Hi Andrew:
I used your suggeted settings for SIO2K and config.sys and have noticed a strange issue. When Iceedit is loaded I can see this on the local computer:
X00 loads
IceEdit reports that it found its config file in c:\ele
IceEdit also shows the SHARE is loaded
Iceedit main screen loads
after a few seconds Iceedit reports carrier lost
IceEdit returns screen to EleBBS
My bbs dirctory is c:\ele with c:\ele\node1 as the node directory. The drop file in c:\ele\node1 dorinfo1.def and door.sys reports the comport as COM1. Elconfig shows the modem comport as COM2. The call waiting status screen for EleBBS shows Node1 and the Port as Com2. I am not sure why the drop file shows COM1 instead of COM2.I have maually changed the drop file from COM1 to COM2
but it changes back to COM1 after a user logs in.
Why would drop file show COM1?
Thnks!

Doctorwade


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Hello Doctor!

Thursday October 26 2023 10:46, Doctor Wade wrote to Andrew Leary:

I used your suggeted settings for SIO2K and config.sys and have
noticed a strange issue. When Iceedit is loaded I can see this on the local computer: X00 loads IceEdit reports that it found its config
file in c:\ele IceEdit also shows the SHARE is loaded Iceedit main
screen loads after a few seconds Iceedit reports carrier lost IceEdit returns screen to EleBBS My bbs dirctory is c:\ele with c:\ele\node1
as the node directory. The drop file in c:\ele\node1 dorinfo1.def and door.sys reports the comport as COM1. Elconfig shows the modem comport
as COM2. The call waiting status screen for EleBBS shows Node1 and the Port as Com2. I am not sure why the drop file shows COM1 instead of
COM2.I have maually changed the drop file from COM1 to COM2 but it
changes back to COM1 after a user logs in. Why would drop file show
COM1? Thnks!

If the drop file is showing COM1, then that is what is causing your issue with IceEdit reporting a lost carrier. What is your command line for the editor in ELCONFIG? What is the command line used to load EleBBS?

Andrew

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Hello Doctor!

If the drop file is showing COM1, then that is what is causing your issue with IceEdit reporting a lost carrier. What is your command line for the editor in ELCONFIG? What is the command line used to load EleBBS?

Andrew

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My command line is c:\ele\ice.cmd
ice.cmd -> @echo off
c:\ele\iceedit.exe /P C:\ele\node\N*

Elebbs command line is runele.cmd
runele.cmd ->
@echo off
c:
set ELEBBS=C:\ELE
:start
cd \ele
elebbs -E5
if errorlevel 10 goto maint
if errorlevel 5 goto start
if errorlevel 4 goto echo
if errorlevel 3 goto netmail
if errorlevel 0 goto quit
etc..
I start the telnet server with
c:\ele\eleserv -telnet

Doctorwade


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Hello Doctor!

If the drop file is showing COM1, then that is what is causing your

issue

with IceEdit reporting a lost carrier. What is your command line for

the

editor in ELCONFIG? What is the command line used to load EleBBS?

Andrew

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My command line is c:\ele\ice.cmd
ice.cmd -> @echo off
c:\ele\iceedit.exe /P C:\ele\node\N*

Was that a typo? Should be /D:C:\ele\node*N

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Hello Andrew,

Friday October 27 2023 09:26, Doctor Wade wrote to you:

My command line is c:\ele\ice.cmd

IIRC, using a CMD to call a BAT causes the information passed to the CMD not to be passed to the BAT correctly. I think DW needs to use a .BAT directly, not a .CMD to call the .BAT.

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Hello Sean!

27 Oct 23 19:02, you wrote to me:

My command line is c:\ele\ice.cmd

IIRC, using a CMD to call a BAT causes the information passed to the
CMD not to be passed to the BAT correctly. I think DW needs to use a
.BAT directly, not a .CMD to call the .BAT.

