Hey Nick,

I'm playing with DBridge, and I have two questions.

I was running DB 3.99, and updated to 4.00 (just got it 2-3 days ago). In Advanced -> BBS -> DOS commands, I have a bunch of statements:

SPAWNBBS.BAT *B *P *T *L *C > BBS0*L.BAT
*X

In 3.99, the bat file was created and executed, but in 4.00 no BAT file is created. In facted I've had echo FOO > BAR.BAT and its not created. Can you help me with what I might be missing?

The reason I updated (apart from being current), was that I was trying to not have the FOSSIL unloaded when it exits with *X. I found a reference to *H in the manual, but it doesnt seem to do anything. I still see X00 unloaded. Is there a way to stop the FOSSIL from unloading when DBridge exits?
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On 29 Apr 20 21:04:39, Deon George said the following to Nick Andre:

In 3.99, the bat file was created and executed, but in 4.00 no BAT file is created. In facted I've had echo FOO > BAR.BAT and its not created. Can you help me with what I might be missing?

In version 4, be sure to download and install the Multi-line version.

The reason I updated (apart from being current), was that I was trying to have the FOSSIL unloaded when it exits with *X. I found a reference to *H i the manual, but it doesnt seem to do anything. I still see X00 unloaded. Is there a way to stop the FOSSIL from unloading when DBridge exits?

If X00.EXE is renamed to something else or loaded as a device driver (I'm not sure what OS you are using), D'Bridge will not unload it on exit.

ie. C:\DB\X00-DEON.EXE 0=3F8,4 E DV

Means define the serial port, "E"liminate the shareware nag screen and give up timeslices ("D"esq"V"iew mode). You do not have to define the serial port but I believe if X00 loads as a device driver it defaults to two ports and may cause a problem for the host OS if the port does not actually exist.

Nick

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Re: Re: Exit to BBS
By: Nick Andre to Deon George on Thu Apr 30 2020 04:21 am

Thanks Nick,

In version 4, be sure to download and install the Multi-line version.

I did download the multiline version - DB4SM.ZIP.

I think I worked out the issue - but looking for your advice if I'm right.

In the BBS config, I have

echo SPAWNBBS.BAT *B *P *T *L *C > BBS*L.BAT

But as I said, nothing is created. So I tried another line that used
"... > FOO.BAT"

And the first connect FOO.BAT wasnt created. On a second connect it was (strange - Ive seen this a couple of times while testing) - but inside FOO.BAT was

FOO 38400 2 999 *L CONNECT 38400

IE: The *L wasnt changed to the "line". I was expecting it to be changed to 1.

Am I using that right?

If X00.EXE is renamed to something else or loaded as a device driver (I'm not sure what OS you are using), D'Bridge will not unload it on exit.

Ahh, that worked. I thought DB would exit with an error level if the fossil wasnt loaded - but it doesnt. And *H doesnt work as per the manual? (No problem, I can put X00 in the call as you have in the manual.
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On 30 Apr 20 21:55:48, Deon George said the following to Nick Andre:

FOO 38400 2 999 *L CONNECT 38400

IE: The *L wasnt changed to the "line". I was expecting it to be changed to

Am I using that right?

Let me look at the code later today or tomorrow that does this and if a fix is necessary I'll publish an update.

Ahh, that worked. I thought DB would exit with an error level if the fossil wasnt loaded - but it doesnt. And *H doesnt work as per the manual? (No problem, I can put X00 in the call as you have in the manual.

What exactly is the environment that you are running D'Bridge on, is it on real hardware or a virtualized/Dosbox/Dosemu session?

Nick

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Re: Re: Exit to BBS
By: Nick Andre to Deon George on Thu Apr 30 2020 10:31 am

What exactly is the environment that you are running D'Bridge on, is it on real hardware or a virtualized/Dosbox/Dosemu session?

This is dosemu. (1.4.0.7) - Debian Stetch.
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