Text 475, 43 rader
Skriven 2007-04-06 16:48:58 av Ryan de Laplante (1:229/1394.0)
    Kommentar till text 474 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
Ärende: Maximus on Solaris 10
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 RT> Never run Solaris, so I cannot comment, but I have 
 RT> gotten DOS doors to run 
 RT> using DOSEMU in the past, When I updated my Linux 
 RT> Distro (Slackware) DOSEMU 
 RT> was no longer officially supported, and I never got around to getting the 

Can you tell me a bit more about how it worked? Many years ago I read that you
don't need to run a fossil driver because there is something built in.  Doors
think they are talking to a fossil driver, and outside of DOS emu the linux bbs
package is somehow able to let DOS emu take over the socket until the door
exits.   I'd like to understand more about how a door running in DOSEMU will
work.

 RT> source and compiling myself, I run MBSE BBS, which is a 
 RT> full featured Linux 
 RT> native BBS package.

I've been using Maximus since 1993 or so and keep my board running for
nostalgic purposes.  If I were to switch it to an other package then to me it
would not be the same board.  Maximus is being developed for Linux, though I'm
not sure if they will support running DOS doors from DOSEMU.  I'm hoping based
on your description of how DOSEMU interfaces with a linux bbs, the maximus
developers will see that it is (hopefully) simple to enhance max to support it.
IMO, the bbs package won't be complete until then.

 RT> However I have ordered a copy of the current Open 
 RT> Solaris to have a look at, 
 RT> but from the sound of things hardware support is not 
 RT> that great ... , will see 
 RT> when it gets here ...

That's right hardware support isn't that great yet because it has only been a
few years since x86 support was introduced.  If you're still waiting for your
CD, I think the demand for the free cds was so big that they ran out and had to
order more. 


Thanks,
Ryan

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