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    From Stephen Atkins@1:342/13 to All on Fri Nov 27 20:43:12 2015
    Hello everyone.

    Just wondering if anyone knows if it's possible or wise to have a door that goes to a telnet session to another machine? I'm thinking of setting up a TradeWars 2002 server on my virtual windows machine and I would like people from the BBS to be able to connect to the game from the BBS. It's just a thought at this time as I can get the code for the door version and just run it
    from a dosemu like I do all the other games.

    Stephen


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.1 to Stephen Atkins on Fri Nov 27 20:08:00 2015
    Stephen Atkins wrote to All:

    Just wondering if anyone knows if it's possible or wise to have a door that goes to a telnet session to another machine? I'm thinking of
    setting up a TradeWars 2002 server on my virtual windows machine and I would like people from the BBS to be able to connect to the game from
    the BBS. It's just a thought at this time as I can get the code for
    the door version and just run it from a dosemu like I do all the
    other games.

    Yep, you can do it that way if you prefer, it's been done that way
    before. I think the folks at BBSLink.net run the doors they have up
    like that and it works well.

    I haven't heard of the server.. is there a difference between that and
    the door?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... Brain: the apparatus with which we think we think

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  • From Stephen Atkins@1:342/13 to Alan Ianson on Tue Dec 1 11:37:24 2015
    Alan Ianson wrote to Stephen Atkins:

    Yep, you can do it that way if you prefer, it's been done that way
    before. I think the folks at BBSLink.net run the doors they have up
    like that and it works well.

    I haven't heard of the server.. is there a difference between that and
    the door?


    Thanks for the link. I'll check them out. As far as I know the biggest difference is that the TWGS (TradeWars Game Server) exposes it's self on port 23 and listens for connections. So it should be possible. As for other door games I'm not sure how to make those work nicely.

    On a brighter note I did get TW2002 working in my dosemu. Turns out I needed the DPMI version. If anyone wants to play just connect up and from the main menu press D for doors and T for TradeWars2002. If you have any issues please email me either on my board or at stephen.atkins@gmail.com. I've had issues sometimes where the doors work today but tomorrow they don't. Can't always explain it and it's a giant pain.

    Stephen


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