Subj : Re: WWIV 5.0 Release + News.
To   : Darryl Perry
From : Mark Hofmann
Date : Wed Jan 06 2016 11:56 am



DP> Raspberry Pi *is* an ARM SoC device. If you know it will run on RPi, do
DP> you have an available RPi version?

I asked and found out that WWIV will run on the Raspberry Pi, but there are 
some caveats at the moment.  The BBS itself runs fine from what people have 
tested, but the network software (for WWIVnet) is still native DOS.  

Linux sysops are getting around this by running DOSemu for the network 
software, but it is unclear if this will work on the Raspberry Pi.

Asking about plans for porting the network software to Linux - but some issues 
surround that due to Wayne Bell not allowing the nework software to be open 
source.  There have been plans for a total re-write to get around this.

- Mark

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