• Buccaneer door game

    From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to All on Monday, March 04, 2024 16:52:54
    Those who follow reddit r/bbs may have seen this post:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/1b626zo/curious_if_anyone_remember_my_fathers_door_game/

    The post is by 'graffd03', the son of Alan Graff who was a sysop in Ohio and author of BBS door game Buccaneer. graffd03 asked if anybody remembers his father's game and got several responses from people who played it, and who are playing it now.

    Buccaneer v2.10 can be found in BUCK210.ZIP, available in BBS archives so it may already be on your BBS. ;)

    The registration key generator has been lost, but fortunately it was not too difficult to create a keygen. Source for keygen can be found in the reddit thread, or BUCKKEY.ZIP has been uploaded to my BBS and 20forbeers.com:1337. I also have Buccaneer on the Door Games menu of my BBS, Another Millennium, another.tel if you want to take a look. (pretty smooth shameless plug, amirite?)

    The reddit thread is quite touching, it's nice to see the connection to this game and the legacy.


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  • From Kurisu@21:3/122 to AKAcastor on Monday, March 04, 2024 20:06:07
    I just saw this thread on Reddit but didn't, well, read it yet. I'll have to make time to check it out tomorrow on lunch. Sadly I know nothing of the game but now's a great time to learn about it!

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to AKAcastor on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 10:24:58
    I seem to recall a couple of the boards here in Huntsville running it back in the time before. I'm wanting to say that it was similar to Yankee Trader and Trade Wars, just not in a space setting.

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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to AKAcastor on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 15:56:29

    The registration key generator has been lost, but fortunately it was not too difficult to create a keygen. Source for keygen can be found in the reddit thread, or BUCKKEY.ZIP has been uploaded to my BBS and 20forbeers.com:1337. I also have Buccaneer on the Door Games menu of my BBS, Another Millennium, another.tel if you want to take a look. (pretty smooth shameless plug, amirite?)


    Sorry, what language is that keygen in? ;) Thanks!

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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Dumas Walker on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 13:06:12
    thread, or BUCKKEY.ZIP has been uploaded to my BBS

    Sorry, what language is that keygen in? ;) Thanks!

    It's written in C, I compiled it for DOS using Watcom but it should compile with any C compiler.


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  • From Cozmo@21:3/135 to AKAcastor on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 17:27:49
    Those who follow reddit r/bbs may have seen this post:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/1b626zo/curious_if_anyone_remember_m ers_door_game/

    The post is by 'graffd03', the son of Alan Graff who was a sysop in Ohio and author of BBS door game Buccaneer. graffd03 asked if anybody remembers his father's game and got several responses from people who played it, and who are playing it now.

    I saw this post and downloaded the game. Got it working but not live yet. Pretty cool that his family is still wondering about the game.

    The registration key generator has been lost, but fortunately it was not too difficult to create a keygen. Source for keygen can be found in the reddit thread, or BUCKKEY.ZIP has been uploaded to my BBS and 20forbeers.com:1337. I also have Buccaneer on the Door Games menu of my BBS, Another Millennium, another.tel if you want to take a look. (pretty smooth shameless plug, amirite?)


    I tried to d/l buckkey.zip on 20 butit keep saying the file didn't exist or something like that

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to AKAcastor on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 15:55:52
    Re: Buccaneer door game
    By: AKAcastor to All on Mon Mar 04 2024 04:52 pm

    Those who follow reddit r/bbs may have seen this post:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/1b626zo/curious_if_anyone_remember_m y_fathers_door_game/

    Thanks for mentioning. I've installed the door on my BBS.

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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to AKACASTOR on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 11:03:00
    Sorry, what language is that keygen in? ;) Thanks!

    It's written in C, I compiled it for DOS using Watcom but it should compile wi
    any C compiler.

    Thanks! I went ahead and grabbed it from your BBS which, BTW, looks pretty sharp! I did have a problem after I downloaded the file. I got stuck with
    a repeating Press ENTER to continue prompt. I had to hang up. Sorry about that.

    To anyone else whose tried installing it and found it slow, there is a bit
    in the documentation about running the door under multitasking.
    Technically, my dosemu session is not being mutitasked within itself, but I suppose it should be considered as a multitasking environment since the OS
    it runs under is.

