Hey everyone,

I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

I know that other people have been asking about this, and I tried following
the Google groups advice posted by Stephen Perry, but that post is a little
old and it didn't work out too well.

Is there a more fresh rundown of all the steps somewhere else? I checked Fido but it looked dry on the topic.

My main focus is just to get it to run so I can play around with it offline.
I have my old Compufuck BBS on a Windows pc, but I'm hoping to ditch that machine.

Alternatively, would it be a lot easier for me to use some emulator and continue using Mystic for Windows? Because I tried that too but failed. Are there any known instructions on that somewhere?

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On 22 Jan 2020, metalhead said the following...

Hey everyone,

I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

I think I'm going to put a how-to on my site to do this, since I offer up
help piecemeal whenever someone asks how to do this. =)

Okay, done. Go to throwbackbbs.com and in the top navbar, look for
"How-To's", it's the first drop down item. You're welcome! If you don't see
it, you might need to force-refresh the page with CTRL-F5.

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I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

What are you struggling with?

Are you a linux newbie who struggles with something?

I know that other people have been asking about this, and I tried following the Google groups advice posted by Stephen Perry, but that post is a little old and it didn't work out too well.

Mystic is pretty easy to setup and run on windows or linux.

Is there a more fresh rundown of all the steps somewhere else? I checked Fido but it looked dry on the topic.

If you post any questions there (or here) you'll likely get some good info.

My main focus is just to get it to run so I can play around with it offline. I have my old Compufuck BBS on a Windows pc, but I'm hoping to ditch that machine.

I remember Compufuck BBS although I haven't seen it lately.

Alternatively, would it be a lot easier for me to use some emulator and continue using Mystic for Windows? Because I tried that too but failed. Are there any known instructions on that somewhere?

Almost certainly not. An emulator usually adds more stuff you need to work out.
Just stick to your OS of choice and you'll be OK.

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On 01-22-20 15:18, metalhead wrote to All <=-

Hey everyone,

I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

I know that other people have been asking about this, and I tried following the Google groups advice posted by Stephen Perry, but that
post is a little old and it didn't work out too well.

What's the issue you're having? A bit more information would help with troubleshooting.


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I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

I hate to sound flippant, but without knowing the exact problems you're
running into, there's no way to give advice here. I've installed mystic countless times on countless linux distros with no issues.

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metalhead wrote to All <=-

I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

Is there a more fresh rundown of all the steps somewhere else? I
checked Fido but it looked dry on the topic.

http://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php

Alternatively, would it be a lot easier for me to use some
emulator and continue using Mystic for Windows?

That would just add another layer of difficulty.

Read the installation instructions on the Wiki referenced above.



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I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

Step 1. Download mystic from http://www.mysticbbs.com/downloads.html
-Linux 64 bit
Step 2. unrar e XXXX.rar into a directory somewhere
Step 3. ./install
Step 4. All paths in the installer are from / (top of filesystem). So /mystic
will be the outside of your user directory. For newbies, I suggest to
install to /home/<username>/mystic
Step 5. cd /home/<username>/mystic
Step 6. ./mystic -cfg
Step 7. Profit!

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On 01-22-20 22:03, Expirobo wrote to metalhead <=-

I want to install Mystic on Mint 64 Bit, but I'm struggling.

Step 1. Download mystic from http://www.mysticbbs.com/downloads.html
-Linux 64 bit
Step 2. unrar e XXXX.rar into a directory somewhere
Step 3. ./install
Step 4. All paths in the installer are from / (top of filesystem). So /mystic
will be the outside of your user directory. For newbies, I
suggest to
install to /home/<username>/mystic
Step 5. cd /home/<username>/mystic
Step 6. ./mystic -cfg
Step 7. Profit!

I have a machine running 64 bit Mint (with Cinnamon). I could do a test install on it, if need be, just to prove it works, but not until next week.


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I heard that DOSBOX doesn't handle multi-node very well.

No, it doesn't, but dosemu does. Another option these days is QEMU but it's not
well known and tested. QEMU can run on a Pi.

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I heard that DOSBOX doesn't handle multi-node very well.

