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    From digimaus@618:618/1 to All on Mon Aug 31 12:29:07 2026

    Hi everyone,

    I have been working on porting my DOS Turbo Pascal-based BBS doors to Tcl--it works surprisingly well for BBS doors--and have nearly finished getting things into a beta state. They're working here just fine, but I'm looking for other systems to test my "The Magic Oracle" door.

    The only main requirements are that your system must be running Tcl 8.5 or higher and ANSI is supported on the remote caller's end. I've designed the door(s) to be easy to set up and use. A Windows version is in the works as a standalone EXE thanks to Freewrap though I'd imagine a Windows-based BBS with ActiveState Tcl installed with the ability to run stdio programs (in this
    case, via tclsh) should also be able to run the doors similar to *NIX.

    If you're running a *NIX-based BBS and would like to try it, please let me know. The docs are being fully fleshed out but there's enough there to
    figure it out. <G>

    I will be releasing my doors under the MIT License.

    -- Sean

    ... A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.

    --- MultiMail/Win
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1)
  • From Andrew Leary@618:100/2 to digimaus on Thu Sep 10 13:15:38 2026
    Hello digimaus!

    31 Aug 26 12:29, you wrote to all:

    I have been working on porting my DOS Turbo Pascal-based BBS doors to Tcl--it works surprisingly well for BBS doors--and have nearly
    finished getting things into a beta state. They're working here just fine, but I'm looking for other
    systems to test my "The Magic Oracle" door.

    The only main requirements are that your system must be running Tcl
    8.5 or higher and ANSI is supported on the remote caller's end. I've designed the door(s) to be easy to set up and use. A Windows version
    is in the works as a standalone EXE thanks to Freewrap though I'd
    imagine a Windows-based BBS with ActiveState Tcl installed with the ability to run stdio programs (in this case, via tclsh) should also be able to run the doors similar to *NIX.

    If you're running a *NIX-based BBS and would like to try it, please
    let me know. The docs are being fully fleshed out but there's enough there to figure it out. <G>

    I will be releasing my doors under the MIT License.

    Send a copy over here; I'll see if I can break it.

    Andrew

    ---
    * Origin: Phoenix BBS * phoenix.bnbbbs.net (618:100/2)
  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Andrew Leary on Thu Sep 10 15:25:48 2026
    Hello Andrew,

    10 Sep 26 13:15, you wrote to digimaus:

    Send a copy over here; I'll see if I can break it.

    Will do. Been crazy busy this week but I'll try to get it dropped off in your inbound tonight.

    -- Sean

    ... Mary had a little RAM; only about a meg or so.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240309
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1)