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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Heisenberg wrote to MRO <=-

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.

yes you did and your right.. it doesnt work under dosbox-x that well. I just had a few sysops say to me that i should just use win32, but they didnt go into detail about how that was implemented. Im currently
having the most success with Ubuntu 24.04 and dosemu2.. but was still trying to get it to work under windows. I have since had limited
success with windows 10 - 32 bit and ntvdm, but its a little buggy so
ill probably stick with linux/dosemu

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fusion

I ran in to a issue trying to run 16 bit doors under windows and this is how I fixed it.

1. Install ntvm
2. On the start menu I typed cmd and under the options tab I clicked on Use legacy. That fixed the issues and allows the 16 bit dos applications to run on Windows 32.

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Re: Re: Dos BBS doors on win3
By: Plt to fusion on Mon Mar 16 2026 05:48 am

fusion

I ran in to a issue trying to run 16 bit doors under windows and this is how I fixed it.

1. Install ntvm
2. On the start menu I typed cmd and under the options tab I clicked on Use legacy. That fixed the issues and allows the 16 bit dos applications to run on Windows 32.

What are you even replying to?

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On 16 Mar 2026, MRO said the following...

Re: Re: Dos BBS doors on win3
By: Plt to fusion on Mon Mar 16 2026 05:48 am

I ran in to a issue trying to run 16 bit doors under windows and this is I fixed it.

1. Install ntvm
2. On the start menu I typed cmd and under the options tab I clicked on legacy. That fixed the issues and allows the 16 bit dos applications to on Windows 32.

What are you even replying to?

i think this is the same guy i spent way too much time helping configure arj in mystic, only for him to say "it doesn't work" every time without any sort of explanation why or what he was seeing. basically treating the mystic echo like an AI chat bot.

but i guess every other person in that echo has very intimate knowledge of how "view archive" works in mystic now..

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Re: Re: Dos BBS doors on win3
By: Plt to fusion on Mon Mar 16 2026 05:48 am

What are you even replying to?

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Someone was posting a message about bbs doors so I wanted to add this so if anyone else is having a issue with getting the bbs doors to work they will have the correct information.


Phil

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Re: Re: Dos BBS doors on win3
By: Plt to MRO on Mon Mar 16 2026 04:59 pm

Re: Re: Dos BBS doors on win3
By: Plt to fusion on Mon Mar 16 2026 05:48 am

What are you even replying to?

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Someone was posting a message about bbs doors so I wanted to add this so if anyone else is having a issue with getting the bbs doors to work they will have the correct information.

Phil

Well it wasn't fusion.
Nobody is having a problem with bbs doors.

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Re: Re: Dos BBS doors on win3
By: Plt to MRO on Mon Mar 16 2026 04:59 pm

Re: Re: Dos BBS doors on win3
By: Plt to fusion on Mon Mar 16 2026 05:48 am

What are you even replying to?

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Someone was posting a message about bbs doors so I wanted to add this so if anyone else is having a issue with getting the bbs doors to work they will have the correct information.

I think I articulated what you were trying to say, here: https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:win#sbbsexecdll
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