From: black.jack@THRWHITE.remove-11ey-this   
      
   "Gryphon"  wrote in message   
   news:791262460@p99.f105.n211.z1.fidonet.org...   
   > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.doors   
   >   
   > 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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   Since door.sys passes com ports and door32.sys passes telnet sockets how can   
   you possibly convert from one to the other?  Sounds like a "fake" door32.sys   
   for dial-up bbs's to me.   
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