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  • Re: Issues with FrontDoor

    From Nighthawk@21:1/146.1 to Avon on Sun Jan 28 20:42:40 2018
    On 01/07/18, Avon said the following...

    I have installed Windows XP in an old laptop here at home to install BBS with FrontDoor.

    Yep so you can try polling NET 3 right?

    That's right. :)

    Well I would run FD using a batch file that sits in the FD directory,
    call it something like RUNFD.BAT


    Thanks! Actually at the end it was an issue with the folder permissions. Apparently, when I installed Frontdoor, there was a +S attribute added to the C:\FD directory and FD.EXE did not like it very much. After removing that attribute with the ATTRIB command, it worked.

    The problem now is that it took so long for me to figure out what was
    going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee is 90 USD,
    is there any cheaper alternative to it?

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    Regards from Nighthawk - AKA Flavio Bessa
    Sysop of Saturn's Orbit BBS - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    fcbessa@gmail.com - saturnsorbit.hopto.org

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (macOS/64)
    * Origin: Chiron, orbiting Saturn - Brazil (21:1/146.1)
  • From Nighthawk@21:1/146.1 to Lloyd on Sun Jan 28 20:44:18 2018
    On 01/07/18, Lloyd said the following...

    Then I run everything from a batch file similar to what Avon runs and
    set the environment in there eg:
    SET FD=C:\FD
    SET TASK=1

    At the end of the day it was something related to a S attribute at the C:\FD folder. Now it's working!

    ----
    Regards from Nighthawk - AKA Flavio Bessa
    Sysop of Saturn's Orbit BBS - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    fcbessa@gmail.com - saturnsorbit.hopto.org

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (macOS/64)
    * Origin: Chiron, orbiting Saturn - Brazil (21:1/146.1)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nighthawk on Mon Jan 29 14:28:46 2018
    On 01/28/18, Nighthawk pondered and said...

    The problem now is that it took so long for me to figure out what was going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee is 90 USD, is there any cheaper alternative to it?

    Yes there is a cheaper sysops rate. I will dig out the link and post it here when I find it. :)

    Best, Paul


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/30 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Nighthawk@21:1/146.1 to Avon on Sun Jan 28 23:50:58 2018
    On 01/29/18, Avon said the following...

    The problem now is that it took so long for me to figure out what going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee is 9 USD, is there any cheaper alternative to it?

    Yes there is a cheaper sysops rate. I will dig out the link and post it here when I find it. :)

    Great, looking forward to it. ;) Thank you!

    ----
    Regards from Nighthawk - AKA Flavio Bessa
    Sysop of Saturn's Orbit BBS - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    fcbessa@gmail.com - saturnsorbit.hopto.org

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (macOS/64)
    * Origin: Chiron, orbiting Saturn - Brazil (21:1/146.1)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nighthawk on Thu Feb 1 20:00:28 2018
    On 01/28/18, Nighthawk pondered and said...

    going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee USD, is there any cheaper alternative to it?

    Yes there is a cheaper sysops rate. I will dig out the link and post here when I find it. :)

    Great, looking forward to it. ;) Thank you!

    Here we go, head to http://pcmicro.com/netserial/sysop/

    This gets you the software for just $25 USD ... hope this helps :)

    Best, Paul


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/30 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)