So I am trying rebuild my BBS that I had back in the day. I see some Synchronet BBS's are running DoorMUD and 'End of the Line BBS' has The Ultimate Mud Connector. Where can I find these to setup on my own BBS?

Now, the rub...and I think this is where you guys will tell me I will have some challenges. I am running Debian 12 underneath Synchronet BBS and I suspect that DoorMUD and that Ultimate Mud Connector are probably DOS only, right? So then, what options do I have?

I have tried to compile DOSEMU2, but have been running into missing dependencies, missing repositories, etc. Because I would also list to prop up 'The Pit' in my door section as well.

I am new to Synchronet and am still getting a 'lay of the land' if you will, but slowly and surely...I am making process, lol!

Darkmage (craig)

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Re: DoorMUD and MUDs in general...
By: Darkmage to All on Sun Apr 13 2025 06:54 pm

I have tried to compile DOSEMU2, but have been running into missing dependencies, missing repositories, etc. Because I would also list to prop up 'The Pit' in my door section as well.

What Linux distro are you using? If you use Ubuntu or Linux Mint or similar, you can install dosemu2 via a .deb package (or similar pre-compiled package) so you don't have to compile it yourself.

Nightfox

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Re: DoorMUD and MUDs in general...
By: Darkmage to All on Sun Apr 13 2025 06:54 pm

So I am trying rebuild my BBS that I had back in the day. I see some Synchronet BBS's are running DoorMUD and 'End of the Line BBS' has The Ultimate Mud Connector. Where can I find these to setup on my own BBS?

Now, the rub...and I think this is where you guys will tell me I will have some challenges. I am running Debian 12 underneath Synchronet BBS and I suspect that DoorMUD and that Ultimate Mud Connector are probably DOS only, right? So then, what options do I have?

DoorMUD was avaailbel as both 16-bit DOS and 32-bit Windows programs. I don't know about Ultimate Mud Connector. For DOS programs on Linux, DOSEMU is the answer, or using a Rlogin gateway to a door serve (perhaps running on a different, more suitable OS).
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I have tried to compile DOSEMU2, but have been running into missing dependencies, missing repositories, etc. Because I would also list to prop up 'The Pit' in my door section as well.

What Nightfox said, https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2?tab=readme-ov-file - Go here, there's links for adding dosemu2 to your package app for Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. One for Ubuntu updates often, runs good. Follow guides on the wiki for actually setting up different doors.

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On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:54:12 -0700
"Darkmage" (VERT/MYSTRELM) <VERT/MYSTRELM!Darkmage@endofthelinebbs.com>
wrote:

So I am trying rebuild my BBS that I had back in the day. I see some Synchronet BBS's are running DoorMUD and 'End of the Line BBS' has
The Ultimate Mud Connector. Where can I find these to setup on my own
BBS?

Now, the rub...and I think this is where you guys will tell me I will
have some challenges. I am running Debian 12 underneath Synchronet
BBS and I suspect that DoorMUD and that Ultimate Mud Connector are
probably DOS only, right? So then, what options do I have?

I have tried to compile DOSEMU2, but have been running into missing dependencies, missing repositories, etc. Because I would also list to
prop up 'The Pit' in my door section as well.

I am new to Synchronet and am still getting a 'lay of the land' if
you will, but slowly and surely...I am making process, lol!

Darkmage (craig)

You can grab my dosemu2 setup. Just copy stuff over and it just works
once you have dosemu2 installed.

https://www.endofthelinebbs.com/dosemu2.tgz and there's a dosemu2.txt
file that gives more details.

The Ultimate MUD Connector is something I wrote myself as an exercise
in how to not code very well and I don't distribute it. People may say
that's selfish but I contribute in other ways, like an easy drop-in
that just works for dosemu2.
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