Good day all. I do not know if this is the proper location for this but I am drawing a blank over and over so I thought I might try. Usually I am not this dense, but I fear this time I may be too close to the problem.
I am currently playing around with an old copy of Tradewars 2002 on an older WWIV 4.21a BBS install (i386DX 33 MSDOS 3.0) and though I have managed to get Tradewars 2001 working, Tradewars 2002 is really stretching my brain. I get to the Door Selection on my login and when I chose it, I get a frozen screen on the terminal while the console screen asks for a name. However, I can not enter anything into the name at either location.
Follows is the process by which it was installed (as I document everything when I am playing around):
TRADEWARS 2002 OR BUST! Type D: --->> [ENTER] Type CD WWIV Type MD TW2002 --->> [ENTER] Put "Tradewars 2002 V2 B2" floppy in B: Type COPY B:\*.* D:\WWIV\TW2002\*.* --->> [ENTER] Type CD TW2002 --->> [ENTER] Type TWINSTAL.BAT --->> [ENTER]
Type TEDIT.COM --->> [ENTER]
- Type [Y] if registered
Enter Code --->> [ENTER]
Type BBS Name: REDACTED --->> [ENTER]
Type Sysop Name: REDACTED --->> [ENTER] 9. BIG BANG CREATOR COMES UP (We are going with default settings) \- Press \[J\] --->> \[ENTER\]
Press [Z] --->> [ENTER] 10. Go fix yourself a cup of coffee as this takes a bit. 11. Type TEDIT --->> \[ENTER\] 12. Type Name: REDACTED--->> \[ENTER\] 13. Type \[Y\] 14. Type \[?\] --->> \[ENTER\] 15. Type \[O\] --->> \[ENTER\] 16. Type \[1\] --->> \[ENTER\] 17. EDIT NODE 1 \- Path to Data Files:
Path to Drop File: D:\WWIV\
BBS Drop File Type: WWIV ([C] then [2])
Hardware Handshaking: NO
Active Node: YES
Comport 1 to 4: 1
Override Port Addr: 03F8 (Standard COM1 I/O base address)
Override Port IRQ: 4 (Standard COM1 IRQ) (Hardware Handshaking: If users experience dropped characters or buffer overflow when dialing in through a virtual modem/fossil driver, consider toggling option to Yes (RTS/CTS).) 18. Type \[x\] --->> \[ENTER\] \- to change the Underground Password: \[G\] \[O\] 19. Type \[Q\] --->> \[ENTER\] MAKE BACKUP and RUN BEGINDAY.BAT 20. USE EDLIN TO MAKE "TW2002.BAT" IN D:\\WWIV \- u/echo off
cd \wwiv\tw2002
tw2002.exe %1
cd \wwiv 21. From D:\\WWIV TYPE BBS --->> \[ENTER\] 22. Login as Sysop 23. - Type \[C\] \- Type \[I\] (for Insert) \- Type \[1\] --->> \[ENTER\] (for before zero) \- Fill in the following: A. Description: Tradewars 2002 B. Filename: TW2002.BAT %C C. SL: 20 D. AR: None E. ANSI: REQUIRED F. DOS Interrupt: NOT Used G. 300 Baud: ALLOWED H. Shrink: No I. Disable pause: No \- Press \[Q\] \- Press \[Q\]
I am hoping someone might be able to help. This is something I am working on for documenting how a BBS was made in the past before modern Internet Systems.
I may crosspost this. submitted by /u/ayukawataur [link] [comments]