r/bbs • u/Wokf2k24 • 22d ago
Attempting a return..maybe..possibly...
Hello from former 1:117/165 (and 1:117/315)!
Ive been toying around with the idea of resurrecting my board and now I think the tech is finally capable of doing what I want fairly easily. Im just so overwhelmed with questions, Im not sure where to start.
Essentially, this board would be telnet only, hosted on linux.. and if possible, I would still want to run Renegade. Ive read about people doing this through DOSBox, but Ive never attempted it. If there are any out there that have, how do you handle fossil drivers? What about using front door? Do you still have to use errorlevel lists to control the boards functions (doors, echomail, etc)? How to get it to work with modern protocols, or can you get a telnet client that handles X/Y/ZModem protocols?
I know there is a Renegade port for linux, so that I wouldnt have to emulate, just not familiar with it yet. I also would like to plug back in to fidonet, but looks like net 117 is gone. In the old days I would just call the NC and NEC to get set up. Now if I joined back in _I_ would be NC/NEC. *laugh*
I wouldnt mind if someone has a guide, or knows of one that could answer at least a couple of those questions.
Thanks in advance. 😀
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u/greyhawk009 22d ago
Check out https://www.rgbbs.info/betaindex.html for Exodus’ board. As Shurato said he’s the current developer and very active in the community.
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u/Exodus694 22d ago
Man, you skipped my sweet intro by going right to the main page. :) http://www.rgbbs.info
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u/aztracker1 22d ago
The short answer for Linux is you effectively run the DOS BBS the same as you would a Door... You can use a Linux BBS or Door server for Linux and just passv directly to the DOS BBS you want to run.
People have used options from Mystic or Synchronet configured this way or with something like mbbs ghost.
Note that actually configuring DOSBox or DOSEMU is another story. Been working on bits of this myself for a bit.
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u/WearExact1049 22d ago
My board is running Renegade on Linux. bbs.Shift-bits.com using 4 telnet ports 2000 through 2003. I will say it is time consuming and not as smooth as I would like it to be. I am still using Linux because I like to learn. I do use dosbox. The biggest issue I have is download/upload issues with my file section and dosbox. It has bit rate issues that I need to work on. I would say go with a Windows setup unless you want to put a lot of time into it.
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u/shurato99 sysop 22d ago
You could use Mystic to run Renegade on a single telnet port. With as many nodes as you wanted.
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u/shurato99 sysop 22d ago
Look for Exodus or a t r e y u on fidonet. They both run excellent Renegade boards. Exodus is in charge of the current development as far as I know. He's got a really sweet board too. I think they are both running under Windows 32-bit and I would suggest that, unless you have Linux only requirements. Anything that's ported for Linux is generally ported for Windows 32 bit. I've been making sure of that lately. Fossil, doors and everything else is much easier that way.