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- MSYS Version 1.16 December, 1993
- (c) Copyright 1993 HUB Computers, Inc. All rights reserved.
-
- The MSYS programs and related files may be copied for amateur
- use provided no fee is charged. Commercial use is prohibited.
-
- There have been many changes to MSYS, some major and many minor.
- Here are some of the "major" changes:
-
- 1. Support of PACTOR on KAM Plus tncs (ONLY!) has been added.
- 2. "Attended" Pactor forwarding on HF can be initiated from the
- keyboard at the same time VHF forwarding is in progress.
- 3. Scanning of HF radios is supported in the Pactor mode.
- 4. A new TERM command has been added to permit direct keyboard
- access to a port. It is expected this will be used to perhaps
- modify certain TNC or modem parameters.
- 5. Modem connection to FBB systems for forwarding has been improved.
- 6. The ability to read messages while listing them has been added.
- 7. The SR (Send Reply) command has been added in addition to the
- REPLy command.
- 8. The BITs of personal messages are updated upon forwarding so if
- the message is not killed on forwarding, the sysop may determine
- which bbs the message was forwarded to.
- 9. The memory leak caused by an incomplete modem forwarding session
- has been fixed.
- 10.MUTIL 15 has been updated to properly search R: lines.
- 11.If a message disappears during forwarding (sysop kill), the
- connection will be terminated.
- 12.User passwords have been fixed.
- 13.A number of changes have been made in the Listing and Reading and
- SYSOP killing of messages.
- 14.A SHUTdown command added to "encourage" current users to
- disconnect prior to a QUIT.
- 15.A ListCatagories (LC) command has been added to the BBS.
- 16.A RBid command has been added to insert the received BID/MID
- number in the R: line.
- 17.W0RLI compatable message forwarding compression has been added.
-
- COMMENTS ABOUT CHANGES
- One of the major changes in Ver. 1.16 is the addition of PACTOR.
- MSYS properly interfaces a KAM Plus that has the proper firmware
- installed. At this point, the firmware provided by MFJ and AEA does
- not permit positive control of direction of transmission, a most
- undesireable conditon to inflict on the HF bands.
-
- The second major change is the addition of the W0RLI compressed
- message forwarding protocol. MSYS is currently the only BBS system
- that is compatable with both the F6FBB and the W0RLI compression
- protocols.
-
-
- There are three disks in this version. See list of files on
- each disk below.
-
- Disk 1 - MSYS116.EXE self-extracting archive name -
- Required executable programs and data files
-
- Disk 2 - MOPT116.EXE self-extracting archive name -
- Documentation files and my latest BBSLIST.DAT file
-
- Disk 3 - MSYSB116.EXE self-expanding archive name -
- BBS only version of MSYS (no netnode or TCP/IP,
- saves 100K memory) and various contributed support files
-
- Cost per disk (360K 5.25 inch only):
-
- To US Addresses: $ 5 per disk
- To Canada and Mexico $ 7.50 per disk (US dollars)
- All others $10.00 per disk (US dollars)
-
- These prices all include the disk, mailer and postage (air mail to
- addresses not in Canada, Mexico, or US).
- I do not take Visa/Mastercard etc (do you?). No CODs either!
-
- Send requests for disks to
- Michael Pechura
- 10809 Beechwood Drive
- Chesterland, OH 44026
- Be sure to give your name, call, and complete address, and what
- version and disk(s) you want. All disks are 5.25 inch 360K
- disks.
-
-
- The MSYS files are available on internet via anonymous FTP at
- coffman.csuohio.edu [137.148.21.6] You can send me mail on internet
- using map@cis.csuohio.edu
-
- The MSYS release files are available on Cleveland Hamnet telephone BBS.
- Telephone number is 216-942-6382. If you make use of
- this facility you might consider sending the Sysop (Dave, WB8APD) a
- buck or two to support that excellent system. Baud rate has been
- increased to support up to 14,400 bps now.
-
- Special thanks go to Don, K8EIW, who did an excellent job in
- rewriting the MSYS Manual. Thanks also to Steve, NO8M, for a user
- manual. These two have also been very helpful in testing out
- over a hundred versions of MSYS since the last release.
-
- A couple of important notes
- ---------------------------
- It is not clear that compressed forwarding is legal in the US.
- It is up to you to decide if you want to do it. The new support
- for extended memory should be used only if you can't provide
- expanded memory as the extended memory is noticeably slower and
- doesn't give quite as much free memory as expanded memory will.
- Also note that the call server drivers have not yet been updated
- to new formats for some of the files.
-
- In the future I see a windows version of MSYS that will not be
- as memory restricted as the current version is. To run a windows
- version you will of course need a machine capable of running
- windows or OS/2. The current version of MSYS will continue to be
- supported but there probably won't be many new things added.
