So far 2022 has not been very good to me. I've suffered with a lot of arthritis in my joints. Hoping it gets better later in 2022 and not worse. I do however miss running Synchronet BBS as it was a lot of work and fun at the same time. I tried using a Microsoft Surface Pro with it but it wouldn't run Linux or Synchronet BBS properly. So I went back to the iPad and stayed with it ever since instead.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to All on Mon Jan 17 2022 04:09 pm

So far 2022 has not been very good to me. I've suffered with a lot of arthritis in my joints. Hoping it gets better later in 2022 and not worse. I do however miss running Synchronet BBS as it was a lot of work and fun at the same time. I tried using a Microsoft Surface Pro with it but it wouldn't run Linux or Synchronet BBS properly. So I went back to the iPad and stayed with it ever since instead.

Sorry to hear that.

But yes, a Microsoft Surfce Pro runs Windows 10 or 11 which can and does run Synchronet BBS "properly", no problem. It'll even run an Ubuntu/Linux subsystem (inside Windows) if you really want to.
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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to All on Mon Jan 17 2022 04:09 pm

Sorry to hear that.

But yes, a Microsoft Surfce Pro runs Windows 10 or 11 which can and does run Synchronet BBS "properly", no problem. It'll even run an Ubuntu/Linux subsystem (inside Windows) if you really want to.
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It gave me errors for some reason it was weird.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Mon Jan 17 2022 04:40 pm

But yes, a Microsoft Surfce Pro runs Windows 10 or 11 which can and does run Synchronet BBS "properly", no problem. It'll even run an Ubuntu/Linux subsystem (inside Windows) if you really want to.

It gave me errors for some reason it was weird.

What errors?
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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to All on Mon Jan 17 2022 04:09 pm

So far 2022 has not been very good to me. I've suffered with a lot of arthritis in my joints. Hoping it gets better later in 2022 and not worse.

I hope it gets better for you.

I do however miss running Synchronet BBS as it was a lot of work and fun at the same time. I tried using a Microsoft Surface Pro with it but it wouldn't run Linux or Synchronet BBS properly. So I went back to the iPad and stayed with it ever since instead.

What problems did you have running Synchronet on the Surface Pro again? The Surface Pro is really just another Intel PC, and I don't see why there would be a problem running Synchronet on it. From a Google search, it sounds like the Surface Pro should be able to run Linux too.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Mon Jan 17 2022 04:40 pm

But yes, a Microsoft Surfce Pro runs Windows 10 or 11 which can and
does run Synchronet BBS "properly", no problem. It'll even run an
Ubuntu/Linux subsystem (inside Windows) if you really want to.

It gave me errors for some reason it was weird.

That's where you'd need to do some troubleshooting and try to fix the problems shown in the errors.

Nightfox

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Mon Jan 17 2022 04:40 pm

What errors?
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It said: MSVCR100.DLL not found in system directory.
It was looking for that msvcr100.dll file in the system directory and when I looked it was already there.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:11 am

What errors?

It said: MSVCR100.DLL not found in system directory.
It was looking for that msvcr100.dll file in the system directory and when I looked it was already there.

That's probably the 64-bit version of that DLL. You need the 32-bit version (in your SysWow64 directory).
https://www.samlogic.net/articles/32-64-bit-windows-folder-x86-syswow64.htm

It sounds like you didn't install the prereq's listed on this page: https://wiki.synchro.net/install:win
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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:11 am

It said: MSVCR100.DLL not found in system directory.
It was looking for that msvcr100.dll file in the system directory and when I looked it was already there.

That file is normally installed with the Visual Studio 2010 redistributable. After installing that, the file should be found, so it's weird that you were getting that error. Perhaps that file was manually copied to the system without installing the VS2010 redistributable? I'm thinking that could be fixed by running the VS2010 redistributable installer, or adding the system directory to your system path (any program needing that DLL would be able to find it from the system path).

