Dosemu2

Synchronet has run DOS Doors under Linux for years using Dosemu. Many sysops find that it meets their needs very well and is stable. However, Dosemu has not been maintained for a long time and not everything works well with it. This page will detail the modifications I've made to get Dosemu2 running under Synchronet with DOS Doors.

Motivation

My primary motivation is to get Tradewars 2002 ver 3.09 running under Synchronet for Linux, something I have not been able to do with Dosemu.

Progress

I have set up a test BBS conveniently named “Dosemu2 Test BBS” which can be accessed by telnet or ssh at dosemu2.mystic.dog So far I have gotten 4 versions of Tradewars 2002 running under Dosemu2.

They are Tradewars 2002 versions:

1.03d
2.0 wide beta 8
2.0 wide beta A
3.09

In addition, I have Global Wars, Freshwater Fishing Simulator, Legend Of The Red Dragon ver 3.55, Scrabble, and Stack'Em running under Dosemu2 on the test BBS.

Overview Of The Problem

The primary issue with Dosemu2 and Synchronet is that it has different command line options than dosemu, and the external.bat called by Synchronet does not work with dosemu2. Coming very soon will be my modifications to external.bat and dosemu.ini that work for me so far. In time I hope that dosemu2 will be fully supported by Synchronet. That may very well happen before I get this page finished...