Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:26:29 -0400
From: GREG YOUNGBLOOD
To: HECTOR SANTOS
Subject: Winserver & Doors
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Hello Hector

You asked a while back that if I found any information on MS and doors
here is one reply, I'm waiting on a reply from Steve Winns & Rob
Swindell also.


Here is one:

Synchronet was coded with some special drivers
to support DOSEMU, and uses a "socket handle" passed on the door's
command line to support DOSBOX (not sure of the exact nature of the
"socket handle", if it's a Fossil thing or OS thing).

So the question would be, does WINServer include support for socket
handles?

If so, something to get you started would be at
http://dosbox.bbsdev.net.

If not, you may have to rely on a totally inelegant solution such as
setting up an external door server, or go for the simplest solution of
running your BBS in a VM such as VirtualBox.

Hopefully somebody will have a better and more specific answer for
you. In any case, hope this helps.

I will pass on what ever info I receive being I would like to be able to
still have doors on newer 32 bit OS after WinXP & Win2003 are no
longer supported by Microsoft and that date is coming up very fast.

Thanks

Greg Youngblood







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