hey rob was reading your commitlog and noticed mac os x for build. Sync on Mac OS X next in the cards?

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Re: mac os x
By: The Millionaire to digital man on Thu May 30 2019 08:05 am

hey rob was reading your commitlog and noticed mac os x for build. Sync on Mac OS X next in the cards?

I seem to remember reading some posts years ago where some sysops got Synchronet to build on Mac OS X? Maybe they had to make changes that didn't make it into the official codebase though..

Nightfox

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Re: mac os x
By: The Millionaire to digital man on Thu May 30 2019 08:05 am

hey rob was reading your commitlog and noticed mac os x for build. Sync on Mac OS X next in the cards?

Yeah, probably.

digital man

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Re: mac os x
By: Digital Man to The Millionaire on Fri May 31 2019 12:55 am

but windows wil; be still be avaulable too right?

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Re: mac os x
By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2019 07:33 pm

Re: mac os x
By: Digital Man to The Millionaire on Fri May 31 2019 12:55 am

but windows wil; be still be avaulable too right?

Yes, and Mac support is not a forgone conclusion either.

digital man

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Rob,

but windows wil; be still be avaulable too right?

Yes, and Mac support is not a forgone conclusion either.

With Microsoft ending support and security updates for Windows 7 in
January, 2020...I was able to finally go to the local Best Buy, and
purchase 3 copies of Windows 10 Pro, 32-bit (had to be that, not only
for the BBS, but for other programs). Aside from making a backup of the
data, anything special I need to consider when I reinstall Synchronet
3.17?? It won't be done until sometime this fall.

Daryl

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Re: mac os x
By: Daryl Stout to DIGITAL MAN on Sat Jun 01 2019 03:07 am

Rob,

but windows wil; be still be avaulable too right?

Yes, and Mac support is not a forgone conclusion either.

With Microsoft ending support and security updates for Windows 7 in January, 2020...I was able to finally go to the local Best Buy, and
purchase 3 copies of Windows 10 Pro, 32-bit (had to be that, not only
for the BBS, but for other programs). Aside from making a backup of the data, anything special I need to consider when I reinstall Synchronet
3.17?? It won't be done until sometime this fall.

You don't really need to re-install Synchronet, just copy the files. Anyway, here's the FAQ:
http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:misc#migration

digital man

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Rob,

You don't really need to re-install Synchronet, just copy the files. Anyway, DM>here's the FAQ:
http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:misc#migration

Thanks...that'll make it easier to get the BBS back up. Too bad all
the other programs aren't as easily done.

Daryl

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Re: mac os x
By: Nightfox to The Millionaire on Thu May 30 2019 10:02 am

I seem to remember reading some posts years ago where some sysops got Synchronet to build on Mac OS X? Maybe they had to make changes that didn't make it into the official codebase though..

Yes, I got Synchronet to compile on Mac OS X about 6 months ago. At DM's request, I compiled a list of the changes that were necessary:

https://gist.github.com/Kirkman/06db0a189272d482464a32ea1e9cefa1

Not sure if those changes are still sufficient, or if new stuff would be needed now... other things overtook this project for me for a while so I haven't
tried compiling since then.

The main hangup for me is the lack of Mac support for dosemu. If I were to port my BBS from the Linux VM to my actual Mac, I would only do so if I could continue to run DOS doors.

For a while I was working with the project maintainer and we made a lot of progress, but things fizzled. I need to get that going again.

https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/721


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Re: mac os x
By: Kirkman to Nightfox on Mon Jul 01 2019 10:13 am

Yes, I got Synchronet to compile on Mac OS X about 6 months ago. At DM's request, I compiled a list of the changes that were necessary:

https://gist.github.com/Kirkman/06db0a189272d482464a32ea1e9cefa1

I seem to remember also reading that someone else compiled Synchronet for OS X several years ago.

The main hangup for me is the lack of Mac support for dosemu. If I were to port my BBS from the Linux VM to my actual Mac, I would only do so if I could continue to run DOS doors.

For a while I was working with the project maintainer and we made a lot of progress, but things fizzled. I need to get that going again.

https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/721

Since the base of OS X is Darwin (a varianet of BSD), I'm a little surprised that dosemu wouldn't work on it. I'd think there would be a way to get dosemu to compile/build on it.

Nightfox

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Re: mac os x
By: Nightfox to Kirkman on Mon Jul 01 2019 09:42 am

For a while I was working with the project maintainer and we made a
lot of progress, but things fizzled. I need to get that going again.

https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/721

Since the base of OS X is Darwin (a varianet of BSD), I'm a little surprised that dosemu wouldn't work on it. I'd think there would be a way to get dosemu to compile/build on it.

It doesn't run under FreeBSD, either. It's designed with many Linux-specific dependencies that don't exist on the Mac or on FreeBSD.

We were gradually working through some of those before the maintainer turned his attention to other stuff. I hope to get that back on track.

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Re: mac os x
By: Kirkman to Nightfox on Mon Jul 01 2019 01:06 pm

Since the base of OS X is Darwin (a varianet of BSD), I'm a little
surprised that dosemu wouldn't work on it. I'd think there would be
a way
to get dosemu to compile/build on it.

It doesn't run under FreeBSD, either. It's designed with many Linux-specific dependencies that don't exist on the Mac or on FreeBSD.

Ah, I see.. That would be an issue.

Nightfox

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