Hi Andrew:
I tried to follow as closely as I could your suggestions for using a fossil with OS/2 4.52. I made the following changes:
config.sys >
device=C:\sio2k\sio2k.sys Os2Shares
device=C:\sio2k\vx00.sys

elconfig > messages > c:\ele\ice.cmd *N *M *H

ice.cmd >
@echo off
cd \ele
c:\ele\iceedit.exe

IceEdit config drop down menu is set to use door.sys drop file but I have
tried it with door32.sys as well

What I get is when a user enters a message I see IceEdit load on the local
side for about a second and then returns to the message menu. On the remote
end it shows "message aborted" and returns to the message menu. In the brief instance that IceEdit loads I can see "carrier lost" in the bottom corner of the icedit screen. I am pretty sure that OS/2 is not passing the port over to IceEdit.

Any suggestions you or any other members can point me to my error would be appreciated.

Doctorwade


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IceEdit config drop down menu is set to use door.sys drop file but I have tried it with door32.sys as well

Maybe dorinfo1.def? It doesn't support door32.sys.

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DOCTOR WADE wrote to ANDREW LEARY <=-

What I get is when a user enters a message I see IceEdit load on the
local side for about a second and then returns to the message menu. On
the remote end it shows "message aborted" and returns to the message

It's been a good while, but I had similar issues several years ago
trying to get IceEdit to work with Telegard/2 under OS/2. I messed with
it for a good while, but never got it to work. So I gave up and just
started using the build in editor. Would have been nice to get iceedit
working.

I know it did work back 20 years ago when I was only using dialup.

Kev


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Yep. tried the doorinfoX.def as well as doorinfo1.def

IceEdit config drop down menu is set to use door.sys drop file but I

have

tried it with door32.sys as well

Maybe dorinfo1.def? It doesn't support door32.sys.

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Try something that Andrew has working, it might be IceEdit.

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DOCTOR WADE wrote to ANDREW LEARY <=-

What I get is when a user enters a message I see IceEdit load on the local side for about a second and then returns to the message menu.

On

the remote end it shows "message aborted" and returns to the message

It's been a good while, but I had similar issues several years ago
trying to get IceEdit to work with Telegard/2 under OS/2. I messed with
it for a good while, but never got it to work. So I gave up and just started using the build in editor. Would have been nice to get iceedit working.

Is there a suggested editor that is known to work? I just sent him dctedit
and the dictionary for it if that will work any better. Perhaps the full screen eleedit will work for him. I think it's built in, though I don't know how feature-full it is.

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Doctor Wade wrote to Andrew Leary <=-

Any suggestions you or any other members can point me to my error would
be appreciated.

I've been writing BBS doors since 1998 and my BBS doors are written with
the same doorkit that was used for the Ice Technology doors.

What your problem is with IceEdit is it is not getting the information
it needs from your BBS. I -strongly- recommend you use DORINFO1.DEF.
My doors are picky about DOOR.SYS and if your BBS software is not
outputting a full 52-line DOOR.SYS (many do not), stick with
DORINFO1.DEF.

-- Sean


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I've been writing BBS doors since 1998 and my BBS doors are written with the same doorkit that was used for the Ice Technology doors.

What your problem is with IceEdit is it is not getting the information
it needs from your BBS. I -strongly- recommend you use DORINFO1.DEF.
My doors are picky about DOOR.SYS and if your BBS software is not outputting a full 52-line DOOR.SYS (many do not), stick with
DORINFO1.DEF.

-- Sean

Thanks Sean, I have tried DORINFO1.DEF with no luck. I have added /N:1 /P:2 /B:115200 (also tried/B:57600) to my .cmd file and have the same "connection lost" from IceEdit. I am no expert but it seems to me that OS/2 is not
sharing or passing the port over to IceEdit for whatever fossil or config
I have.

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Hello Doctor,

Friday October 20 2023 10:11, you wrote to me:

Thanks Sean, I have tried DORINFO1.DEF with no luck. I have added /N:1 /P:2 /B:115200 (also tried/B:57600) to my .cmd file and have the same "connection lost" from IceEdit. I am no expert but it seems to me that OS/2 is not sharing or passing the port over to IceEdit for whatever fossil or config I have.

