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NOTIME v1.0: Run in the $$LOGOFF.BAT file this program will check to see if a
caller has a specific security level. If so it will change the minutes used in
the user record to zero allowing the next caller using the same user-id to
receive a full session's time limit. Optionally resets Last Message Read
pointers. Useful for DEMO ACCOUNTS on PCBoard v14.5a systems.
Installation:
1) Copy the NOTIME.EXE file into the PCBoard directory or in any directory
listed in your PATH= environment setting.
2) Create a $$LOGOFF.BAT file in the directory where PCBoard is run.
3) In the $$LOGOFF.BAT file have a line that looks like this:
NOTIME pcboard.sys \pcb\main\users 15 reset
The first parameter to NOTIME tells it where it should find the pcboard.sys
file. If $$LOGOFF.BAT does not change directories just typing pcboard.sys will
be fine. If you change directories then use the complete path to the file such
as "\pcb\pcboard.sys".
The second parameter tells NOTIME where to find the users file. A complete
path is shown in the above example.
The third parameter tells NOTIME what security level to watch for and modify.
Any caller having a security level less than or greater than the level given
as the third parameter will be ignored. Callers having the exact security
level given will have their minutes used field in the user record changed to 0
as if the caller had not used any time on during his call.
The fourth parameter is OPTIONAL and tells NOTIME to reset the Last Message
Read pointers of all conferences 0 thru 39 back to zero so that the next caller
will be able to read all of the same mail. Conferences beyond 39 are not
supported in this release.
The amount of time given to such callers is still controlled by the PWRD file
in PCBoard. If the PWRD file gives a session limit of 30 minutes for a level
15 caller and you use the NOTIME program on level 15 callers then each caller
who logs in with a user-id that has a level 15 will get 30 minutes.
The benefit here is that any number of callers can call in using the same
user-id and receive a full session time.
An obvious "abuse" of this would be where the same caller uses 30 minutes,
hangs up, dials back in and uses another 30 minutes. Of course, he at least
had to "hang up" and give someone else a chance to get on the system and
sometimes that is all that matters.