Renegade BBS

Installation

Tradewars 2002

Installation

Download TW2002 v3.09 from 

wget https://www.slbbs.com/files/doorgame/2002v309.zip

Unzip

mkdir tw2002

mv 2002v3009.zip tw2002

cd tw2002

unzip 2002v3009.zip 

Install - from DOSEMU

Prerequisits

Install Debian 7(Wheezy) or Debian 8(Jessie) i386 architecture:

https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/debian-installer/

Update Package Manager Sources and add contrib. See below:

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main

Install SSHD if not installed via the installer

apt-get install openssh-server

Enable root login at GUI

vi /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

Add AllowRoot=true under the security section

...
[security]
AllowRoot=true
...

vi /etc/pam.d/gdm3

Comment out the following line:

...
#auth   required        pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet_success
...

Logout and log in using root

Install Subversion

apt-get install subversion

Checkout BBS package

svn co https://svn.jmehan.com:8443/svn/PROJECTS/bbs

Install BBS

cd bbs

install.sh

Run

startbbs

stopbbs

Renegade BBS

With the BBS Running, VNC into the instance at IP:1

Configuration

Configure the BBS for 6 nodes

echo 6 > /dos/numnodes

From an xterm issue the following command:

dosconsole

From the DosEmu terminal perform the following steps:

g:

cd g:\rg

renegade -n1 local

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Select S - System Config

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Select A -  Main BBS Configuration

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Configure these values to your hearts content.

System Toggles

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New User Question Toggles

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User Editor

From the local window, select U

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Update the SYSOP user.

Update the drop file location for all of the nodes

Repeat the following steps for all 6+ nodes from a dosconsole:

g:

cd g:\rg

renegade -n<nodeNumber> -l

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Select S - System Config, then B - Modem/Node Configuration

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Update "B - Drop File Location" with the folder

G:\RG\TEMP<nodeNumber>

Tradewars 2002

Installation

Start by buying a license if you still can. 

Start DOSEmu

dosemu

Install from DOSEMU

g:

cd g:\doors

dosemu

cd .....\tw2002

install.bat

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If you need to redo the BIG BANG, you will find a file called bigbang.exe in the tradewars folder.

bigbang.exe

Configure TradeWars

cd .....\tw2002

tedit.exe

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Select O - BBS node editor

Update B - Path to Drop File and C - BBS Drop file type for all of the nodes you are configuring.

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Fill in Path to Drop File, Drop file type.

For Node1:

Configure Renegade

In Renegade, perform the following steps:

Using Dosemu

g:

cd g:\rg

local.bat

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Select # for the menu editor

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Select M and 17

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Select C

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Select M and 1

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Configure like above. The values for %N won't be use unless you have multinode setup in TradeWars. 

Update the tw2002.bat file

edit tw2002.bat

@echo off
g:
cd g:\rd\doors\2002v309tw2002
call tw2002.exe TWNODE=1%1
rem pause

Since only have a license for 1 node of Tradewars, only node1 will work. If you are having issues, uncomment the pause to see the error.

References

Renegade

Trade Wars 2002