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Osiris SE v4.00 _____________________________________________________________ Osiris SE is a fast, responsive, flexible system which allows the owner to design much of his own CBIS without having to write any program code. Osiris is NOT just a BBS program, it is an INTEGRATED BBS operating SYSTEM. Unlike many other BBS programs, we did not just STOP with the BBS itself. We have attempted to provide you with everything you could possible need to run a BBS. Osiris cost less than any other BBS on the market. There are couple of BBS' that have a base price less than Osiris but with those BBS', the base price only covers the BBS program itself. Many companys charge extra for add-on programs that we provide, AT NOT ADDITIONAL CHARGE, with the package. A lot BBS' do not even provide the add-on programs. You have to call all over the country looking for 3rd party add-on programs and in the process, run up a huge phone bill and you still have to pay for the programs when you do find them. The cost of the Osiris package is less than $6.00 a program, based on a single line system. You can't find, download, and register a shareware program for that. _____________________________________________________________ First time sysops can build a system to carry out their communications needs quickly without being burdened with complicated setups and designs. Advance sysops can modify the system to suit their personal tastes so quickly you can not believe it until you try it. Osiris has power, speed, responsiveness, and flexibility which have never before been seen in the micro-computer world. What do we mean by speed? The measure of a systems speed is how close it approaches the ideal of being limited only by the data transmission rate. Osiris is capable of driving the serial port in excess of 38,400 bps using a 10 Mhz AT. This means if you timed the transmission of a 192,000 byte file, it should take about 50 seconds. On a single user system running on a 6 MHZ AT, Osiris was clocked at over 20,000 bps! This included reading from the harddrive, writing to the LOCAL screen, and sending the data out the serial port. We are not going to say there is no other CBIS software capable of achieving this feat, we just have not found one yet. What do we mean by responsive? Osiris can accepts commands at ANY time. On menu displays or command prompts you do not have to wait for the prompt or even the end of the line. Your callers have the option of using advanced command stacking or HOTKEYS. Using command stacking, they can enter commands that may be found 40 sub-systems away. _____________________________________________________________ As amazing as Osiris is to operate when you call in, the SYSOP side has to be seen to be believed. Osiris is configured and maintained using a series of GUI programs (some programs require a mouse) and a text editor or ANSI draw program. Using OSM, you can define from 1 to 32000 Conference message boards and from 1 to 32000 file areas. You can choose the command keys, types of areas, access levels for the commands, flags for the commands, default log-on access levels, time limits, private system or public. _____________________________________________________________ Your file areas can be in individual directories, grouped into one directory and LOGICALLY sub-divided by Osiris. You can have your file list in one directory, the physical files in another directory, and have the uploads for that area go to still yet another directory, you decide. File Queued Downloading allows up to FORTY files to be downloaded during a SINGLE session. And the files can be split between any number of file areas. Advanced external protocol support allows an unlimited number of protocols to be added, without having to resort to batch files! Why settle for outdated and slow protocols like Xmodem, Ymodem, Kermit, and SEAlink when you can use faster and more popular protocols like Tmodem, Zmodem, Jmodem, and Bimodem. You have a proprietary protocol you want to use, just add it in. Full CD-ROM and WORM drive support. Full archive support for Zip, Lharc, Arc, Pak, and ARJ (View and extract with re-archive) Archive integrity check on new uploads with optional automatic virus scanning! New files search and a FIND using a KEY word/phrase. Each individual file listing contains information about WHO uploaded the file, when it was uploaded, when it was last downloaded, and how many times it has been downloaded. Need tight control over who downloads a specific file? Osiris allows you to PASSWORD protect individual files in PUBLIC download areas. Not only can you PASSWORD protect an individual file, you can also instruct Osiris to delete the file once it has been downloaded. _____________________________________________________________ Creating menus is a breeze. Use any text editor and just draw it! Better yet, use a program like THEDRAW. Thedraw is an ANSI "what you see is what you get" drawing program. Select the layout, colors, and even the command line prompt. When your finished, compile the ANSI drawing and you have a colorful menu ready to be used by those that support ANSI and those that do