Re: lockups

> I'm  running BNU for all the doors.  All of the lock ups are on 2400 baud
> users (I think this is related to BNU?) but it also locks up locally but not
> as often.
> any thoughts, anyone?  (OH and don't say dump 6.14!  I dont have the time to
> reload back to 6.12 right now, maybe later like Jun or something.)
> Tome Warrior

This is caused by a conflict with 6.14a and BNU.  You cannot have BNU active
in any way while VBBS is running.  However, you can get it to work (and quite
well, I have 4 nodes running this way) if you just do a little sleight of
batch files...

Here's the start-up for Node 1:

bnu /t:8192 /r:8192 /L:1=57600 /p:1 /Q <- (this can go in autoexec for single
c:                                         node systems)
cd \vbbs
bbs 1

And a sample for Node 1 of L.O.R.D.:

C:
BNU /C
cd \VBBS\DOORS\DRAGON
LORD /pc:\vbbs\temp\n1 /n1
BNU /I1- /Q
c:
cd \vbbs


Basically, the /Q release the 14h vector before VBBS loads and takes control
of it.  The /C recaptures the 14h vector as VBBS shrinks out and the door is
run.  The door will open the port if it is designed to use a fossil.  If not,
no harm done.  The /I1- /Q will deactivate the fossil for port 2 (if the door
opened it) and release the 14h vector.

Note that the initial line for starting BNU can be used in your autoexec.bat
only if you are a single node system.  Otherwise, a copy of BNU will have to
be loaded for each VBBS node as noted above.  This is because BNU cannot
capture/release the 14h vector for a specific port.  Also note that each node
will need it's own batch file for each door.

A quick breakdown of the start up line:

 /t:8192 sets up a transmit buffer about the size of an ANSI screen
 /r:8192 sets up a receive buffer
 /L:1=57600 locks port 1 (comm 2) at 57600
 /p:1 support only one commport
 /Q deactivate BNU and release the 14h vector

I have complete batch files for most doors for nodes 0-4.  However I am now
using X00, which I have found to be more versatile.  But the same concepts
apply...


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