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Re: Ubuntu/JNS Door Games/dosemu2
By: RickV to All on Thu Aug 20 2026 11:40 pm
Ri> I am unable to get any JNS games to run under Ubuntu, dosemu2. I have
Ri> gotten most of my other dos games to work, Sunrise and a bunch of other
Ri> classic doors working. Can anyone share there sbbs cfg and the games cfg
Ri> setting for one JNS game (5 Card Poker maybe) with me?
Ri> This is all running under Ubuntu, with dosemu2.
What happens when they run? Does dosemu2 launch and produce an error message?
I run my BBS in Linux Mint (very similar to Ubuntu), and I use
dosemu2. I have some of the JNS doors installed and working.
This is my SBBS config for Tri-Bingo:
Name : Tri-Bingo
Internal code : TRIBINGO
Start-up Directory : ../../doors/TRIBINGO
Command Line : DOOR.BAT %#
Multiple concurrent users : Yes
Native Executable : No
I/O Method : FOSSIL or UART
Use Shell or New Context : Yes
BBS Drop File Type: DOOR.SYS (52 lines)
Place drop file in : Node Directory
This is the DOOR.BAT I use for Tri-Bingo (note: Your drive letter
& directory may be different)
@ECHO OFF
E:
CD \\TRIBINGO
SET TBNODE=%1
TRIBINGO.EXE TRIBINGO.CFG
And my TRIBINGO.CFG:
1
Y
Digital Distortion
Eric Oulashin
DOOR.SYS
D:
LOG
E:\\TRIBINGO\\SCORES.ANS
E:\\TRIBINGO\\SCORES.ASC
GAP
Registered
70
3
10
11
One thing I do to debug dosemu2 stuff is, I created a script so that I
can manually launch it with the same settings I use for Synchronet, and then
within dosemu2, I go to the door directory and manually try to run it and see
what happens - Then I may be more easily able to see any error messages
produced.
After looking at my configuration & batch file, I remember these
doors are unique in that there is an environment variable set in the
batch file before running the door (in this case, TBNODE). Did you do
that for your JNS doors? I think that`s a unique thing about these JNS
doors.
Nightfox
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