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    From Rixter@RICKSBBS to all on Wed Jun 12 07:44:11 2024
    Thanks to Rob I got the ntvdm64 to work and some of the door games on my bbs now work, but some of them when i try to play local only show control codes. I remember there was a program called nansi.sys i used WAY back when to to see the games locally in ANSI through DOS mode. I think I had to load them in something called an autoexec.bat file that started when the pc started. Is that still such a thing and if so, How do i load nansi.sys into the system so i can see these local graphics? Is there something better than nansi.sys? I just remember using this a LONG time ago. i can make out a few words in the local mode but 95 percent is just control code gibberish to my eyes. I was not sure if nansi.sys could be loaded anymore or not but since i can now run old 16 bit doors on pc and local i wanted to see some of my favorites local before i put them on bbs. in particular one called lasso! from T&J software 1995. Any ideas, thank you.

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  • From Digital Man to Rixter on Wed Jun 12 11:08:22 2024
    Re: some old doors only display control codes locally
    By: Rixter to all on Wed Jun 12 2024 07:44 am

    Thanks to Rob I got the ntvdm64 to work and some of the door games on my bbs now work, but some of them when i try to play local only show control codes. I remember there was a program called nansi.sys i used WAY back when to to see the games locally in ANSI through DOS mode. I think I had to load them in something called an autoexec.bat file that started when the pc started. Is that still such a thing and if so, How do i load nansi.sys into the system so i can see these local graphics? Is there something better than nansi.sys? I just remember using this a LONG time ago. i can make out a few words in the local mode but 95 percent is just control code gibberish to my eyes. I was not sure if nansi.sys could be loaded anymore or not but since i can now run old 16 bit doors on pc and local i wanted to see some of my favorites local before i put them on bbs. in particular one called lasso! from T&J software 1995. Any ideas, thank you.

    Try running svdmansi.com first. https://synchro.net/files/main/SBBS_ARC/SVDMANSI.ZIP

    No, autoexec.bat is not a thing on modern Windows systems. There is the autoexec.nt for auto-running things in 16-bit environmnets on more recent Windows NT variants, but I don't think it's used in modern (64-bit) Windows versions.
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  • From Rixter@RICKSBBS to Digital Man on Thu Jun 13 19:00:27 2024
    thank you Rob, SVDMANSI.ZIP fixed me up just great. Thank you!
    I can see the graphics now like they looked 30 years ago. Happy days.

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  • From MRO@BBSESINF to Rixter on Thu Jun 13 20:12:14 2024
    Re: some old doors only display control codes locally
    By: Rixter to Digital Man on Thu Jun 13 2024 07:00 pm

    thank you Rob, SVDMANSI.ZIP fixed me up just great. Thank you!
    still not quoting
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  • From Alan Jones@OUTWEST to MRO on Thu Jun 13 22:39:23 2024
    Re: some old doors only display control codes locally
    By: MRO to Rixter on Thu Jun 13 2024 08:12 pm

    thank you Rob, SVDMANSI.ZIP fixed me up just great. Thank you!
    still not quoting

    SO what! the message was directed to Rob not you, Rob can figure it out.
    Everyone but you apparently can figure out the context here.

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  • From Rixter@RICKSBBS to MRO on Fri Jun 14 11:57:06 2024
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  • From MRO@BBSESINF to Alan Jones on Fri Jun 14 18:38:35 2024
    Re: some old doors only display control codes locally
    By: Alan Jones to MRO on Thu Jun 13 2024 10:39 pm

    Re: some old doors only display control codes locally
    By: MRO to Rixter on Thu Jun 13 2024 08:12 pm

    thank you Rob, SVDMANSI.ZIP fixed me up just great. Thank you!
    still not quoting

    SO what! the message was directed to Rob not you, Rob can figure it out.
    Everyone but you apparently can figure out the context here.

    cant you just not be an idiot?
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  • From Gamgee@PALANTIR to MRO on Fri Jun 14 19:46:00 2024
    MRO wrote to Alan Jones <=-


    thank you Rob, SVDMANSI.ZIP fixed me up just great. Thank you!

    still not quoting

    SO what! the message was directed to Rob not you, Rob can figure it out.
    Everyone but you apparently can figure out the context here.

    cant you just not be an idiot?

    Valid, but... "Oh the irony!"




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  • From Denn@OUTWEST to MRO on Fri Jun 14 20:21:25 2024
    Re: some old doors only display control codes locally
    By: Alan Jones to MRO on Thu Jun 13 2024 10:39 pm

    cant you just not be an idiot?
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