Newslist generated by NEWS 1.40à (c) 1990 by änigma Development Center & JLA  ÖÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ÄÄÄÄĶ September 09. Notes on MAX!BBS v3.02b  ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ( 2)ÄÄ ÓÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĽ o Added some changes in the scripts that were worthwhile releasing it. The manual and the file MAX!BBS.NEW have been updated with these changes. For details read further below and the manual 'MAX!BBS.DOC'. o To download with Bi-modem you must now go through the download-options. This has been done to control the number of downloads in file-sizes and to update the file-counter. o To force page-breaks in textfiles (e.g. news/bulletins/file-lists) place ASCII-character (4) '' in your textfile. This forces MAX!BBS to prompt with a 'more?' sign and after pressing any key the screen will be cleared for further text. MAX!BBS will automatically use prompts after each 23 lines.  ÖÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ÄÄÄÄĶ September 01. Notes on MAX!BBS v3.02  ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ( 1)ÄÄ ÓÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĽ o THIS RELEASE SUPPORTS AUTOMATIC FILE-UPDATES & DIRECTORY MAINTENANCE Many requests were made to divide the file-sections into sub- directories for easy maintenance. Up to now all downloadable files were put in one directory only and their seperate descriptions were placed in the title-files: FILE.1 - FILE.9 With the release of version 3.02, this function has been implemented. Now you can put your downloadable files from WITHIN your main 'DOWNLOAD'-directory into sub-directories for easy access. --------------------------------------------------------------------- W A R N I N G --------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR THIS REASON, IF YOU ARE USING A PREVIOUS VERSION OF MAX!BBS, YOU MUST DELETE YOUR PRESENT CONFIGURATION FILE ('MAX!BBS.CFG') AND RUN 'MAX!CONF' AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO USE ABOVEMENTIONED FEATURES! OR TO BE ABLE TO RUN MAX!BBS IN THE FIRST PLACE! (Sorry for the inconvenience) --------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT!  =================================================================== MAX!BBS GENERATES SORTED FILE-LISTS ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE FILE 'SORT.COM' FROM YOUR (MS)DOS-PROGRAM IN YOUR PATH. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A 'LISTER' INSTALLED, MUST PUT THE (MS)DOS- FILE 'MORE.COM' IN THEIR PATH. FILES WILL THEN BE 'TYPED OUT' PROPERLY WITH A 'MORE?' PAUSE. ==================================================================== o Due to the fact that pathnames have been implemented, I had to delete some external protocols that do not support pathnames on the command- line. Some newer protocols were added which supports pathnames and known for their speed and reliability. These are the external protocols supported by MAX!BBS: Protocol version Copyrighted by: --------- ------- ------------------------------------------------- Bimodem 1.24 Erik Labs HyperP 1.1e Hilgraeve Lynx 3.02 Matthew Thomas MPT 1.10 Matthew Thomas Nmodem 1.67 L.B.Neal Punter 2.00 Data Technology Corporation Tmodem 7.00 á Mike Bryeans (BE AWARE! in this version the command-line switches have been changed! Older versions are not supported by MAX!BBS) SZmodem 1.50 Scott M.Baker ZMax 1.00 Micro Tech Systems Zlynx 1.6b ProToSoft & Micro Tech Systems Zyrion 2.12 ProToSoft o Mail will be 'typed' and after the '-more-' sign (24th line) the screen will be cleared for the next lines to appear. o Minor changes were made in the User Editor ('MAX!ED.SLC'). Now the User Editor allows you to skip the next fields if no information is available yet, by pressing the 'ENTER'-key: 1. ZIPCODE 2. COUNTRY 3. PHONE 4. BIRTHDATE o The file MAXBBS.ANS has been altered! (Main menu screen of MAX!BBS). Now the file MAX!BBS.ANS will replace it. If you are using a previous version of MAX!BBS, please copy this file into your main MAX!BBS-directory. o Now option 'E' calls for the Error Report. The User Editor can now be invoked by pressing the 'F2-key'! o Added Newslist generated by NEWS 1.40à (c) 1990 by änigma Development Center & JLA MAX!BBS will now look for the files "NEWS.ANS" or "NEWS.ASC" and when found show this file after a user has logged in. Of course you don't need the program "NEWS" from änigma Development Center & JLA to make your own news-flashes (handy though!). Just create your own ANSI- or ASCII-file with your favourite editor and give it one of the abovementioned filenames. o Also changed the filename 'NEWFILES.ANS' into 'NEWFILES.LST' to make it more compatible with file-list generators like 'AVAILIST' from Edward D. Farmer. o Also added the option 'A' for Allfiles in the File menu, to allow users to view all available files for download. This file must be named: 'ALLFILES.LST' and should be created in the 'DOWNLOAD'- directory. You can create this file yourself or use a professional file-list generator like 'AVAILIST' form Edward D. Farmer at your convenience (available on most Bulletin Boards). o MAX!BBS will look for 'XU.EXE' in your MAX!BBS-directory and will execute 'WATCHDOG ON' to watch carrier-loss. Your system will reboot automatically if carrier-loss is detected. Make sure that X00.SYS has been put as a device in your config.sys (e.g. DEVICE = X00.SYS) and that the file 'XU.EXE' has been put in your MAX!BBS-directory! Of course end your 'AUTOEXEC.BAT' with a line to call 'MAX!BBS' instantly after rebooting your system. RESUME: ======= MAX!BBS-files to be REPLACED: ----------------------------- 1. MAXBBS .ANS must be replaced by MAX!BBS.ANS; 2. PROTOCOL.ANS must be replaced by PROT-I.ANS and PROT-E.ANS; 3. VERSION .ANS must be replaced by VERSION.ANS (altered!) MAX!BBS-files that have been changed in name: --------------------------------------------- 1. NEWFILES.ANS has been changed into NEWFILES.LST. MAX!BBS-files that have been added: ----------------------------------- 1. ALLFILES.LST (called by 'A' from within the File-option) 2. NEWS.ANS or NEWS.ASC (called when found during log-in session) (MS)DOS-files to be added (must be in your path): ------------------------------------------------- 1. SORT.COM (from your (MS)DOS package); 2. MORE.COM (from your (MS)DOS package); -=END NEWS=-