    Anyway, the OUTBUFF settings the documentation mentions really work! It
    sped the output up exponentially!

    The documentation does not mention what the values in the CFG file are.
    FYI, line one is the path to your drop file. Also, if your system creates DORINFO# files where # = the node number, Buccaneer is going to want your
    batch program to rename the file to DORINFO1 before the program starts.

    Now to get it set up to run in a multinode environment. It does not appear
    to support that, so I am guessing I will need to do some magic in the batch file that calls the door so that (1) the config file it finds points to the correct drop file path, and (2) the BBS can let other nodes know that the
    door is occupied. ;)


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Cozmo on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 09:58:29
    Re: Re: Buccaneer door game
    By: Cozmo to AKAcastor on Tue Mar 05 2024 05:27 pm

    reddit thread, or BUCKKEY.ZIP has been uploaded to my BBS and
    20forbeers.com:1337. I also have Buccaneer on the Door Games menu of my
    BBS, Another Millennium, another.tel if you want to take a look. (pretty
    smooth shameless plug, amirite?)

    I tried to d/l buckkey.zip on 20 butit keep saying the file didn't exist or something like that

    I got that error when trying to download it from 20forbeers. Then I went to AKACastor's BBS and was able to download it from there.

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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Dumas Walker on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 10:28:26
    Thanks! I went ahead and grabbed it from your BBS
    which, BTW, looks pretty
    sharp! I did have a problem after I downloaded the
    file. I got stuck with
    a repeating Press ENTER to continue prompt. I had to
    hang up. Sorry about that.

    Dropped carrier is no problem, thanks for letting me know about the bug after downloading the file. It's certainly interesting the variety of weird bugs that pop up when you mix together 30-40 years of software!

    Now to get it set up to run in a multinode environment.

    Good thinking about multinode capability. My system is setup so each node generates a DORINFO1.DEF file, so the drop files work, but it hadn't occurred to me that the door has its own data file and may not be able to safely run multiple sessions concurrently. I know better, but totally missed that! Thanks for bringing that up, and sharing the other configuration info.


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  • From Cozmo@21:3/135 to Nightfox on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 17:45:51
    I tried to d/l buckkey.zip on 20 butit keep saying the file didn't ex or something like that

    I got that error when trying to download it from 20forbeers. Then I
    went to AKACastor's BBS and was able to download it from there.


    Thanks Nightfox. I try his BBS

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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to All on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 15:40:12
    Just wanted to share that I saw a post on Lemmy about a post on Mastodon about the post on Reddit about Buccaneer. :) Neat to see the conversation about this game spread!

    https://lemmy.world/post/12800826


    Chris/akacastor

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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Dumas Walker on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 17:32:00

    Sorry, what language is that keygen in? ;) Thanks!

    It's written in C, I compiled it for DOS using Watcom but it should
    compile wi
    any C compiler.

    Thanks! I went ahead and grabbed it from your BBS which, BTW, looks pretty sharp! I did have a problem after I downloaded the file. I got stuck with a repeating Press ENTER to continue prompt. I had to hang
    up. Sorry about that.

    To anyone else whose tried installing it and found it slow, there is a bit in the documentation about running the door under multitasking. Technically, my dosemu session is not being mutitasked within itself, but I suppose it should be considered as a multitasking environment
    since the OS it runs under is.

    Anyway, the OUTBUFF settings the documentation mentions really work! It sped the output up exponentially!

    The documentation does not mention what the values in the CFG file are. FYI, line one is the path to your drop file. Also, if your system creates DORINFO# files where # = the node number, Buccaneer is going to want your batch program to rename the file to DORINFO1 before the program starts.

    Now to get it set up to run in a multinode environment. It does not appear to support that, so I am guessing I will need to do some magic
    in the batch file that calls the door so that (1) the config file
    it finds points to the correct drop file path, and (2) the BBS can
    let other nodes know that the door is occupied. ;)

    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running locally, after entering my name and security level it crashes with an RTE100.
    Running EleBBS and I am copying buck%1.cfg to buck.cfg with the proper directories in each buck(1-20).cfg file. I've tried the standard buck.cfg
    file with the local switch and no go.

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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Shurato on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 17:53:00
    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running locally, after entering my name and security level it crashes with
    an RTE100. Running EleBBS and I am copying buck%1.cfg to buck.cfg
    with the proper directories in each buck(1-20).cfg file. I've tried
    the standard buck.cfg file with the local switch and no go.

