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TBBS 2.3 New Feature List
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ULEDIT:
o 65,535 user limit removed. Now up to 4 million user accounts may
be kept in your TBBS userlog.
o "Public Account" flag allows overriding of the /U switch on MLTBBS
for specified user IDs.
o Template enhancements to allow turning Tags both OFF and ON.
o Allows full editing of the Address and Country fields
o Powerful scripted printing function allows making new user letters,
mailing labels, extracting records to comma delimited formats for
databases, etc.
QAL:
o CHANGE: command enhanced to allow changing many more fields.
o QAL can now change languages and top level menu name.
o SETSVY: command allows using different survey results files under
QAL questionnaire control.
o Can set the new %Rn% params to pass information back into a
menu structure for use within TBBS.
SDL:
o Allows use of both SPACE and RETURN as active menu keys in the same
menus.
o RETURN is automatically active in a menu, but defaults to "next level
help" function in any menu that has no KEY=^M entry.
CEDIT:
o Now allows specifying Temp file and Menu file directories explicitly
for better management of RAM drives.
o Allows specifying "slow drive" (CD-ROM) handling for both local and
remote (LAN connected) drives. Remote staging methods may be set to
be MFM compatible, COPYIT compatible, or TBBS's own method.
o Networked mail areas (such as Internet email) may now be marked as
such in CEDIT, letting TBBS know not to verify names as local, etc.
o Enhanced modem setup allows multiple options for a single modem to
handle things like various ROM versions, multiple interface speeds, etc.
o Allows setting a minimum length for a password.
o All TBBS 2.2 optional mods are now CEDIT configuration settings.
MLTBBS:
o RIP kit now standard internal part of TBBS. Fully backward compatible,
but also enhanced for many new capabilities such as logon RIP polling,
automatic command prefixing, etc.
o Full Screen File Area interface. Allows tagging and downloading of
batches, moving freely between areas of a FAR/DIR combination, tagging
of the results of a search or new file listing, and much more. The
most sophisticated and intuitive full screen file interface anywhere!
o TYPE=14 is now a full screen tagging file maintenance utility. Tag
groups of files and move them to another area with a single command.
Make tagged lists visible or invisible, or delete them with a single
command. Now TBBS has real internal file area maintenance capability!
o Sophisticated IPX nameserver based LAN logins supported at no extra
cost. TBBS lines may be designated as IPX lines and assigned logical
names either individually or as groups. Multiple lines within a group
form a "hunt group" for LAN access. Outbound service is also assigned
by name for use with InterChange to access other TIPX clients on the LAN.
This allows use of TIPX for access to TDOOR (remote door access) and
IPAD in addition to any remote TIPX servers set up using the INT 14
TIPX client/server software included.
Included INT 14 driver allows workstation access via Generic BIOS, PS/2
BIOS, EBIOS, or FOSSIL based communications programs. Full specifications
of the TIPX protocol and source code for the INT 14 driver is included.
o Enhanced modem handling:
o DTR is lowered in the interrupt routine on loss of carrier, making it
impossible for another caller to enter on the current session no matter
what sort of software failure has occurred.
o This also assures that "hung" systems will not answer the phone for
callers which cannot be serviced, but will enter a "ring, no answer"
mode.
o TBBS detects the RING code and prevents spawning a task on a line that
is ringing. This prevents outdial collisions due to the long answering
sequences of high speed modems.
o TBBS now allows the option of "passive answer", even though the need
for it has been removed by the above modem handling improvements.
o ALT-F3 will now take a TBBS system down, even if lines are hung due
to hardware problems.
o TBBS will not hang on external events if a modem or port has had a
hardware failure.
o Enhanced memory management allows more code and data to be placed in
EMS. Multiple languages no longer can take more than 64k of the
base 640k memory area, and all TBBS user data segments share the same
32k "footprint" as well. Much of the TBBS internal code has been made
into "internal option modules" and shares the same 640k "footprint" that
option module code does, reducing the TBBS code memory impact by over
100k in the 64k area. This improved memory use allows the addition
of loadable device drivers (of which TIPX is the first example) and
also allows option modules to use 33% more data memory than they could
under TBBS 2.2, paving the way for larger TDBS programs, QSO handling
PKZIP 2.x formats in the future.
o 50% more efficient code for more capacity. TBBS 2.3 code executes
50% faster on the same power CPU as did TBBS 2.2, resulting in a
significant feeling of "snappiness" by comparison. It also allows
expansion of TBBS to 96 lines while retaining the same high performance
TBBS has always been known for. This has moved TBBS into the realm
where it requires an 80386 or better CPU, however, and TBBS 2.3 will
NOT run on an 8088, 8086, 80186, or 80286 CPU.
o Insertion params may now be part of menu text file name in curly
brackets, allowing more dynamic reuse of menus.
o Fully customizable "Read Message" entry prompt sequence. You may force
answers to any of these incoming questions as you wish on a menu item
level to construct the exact "feel" you want for your users.
o New insertion parameters for more control of presentation, and enhanced
the number of places they may be used. Examples: %RND% returns a
random two digit text number from 00 to 99. Can be used to alter the
selection of file names, etc. %MDMBPS% gives more resolution to the
carrier speed of the caller (7,200, 12,000, 14,400, 28,800, etc.). New
%R1% through %R9% "return" parameters allow passing of information from
one menu to another, and also into and OUT OF QAL programs for more
sophisticated system control. %LANG% returns the letter of the current
language being used, %CANRIP% indicates if user is capable of RIP, %M0%
returns the name of the menu being executed, and there are more...
o Many, many "small but important" features. Some examples are:
o /L:<file> and /NL:<file> switches on download menu commands to display
<file> to the user before anything else gets displayed. This is
particularly useful on raw downloads so that a text file is displayed
instead of a raw directory format.
o /N switch to type=12 command to tell TBBS NOT to clear screen before
painting the next menu.
o /X:abc on type=20 and type=2 commands to use an extension other than .TXT
o /S:"subject" switch on TYPE=7, to allow forcing subject the same as
/F:"name" forces who the message goes to.
o CC: lists can include FidoNet mail addresses.
o /LO in file areas has been extended to /LO[:n]. If :n is present,
the user is logged off after a countdown of n seconds. They also
have a chance to abort the logoff, or make it immediate.
o /O on commands that use pseudo directories will list the name of the
person who uploaded the file.
o Messages may be submitted from a file, allowing many new capabilities
such as new user messages and detailed generated confirmations.
o Dropping carrier or timing out after uploading an enclosed file
will now save the message automatically.
o During display of {filename} files in a menu, the -More- prompt is
now disabled.
o Type=4 now allows more than 255 file areas in a .FAR file.
o Many more "little things that mean a lot"...