COLOR 64 BBS PROBLEM!
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From: Rick Youngman on 6 Oct 2007 01:23 On Oct 4, 10:16 pm, ramswell <shifty_bu...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 2, 8:01 pm, Rick Youngman <wl...(a)commspeed.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 12:27 am, ramswell <shifty_bu...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone! Me and Andrew Wiskow were sitting here tonight > > > trying to figure out how to get the game mods to work on the COLOR 64 > > > V8.0 and got nowhere. Apparently whenever we try to create a new mod, > > > after it tries to initialize, it gives us a data error of some sort > > > and throws us back to the bbs again. > > > > Furthermore, I am fidgiting with the notion of possibly running my > > > BBS with my SUPERCPU and I saw no mention of how to do this in the > > > manual and I was wondering how would I go about doing it (AS I KNOW > > > IT'S POSSIBLE). > > > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Charles > > > Are you and Andy "writing" mods... or trying to install more than the > > BBs has now.. ?? > > > In the older versions of Color64, there was limit of how many Mods you > > could run, if I remember right and depended on hardware... not sure of > > Color V 8.0 though. You might just have to tell the BBs to add more > > Mods than it "thinks" it can handle. It's been a while since I > > logged into The Cottonwood BBs, so Im not sure what all Andrew has > > running right now. > > > I ran C*base BBs after trying Color for a while, because of the > > problems I ran into with Color Mods... > > Color was such a popular BBs, a lot of Mods that were out there had > > "bugs", because EVERYONE was writing them..... a few times, I would > > just edit a "working mods boot" file, to use to load a different game, > > than it was intended for. ( the fossil driver ) > > > What is the error you guys get ??? and what is the game(s) ?? > > > Rick > > I "booted" it up and got to the main "waiting fr call" screen. then I > hit "F1" to go into the menu mode then again hit "F1" to enter "LOCAL > MODE." Then I typed in my name and password and got the main welcome > screen. Went into the "?" screen for the "SYSOP MENU." Then I hit "G" > to access the online game MOD'S (which doesn't exist cause I haven't > successfully created it yet). Then it goes into the "ENTERING MODULE > MENU" mode where I am given 2 options <either "?" to enter the mod > menu, or Return to exit>. So I choose "?." it tells me that I have > 7428 bytes free and reasks the same question again so I quit. > Now after reading the manual I am supposed to type in a SHIFTED @ KEY > which will give me a "check." That is "supposed" to do something but > does not. So lets try it.... > > Ok, the first time I hit the check key, it told me the following: > > "Device Not Present Error 5540:check symbolbbs.ov2" > > It reset itself and rebooted the BBS..... > > Then it said " File Data Error4630:check symbolbbs.ov2" > > So it seems fairly obvious to me that something inside the bbs.ov2 > program isn't sitting right in one or both of those lines. With that > being said, I am running the BBS off a CMD HD and a SUPERCPU and it's > VERSION 8.0. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks a lot for the help! :):):):) > > Charles- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text the mod is looking in the wrong place for the loader ....... you either have it in the wrong partition ( or that partition is not setup right) or it is looking at the quick load Ram Link for the mod/and or data base of players. I would almost bet, the mod your trying to run, was written to run off a floppy drive ( like drive 11 or something) and isnt looking for a hard-drive partition command..... or wants to store the database/ scores on a floppy drive that doesnt exist.. Reeko P.S. Also === (if I remember right) the Check-mark files in Color are considered "system" files and have to be on the Flippie side, of the boot disk. Is sysbolbbs.ov2 on the disk ( or partition) where the "other" check files are ???
