Hi Everyone,
Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu2 and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.

Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

TIA

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On 20 Feb 2026, Heisenberg said the following...

Hi Everyone,
Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under
linux/dosemu2 and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32
and Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.
Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

this should help:
https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:door:lord

there are other doors on that wiki, as well as some more generic information: https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:door:index

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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 01:55 pm

Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu2

What issues are you running into? I'd say 99% of the DOS doors I've installed run without issue with dosemu2 on Linux.

and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.

Do you mean running DOS doors on Win32? Or running Synchronet itself? For DOS doors on Win32, all you need to do is configure the door in Synchronet (via SCFG) as normal, and make sure to say it's not a native program. That's all there is too it.. Win32 has the 16-bit DOS virtual machine and is able to just run DOS programs.

This is the guide on the wiki for Windows installation: https://wiki.synchro.net/install:win

Nightfox

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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 01:55 pm

Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get
them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using
for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

i talked to you a lot about not using dosbox.


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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 01:55 pm

Hi Everyone,
Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu2 and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.

Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

On 32-bit editions of Windows, most DOS doors "just work" with Synchronet.

For 64-bit editions of Windows, NTVDMx64 is the answer (https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:win#win64) or running a 32-bit Windows in a VM.
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Hi Everyone,
Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu2 and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and
Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.

Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using for
dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

You would use NTVDM with legacy console support and it'll just work.

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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 13:55:33

Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu2 and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.

You probably didn't look very hard then.

Nightfox did a lot of work on it and I did more and wrapped it into a nice little drop in bundle. I recommend using Ubuntu since DosEMU2 is kept up to date but it might work with others.

https://www.endofthelinebbs.com/dosemu2.tar.gz
and there's a dosemu2.txt with more information. This has helped a number of people who can follow basic directions. Those it defeated did something wrong :)

Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

Why would you do that when it works perfectly well. I have probably 100+ DOS doors all running under linux with no problem.

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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: nelgin to Heisenberg on Sat Feb 21 2026 03:15 am

Why would you do that when it works perfectly well. I have probably
100+ DOS doors all running under linux with no problem.

i run my bbses on linux but in vms. and why not do 32bit windows vms because then it's easier with less BS.


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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: MRO to Heisenberg on Fri Feb 20 2026 19:35:25

Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 01:55 pm

Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get
them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using
for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

i talked to you a lot about not using dosbox.

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Hi,
yes you did and your right.. it doesnt work under dosbox-x that well. I just had a few sysops say to me that i should just use win32, but they didnt go into detail about how that was implemented. Im currently having the most success with Ubuntu 24.04 and dosemu2.. but was still trying to get it to work under windows. I have since had limited success with windows 10 - 32 bit and ntvdm, but its a little buggy so ill probably stick with linux/dosemu

thanks
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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: nelgin to Heisenberg on Sat Feb 21 2026 03:15:07

Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: Heisenberg to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 13:55:33

Ive had mixed success getting old dos bbs doors to run under linux/dosemu and ive had some people tell me i should just use Win32 and Synchronet. I cant findany documentation on how to do that.

You probably didn't look very hard then.

Nightfox did a lot of work on it and I did more and wrapped it into a nice little drop in bundle. I recommend using Ubuntu since DosEMU2 is kept up to date but it might work with others.

https://www.endofthelinebbs.com/dosemu2.tar.gz
and there's a dosemu2.txt with more information. This has helped a number of people who can follow basic directions. Those it defeated did something wron :)

Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

Why would you do that when it works perfectly well. I have probably 100+ DOS doors all running under linux with no problem.

I was just having problems getting one game in particular to work - Esterian Conquest and wanted to try Win32, and asked a few people how to do it. I did end up getting it to work under Ubuntu/dosemu2 with i think the same drop in bundle that you mentioned. Its all working well now under linux, but just for my own education, i posted about how to do it under win32. Ive gotten it to work on windows 10 - 32bit and ntvdm, but it seems a little buggy so i gave that effort up.
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Re: Dos BBS doors on win32 Synchronet
By: Heisenberg to MRO on Sat Feb 21 2026 12:36 pm

Hi, yes you did and your right.. it doesnt work under dosbox-x that
well. I just had a few sysops say to me that i should just use
win32, but they didnt go into detail about how that was implemented.
Im currently having the most success with Ubuntu 24.04 and dosemu2..
but was still trying to get it to work under windows. I have since
had limited success with windows 10 - 32 bit and ntvdm, but its a
little buggy so ill probably stick with linux/dosemu

how to impliment it? you just do it.
i said do what i do and run it in a vm and use 32bit windows 10, right?

windows 32bit and ntvdm is fine with running games. 'a little buggy' is a shitty way to report and issue.

go ahead and stick with linux/dosemu.


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Can anyone provide a link to some docco that describes how to get
them working under win32.. for example LORD ? What are people using
for dos emulation.. dosbox or ????

i talked to you a lot about not using dosbox.

yes you did and your right.. it doesnt work under dosbox-x that well. I just had a few sysops say to me that i should just use win32, but they didnt go into detail about how that was implemented. Im currently
having the most success with Ubuntu 24.04 and dosemu2.. but was still trying to get it to work under windows. I have since had limited
success with windows 10 - 32 bit and ntvdm, but its a little buggy so
ill probably stick with linux/dosemu

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some fresh air.




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