not. _____________________________________________________________ Osiris has a bi-polar message system with up to 32,000! public message areas offering a WIDE range of configuration options. Public Message Areas (Echo or Local) have a DELAYED POSTING option. You can assign area moderators to review messages posted in these area and only after the moderator has OK'ed the message will it be available for public view or Echomail Export programs. If a moderator REJECTS a message, the message is sent back to the person that posted it, in the body of a REJECTION NOTICE (Moderators may work remotely). TRUE ALIAS(tm) Support. Each caller record has a field that allows callers to select an ALIAS name to use on the system, in areas that allow it. New Conference mail checks as well as Private Message Center New Mail check can find waiting mail under the callers REAL name OR the ALIAS. A separately maintained Message Center for Private Messages between individuals on the system with CARBON COPIES, Automatic Notification when the message has been received, high speed auto-mail checking, attach Files to Messages, and full ALIAS support. Your callers have the option of using a line editor with quoting capabilities or the advanced Full Screen (Wordstar COMMAND compatible) ANSI editor with quoting capabilities. Two highspeed new MAIL checkers, one for PRIVATE messages (Not optional) and one for conference messages (Echomail) which IS optional. Can scan at 15000+ messages per second. Message system has advanced FILTERING/SEARCH capabilities, full message threading. Advanced message PACKING, in ASCII format, for reading OFF-LINE. Custom off-line reader, powerful, with remote capabilities; you don't have to log-on to the BBS to read messages, enter messages, download files, or upload files. _____________________________________________________________ For those who want more flexibility in system design and do not mind a little simple programming, Osiris provides SPL/I, Structured Programming Language Version I. SPL/I is a cross between C, Pascal, Cobal, and PL/I. SPL/I has: 127 built in functions including do while, for/next, if, if else, switch, procedures, string management, complex math formulas, variable type CASTING, printf (with full FORMAT support), sprintf (with full FORMAT support), file handling , and MUCH more. Several SPL/I functions are devoted to creating and managing WINDOWS. Yes, Windows on a BBS (caller must support ANSI) and no, they are not a bit slow. 69 predefined variables and constants Upto 100 "ACTIVE" user defined variables 8 variable classes: integer, string, character, long, unsigned long, unsigned integer, real, and file. 2 variable types: global and local. 10 math operators: +, -, /, *, >>, <<, XOR, OR, AND, Modules. User definable highspeed Btree databases User definable indexed Memo Databases for mass text storage and fast retreivel. Multiple stage compiler Multiple stage linker with the ability to combine object modules. While you do not have to use it to get much of the power of Osiris, it allows you to go much further in system design than was previously possible! If that was not enough, Osiris provides an almost unlimited number of HOOKS for attaching external programs. If you can write it, you can add it. Complete file structures distributed with the program. Got a Q&A type of file you need to add, no sweat! You want a totally unique system? Use AUTOEXEC.PRG and SPL/I to build your own totally unique system. Create dozens of DIFFERENT systems and let the each caller pickup which one he or she likes the best. _____________________________________________________________ Need multiple language support? You don't live in the United States, no problem. Osiris has full unlimited mulitple language support. Want to alter the text or colors used by internal Osiris prompts? Just edit the language database and recompile it. _____________________________________________________________ Osiris has an advanced virtual memory manager, VMS, that gives your system as much memory as it needs for running external programs such as archivers, protocol drivers, games, add-on dbase systems, or anything else you care to call using the ITP [SHELL] command. You can call external program that require in excess of 512K of memory to function, including batch file. You can also pass information to the external programs using command line arguments and/or a special exit control file. You may also test return codes and process accord to the return code following any SPLI/I _EXECUTE. If you have EMS memory, VMS will shift Osiris up into high memory before the call and shift it back down afterwards. If you don't have EMS memory available, we'll use your Hard disk instead. _____________________________________________________________ Automatic Expanded and Extended Memory cache. If you have either, Osiris will automatically create an overlay caching system and load the overlays into the cache. Its almost like the entire program is loaded into memory. _____________________________________________________________ Osiris has a special built in ON-LINE product databases for integrated On-Line Shopping. You customers can shop from the comfort of their homes or businesses 24 hours a day with less