• door32.sys

    From sysop@somebbs.com@3:770/3 to All on Thu Jan 11 01:31:07 2018
    when door32.sys was being thought of...w h y
    not put bbs name in the drop file???

    even door.sys doesnt
    chain.txt does
    dorinfo1 does

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to sysop@somebbs.com on Thu Jan 11 11:12:22 2018
    when door32.sys was being thought of...w h y
    not put bbs name in the drop file???

    My guess is because 99% of BBS door games have/had the BBS name configurable in its own door configuration making it redundant. Most of them used it as part of the registration key.

    Probably any BBS software that supports door32 will also create every one of the major drop files alongside it, so you have plenty to read from if you insist on reading that value from a text file.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/01/08 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (1:129/215)