Re: Where do I get ntvdmx64
By: Rixter to All on Wed Jun 05 2024 12:32 pm

Where do I get this with installer and instructions on how to use it with

The Windows FAQ page on the Synchronet wiki has a mention of it: https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:win

ntvdm64 is here:
https://mendelson.org/ntvdmx64.html

It sounds like once you install ntvdm64, running DOS doors should run on 64-bit Windows.

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Re: Where do I get ntvdmx64
By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Jun 06 2024 10:55 am

well 'bbs dosbox' works pretty well. i've used it with some troublesome doorgames, too.

Cool. Care to provide a 'how-to' page for sysops that want to replicate that success?

People have been doing it, maybe since 2004 or 2006.

Deuce had that bbs dosbox page and i zipped it and uploaded it to vert.
I thought the page was down but it's back up.
https://dosbox.bbsdev.net/

Looks like I made the archive in 2010
https://i.imgur.com/jBr8i6u.png

I wouldn't recommend running a bbs on it if you want decent file transfers. With my experience there were problems with xfers.
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Re: Where do I get ntvdmx64
By: Rixter to Digital Man on Thu Jun 06 2024 07:49 pm

it works well! thank you i can load dos games on my 64bit system now without dosbox. Its part of the operating system now. I like this.

"this" being NTVDMx64? I liked it too, at least on Windows 10.

However, I am getting an error on one of the doors i am trying to launch through the bbs it reads 16 bit msdos subsystem. command prompt - planets /pc:/sbbs/node1 The system cannot open Com 1 port requested by the application. choose close to terminate. Is there something else I need to establish communication between the door and the bbs? sometimes I am seeing that it cannot find the door program even though i am quite specific as to where the game should find it. Any tips? I am trying to install Planets:The Exploration of Space to start with. Thank you

For some reason, all of your message text was intended with a the quote (" > ") prefix. Something is wrong with the method in which you're entering messages.

As for any message related to "Com 1", that means the program is trying to use the UART (and not FOSSIL) for communicating with the BBS client/user. Either configure the program to use FOSSIL/int14h instead, or change the setting in SCFG to use "UART" for the program's I/O method.

This is all documented pretty well:
https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:door:
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Re: Where do I get ntvdmx64
By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 06 2024 06:25 pm

Re: Where do I get ntvdmx64
By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Jun 06 2024 10:55 am

well 'bbs dosbox' works pretty well. i've used it with some troublesome doorgames, too.

Cool. Care to provide a 'how-to' page for sysops that want to replicate that success?

People have been doing it, maybe since 2004 or 2006.

Not for multinode doors.

Deuce had that bbs dosbox page and i zipped it and uploaded it to vert.
I thought the page was down but it's back up.
https://dosbox.bbsdev.net/

I don't think anyone's really still using dosbox for door games these days.
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Re: Where do I get ntvdmx64
By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Jun 06 2024 06:16 pm

replicate that success?

People have been doing it, maybe since 2004 or 2006.

Not for multinode doors.

yeah that's always been the case but you can limit it to one person at a time.

Also....COME ON NOW, MANNN. bbses aren't going to get many people trying to play the same doorgame at the same time.

I don't think anyone's really still using dosbox for door games these days.

unless you have some backdoor in synchronet you have no way of knowing that. i'm using it.

I'd rather use it than that ntvdm hack that is one windows update away from being broken.
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