Ah. I missed that on account of them not being actual links; I think my eyes just passed over them. Thanks. 😀

Again, nothing there I can download, at least for that individual program. I did download the CD image, but there doesn't seem to be any way to extract it without installing the entire OS, and I don't have a spare computer lying around.

That would be the original DOS command I'm trying to replicate, but there's nothing there I can download and use within DOSBox.

Is there a way to insert a delay of specified duration in a batch file, like you could in DOS with the SLEEP command? Either a built-in command I'm missing, or a DOS-compatible program I can download? Apologies if this has been asked and answered a million times already; I searched the forum and …

I have cleared the final technical hurdle! One of the settings in NETRUN.CFG is the number of days after which to delete inactive characters; I set it to an absurdly high number so that it would essentially never happen. However, in my troubleshooting, I learned two things: One, if the number is set …

Two more updates, if anyone still cares ;) : In the Magic DosBox configuration, I added some invisible buttons over the map portion of the screen so I can tap the direction I want to go. I've also narrowed down the problem with it not saving my progress. Credits stolen from systems seem to stay …

Yeah. I'm pretty sure I knew all of this twenty years ago and just forgot it since. :) A further note: I got the game to run on my phone, too! Well, again, sort of. It won't save my progress or even my chargen data. it's like everything's being opened read-only, but the folder and files are all set …

Ever have one of those problems that you're certain is going to have a complex solution, and it turns out to be something dead simple? I was looking up the formats to various kinds of BBS-generated files the game can read (which are apparently called 'drop files', which I think I knew in the 90's …

That does seem like a likely candidate, as it would be easy to check for. I wonder if and how one could spoof that signal within DOSBox. However, thanks to a flash of inspiration described in my previous post, it doesn't appear to be necessary, at least in this case. 😀

I had a thought, triggered by this part of my post: The good news is, the executable will execute; it needs to be passed the path of a BBS-generated file with user and system information, but the documentation includes specs on a generic file you can create yourself if your backend doesn't use one …

I recently downloaded the old door game Netrunner after playing it a bit on a web-based BBS, wondering if I could get it to run locally and offline. I remember doing so back in the 90's, but no details as to how. The good news is, the executable will execute; it needs to be passed the path of a BBS- …