Subj : Re: Maximus for Linux?
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Charles Stephenson
Date : Wed Jun 10 2020 01:39 am

  Re: Re: Maximus for Linux?
  By: Alan Ianson to Charles Stephenson on Thu May 28 2020 06:48 pm

 AI> Maximus is a dial-up BBS package, there is no telnet or any internet
 AI> servers built into it. I was able to run Max following the instructions
 AI> that came with the source using inetd answering with telnet.. one node at
 AI> a time. I never worked out how to get it to answer a second time or get
 AI> more than one node going at a time but I think that is doable with a
 AI> little (or a lot of) work. 

I had an idea to run maximus as a door, I think there was something like that built into the old program. Would have been nice.

 AI> It was not possible to use mex under linux. I forget if mex scripts
 AI> wouldn't compile or if they wouldn't run but mex was not working when I
 AI> tried it. It's possible that could be fixed if someone with the skills
 AI> worked on the code but I don't know if that has or will happen.

It would be sad to see such a wonderful and inovative program at the time. It was so simple and awesome at the same time. :(
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