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   NOSPAM.cyberiabbs to All   
   Re: DOOR.SYS <--> DOOR32.   
   29 Apr 11 19:43:06   
   
   From: nospam.cyberiabbs@THRWHITE.remove-11ey-this   
      
   On 09-09-03, Rick Parrish said...   
      
   RP> XPost: alt.bbs.allsysop, alt.bbs.elebbs, alt.bbs.synchronet   
   RP> XPost: alt.bbs.tribbs, alt.bbs.wildcat   
   RP> From: nospam@blah.com   
   RP>   
   RP> "Mike Anderson"  wrote in message   
   RP> news:m52cnSA1jZ6729iiXTWJjA@wctc.net...   
   RP> > Fellow BBS SysOps,   
   RP> >   It has been brought to my attention that this utility falls   
   RP> short of   
   RP> what   
   RP> > I had intended it to do.  I'm sorry if I got your hopes up.  I   
   RP> hope to a   
   RP> > the necessary improvements to make this work very shortly.   
   RP> Thanks to   
   RP> > Rhythmnp for helping me detect where testing errors were made.   
   RP>   
   RP> Just out of curiosity, how can your program possibly work?  Sure,   
   RP> it's   
   RP> possible to convert a DOOR.SYS dropfile to a syntactically correct   
   RP> DOOR32.SYS file, but since DOOR.SYS deals with com numbers, and   
   RP> DOOR32.SYS   
   RP> deals with com handles (or socket handles), the DOOR32 program will   
   RP> not be   
   RP> able to detect a carrier.  So I'm just wondering what test   
   RP> environment you   
   RP> are using to confirm this util works.   
      
   That's an inherent misunderstanding about DOOR32.SYS.  When it first   
   came   
   out, I too thought they were talking about a new dropfile format.  What   
   is   
   really the case is a whole new way of programming a door.  They   
   shouldn't   
   have named the format like that of an existing dropfile format.  It   
   should   
   have been something completely different.   
      
   It's kinda like g00r00 naming his telnet client Netrunner.  When I   
   first   
   heard about that, I thought he was talking about the doorgame called   
   NetRunner.  Two completely different proggies.   
      
   -Regards,   
   Darryl Perry   
   Sysop, Cyberia BBS   
      
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