    32 Bit Windows 10 guest in VMWare 17.5 under a Win 10 64 bit host.

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Shurato on Thursday, March 07, 2024 21:55:00
    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running

    Isn't that the overspeed CPU error from Borland compiled stuff? Been a while since I thought about it, I could be wrong.

    Spec


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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to AKACASTOR on Thursday, March 07, 2024 09:38:00
    Now to get it set up to run in a multinode environment.

    Good thinking about multinode capability. My system is setup so each node gen
    ates a DORINFO1.DEF file, so the drop files work, but it hadn't occurred to me
    hat the door has its own data file and may not be able to safely run multiple ssions concurrently. I know better, but totally missed that! Thanks for bring
    g that up, and sharing the other configuration info.

    It is my assumption that it may not be multinode capable, since it only has
    one config file, does not appear to be able to accept a different config
    file name on the command line, and the drop file path is hardcoded into the config file.

    I didn't actually test it. Also, if someone was running it under a more
    modern BBS package, like Synchronet, there may be a way around it. At the
    very least, I think SCFG has a switch for multinode.


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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to SHURATO on Thursday, March 07, 2024 09:21:00
    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running locally, after entering my name and security level it crashes with an RTE100.
    Running EleBBS and I am copying buck%1.cfg to buck.cfg with the proper directories in each buck(1-20).cfg file. I've tried the standard buck.cfg file with the local switch and no go.

    I am not sure what RTE 100 is. 200 is the one people get on modern
    hardware with pascal programs, IIRC, that requires a patch. I at first got
    an 002 because I had not updated the path in the BUCK.CFG file, but I did
    not get an 100 error.

    One thing you probably should try is the /N switch. There is a note in the documents that says if you are not running QBBS/SBBS/RA you will need that switch so that the door does not look for a file specific to those systems.

    I am not sure why it won't run locally, though. I did not encounter any problems locally once I fixed the pathname in the BUCK.CFG file.


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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Dumas Walker on Thursday, March 07, 2024 11:15:01
    On 07 Mar 2024, Dumas Walker said the following...

    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running local after entering my name and security level it crashes with an RTE100. Running EleBBS and I am copying buck%1.cfg to buck.cfg with the proper directories in each buck(1-20).cfg file. I've tried the standard buck.c file with the local switch and no go.

    I am not sure what RTE 100 is. 200 is the one people get on modern hardware with pascal programs, IIRC, that requires a patch. I at first got an 002 because I had not updated the path in the BUCK.CFG file, but
    I did not get an 100 error.

    "Read reports this error on a typed file if you attempt to read past the end of the file" - Borland Pascal 7 help

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Shurato on Thursday, March 07, 2024 10:19:21
    Re: Re: Buccaneer door game
    By: Shurato to Dumas Walker on Wed Mar 06 2024 05:32 pm

    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running locally, after entering my name and security level it crashes with an RTE100. Running EleBBS and I am copying buck%1.cfg to buck.cfg with the proper directories in each buck(1-20).cfg file. I've tried the standard buck.cfg file with the local switch and no go.

    Is the door written in Turbo Pascal? When I first started setting up a new BBS, I encountered some errors like that with DOS doors, and I read many of such errors happened with door games written in Turbo Pascal because modern CPUs are too fast, and there are a few programs that will patch Turbo Pascal programs so they can run on modern PCs without generating the error.

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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Shurato on Thursday, March 07, 2024 10:36:02
    I did not get an 100 error.

    "Read reports this error on a typed file if you attempt
    to read past the end of the file" - Borland Pascal 7 help

    Something you may want to try - does the game run without the BUCK.KEY file? If BUCK.KEY is corrupted it may be possible for the game to error out.


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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Dumas Walker on Thursday, March 07, 2024 12:36:00

    * In a message originally to SHURATO, Dumas Walker said:

    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running
    locally,
    after entering my name and security level it crashes with an RTE100. Running EleBBS and I am copying buck%1.cfg to buck.cfg with the proper directories in each buck(1-20).cfg file. I've tried the standard
    buck.cfg
    file with the local switch and no go.