COST overhead than conventional VOICE order lines and without the hassles of TIME ZONES. Osiris uses compressed databases to hold product information with highspeed indexing, multiple find features, ability to tag items for reviewing, forward/reverse movement, listing functions, multiple departments, customized order forms, help screens, variable length description fields up to 1,000,000 bytes per record, and much more. Supports over 5 billion products PER STORE. Up to 32,000 different departments PER STORE. NO LIMIT on the NUMBER of DIFFERENT stores. _____________________________________________________________ Osiris has one of the best user interfaces in the industry. You'll find your callers whizzing around the system at break neck speed completing tasks in a fraction of the time required under other programs. In some cases, Osiris can reduce your in-use time per line by as much as 50 percent over traditional BBS programs. In a twenty four hour time period, a four line Osiris system can generally handle as many callers as an eight ( ten if those lines are 9600 bps) line TBBS system. This can save you over 1600.00 dollars a year in commercial phone line rental fees, enough to PAY for your entire setup within two years (depending on the brand of computer your using). Osiris was selected as the CBIS system they most like to call in a poll of over 1000 BBS users. _____________________________________________________________ Need statistical information? Osiris keeps complete statistical information at your finger tips, using colorful bar charts in most cases, concerning in-use time per line, average in-use time per line, top ten files downloaded on the system, top ten uploaders to the system, connect baud rates, message area information, file area information, who called today, who called yesterday, who called the last 14 days, six best times to call, six worse times to call and protocols being used. Osiris will post a daily statistics message to the sysop each night giving a complete run-down of the days events. New callers, in use time, what files where download, what files were uploaded, available diskspace on each drive, etc. _____________________________________________________________ Your directory littered with dozens of exe programs and control files? Do you need a database just to keep track of what does what and which control file it uses? Delete them because almost anything you can think of as an add on is already built into the program! Your wife complaining that she no longer has a husband? Your employee(s) having to spend most of the work day maintaining the company BBS? Give yourself and your wife or employees a rest. Once installed, Osiris is almost 100 percent automated. Check it once a week or so and let CAT do the rest. CAT's the Osiris Robot Maintenance system that does everything from adjusting messages area sizes, renumbering, getting rid of old messages or deleted message, sorting file areas, converting archives to another format, adjusting file listings so they LOOK uniformed, maintaining history logs, scanning the harddrive for virus infections, monitoring individual files on the drive for chances, and MUCH MORE. You can even have it automatically backup the system to your TAPE drive or optimize your hard disk on specific days! It'll even post a report, in the message center, to you each time it runs telling you exactly what shape your system is in and what it did. _____________________________________________________________ Osiris is much more than a mere Bulletin Board System. It is a Computer Based Information System, a personal communications tool with incredible power. Its uses are limited only by your imagination! If you would like to give Osiris a try to see if it fits your needs BEFORE you buy, the complete program can be downloaded at 1-314-334-6359 It is full functional with only a restriction placed on the number of users. _____________________________________________________________ Need a Fidonet Compatible Mailer? We also have ISIS, the most advanced and powerful Electronic mailer available. ISIS supports over 9 different TYPES of mail sessions including Ultra-Fast HTMS sessions. If you also have Osiris, ISIS will give you options you've never seen on a mailer before. The two programs will merge together to form an integrated super system. ISIS is available, in test drive mode at 1-314-334-6359. _____________________________________________________________ International TeleCommunciations also offers a full line of protocol drivers suitable for BBS or Terminal use. _____________________________________________________________ Need a terminal program? We also have QT 2000, an advanced mouse driven terminal program designed for use with BBS systems. Some features: Queue Dialing and Redialing, EZscript Langauge, support for external protocols (no batch files required), use mouse..menus...or hotkeys to select options, File Clipboard with save/restore/edit/view, Upload Clipboard, logging, scroll back buffer, cut/paste to/from buffer or file, and much more. _____________________________________________________________ International TeleCommunications, your one stop shopping center for telecommunications applications.