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  • Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet

    From Heisenberg@VERT/HEISEN to All on Friday, February 20, 2026 13:55:33
    Hi Everyone,
    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.

    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 ????

    TIA

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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Heisenberg on Friday, February 20, 2026 11:26:00
    On 20 Feb 2026, Heisenberg said the following...

    Hi Everyone,
    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.
    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 ????

    this should help:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:door:lord

    there are other doors on that wiki, as well as some more generic information: https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:door:index

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Heisenberg on Friday, February 20, 2026 08:57:12
    Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
    By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 01:55 pm

    Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu2

    What issues are you running into? I'd say 99% of the DOS doors I've installed run without issue with dosemu2 on Linux.

    and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.

    Do you mean running DOS doors on Win32? Or running Synchronet itself? For DOS doors on Win32, all you need to do is configure the door in Synchronet (via SCFG) as normal, and make sure to say it's not a native program. That's all there is too it.. Win32 has the 16-bit DOS virtual machine and is able to just run DOS programs.

    This is the guide on the wiki for Windows installation: https://wiki.synchro.net/install:win

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Heisenberg on Friday, February 20, 2026 19:35:25
    Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
    By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 01:55 pm

    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 ????


    i talked to you a lot about not using dosbox.


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Heisenberg on Friday, February 20, 2026 19:56:06
    Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
    By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 01:55 pm

    Hi Everyone,
    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.

    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 ????

    On 32-bit editions of Windows, most DOS doors "just work" with Synchronet.

    For 64-bit editions of Windows, NTVDMx64 is the answer (https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:win#win64) or running a 32-bit Windows in a VM.
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  • From Martin Kazmaier@VERT to Heisenberg on Friday, February 20, 2026 20:24:00
    Hi Everyone,
    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.

    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 ????

    You would use NTVDM with legacy console support and it'll just work.

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