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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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!!
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!!
- 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...