    I am not sure what RTE 100 is. 200 is the one people get on modern
    hardware with pascal programs, IIRC, that requires a patch. I at first
    got an 002 because I had not updated the path in the BUCK.CFG
    file, but I did not get an 100 error.

    One thing you probably should try is the /N switch. There is a note in
    the documents that says if you are not running QBBS/SBBS/RA
    you will need that switch so that the door does not look for a file
    specific to those systems.

    Yeah, I'm running Ele, which does create exitinfo.bbs, just like QBBBS,SBBS
    and RA. I tried /N, supposedly that fixed it for codefenix, but not me. /D didn't help any either.

    I am not sure why it won't run locally, though. I did not encounter any problems locally once I fixed the pathname in the BUCK.CFG file.

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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to AKAcastor on Thursday, March 07, 2024 12:37:00

    * In a message originally to Shurato, AKAcastor said:

    I did not get an 100 error.

    "Read reports this error on a typed file if you attempt to read past the end of the file" - Borland Pascal 7 help

    Something you may want to try - does the game run without the BUCK.KEY
    file? If BUCK.KEY is corrupted it may be possible for the game to error out.

    I tried with and without buck.key as well with no change in results. The
    game won't even run locally after entering my username and security level I
    get an RTE100 too. Some people suggested the RTE patch for TP, but that's
    for RTE200. I tried it any way and it applied, but didn't help..

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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to fusion on Thursday, March 07, 2024 12:43:00

    On 07 Mar 2024, Dumas Walker said the following...

    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even running
    local
    after entering my name and security level it crashes with an
    RTE100.
    Running EleBBS and I am copying buck%1.cfg to buck.cfg with the
    proper
    directories in each buck(1-20).cfg file. I've tried the standard
    buck.c
    file with the local switch and no go.

    I am not sure what RTE 100 is. 200 is the one people get on modern hardware with pascal programs, IIRC, that requires a patch. I at
    first
    got an 002 because I had not updated the path in the BUCK.CFG file,
    but
    I did not get an 100 error.

    "Read reports this error on a typed file if you attempt to read past the end of the file" - Borland Pascal 7 help

    Hm. Could I need to add something to the buck.cfg file? I've tried using a different dropfile type.

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Shurato on Thursday, March 07, 2024 15:35:33
    On 07 Mar 2024, Shurato said the following...

    I am not sure what RTE 100 is. 200 is the one people get on mode

    "Read reports this error on a typed file if you attempt to read past end of the file" - Borland Pascal 7 help

    Hm. Could I need to add something to the buck.cfg file? I've tried
    using a different dropfile type.

    what exactly are you putting into BUCK.CFG on the first line? just the directory and not a filename?

    it also didn't seem to like me removing the -----'s from the default config..

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Shurato on Friday, March 08, 2024 08:32:00
    Hm. Could I need to add something to the buck.cfg file? I've tried using a different dropfile type.

    Ponder, if you're looking at that rabbit hole, perhaps just add an enter to
    the last line of the file. Used to be a problem with some things not liking the EOF being the end of the last line, and liking an empty line with a CR at the end of the file.

    Spec


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  • From j0HNNY a1PHA@21:4/158 to AKAcastor on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 20:13:01
    Those who follow reddit r/bbs may have seen this post:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/1b626zo/curious_if_anyone_rememb er_my_fathers_door_game/

    This one, as they say, got me in the feels.


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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to fusion on Thursday, March 07, 2024 19:07:00

    * In a message originally to Shurato, fusion said:

    On 07 Mar 2024, Shurato said the following...

    I am not sure what RTE 100 is. 200 is the one people get on
    mode

    "Read reports this error on a typed file if you attempt to read
    past
    end of the file" - Borland Pascal 7 help

    Hm. Could I need to add something to the buck.cfg file? I've tried using a different dropfile type.

    what exactly are you putting into BUCK.CFG on the first line? just the directory and not a filename?

    it also didn't seem to like me removing the -----'s from the default config..

    c:\ele\node1\

    with the node in each appropriate buck??.cfg file, then I copy buck??.cfg to buck.cfg. I also tried with /L which should ignore that entry and create
    it's own dropfile (c:\ele\doors\buck\dorinfo1.def).

