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It's available on bbs.elwynor.com
(both the file archive and a live version up and running)

May Tashanna be with you :)

Any issues with elwynor?

foo ~ $ telnet bbs.elwynor.com
Trying 76.195.89.41...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

GaryW wrote: > Duckula wrote: > > What method are you using to accept inbound telnet connections? The > > Galacticomm ICO or another product such as MajorTCP/IP? > > I believe it is MajorTCP/IP. Trying to setup Major 6.25. How are you setting up the DOS BBS? Through a VM on your (windows) host? Thro...

Found that In WIN10 console, to register an ALT you need to press CTRL+ALT So CTRL+ALT+W for the Worldlink Scheduler. What's strange is that the tab shortcuts with CTRL+ALT works for all except (A)ccount, (E)mulate, (U)sers. TAB key works fine, so I can reach those tabs this way instead. There must ...

Anyone playing this game and wants to collaborate/share hints ?

I would post questions here, but some clues might be in the questions (spoilers) so privately might be best.

Cheers,

Works well on my side. Messed up with btrieve errors when moving WGSERV folder from my XP to WIN10 vm, but realized I need to run that btrieve registry hack first. Upgrade works normally. The console view was messed up, but I adjusted CMD window to 80 x 25 (heigh x width) Modules looks OK so far (el...

IMHO he's one of the early adopter of the concept of "networking" but with micro-computers.. And for sure, back then optimization was key to transition anything theoritical to practical. In his 1980 interview in BYTE magazine, he explains how he conceptualized a multiplayer game (flash att...

Another lost work restored, thank you for securing these bytes! Demo works fine so far on my VM. Strange world, no objects on the ground. A mud with no mobs, there must be something :D About "Zen Again": Do we know if parts of source/binaries still exists, like Worlds of Darkness? Or was i...

Code I have takes in ULONG.
Most likely Sean couldn't have expected such degree of XP'ing back in the day :)

"640k ought to be enough for anybody"
- Bill Gates 1981

DeusMachinae wrote: > Here you go > > https://controlc.com/869b5985 Interesting.. pretty similar to the snippet I do see, just case/wording different. There's also rules for 2nd level of promo in calcxp and calcxp2 (named GetExp here), but it's just an extra "if" I put some notes that refe...