# MOO for PCs? -Reply

Edward Goff (egoff@iquest.com)
Fri, 15 Dec 1995 20:03:02 PST

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    Goback and look at what you just sent us.. You tried to open the moo with
    a database name of input-db and there is no input-db in that directory. :)
    you would have to do it.
    msdoomoo.exe minimal minimalold

    or you can just ftp a good one off the lambda site.. :)

    On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, 0bsidian wrote:

    > Greetings and salutations.  I would like to experiment with the
    > DOSMOO stuff as well.  I d/l-ed the zip file and tried to kick it
    > into gear and things got weird.  I don't have linux as of yet (try
    > not to kick sand at the newbie scum) and would like to try my hand at
    > starting up a MOO.  I am limited to using DOS/Windows stuff at work
    > and home until I can get a bigger HD to put linux on (and that is a
    > year or so in the offing).   Any suggestions to get this up and
    > running would be highly appreciated.
    >
    > 0bsidian wanderer
    >
    >
    > 0bsidian@BayMOO, EdenMOO, LambdaMOO
    > Tribe@OnlineToday.com
    > 0bsidian@dcccd.edu
    > ^that's a zero :-)
    >
    >
    > Entry at prompt...
    >
    > C:\MOO>msdosmoo.exe input-db dump-db
    >
    > the response was this...
    >
    > STARTING: Version 1.7.8p4 of LambdaMOO server
    >           (Using single-user protocol)
    >           (Task timeouts measured in wall-clock seconds.)
    > LOADING: input-db
    > *** Cannot open database file: input-db
    >
    > here are the entire contents of the directory where I unzipped it
    > (including the zipped file):
    >
    > Directory of C:\MOO
    > .                         <DIR>
    > ..                        <DIR>
    > MSDOSMOO   ZIP               150296
    > README     1ST                  769
    > MSDOSMOO   EXE               213817
    > MSDOSMOO   DOC                  438
    > MINIMAL    DB                   334
    > README     MIN                 2892
    > CHANGELO   TXT                44556
    >           9 file(s)        413102 bytes
    >                            210944 bytes free
    >
    > >>> stacy.l.goodman <stacy.l.goodman@ac.com>  12/15/95, 04:34am >>>
    > On 12/14/95 Brian Robke wrote:
    >
    > >since I don't have Unix or Linux on my computer, I can't. So I'm
    > just  wondering if there
    > >is a MOO that can run on a PC, and if so, where can I find it?
    > Thanks in
    > >advance.
    >
    > Yes, there is a DOS MOO available at:
    > FTP://freak.org/pub/msdosmoo/msdosmoo.zip
    > I haven't tested it, so I can't vouch for if it works or not, so if
    > you try it  out let me know!
    >
    > Chimera   (stacy.l.goodman@ac.com    or    chim@mcs.com)
    >
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