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Shurato on Thursday, March 07, 2024 22:46:35
    On 07 Mar 2024, Shurato said the following...

    with the node in each appropriate buck??.cfg file, then I copy
    buck??.cfg to buck.cfg. I also tried with /L which should ignore that entry and create it's own dropfile (c:\ele\doors\buck\dorinfo1.def).

    well, i've managed to get it to work with mystic using netfossil

    it won't work if you don't cd to it's directory
    i used the /D param
    BUCK.CFG first line was just c:\mystic\temp1\ no other changes

    if i can't break it i can't very well find out what's wrong ;)

    that said, it's kind of buggy. you can easily lock the door up by just pressing enter at a prompt without typing anything.

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Nightfox on Friday, March 08, 2024 09:49:26
    I can't get away from an RTE100 error... Any ideas? Even

    Is the door written in Turbo Pascal? When I first started setting up
    a new BBS, I encountered some errors like that with DOS doors, and I
    read many of such errors happened with door games written in Turbo
    Pascal because modern CPUs are too fast, and there are a few programs
    that will patch Turbo Pascal programs so they can run on modern PCs
    without generating the error.

    Pretty certain that is the 200 error. Here is an odd fact... I am
    starting to run into that issue now in a dosemu instance. However,
    unlike the other times I have run into it, this time it only happens
    sometimes. I can try to start the program again and it may run.



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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to SHURATO on Friday, March 08, 2024 10:19:00
    Yeah, I'm running Ele, which does create exitinfo.bbs, just like QBBBS,SBBS and RA. I tried /N, supposedly that fixed it for codefenix, but not me. /D didn't help any either.

    Shurato,
    Another person here posted that RTE 100 likely means that the program is reading past the end of a file. Is it possible that you have accidentally deleted a line from the BUCK.CFG file?

    If not, it is possible that the drop file does not contain the number of
    lines the program expects. Someone else mentioned the KEY file, too, but
    it sounds like you may have already looked at that one.

    I would also be sure that the path you entered on line 1 is
    in ALL CAPS and ends with a '\'. Not sure that would be the issue but
    since the default file was set up that way I kept mine that way and didn't
    run into the issue you are having.


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Blue White on Friday, March 08, 2024 09:45:55
    Re: Re: Buccaneer door game
    By: Blue White to Nightfox on Fri Mar 08 2024 09:49 am

    Pretty certain that is the 200 error. Here is an odd fact... I am starting to run into that issue now in a dosemu instance. However, unlike the other times I have run into it, this time it only happens sometimes. I can try to start the program again and it may run.

    That's odd.. Though, I wonder if running one of those TP patch programs on the executable could fix it.

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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Dumas Walker on Friday, March 08, 2024 21:56:00

    Yeah, I'm running Ele, which does create exitinfo.bbs, just like
    QBBBS,SBBS
    and RA. I tried /N, supposedly that fixed it for codefenix, but not me.
    /D
    didn't help any either.

    Shurato, Another person here posted that RTE 100 likely means that
    the program is reading past the end of a file. Is it possible
    that you have accidentally deleted a line from the BUCK.CFG file?

    I brought back the original file and actually added a line to the end.

    If not, it is possible that the drop file does not contain the number of lines the program expects. Someone else mentioned the KEY file, too, but it sounds like you may have already looked at that one.

    I've tried using door.sys as well as dorinfo1.def and turning on and off
    the usage of exitinfo.bbs.

    I would also be sure that the path you entered on line 1 is in ALL
    CAPS and ends with a '\'. Not sure that would be the issue but
    since the default file was set up that way I kept mine that way and didn't run into the issue you are having.

    Tried that, didn't help either.


    Still getting RTE100 even when loading the game locally, once I enter my name and security level. It shouldn't be the drop file. The only thing I changed
    in the buck.cfg is the path, kept it capitalized and am definitely pointing
    to the right directory, which wouldn't matter when running with /L.

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to fusion on Saturday, March 09, 2024 15:52:00
    well, i've managed to get it to work with mystic using netfossil

    I find RLFOSSIL has plenty of foibles. I run a batch file from it that then runs the entire BBS rather than try and have it load each time you need it,
    or it was very unreliable. So my RLFOSSIL command line tends to look like..

    RLFOSSIL 0 1 C:\BBS\BBS.BAT

    Then you can just do whatever you want inside the batch file, without having
    to worry about things not being able to find a FOSSIL.

    Spec


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