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Maximus IPC Creator
Copyright 1991 by Peter G. Zion. All rights reserved.
OS/2 port by Mark Lehrer of 1:157/535 (thanks for the motivating
comment toward the end!)
"File protect" bug fixed by Bill Bond, 1:325/118, 8/12/92
This program is freeware; and the warrantee reflects it. Use this
program at your risk. I promise nothing, except that it works on my
system!
(Same for OS/2 version, compiled 12-2-91 with Microsoft C 6.00 - ML)
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Maximus IPC Creator is a quick hack I wrote for multi-node Maximus
systems. It makes it appear as there is someone (whose name and action
you choose) on another node, even when Maximus isn't running on the
node.
Usage is simply. Maximus IPC Creator is run from inside your Maximus
IPC directory (as defined in Max.Ctl). IPC.EXE accepts three
parameters. The first is the DECIMAL node number you want the node
number for the "fake user" to be. The second is the name of the user
you want to appear as being on the node you specified. The third
parameter is the action that this user is performing. Both the second
and third parameters must be enclosed in double quotes if they are more
than one word.
Example:
IPC 2 "A User" "Doing something"
Will show up in Maximus as:
Username Node Status
─────────────────────────────────── ──── ─────────────────────────────
A User 2 Doing something
Usually, Maximus IPC Creator will be run from a batch file. For
instance, my BBS batch file does a:
cd \tmp ; My Maximus IPC directory
\util\ipc %1 "Binkley Term" "Waiting for call"
...before loading Binkley Term. The node number is the variable %1.
This way, if Binkley Term was loaded on node 2, Joe User on node one
would see:
Username Node Status
─────────────────────────────────── ──── ─────────────────────────────
Joe User 1 Available for chat (you)
Binkley Term 2 Waiting for call
NOTE #1: this utility has been tested ONLY with Maximus 2.00. It
probably will work with 1.02, but I haven't bothered to test it.
Besides, you would have to have a real good reason to NOT upgrade to
2.00...
NOTE #2: the source code is included so that Mark Lehrer can get someone
to compile an OS/2 version for him... :-)
Have fun!
Peter G. Zion of 1:249/148
11-12-91