS/2 - SOLVED!
To   : All
From : j0hnny a1pha
Date : Sat Jun 07 2025 01:51 am

Just thought I'd share. Maybe there are some other OS/2 nerds out there?

About 2 years ago, I posted on Reddit that the latest versions of Renegade BBS didn't work on OS/2, modem connections are instly dropped. I didn't expect a fix, because, who runs an OS/2 BBS?

OK, i do. And there were a couple others in the subreddit who had encountered the same issue, as well as a dude on a retro computing YouTube channel.

So today, I was like -- I'm going to try and fix this!

Not rocket science TBH, I just tested every version since Y2Ka2, and sure enough, that was the last version of Renegade that really worked under OS/2 and SIO's virtual modem.

Source comparison showed a couple differences in the WFCMENU.PAS, but this is the 1-line thing that allowed it to connect... In this section of the code:

BEGIN
  DIR(FALSE);
  Done:=True;
  Com_Send_Str(Liner.Hangup);
  Delay(100); // I added this based on Yk2a2 source
  Com_Flush_Recv;
END

Compiled RENEGADE.PAS and replaced the OVR and EXE with the new one...
And it worked!
Not sure if this impacts anything else...

Cheers...

jA

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