The Major BBS Forums

Yes, this has been a known bug for a while now. The same thing happens whether it's the GALxxx or the ELWxxx versions.

You can use GameSrv (https://www.gamesrv.ca/) which does the same thing. GHost/2 was never finished/released.

Any chance of adding an "always on top" option for the console window? With my single VM setup, DOSBox doors will open in normal windows on top of the console and suck up system resources unnecessarily. If I pull the console back to the front manually, the problem is solved. Would love to ...

The client/server mode was removed for V10. It used very old VB apps that won't run on any modern version of Windows. Also the console will not run fullscreen as far as I know, but you can adjust the font size/settings for that console window and get it to a size that you'll likely find satisfactory...

I'm not satisfied with that response. :)

I think the problem is that both of those modules' codes are lost. Someone would have to pretty much write one from scratch I think. (ga looks at BadOPCode) :)

The regular teleconference is all you need for the ML/WL channel. If you're running WG, then you'll need to add "MajorLink" as the command string for your Teleconference menu option if you want the connected channel by default. This was added to CNF for MBBS10. As for the forums, it appear...

Nah there's no real manual. At one point someone was going to try to convert the old .hlp (windows help) files to a PDF, but I don't believe that was ever completed. And it's a real pain in the ass trying to get a modern version of Windows to open those files. You'll likely end up with a virus if yo...

If you downloaded a ZIP containing a bunch of files, but not a SETUP.EXE, then it's likely the extracted files from the old installer. In that case, you just copy all of those files into your BBSV10 directory and add MajorMUD to your menu tree. If you have the actual old installer with a setup.exe f...

I think Khan has the MajorMUD installer you need in his BBS file libraries...if you have a terminal that will let you download over telnet. His BBS telnet address is: sos-bbs.net