The OS/2 version of EleBBS needs a .CMD file there. All of my DOS doors under EleBBS/OS2 are started with a 1 line .CMD file that uses the 4OS2 Start command to start a DOS session with the door .BAT file. For example:

CEDIT.CMD:

@echo off
Start "CheepEdit Node %1" /DOS=E:\RA\DOSDOOR.INI /WAIT E:\RA\CEDIT.BAT %1

CEDIT.BAT:

@echo off
E:\RA\CEdit\CEdit.EXE -! -N%1
Exit

The /WAIT instructs the OS/2 session to wait for the DOS session to terminate.

For reference, here is the DOSDOOR.INI:

DOS_DEVICE=c:\os2\mdos\ansi.sys
DOS_DEVICE=c:\sio2k\vx00.sys
IDLE_SECONDS=0
IDLE_SENSITIVITY=100

These settings just ensure that the DOS session is started with ANSI and FOSSIL support.

It's worked fine for me this way for years. The vast majority of my doors are only passed a node number; the batch files handle what is needed from there to locate the correct dropfile, etc.

If you don't use 4OS2, you can use HSTART (available from Hobbes) to accomplish the same thing (starting a DOS session with specific settings.) You can also just load ANSI.SYS and VX00.SYS with DEVICE= lines in CONFIG.SYS, which means that they will be available in all DOS sessions.

Andrew

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My command line is c:\ele\ice.cmd @echo off c:\ele\iceedit.exe
/P C:\ele\node\N*

Was that a typo? Should be /D:C:\ele\node*N

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Nope. That us what I had, I'll change it to /D:C:\ele\node*N
Rhanks!

Doctorwade


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My command line is c:\ele\ice.cmd @echo off c:\ele\iceedit.exe
/P C:\ele\node\N*

Was that a typo? Should be /D:C:\ele\node*N

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Nope. That us what I had, I'll change it to /D:C:\ele\node*N Rhanks!

Sorry, should be %1 instead of *N, and *N should be passed as the first argument from the BBS type 7 command.

Doctorwade

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Sorry, should be %1 instead of *N, and *N should be passed as the first argument from the BBS type 7 command.

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shsbbs)

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Tried that. No luck. If I don't add /P I don't see X00 loading in the SIO2K log. Screen goes blank for a second and then back to message menu.
What I have now is *N in the type 7 entry and c:\ele\iceedit.exe /P /D:C:\ele\node%1
I think IcceEdit would work if I could figure out a way to keep it from
losing carrier. I changed the com port in elconfig to com1 since the drop
file always insists on having that as the comport.

Doctorwade


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Sorry, should be %1 instead of *N, and *N should be passed as the

first

argument from the BBS type 7 command.

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ftp,nntp) (ports 22, 23, 110, 21, 119) (ssh: login bbs password shsbbs)

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Tried that. No luck. If I don't add /P I don't see X00 loading in the SIO2K log. Screen goes blank for a second and then back to message
menu. What I have now is *N in the type 7 entry and
c:\ele\iceedit.exe /P /D:C:\ele\node%1 I think IcceEdit would work
if I could figure out a way to keep it from losing carrier. I
changed the com port in elconfig to com1 since the drop file always insists on having that as the comport.

/P is to specify the com port, so something like /P:2 would work, or /P:1,
but I don't know what /P by itself would do.

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Doctor Wade wrote to Martin Kazmaier <=-

I think IcceEdit would work if I could figure out a way to keep it from losing carrier. I changed the com port in elconfig to com1 since the
drop file always insists on having that as the comport.

Odd question, but are you doing this on a Dell computer??

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Odd question, but are you doing this on a Dell computer??

-- Sean

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It is a HP EliteDesk 800 with 16 gigs of ram and a I-5. I am using Linux and virtualbox to run OS/2 4.52 VM.

Doctorwade


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It is a HP EliteDesk 800 with 16 gigs of ram and a I-5. I am using Linux and virtualbox to run OS/2 4.52 VM.

Good choice in hardware (I was a factory certified HP tech). I recently found out that Arca Noae recommends not to use ArcaOS on a Dell.

-- Sean

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