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So, I know I'm digging up and old thread... but, I thought an update might be in store.

I've actually begun work on this. Right now it has the inauspicious name of "mbbsclone". Yeah, truly amazing. Here's some of the stuff currently in the works:

* c++ core, designed to handle multi-core/cpu ...

There is no 16 bit support in Vista.
If I recall correctly, almost all of the WG/MBBS systems were 16-bit PE.
MAYBE 3.2+... but that's a gamble. Even then, I think the modules still used 16 bit addressing. This is a prime example of why WG needs to be rewritten with a modern compiler, and using ...

Well, like I said...it would likely be a "module". In this case, the "module" would hook via either a TCP or UNIX port on the remote/local system (respectively) and have a WG 3.2 "basic" interface or advanced interface similar to the ansi one we all know in love. On the flipside, I was thinking of ...

Trust me I know what you mean...I used to oper #php on EFNet. What was the most common question? How can I make a web-game in PHP? God knows, that's the most important thing. *sigh* Obviously, I quit helping there. I moved on, but I figure trying something is worth a shot, ya know..just to slow them ...

While I agree with most of what you say Quest, I think your bias is showing quite a bit. Java does indeed have excellent OO methods, but so does properly used c++. As far as speed goes, c is still king (aside from ASM...but...that's not even a fair comparison to any language really), followed by c ...

Well...there's a small flaw with that...
I've seen the exact same posts, from the exact same names on other boards. I already read the other post. Besides some frustration with it, there wasn't a real cure for the problem mentioned. If we could weed out even 25% of them (assuming that at least 25 ...

So...here's a thought...but...require manual validation before anyone can post to the General Discussion forum. The bots are simply using the first forum they can access. That, or put in a forum that people in a slightly upgraded group can't see, and set that forum to show up first. Then, have it ...

If you're talking about standard SMTP access (with the re-routing idea) then it won't make any difference. If your ISP is blocking the port it's either doing at the hub/switch (theirs), or using the DOCSIS capabilities of your cable modem, or DSL modem. I would suggest looking at the following links ...

A little update to all this...

I got WG 2.00 running in Dosbox, but without any telnet/dialup.
I wager that if I had a working standard modem, it would work quite well.
Some things that I did do:
Bumped the memory from 16 to 64
Increased cycles to 10000 (2ghz system)

Everything seemed to be ...

So here's my idea...I'd like to (and have for some time) write a Worldgroup/MajorBBS compatible BBS software. Mind you, certain things would be stripped from the baseline...such as PPP/Modem, C/S, File Libraries, GUI frontend, Web/Mail (basically of the ICO), and Teleconference.

However, they ...

Has anyone attempted to compile the WG server against WINE on a *NIX platform? I'm somewhat interested to see if it's possible. If so, porting over the server (and relatively recent updates to it) to the platform should be relatively simple. Once you can get it working against wine libs, making a ...

I hate to say this, and please don't take it as a personal attack or flame in any way, but this sounds like a horrible idea. Now, I am a C++ person myself...but that's beside the point.

Let's take a look at the reasons why, while this is perfect for a small hobby system or personal use, it won't be ...

I guess I'll go ahead and do my thing here, as well. :)
First, thank you very much Rick. I was actually really surprised the registration thing was fixed that fast. Much kudos.

Where to start?
Let's see...
Hi, my name is Elden and I'm a BBSaholic.
Uhm...fast basic stuff. I got my first (8086) PC in ...