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:11 am

That's probably the 64-bit version of that DLL. You need the 32-bit version (in your SysWow64 directory). https://www.samlogic.net/articles/32-64-bit-windows-folder-x86-syswow64.htm

It sounds like you didn't install the prereq's listed on this page: https://wiki.synchro.net/install:win
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Oh that's why I got the error.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:11 am

That file is normally installed with the Visual Studio 2010 redistributable. After installing that, the file should be found, so it's weird that you were getting that error. Perhaps that file was manually copied to the system without installing the VS2010 redistributable? I'm thinking that could be fixed by running the VS2010 redistributable installer, or adding the system directory to your system path (any program needing that DLL would be able to find it from the system path).

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Windows supposedly by default has the whole directory and its subdirectories readable already.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:11 am

That's probably the 64-bit version of that DLL. You need the 32-bit version (in your SysWow64 directory). https://www.samlogic.net/articles/32-64-bit-windows-folder-x86-syswow64.htm

It sounds like you didn't install the prereq's listed on this page: https://wiki.synchro.net/install:win
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I didn't know that Synchronet BBS was still a 32-bit program.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 12:27 pm

I didn't know that Synchronet BBS was still a 32-bit program.

For Windows, yes, it's still 32-bit.
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On 2022 Jan 18 12:27:44, you wrote to Digital Man:

I didn't know that Synchronet BBS was still a 32-bit program.

it depends on how it is compiled... the version running here on sestar is linux 64bit compiled here when it is updated from the repository...

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Nightfox on Tue Jan 18 2022 12:16 pm

That file is normally installed with the Visual Studio 2010
redistributable. After installing that, the file should be found, so
it's weird that you were getting that error. Perhaps that file was
manually copied to the system without installing the VS2010
redistributable? I'm thinking that could be fixed by running the
VS2010 redistributable installer, or adding the system directory to
your system path (any program needing that DLL would be able to find
it from the system path).

Windows supposedly by default has the whole directory and its subdirectories readable already.

I believe you could write to those directories after Windows prompts you for permission to do so. But anyway, you shouldn't have had to copy that file manually though. The proper way would have been to install the Visual Studio 2010 redistributable package (32-bit, as Digital Man said), and that should have solved that problem.

Nightfox

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 12:27 pm

I didn't know that Synchronet BBS was still a 32-bit program.

Only the 32-bit editions of Windows still come with a 16-bit DOS virtual machine (which is required in order to run DOS doors). So Synchronet still had to be 32-bit in order to run in 32-bit editions of Windows.

(Though now I've heard there is a DOS NTVDM that will run in 64-bit editions of Windows, and that Synchronet 3.19 has support for that..)

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: mark lewis to The Millionaire on Tue Jan 18 2022 05:07 pm

I didn't know that Synchronet BBS was still a 32-bit program.

it depends on how it is compiled... the version running here on sestar is linux 64bit compiled here when it is updated from the repository...

True, but I think most Windows users would be more apt to download pre-compiled binaries, and I think only 32-bit precompiled versions are available from Vertrauen.

Nightfox

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The Millionaire wrote to Digital Man <=-

Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:11 am

That's probably the 64-bit version of that DLL. You need the 32-bit version (in your SysWow64 directory). https://www.samlogic.net/articles/32-64-bit-windows-folder-x86-syswow64.htm

It sounds like you didn't install the prereq's listed on this page: https://wiki.synchro.net/install:win

Oh that's why I got the error.

Yup, that's why they're called *PREREQUISITES*.



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Yup, that's why they're called *PREREQUISITES*.

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As usual of you to still downvote my messages. Yup like I said before you have a lot of time on your hands to keep doing this. Why don't you go bug someone else on Dovenet instead of me for a change? I'm a physically sick man with a lot of medical issues. Kill your time more wisely that way for yourself fairly efficiently.