From: ramswell on 8 Oct 2007 22:38 On Oct 5, 10:23 pm, Rick Youngman <wl...(a)commspeed.net> wrote: > On Oct 4, 10:16 pm, ramswell <shifty_bu...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 2, 8:01 pm, Rick Youngman <wl...(a)commspeed.net> wrote: > > > > On Sep 30, 12:27 am, ramswell <shifty_bu...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone! Me and Andrew Wiskow were sitting here tonight > > > > trying to figure out how to get the game mods to work on the COLOR 64 > > > > V8.0 and got nowhere. Apparently whenever we try to create a new mod, > > > > after it tries to initialize, it gives us a data error of some sort > > > > and throws us back to the bbs again. > > > > > Furthermore, I am fidgiting with the notion of possibly running my > > > > BBS with my SUPERCPU and I saw no mention of how to do this in the > > > > manual and I was wondering how would I go about doing it (AS I KNOW > > > > IT'S POSSIBLE). > > > > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > Charles > > > > Are you and Andy "writing" mods... or trying to install more than the > > > BBs has now.. ?? > > > > In the older versions of Color64, there was limit of how many Mods you > > > could run, if I remember right and depended on hardware... not sure of > > > Color V 8.0 though. You might just have to tell the BBs to add more > > > Mods than it "thinks" it can handle. It's been a while since I > > > logged into The Cottonwood BBs, so Im not sure what all Andrew has > > > running right now. > > > > I ran C*base BBs after trying Color for a while, because of the > > > problems I ran into with Color Mods... > > > Color was such a popular BBs, a lot of Mods that were out there had > > > "bugs", because EVERYONE was writing them..... a few times, I would > > > just edit a "working mods boot" file, to use to load a different game, > > > than it was intended for. ( the fossil driver ) > > > > What is the error you guys get ??? and what is the game(s) ?? > > > > Rick > > > I "booted" it up and got to the main "waiting fr call" screen. then I > > hit "F1" to go into the menu mode then again hit "F1" to enter "LOCAL > > MODE." Then I typed in my name and password and got the main welcome > > screen. Went into the "?" screen for the "SYSOP MENU." Then I hit "G" > > to access the online game MOD'S (which doesn't exist cause I haven't > > successfully created it yet). Then it goes into the "ENTERING MODULE > > MENU" mode where I am given 2 options <either "?" to enter the mod > > menu, or Return to exit>. So I choose "?." it tells me that I have > > 7428 bytes free and reasks the same question again so I quit. > > Now after reading the manual I am supposed to type in a SHIFTED @ KEY > > which will give me a "check." That is "supposed" to do something but > > does not. So lets try it.... > > > Ok, the first time I hit the check key, it told me the following: > > > "Device Not Present Error 5540:check symbolbbs.ov2" > > > It reset itself and rebooted the BBS..... > > > Then it said " File Data Error4630:check symbolbbs.ov2" > > > So it seems fairly obvious to me that something inside the bbs.ov2 > > program isn't sitting right in one or both of those lines. With that > > being said, I am running the BBS off a CMD HD and a SUPERCPU and it's > > VERSION 8.0. > > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks a lot for the help! :):):):) > > > Charles- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text > > the mod is looking in the wrong place for the loader ....... you > either have it in the wrong partition ( or that partition is not setup > right) or it is looking at the quick load Ram Link for the mod/and or > data base of players. > > I would almost bet, the mod your trying to run, was written to run off > a floppy drive ( like drive 11 or something) and isnt looking for a > hard-drive partition command..... or wants to store the database/ > scores on a floppy drive that doesnt exist.. > > Reeko > P.S. Also === (if I remember right) the Check-mark files in Color > are considered "system" files and have to be on the Flippie side, of > the boot disk. Is sysbolbbs.ov2 on the disk ( or partition) where > the "other" check files are ??? Well as I mentioned previously, I am running it "DIRETLY OFF MY HD" which is Device # 9 Part #4..... So what I do is type: " @#9 <CR> @cp4 <CR> UP ARROW +BBS <CR>" and that's what I am doing. It appears to work ok running the BBS, but it won't reconize any of the MOD'S that way for some reason r another. Either way I don't get it as ALL SYSTEM FILES ARE ON PART #4!!! So they "SHOULD" be running smoothly along with all the other files that are on the HD for the BBS, but they don't. So I'm perplexed over it. Charles
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