Asking a few basics:

- Do you have VX00.SYS defined in CONFIG.SYS?
- I assume you have SIO2K configured correctly since you've talked to Andrew.
- Are you passing the proper node number to the door from your BBS? You should NOT need to pass the port to yoiur door manually as it should read it from the dropfile.
- If running multinode, are you ensuring that you are putting each node's dropfiles in their own directory?
- If you are trying to run this locally through your BBS, you need to add /L to the command line.

I can tell you with 100% certainty that the door is not pulling the information from the dropfile because it can't find it. It is not the fault of the door.

What BBS software are you using?

-- Sean

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Hello Doctor,

Friday October 20 2023 10:11, you wrote to me:

Thanks Sean, I have tried DORINFO1.DEF with no luck. I have added /N:1 /P:2 /B:115200 (also tried/B:57600) to my .cmd file and have the same "connection lost" from IceEdit. I am no expert but it seems to me that OS/2 is not sharing or passing the port over to IceEdit for whatever fossil or config I have.

Lock your BPS rate no higher than 57600 for Ice Tech doors.

Again, you should NOT need to add any of this additional info on the command line! You should only have the node number and the path and dropfile name and the door will get the rest from your dropfile.

-- Sean

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MARTIN KAZMAIER wrote to KEVIN NUNN <=-

Is there a suggested editor that is known to work? I just sent him dctedit and the dictionary for it if that will work any better.
Perhaps the full screen eleedit will work for him. I think it's built
in, though I don't know how feature-full it is.

I am the same, not sure what is available to him. With Telegard I am
just using the built in FSE.

Kev

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Hello Doctor,

Friday October 20 2023 10:11, you wrote to me:

Thanks Sean, I have tried DORINFO1.DEF with no luck. I have added

/N:1

/P:2 /B:115200 (also tried/B:57600) to my .cmd file and have the same "connection lost" from IceEdit. I am no expert but it seems to me

that

OS/2 is not sharing or passing the port over to IceEdit for whatever fossil or config I have.

Asking a few basics:

- Do you have VX00.SYS defined in CONFIG.SYS? - I assume you have

I have VX00.SYS defined in my config.sys:
device=C:\SIO2K\vx00.sys
device=C:\SIO2K\sio2k.sys Os2Shares

passing the proper node number to the door from your BBS? You
should NOT need to pass the port to yoiur door manually as it should read it from the dropfile. - If running multinode, are you ensuring
that you are putting each node's dropfiles in their own directory? -

I am using this cmd file for Oedit and my bbs directory is c:\ele

@echo off
cd \ele
c:\ele\oedit\oedit.exe /Pc:\ele\node200 /N200
I am using this as a single node system with 1 node number. I will add multinode once I get the single node working.
c:\ele\node200 shows:
door.sys
door32.sys
dorinfo1.def
elebbs.log
tag.ra
dorinfo1.def shows:
THE LAB BBS
DOCTOR
WADE
COM1
65529 BAUD, N, 8, 1
0
DOCTOR
WADE
GRAB CREEK FARMS
1
3200
859
Elconfig shows modem is set to comport 1, telnet is set to 2325


What BBS software are you using?
EleBBS for OS/2 v0.09.g1

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Doctor Wade wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

65529 BAUD, N, 8, 1

There's your problem. I have no clue why your system is putting that
number there but that's the issue...

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Doctor Wade wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

65529 BAUD, N, 8, 1

There's your problem. I have no clue why your system is putting that number there but that's the issue...

EleBBS Uses that to distinguish Telnet connections. He's using /B:57600 to force 57600 to the door, so I doubt that's the problem.

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EleBBS Uses that to distinguish Telnet connections. He's using /B:57600 to force 57600 to the door, so I doubt that's the problem.

Well, this discussion needs to be moved to MIN_BBS because it's evidenly an issue between the BBS and the door, not OS/2.

I have used IceEdit for years under OS/2 with several different BBS software packages without issue and I know OS/2 nor SIO/VMODEM are the issue here.

-- Sean

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