Hello everybody.
Any one compiled a version of Maximus to run under WIN7?
I have successfully compiled Maximus under Windows XP.
I comprehensively updated the "MaximusSourceDoc.doc" build instructions back in
2008 but have not committed the new version to sourceforge. You can get the documentation here: "
http://users.tpg.com.au/mdsl/tmp/MaximusSourceDoc.doc". It
details everything you need.
Building the Maximus DOS, OS/2 and Win32 binaries require proprietary libraries. I have prepared a "redistributable" archive that contains everything
required to build Maximus on Windows (2.63 gigabytes). Let me know if you want it ("
mvanle@users.sourceforge.net").
I am sure it will compile successfully under WIN7.
I made some minor modifications to 3.02 eg, changed logfile time & date format to include the year, version numbers to 3.02.1 etc but have not gone further due to lack of C programming skills. A guy named Bo Simonsen said it took him 6
months to get his head around the SLIBs (main Maximus libraries). I suppose I could put more time & effort into developing Maximus but I have more profitable
things to do atm.
Maximus was made to run under DOS and OS/2. I recommend running anything related to a BBS under Windows XP because everything works well in its NTVDM (doors, games, telnet servers, virtual modems etc).
I might be forced to abandon my Linux BBS box due to
old age and lack of funds
to replace it ...
Ran Maximus before and liked it ...
Maximus is the best BBS software in the world !
--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Top Hat 2 BBS (1:343/41)