Subj : Re: Doors on linux hosted BBSes
To   : McDoob
From : acn
Date : Mon Apr 04 2022 10:40 am

Am 03.04.22 schrieb McDoob@21:4/135 in FSX_BBS:

Hallo Mcdoob,

ac>> Synchronet includes JavaScript-based versions of LORD, LORD2 and
ac>> "TradeWars 2".

M> But, 2fi---um, 2TWIsty (o_-) is running Mystic, not Synchro. Do you know if
M> these java versions are available to the general public?

The JS versions are available, just as everything else from  
Synchronet, as open source from the Git repository:
https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs
In the subdirectory xtrn, 'lord', 'lord2' and 'tw2' can be found.

M> Also, there is still the trouble of setting up a Java environment, but that
M> won't be as difficult as setting up a DOS environment in Linux...

Just for clarification: It's JavaScript, not Java.
And I don't know if Synchronet JavaScript scripts can be made running  
on Mystic or other BBS systems.

M> IMHO, it's not worth the hassle, if you're using Linux as the base. And
M> it's still not really worth the hassle in Windows, but it *is* easier...

Well, if you get dosemu running, adding more DOS games to the system  
is quite easy :)
I only found one game that refuses to run (Railroad Empires II).
And some newer games I found (myrtle, pyrtle, hiq) are running  
reeeealy slowly, but my BBS is running on a VIA Nano U3100 system,  
which might be the problem :)

M> Man, I gotta stop giving you advice. I had to learn *this* $#!T the hard
M> way! (o_-)

No problem :)

Regards,
Anna

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