I'm frankly having zero luck getting it to work right now :/

Dosemu, on the other hand, shouldn't be /too/ tough. Where are you getting
hung up?

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Almost certainly not. An emulator usually adds more stuff you need to
work out. Just stick to your OS of choice and you'll be OK.

Thanks everyone!

I'll stick with your advice & I'll be back with specific questions if this doesn't go smooth with the advice on Throwback BBS.

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Thanks everybody for your help with this.

I first tried the instructions on Throwback BBS, but I got stuck because I didn't do this:

suggest to install to /home/<username>/mystic

(I'm a linux newb!)

So then I resorted back here to Expirobo's message, made that change to the install-to folder, and all set now.

Those old instructions on the Google groups page were what were doing me in
on my first try. They are clunky! :)

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No, it doesn't, but dosemu does. Another option these days is QEMU but it's not well known and tested. QEMU can run on a Pi.

I have QEMU running MSDOS with TW2002 fully multinoded using a share drive
for files. Avon and I are working logistics on where to put the write up.
It's not for the faint of heart but it is solid and works like a charm after you get it going. Stand by for this in the near future. I plan on including a vanilla MSDOS 6.22 packed with XFS/Nic Drivers/Doskey/Power ready to install any bbs door game that needs DPMI.

Dosemu on the other hand is perfect for everything else. It can use LREDIR to mount directories as network'esque drives so that multiple instances can
share files from the same folder.


Cheers,

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So then I resorted back here to Expirobo's message, made that change to the install-to folder, and all set now.

Expirobo is AKA Analog. That was my tester account and I forgot I was logged
in under that when I replied. Hit me up with any questions on here or hit my board up if you need anything directly.

Cheers,

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metalhead wrote to Expirobo <=-

Thanks everybody for your help with this.

I first tried the instructions on Throwback BBS, but I got stuck
because I didn't do this:

suggest to install to /home/<username>/mystic

(I'm a linux newb!)

So then I resorted back here to Expirobo's message, made that
change to the install-to folder, and all set now.

Those old instructions on the Google groups page were what were
doing me in on my first try. They are clunky! :)

Again...

http://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php



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Analog wrote to Al <=-

No, it doesn't, but dosemu does. Another option these days is QEMU but it's not well known and tested. QEMU can run on a Pi.

I have QEMU running MSDOS with TW2002 fully multinoded using a
share drive for files. Avon and I are working logistics on where
to put the write up. It's not for the faint of heart but it is
solid and works like a charm after you get it going. Stand by for
this in the near future. I plan on including a vanilla MSDOS 6.22
packed with XFS/Nic Drivers/Doskey/Power ready to install any bbs
door game that needs DPMI.

Very interested in this. Please update when/where it's available,
thanks!



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file paths only issue I have is setting local doors. There are a few how-to pages but they lost me after a installing DOSEMU.

Hello HDT

I felt the same as you after many days I was just shaking my head, laughing
so one day after taking a nap I came up with my own settings from two of
those other pages your talking about. apam being one of those. (Thanks apam)

Anyway I have it on my board for download in area 17 if I'm right. No lord.whatever, no lord.conf so on and so on. one bat file, one sh file and
one dosemu.conf.

Very easy setup!

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I heard that DOSBOX doesn't handle multi-node very well.

I'm frankly having zero luck getting it to work right now :/

I'm not too familiar with DOSBOX but can you get it to just use STDIO for its I/O? Mystic uses STDIO so that you can run any program on the console as a door.

If it were to use sockets for example, a socket door wouldn't work with SSH
and you'd have to code it with the intent of it being a BBS door that inherits a socket and does TCP/IP just to write a line of text to the screen.

The way it works now you can make a door with a single line of code that works for everything ie: "printf("hello world");" would work. Mystic redirects the I/O and has a "watchdog" on the process for connection drops and stuff.

I think you can pass it a socket too but I can't tell you the last time I
tried to test something like that.

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Those old instructions on the Google groups page were what were doing me in on my first try. They are clunky! :)

Not everyone who writes how-tos are good at it, or it could be an awesome
guide for installing a long time ago or any combination thereof!

Installing mystic should be just about as easy as typing ./install if you point it to your home directory where you already have access to!

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