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: Nightfox to The Millionaire on Tue Jan 18 2022 02:28 pm

(Though now I've heard there is a DOS NTVDM that will run in 64-bit editions of Windows, and that Synchronet 3.19 has support for that..)

I've played with it a little, there is a new version that supposedly works on Windows 11 and gets around the secure boot stuff - but you have to build it (and track down all the files-it's a "patch"). The built version the (assuming) college kid currently has on his webpage works fine on Windows 10 without secure boot and is easy enough to setup.

It's really cool, but the problem is it's from an NT 4 source code leak and everyone is afraid to host it because of they are afraid of a DCMA takedown (or worse). I know enough people at MS that I really think MS would have already whacked it if they were going to. Unfortuately, this NTVDM wasn't even MS code we are talking about, they licenced it from someone else. So the legal grey area is never going to get better.

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I didn't know that Synchronet BBS was still a 32-bit program.

$ The Millionaire $

If it wasn't for the games, Synchronet BBS would be 64-bit?

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Wed Jan 19 2022 03:07 pm

If it wasn't for the games, Synchronet BBS would be 64-bit?

Synchronet for Windows is still 32-bit mainly because:
1. The version of the GUI development tool I use (C++Builder) only builds 32-bit binraries, and
2. There's no compelling reason that I know of to use 64-bit binaries (of BBS software) on Windows x64 systems

It has nothing to do with games.
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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Wed Jan 19 2022 03:07 pm

Synchronet for Windows is still 32-bit mainly because:
1. The version of the GUI development tool I use (C++Builder) only builds 32-bit binraries, and
2. There's no compelling reason that I know of to use 64-bit binaries (of BBS software) on Windows x64 systems

It has nothing to do with games.
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But 32-bit is such old technology now. Even MS leered away from it as much as possible.

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On 2022 Jan 19 15:07:42, you wrote to Digital Man:

I didn't know that Synchronet BBS was still a 32-bit program.

If it wasn't for the games, Synchronet BBS would be 64-bit?

your question doesn't make sense... i run 16bit door games on sestar which is running 64bit linux sbbs...

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Wed Jan 19 2022 06:16 pm

2. There's no compelling reason that I know of to use 64-bit binaries (of BBS software) on Windows x64 systems

It has nothing to do with games.

But 32-bit is such old technology now. Even MS leered away from it as much as possible.

Windows 11 is the first version of (non-server) Windows not to come in a 32 bit version. But 32 bit apps are fully supported and incredibly common. If MS deprecates 32 bit application support in Windows (and I honestly think we are at least a decade, probably more, from that happening), then you could make an OK case. There is little upside at this point to having native 64 bit apps in Windows unless your application or the files it edits are gigantic in size - it would mostly mean DM would have to manage/debug two different Windows packages.

Also, the incredible irony of being on a BBS message board and calling something 32 bit old technology.

Xerxes

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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: mark lewis to The Millionaire on Thu Jan 20 2022 05:09 am

If it wasn't for the games, Synchronet BBS would be 64-bit?

your question doesn't make sense... i run 16bit door games on sestar which is running 64bit linux sbbs...

Linux is a different case than Windows. 64-bit Windows is unable to run 16-bit DOS software (at least, not out of the box). Befire this new NTVDM came along, the general advice was that 64-bit Windows was pretty much incapable of running DOS doors.

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Subject: Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
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Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Wed Jan 19 2022 03:07 pm

Synchronet for Windows is still 32-bit mainly because:
1. The version of the GUI development tool I use (C++Builder) only builds
32-bit binraries, and
2. There's no compelling reason that I know of to use 64-bit binaries (of BBS
software) on Windows x64 systems

It has nothing to do with games.
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But 32-bit is such old technology now. Even MS leered away from it as much as possible.

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Are you really complaining about old technology in a BBS forum?

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Subject: Re: 2022: A Bad Year For Pain
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On 1/19/2022 9:16 PM, The Millionaire wrote:

Are you really complaining about old technology in a BBS forum?

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I'm making conversation.

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