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Magnum P.O.W.E.R.
Version 3.00
(C)Copyright 1990, 1991 Gilmore Systems - All Rights Reserved
Gilmore Systems
1285 Falling Star Ave
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Voice: (818) 706-9800 FAX: (818) 706-2785 BBS: (818) 706-9805
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P ersonal
O ffline
W riter
E ditor
R eader
REVISION HISTORY:
Version 3.00
With the release of Magnum version 5.xx,
'Extended Message Bases' now exist. This
version will allow you to respond to or
create messages for message bases other
than message base 0.
The program is no longer a 'bound' (fapi)
program. There are now 2 .EXE's included:
POWER2.EXE - for OS/2
POWER.EXE - for DOS
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Version 2.01
Now allows message ORIGINATION.
Supports Intel 808x & 80x86 processors.
Internal changes but basically identical
to version 2.00.
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Version 2.00
Can choose a Conference area to read from
instead of going through every conference.
Prior to originating or responding to a
message, you now have the option of making
the message PRIVATE (as opposed to PUBLIC),
and requesting a RECEIPT (if directed to
another userID).
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Welcome to the Magnum POWER program from Gilmore Systems. POWER is an
acronym for "Personal Offline Writer-Editor-Reader". You can use the
POWER.EXE or POWER2.EXE program with any Magnum BBS System where the Sysop
has implemented POWER processing in their RJE menu. Unlike previous
versions, POWER is now being supplied as two separate programs (both
included in this distribution): POWER2.EXE for OS/2, and POWER.EXE for
DOS.
Many people call BBS's from long distance. Long distance telephone charges
have not only made people upset at the time that their phone bill comes, but
in some cases, people stop calling long distance BBS's alltogether or reduce
the frequency with which they call. Magnum BBS systems, the ONLY BBS system
to offer RJE, in conjunction with the POWER.EXE and POWER2.EXE programs will
help you to reduce long distance charges, connect time, and will allow you
read messages, reply to messages, or create messages at your leisure, all
OFFLINE!
The way it works is as follows:
1) Dial a Magnum BBS board.
2) From the main menu, choose [R]JE section.
3) Once in the RJE menu, choose [L]ist/Execute.
4) From there, choose CREATE AN ARC/ZIP list of messages on the system.
You'll be able to choose which conference areas you want, and what
date range of messages you'd like. Once this is done, an RJE task
(Remote Job Entry) will start. Because RJE tasks run as background
processes, you needn't bother waiting for the task to finish. You're
free to do any other BBS functions you wish (file xfer, message entry,
etc...) - or - you can even log off! The RJE task will continue to
process your request regardless of whether you're online or offline,
transferring a file or entering a message. If you're still online when
the task finishes, Magnum will notify you. Once the task is finished,
choose [C]ompleted Jobs from the RJE menu to find out the name of the
file the RJE task created for you. The naming convention used is
IDxxxx@y.ZIP (or IDxxxx@y.ARC) where xxxx is your Magnum ID number,
and y is usually 0. y can range from 0 to 9 and A to F.
5) Go to the [F]iles menu, and download the completed file. If you do not
download the file by the next day, it will be deleted. The file will
be password protected with your logon password. If your logon password
is greater than 10 characters, then only use the first 10 characters of
your logon password in response to the Password prompt.
6) Once you've downloaded the file, unZIP or unARC the file. There will
be one file in that ZIP or ARC with an extension of .MSG
7) Execute the POWER.EXE (DOS) or POWER2.EXE (OS/2) program, supplying
the name of the .MSG file as the parm to the POWER program. From this
point, everything will be self-explanatory. The same ANSI editor
that's used on Magnum BBS systems has been incorporated into the POWER
program for your convenience.
8) Once you've read and responded to the messages you wish (or created
any new messages, you can call the Magnum BBS system back and upload
your response file to the RJE section. Your response file will have a
name of IDxxxx.POW, where xxxx is your Magnum BBS ID number. Choose
[R]JE Menu, then choose to upload your POWER file. Once you've
uploaded, another RJE task will automatically be started which will
process your responses and place them in the message database. Once
you've finished uploading, you're free to perform any other BBS
functions, or to log off. The RJE task which is processing your .POW
file will continue to run in the background to its completion once
started.
9) Delete the .POW file at your end once you've successfully uploaded it.
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* * * IMPORTANT: DO NOT ALTER THE .MSG FILE (Created by Magnum), or the .POW
file (created by POWER).
POWER can let you create a NEW message (not necessarily a reply to an
existing message) but you need to have the .MSG file (created by the Magnum
BBS system) in order to do so. The .MSG file tells POWER which conferences
you can use.
POWER.EXE is provided as a free service from Gilmore Systems, the makers of
Magnum BBS systems for the OS/2 Operating System.
POWER.EXE and the associated RJE processing facilities have been released in
late November, 1990. Not all Sysops running a Magnum BBS system will choose
to implement POWER, but those who do will be offering you a tremendous
service.
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If you or your company is considering purchasing a Magnum BBS system for
your OS/2 host telecommunications needs, call us for more information:
Voice: (818) 706-9800
FAX: (818) 706-2785
BBS: (818) 706-9805
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