Is there any reason to run these instead of the 16 bit counterparts? Other than maybe with a 64 bit OS? I've been considering running them for a while, but haven't tried yet or heard from anyone who is. If they're more stable,
or whatever it might be worth it... Let me know if anyone has tried the NT versions of these. I'd guess they wouldnt' require a fossil and would use door32.sys, but I don't know.

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Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games...
By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Thu Feb 08 2024 11:12 pm

Is there any reason to run these instead of the 16 bit counterparts?

They're generally more stable and often faster (depending on the environment/emulation required to run 16-bit DOS doors on whatever platform your BBS is running). Also, since BBSes these days use TCP sockets to communicate with their users and many/most 32-bit DOS doors directly support socket I/O, that makes the entire communication path much simpler and easier to setup/support.
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* In a message originally to Martin Kazmaier, Rob Swindell said:

Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games... By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Thu Feb 08
2024 11:12 pm

Is there any reason to run these instead of the 16 bit counterparts?

They're generally more stable and often faster (depending on the environment/emulation required to run 16-bit DOS doors on whatever
platform your BBS is running). Also, since BBSes these days use TCP
sockets to communicate with their users and many/most 32-bit DOS doors directly support socket I/O, that makes the entire communication path much simpler and easier to setup/support. -- digital man (rob)

Ok, this will give me something to do. I will report results shortly.

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Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games...
By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Thu Feb 08 2024 11:12 pm

Is there any reason to run these instead of the 16 bit counterparts?

They're generally more stable and often faster (depending on the environment/emulation required to run 16-bit DOS doors on whatever platform your BBS is running). Also, since BBSes these days use TCP sockets to communicate with their users and many/most 32-bit DOS doors directly support socket I/O, that makes the entire communication path much simpler and easier to setup/support. -- digital man (rob)

The more important question is has anyone gotten this to work? I can't.
It's ignoring all command line options.

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Rob Swindell on Sat Feb 10 2024 08:30 pm

Is there any reason to run these instead of the 16 bit counterparts?

They're generally more stable and often faster (depending on the environment/emulation required to run 16-bit DOS doors on whatever platform your BBS is running). Also, since BBSes these days use TCP sockets to communicate with their users and many/most 32-bit DOS doors directly support socket I/O, that makes the entire communication path much simpler and easier to setup/support. -- digital man (rob)

The more important question is has anyone gotten this to work? I can't. It's ignoring all command line options.

what doorgames?
you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

* In a message originally to Martin Kazmaier, Jas Hud said:

To: Martin Kazmaier Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games... By: Martin Kazmaier
to Rob Swindell on Sat Feb 10 2024 08:30 pm

Is there any reason to run these instead of the 16 bit

counterparts?

They're generally more stable and often faster (depending on the environment/emulation required to run 16-bit DOS doors on whatever platform your BBS is running). Also, since BBSes these days use

TCP

sockets to communicate with their users and many/most 32-bit DOS

doors

directly support socket I/O, that makes the entire communication

path

much simpler and easier to setup/support. -- digital man (rob)

The more important question is has anyone gotten this to work? I

can't.

It's ignoring all command line options.

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

The 32 bit NT versions of GAC FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Sun Feb 11 2024 03:35 pm

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

The 32 bit NT versions of GAC FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games... By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Sun Feb
11 2024 03:35 pm

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

The 32 bit NT versions of GAC FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes, I told you exactly what door games. The 32 bit versions of GAC
FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!, which are IBBS games. They are indeed the GAC/Vagabond door games. There are 32 bit versions included in the archives:

gacbj230.zip, gacfc130.zip and gacwh130.zip

I can't get them to work, only the 16 bit versions. None of them pay any attention to command line options and have to be ran as is in the dropfile directory, so I can't send the -handle followed by the handle command line option to the gac_bj32.exe (or replace bj with fc or wh) program
executables... Has anyone been able to get these to work?

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games... By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Sun Feb
11 2024 03:35 pm

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

The 32 bit NT versions of GAC FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

vbsoft.dhakota.org is resolving, but not answering. I tried http:// as well.
I was hoping to find some answers there.

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Mon Feb 12 2024 09:42 am

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes, I told you exactly what door games. The 32 bit versions of GAC FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!, which are IBBS games. They are indeed the GAC/Vagabond door games. There are 32 bit versions included in the archives:

gacbj230.zip, gacfc130.zip and gacwh130.zip

I can't get them to work, only the 16 bit versions. None of them pay any attention to command line options and have to be ran as is in the dropfile directory, so I can't send the -handle followed by the handle command line option to the gac_bj32.exe (or replace bj with fc or wh) program executables... Has anyone been able to get these to work?

they are pretty shitty old games, and i'm not sure they run correctly in
32bit in the telnet age. you can talk to deuce and see if he ever messed with them.

i have however ran other opendoors doorgames. maybe the tourney trivia command lines would work for you.

--BEGIN--
EleBBS:
------
Assuming c:\doors\DOORGAME is your DOORGAME directory, and c:\ele is
your EleBBS directory, use a command line of:

c:\doors\DOORGAME\DOORGAME32.exe -n *N -d c:\ele\NODE*N\door32.sys -socket *W

In order for this door to work properly, you may need to lower the value for
Modem >> Telnet >> Start Node# in ELCONFIG, since this door does not support
node numbers higher than 99.

WINDOWS 95/98/ME: Do *NOT* use a batch file to call this door. Doing so
will not work on these operating systems. The door switches to its own
directory upon start-up anyway; thus there is no need for a batch file!

To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Mon Feb 12 2024 11:34 am

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

The 32 bit NT versions of GAC FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

vbsoft.dhakota.org is resolving, but not answering. I tried http:// as well.
I was hoping to find some answers there.

Yeah he's done with bbsing. don't try to contact him, please.

To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: 32Bit GAC IBBS Games... By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Mon Feb
12 2024 09:42 am

what doorgames? you mean GAC\vagabond software games?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes, I told you exactly what door games. The 32 bit versions of GAC FreeCell, BlackJack and Wahoo!, which are IBBS games. They are indeed

the

GAC/Vagabond door games. There are 32 bit versions included in the archives:

gacbj230.zip, gacfc130.zip and gacwh130.zip

I can't get them to work, only the 16 bit versions. None of them pay

any

attention to command line options and have to be ran as is in the

dropfile

directory, so I can't send the -handle followed by the handle command

line

option to the gac_bj32.exe (or replace bj with fc or wh) program executables... Has anyone been able to get these to work?

they are pretty shitty old games, and i'm not sure they run correctly in 32bit in the telnet age. you can talk to deuce and see if he ever messed with them.

i have however ran other opendoors doorgames. maybe the tourney trivia command lines would work for you.

--BEGIN-- EleBBS: ------ Assuming c:\doors\DOORGAME is your DOORGAME directory, and c:\ele is your EleBBS directory, use a command
line of:

c:\doors\DOORGAME\DOORGAME32.exe -n *N -d c:\ele\NODE*N\door32.sys
-socket *W

In order for this door to work properly, you may need to lower the value for
Modem >> Telnet Start Node# in ELCONFIG, since this door does not
support node numbers higher than 99.

WINDOWS 95/98/ME: Do *NOT* use a batch file to call this door. Doing
so will not work on these operating systems. The door switches
to its own directory upon start-up anyway; thus there is no need
for a batch file!

I get unable to access serial port. I'm using -handle *W (as the gac docs
say) and -c pointing to the config file. -socket *W gave me the same error.

Thanks much, man! Has anyone been able to get these working? I'll stick
with 16 bit, but I like as many 32 bit doors as possible...

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