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  • *** Installing Dos (Doors) games on my BBS ***

    From rmurray@21:1/235 to All on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 13:24:27
    Hello, I want to install Dos games (Doors) on my Mystic BBS, classic games. I am on Debian x64 and I have tried many procedures whitout succes. Could someone help me or send me in the right direction. It is certain that it must be done but how. I have not found a recipe that works. :(

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  • From Gamgee@21:2/138 to rmurray on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 14:56:00
    rmurray wrote to All <=-

    Hello, I want to install Dos games (Doors) on my Mystic BBS, classic games. I am on Debian x64 and I have tried many procedures whitout succes. Could someone help me or send me in the right direction. It
    is certain that it must be done but how. I have not found a recipe
    that works. :(

    You'll need to use 'dosemu' (which is not the same as 'dosbox').



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  • From ogg@21:2/147 to Gamgee on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 15:06:46
    rmurray wrote to All <=-

    Hello, I want to install Dos games (Doors) on my Mystic BBS, classic games. I am on Debian x64 and I have tried many procedures whitout succes. Could someone help me or send me in the right direction. It is certain that it must be done but how. I have not found a recipe that works. :(

    You'll need to use 'dosemu' (which is not the same as 'dosbox').


    I've had this link saved but never used it. Let me know how it works out. https://www.arcadiabbs.com/ubuntu-20-04-64-bit-dosemu-setup/

    ogg
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  • From rmurray@21:1/235 to ogg on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 18:49:45
    Thanks, I will do some testing and check if it could work. The recipe is not made specifically for my system but could perhaps work.


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  • From rmurray@21:1/235 to Gamgee on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 18:55:26
    Yes indeed that is also an option. But for two months I have spent so much time and tried so many things that I no longer know what could of could not work.....

    For 98% of the things I find it doesn't exist anymore. The link is dead or it's not supported anymore or it doesn't work with my OS... :(


    SysOp rmurray --- "VA2RFC BBS" --- Les M‚chins, Qu‚bec Canada
    Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Debian 12/x64) Telnet va2rfcbbs.photorm.net:23

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    * Origin: VA2RFC BBS (21:1/235)
  • From Gamgee@21:2/138 to rmurray on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 20:21:00
    rmurray wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Yes indeed that is also an option. But for two months I have spent so much time and tried so many things that I no longer know what could of could not work.....

    Well, it's not really "also an option". It's the only way that works. Somebody else replied to me with a link to how to configure it. The web
    has plenty of other guides/examples on how to do it, not really that difficult.

    For 98% of the things I find it doesn't exist anymore. The link is
    dead or it's not supported anymore or it doesn't work with my OS... :(

    Not sure what that means, but if you want things to work you'll need to
    set up dosemu. Focus on that and get it done.



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  • From Gamgee@21:2/138 to ogg on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 20:23:00
    ogg wrote to Gamgee <=-

    rmurray wrote to All <=-

    Hello, I want to install Dos games (Doors) on my Mystic BBS, classic games. I am on Debian x64 and I have tried many procedures whitout succes. Could someone help me or send me in the right direction. It is certain that it must be done but how. I have not found a recipe that works. :(

    You'll need to use 'dosemu' (which is not the same as 'dosbox').

    I've had this link saved but never used it. Let me know how it works
    out. https://www.arcadiabbs.com/ubuntu-20-04-64-bit-dosemu-setup/

    Well, I'm not the one who needs help, but hopefully the other guy sees
    your post.



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  • From J0hnny A1pha@21:4/158 to Ogg on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 03:59:34
    BY: ogg (21:2/147)
    On Tuesday,July 30, 2024 at 02:06 PM, Ogg (21:2/147) wrote:

    You'll need to use 'dosemu' (which is not the same as 'dosbox').


    I've had this link saved but never used it. Let me know how it works
    out.
    https://www.arcadiabbs.com/ubuntu-20-04-64-bit-dosemu-setup/


    I use that link all the time when setting up a new system! Since you can't apt install dosemu on most recent version(s) of Ubuntu, the link to the .deb file (dpkg -i) and then the linux command for repauring a broken package usually fixes it right up.

    I'd also consider dosemu2, which is actively supported, but a bit more fiddly to setup.

    -jA



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