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  • Re: Synchronet on FreeBSD

    From zharvek@VERT to Deuce on Mon Mar 9 14:53:00 2015
    I have read that the DOSBox Daum compile has share support, but I think the directory/file system caching will still give issues.
  • From Deuce@VERT to zharvek on Tue Mar 10 04:14:16 2015
    Re: Re: Synchronet on FreeBSD
    By: zharvek to Deuce on Mon Mar 09 2015 02:53 pm

    I have read that the DOSBox Daum compile has share support, but I think the directory/file system caching will still give issues.

    The share support I've seen is within the same process only. Not saying they haven't extended it, but I haven't seen that.

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  • From Deuce@VERT to zharvek on Tue Mar 10 04:40:04 2015
    Re: Re: Synchronet on FreeBSD
    By: Deuce to zharvek on Tue Mar 10 2015 04:14 am

    I have read that the DOSBox Daum compile has share support, but I think the directory/file system caching will still give issues.

    The share support I've seen is within the same process only. Not saying they haven't extended it, but I haven't seen that.

    Windows builds of DOSBox appear to support share modes now... by using the share mode support in Windows. Linux builds of DOSBox do not.

    DOSEmu appears to have almost complete share support for redirected Linux volumes (not disk images). The differences are subtle, but could still cause problems with many multinode doors due to fcntl() flock insanity. If you want to audit a door for compatability, the big thing to watch out for is for a locked file to be open more than once at the same time. If this ever occurs, the door cannot safely be ran multinode with dosemu. If it doesn't occur, you should be safe... the other problems are likely to prevent the door from working at all.

    Easiest way to check would be to trace syscalls... strace(1) would be the tool to test doors with.

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  • From mark firestone@VERT to GRYPHON on Tue Mar 10 13:52:00 2015
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    Back in the day, there was a DOS-Like, multitasking OS that could run DO apps. It was called TSX. You had to load up DOS, then run TSX on top of IIRC. Maybe that would work in that instance. I have it available fo download on my BBS. You you can get it from the source: http://sandh.co

    I haven't tried it yet. But maybe running dosbox, then running tsx migh
    also work


    I'm very tempted to write a (completely insane) BBS for Temple OS.

    Temple OS -- if Philip K. Dick wanted an OS for a computer, he'd use that.

    http://www.templeos.org/



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  • From Digital Man@VERT to mark firestone on Tue Mar 10 21:07:56 2015
    Re: Re: Synchronet on FreeBSD
    By: mark firestone to GRYPHON on Tue Mar 10 2015 01:52 pm

    --- GRYPHON wrote --

    Back in the day, there was a DOS-Like, multitasking OS that could run DO apps. It was called TSX. You had to load up DOS, then run TSX on top of IIRC. Maybe that would work in that instance. I have it available fo download on my BBS. You you can get it from the source: http://sandh.co

    I haven't tried it yet. But maybe running dosbox, then running tsx migh also work


    I'm very tempted to write a (completely insane) BBS for Temple OS.

    Temple OS -- if Philip K. Dick wanted an OS for a computer, he'd use that.

    http://www.templeos.org/

    A "cmpletely insane" BBS seems perfectly appropriate. I'd never heard of this OS, but after checking that web-site and watching some of the author's videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdX4uJUwSFwiY3XBvu-F_-Q/videos), it seems clear that TempleOS is what happens when a crazy programmer has too much time on his hands. :-) No offense intended.

    digital man

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  • From mark firestone@VERT to ACCESSION on Wed Mar 11 09:19:00 2015
    --- ACCESSION wrote --

    kinda makes one think about maybe running DESQview in dosbox o
    dosemu... shove multitasking into a single task environment like w
    did back in the day of the 286 and 386 machines ;

    No it doesn't. Not one bit! :


    I remember trying that back in the day. It didn't work well.


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  • From mark firestone@VERT to DIGITAL MAN on Wed Mar 11 09:21:00 2015
    --- DIGITAL MAN wrote --

    A "cmpletely insane" BBS seems perfectly appropriate. I'd never heard of t OS, but after checking that web-site and watching some of the author's vid (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdX4uJUwSFwiY3XBvu-F_-Q/videos), it seem clear that TempleOS is what happens when a crazy programmer has too much t
    on his hands. :-) No offense intended


    It has better "services" than the other OS I was tempted to use, RSTS/E (Go DECbasic)... in that it has a TCP stack. Or, I think it does.

    He's totally mad. I have a copy of The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick... I've not managed to get though it yet... it gives me headaches and makes me have hallucinations.


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  • From Mro@VERT to Digital Man on Wed Mar 11 19:36:41 2015
    Re: Re: Synchronet on FreeBSD
    By: Digital Man to mark firestone on Tue Mar 10 2015 09:07 pm

    videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdX4uJUwSFwiY3XBvu-F_-Q/videos),
    it seems clear that TempleOS is what happens when a crazy programmer has
    too much time on his hands. :-) No offense intended.



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgO7pOxYHI


    the pc speaker music is enough to drive someone insane.
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  • From Accession@VERT to Mro on Thu Mar 12 17:17:20 2015
    Hello Mro,

    On 11 Mar 15 19:36, Mro wrote to Digital Man:

    the pc speaker music is enough to drive someone insane.

    Aww, c'mon! Vision-X started the trend!

    "Rockin' the mic with the PC squeaker!" :)

    Regards,
    Nick

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