Subj : Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
To   : Heisenberg
From : nelgin
Date : Sat Feb 21 2026 03:15:07

  Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
  By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 13:55:33

 > Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu2
 > and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and Synchronet. I
 > cant findany documentation on how to do that.

You probably didn't look very hard then.

Nightfox did a lot of work on it and I did more and wrapped it into a nice little drop in bundle. I recommend using Ubuntu since DosEMU2 is kept up to date but it might work with others.

https://www.endofthelinebbs.com/dosemu2.tar.gz
and there's a dosemu2.txt with more information. This has helped a number of people who can follow basic directions. Those it defeated did something wrong :)


 > Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get them
 > working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using for dos
 > emulation.. dosbox or ????

Why would you do that when it works perfectly well. I have probably 100+ DOS doors all running under linux with no problem.

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