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    From maskreet@21:1/114 to g00r00 on Wednesday, December 06, 2017 18:07:24
    So someone else was posting about this on the Mystic BBS page on Facebook the other day. Seems you can't download any files if you're using a CD-ROM. I'm going to assume whether physical or emulated, doesn't matter (in my case and
    I think his, they're emulated).

    Not sure what's going on. He thinks it might be the read-only status, I'm thinking it might be that, and that it's not copying over the files for download for Slow Media. Not sure, just guessing.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A36 2017/12/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to g00r00 on Friday, December 15, 2017 02:15:05
    I posted something to you last week about this, but I'm not sure if you saw
    it.

    Another Mystic sysop was having issues with being able to download files off either an emulated CD or a physical copy with Mystic. It lists the files, is able to read the file_id.diz in them, but won't let you download them with
    any protocol. I confirmed the same thing.

    Not sure about him, but I tried it with both "Slow media" enabled and
    disabled. No difference.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From g00r00@21:1/108 to maskreet on Friday, December 15, 2017 14:19:00
    Another Mystic sysop was having issues with being able to download files off either an emulated CD or a physical copy with Mystic. It lists the

    I did see it but I didn't respond because I don't have a CD drive to test on. At a programming level the way Mystic accesses any file is the same, regardless of what it is stored on. The operating system handles that - everything is just a drive, directory, or file to Mystic... There is no special code.

    My plan is to try to get an old laptop with a CD drive this weekend to test it.

    The slow media flag tells Mystic to copy the file to node's temporary directory before sending it, so it can read the file quickly. Back in the day BBSes had multiple callers online and a 1-2X CD drive which could not keep up with Zmodem, especially if multiple people were trying to download from a CD drive at the same time.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (21:1/108)
  • From NIA01@21:2/108 to g00r00 on Friday, December 15, 2017 20:48:54
    My plan is to try to get an old laptop with a CD drive this weekend to test it.

    I get the same behavior from a mounted iso image. I think it has something to do with the read only permissions. When I copy the files from the CD or iso
    to the hard drive, the issue goes away.

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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A35 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: NIA BBS (21:2/108)
  • From g00r00@21:1/108 to NIA01 on Saturday, December 16, 2017 00:24:59
    My plan is to try to get an old laptop with a CD drive this weekend t test it.

    I get the same behavior from a mounted iso image. I think it has
    something to do with the read only permissions. When I copy the files
    from the CD or iso to the hard drive, the issue goes away.

    What do you use to mount with? I'll try to make sure I am testing with the exact same software.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/15 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (21:1/108)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to g00r00 on Saturday, December 16, 2017 09:19:47
    On 12/15/17, g00r00 said the following...

    Another Mystic sysop was having issues with being able to download fi off either an emulated CD or a physical copy with Mystic. It lists th

    I did see it but I didn't respond because I don't have a CD drive to
    test on. At a programming level the way Mystic accesses any file is the same, regardless of what it is stored on. The operating system handles that - everything is just a drive, directory, or file to Mystic... There is no special code.

    I figured, but I'm using Virtual CloneDrive, so mine's not a physical drive either. The other sysop that was trying this before me used both a physical
    and emulated after, I believe. Neither worked for him.

    The slow media flag tells Mystic to copy the file to node's temporary directory before sending it, so it can read the file quickly. Back in
    the day BBSes had multiple callers online and a 1-2X CD drive which
    could not keep up with Zmodem, especially if multiple people were trying to download from a CD drive at the same time.

    Figured that too when I saw the prompt that said, "Copying files to temporary directory" before the download =)

    Either flagging a file(s) for batch download, or even manually typing a file name results in the same thing; the download initiates, Netrunner flashes the download screen for about 1/4 of a second, then dumps back to the file menu.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From NIA01@21:2/108 to g00r00 on Saturday, December 16, 2017 18:17:36
    What do you use to mount with? I'll try to make sure I am testing with the exact same software.

    I use WinCDemu on an XP machine. It's a free download.

    National Incident Alerts
    telnet://niabbs.com
    www.nationalincidentalerts.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A35 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: NIA BBS (21:2/108)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to g00r00 on Saturday, December 16, 2017 21:02:24
    On 12/16/17, g00r00 said the following...

    What do you use to mount with? I'll try to make sure I am testing with the exact same software.

    In my case, VirtualCloneDrive on Windows 7 32bit

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/15 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)