Search found 21 matches

by enusbaum
Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:17 pm
Forum: Add-on Modules
Topic: QWK Module
Replies: 7
Views: 8027

Re: QWK Module

daniel_spain wrote: > any chance yoiu or rick got a source to major fido? could clean it up. Duckula wrote: > Unfortunately not, neither MajorFido or DBSMail - seems to be lost. I have a prototype linker (MBBSLink) that allows for updated code to be linked/patched into existing DLL files. The concep...
by enusbaum
Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: The Gamemaster BBS
Replies: 26
Views: 20786

Re: The Gamemaster BBS

Questman wrote: > Way to choose one item from a list and argue it, classic red herring argument. I'm > well aware of what DOSbox does. > > My point is this. Your work adds little to the community. If you have the talent > and ability and time, it would have been better served in a number of ways tha...
by enusbaum
Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:40 pm
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: The Gamemaster BBS
Replies: 26
Views: 20786

Re: The Gamemaster BBS

Questman wrote: > My point is that there's no conceptual difference running the modules in an > emulator or the software itself. Both for practical purposes execute the > code that represents the module. Seems to me the Emulator's main benefit > is getting around licensing, terms of service, and the...
by enusbaum
Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:20 pm
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: The Gamemaster BBS
Replies: 26
Views: 20786

Re: The Gamemaster BBS

daniel_spain wrote: > ok so that answers my main question. Sweet you need a valid reg, but who decides it > validity? The registration routine the Module has in place is run as is. The x86 assembly is executed on an emulated x86 i286 CPU core. BTURNO is treated just as a string that can be set in ap...
by enusbaum
Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:23 am
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: The Gamemaster BBS
Replies: 26
Views: 20786

Re: The Gamemaster BBS

daniel_spain wrote: Hey Dan -- I'll reply inline to a couple of the questions you posed :) > i see both points but in regards to licensing. this i see could be problematic. I'll > use MajorMud as an example. > So im running the emulator and hosting a majormud game, im actually in violation of > the ...
by enusbaum
Sun Aug 16, 2020 6:16 pm
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: The Gamemaster BBS
Replies: 26
Views: 20786

Re: The Gamemaster BBS

Questman wrote: > I mean, honestly Eric I don't see the purpose of the emulator. The baseline > works on all current platforms of Windows, it can be containerized with any > Windows-supporting container technology (although to dubious benefit), and > it has the benefit of running the modules alongsi...
by enusbaum
Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:34 pm
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: The Gamemaster BBS
Replies: 26
Views: 20786

Re: The Gamemaster BBS

Kracken wrote: > Nice, effectively in the spirit of process isolation 1 module 1 daemon/process > exposed to outside net. > The persistent storage layer, from my understanding is a local folder under some > emulated BTRIEVE DAT files if I'm not mistaken, or is it? > > I'm curious about the docker en...
by enusbaum
Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: The Gamemaster BBS
Replies: 26
Views: 20786

Re: The Gamemaster BBS

daniel_spain wrote: > Questman wrote: > > For DOS, it was really the only way. > > > > Now I'd spin out containers for each module and have them managed by > > kubernetes; the base system would be its own container and there'd be APIs > > that would allow for interprocess communication. Kafka would ...
by enusbaum
Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: Tele-Arena
Topic: Tele-Arena Platinum
Replies: 9
Views: 9222

Re: Tele-Arena Platinum

Hey Dan - I'd love to get a copy to test on the emulator if it's built for WG 2.

What compiler did you use? Might help us implement some missing opcodes if it's more modern than what most the other 16-bit modules were built on.

Thanks!!
by enusbaum
Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: Current Sysops - Telnet usage
Replies: 3
Views: 6768

Re: Current Sysops - Telnet usage

Wait, is the question here regarding how many boards are running PSTN lines vs. Telnet?? I'd wager that number is zero-point-zero. If you look on the Telnet BBS guide there are around 35 BBS's at the time of writing with Dial-Up. In fact, this seems to be a rising trend that boards are adding a sing...