- Mainly bugs will be corrected (a number of them still exist in
- the TCP/IP area I am sure).
-
- 73 - Mike WA8BXN
-
- File contents of the 3 disks (note: actual file sizes may be a little
- different):
-
-
-
- Directory of MSYS116 DISK1 (MSYS116.EXE archive)
-
- A HLP 125 12-05-93 4:49p
- B HLP 74 12-05-93 4:49p
- C HLP 321 12-05-93 4:49p
- CALLSRV1 EXE 14,720 01-10-92 12:35a
- CALLSRV2 EXE 14,592 01-10-92 12:37a
- CALLSRV3 EXE 15,097 10-20-93 10:35p
- D HLP 291 12-05-93 4:49p
- G HLP 553 12-05-93 4:49p
- H HLP 155 12-05-93 4:49p
- HAPNMSYS COM 24,335 03-06-91 6:48p
- HELP HLP 468 12-05-93 4:49p
- I HLP 126 12-05-93 4:49p
- INFO HLP 641 12-05-93 4:58p
- J HLP 822 12-05-93 4:49p
- K HLP 621 12-05-93 4:49p
- L HLP 1,943 12-05-93 4:49p
- M HLP 475 12-05-93 4:49p
- MOVEFILE BAT 541 04-19-93 10:50a
- MSYS DO 1,532 12-05-93 5:35p
- MSYS EXE 180,919 12-06-93 1:37p
- MSYS HCL 733 12-05-93 5:03p
- MSYS OPT 1,124 12-05-93 5:03p
- MSYS REP 639 12-05-93 5:03p
- MSYSBBSB DAT 156 12-05-93 5:04p
- MSYSFWD DEF 1,299 12-05-93 5:03p
- MSYSHCL DO 11 12-05-93 5:11p
- MSYSHOLD DAT 208 12-06-93 1:44p
- MSYSHOST NET 8,962 12-05-93 5:04p
- MSYSMSGS DAT 23,683 11-30-93 12:23a
- MSYSPASS MOD 64 03-31-91 11:45p
- MSYST DOC 5,780 12-05-93 10:20p
- MSYST EXE 18,794 10-18-93 2:55p
- MSYSTNC 1 87 05-28-88 7:40p
- MSYSTNC 2 43 04-29-89 12:25a
- MSYSTNC 5 128 12-05-93 5:04p
- MUTIL EXE 51,740 12-05-93 4:04p
- N HLP 725 12-05-93 4:49p
- NEWUSER HLP 415 12-05-93 4:49p
- P HLP 1,041 12-05-93 4:49p
- R HLP 1,481 12-05-93 4:49p
- README NOW 9,535 12-06-93 2:50p
- README SMP 428 11-30-89 10:07p
- REQDIR HLP 178 12-05-93 4:49p
- REQFIL HLP 602 12-23-90 8:47p
- ROUTES DAT 717 07-09-89 10:33p
- S HLP 1,213 12-05-93 4:49p
- SCAN440 COM 229 12-05-93 10:11p
- SCAN735 COM 314 11-27-93 12:02a
- SCAN757 COM 323 11-26-93 11:58p
- STAR HLP 226 12-05-93 4:49p
- STATES DAT 205 04-25-89 8:27p
- T HLP 318 12-05-93 4:49p
- U HLP 287 12-05-93 4:49p
- V HLP 51 12-05-93 4:49p
- W HLP 212 12-05-93 4:49p
- WORDLIST 1 459 12-05-93 5:18p
- X HLP 1,214 12-05-93 4:49p
- Y HLP 193 12-05-93 4:49p
- ZIPCODES DAT 1,156 04-25-89 11:48p
-
-
-
- Directory of MSYS116 DISK2 (MOPT116.EXE archive)
-
- BBSLIST DAT 329,565 12-06-93 2:03p
- IOBUS DOC 2,123 11-28-90 11:44p
- JKISS DOC 596 02-06-92 12:39p
- JKISS ROM 2,048 02-06-92 10:13a
- MS400 MOD 1,437 01-01-91 5:54p
- MSYS116 DOC 476,711 12-05-93 11:34p
- MSYSHAPN DOC 7,268 01-04-91 8:41p
- PAK EXE 12,614 03-02-87 10:27p
- README NOW 9,535 12-06-93 2:50p
- USERMAN DOC 59,963 12-04-93 3:24a
-
-
-
- Directory of MSYS116 DISK3 (MSYSB116.EXE archive)
-
- BBSTONTS BIN 93,899 12-06-93 2:07p
- BBSTONTS DAT 177,828 12-06-93 2:07p
- CALLSRV0 C 1,280 01-10-92 12:33a
- G8ASO LST 18,635 12-06-93 2:12p
- KA8YHA COM 41,328 01-01-91 6:05p
- KA8YHA-1 COM 41,935 04-05-91 2:05p
- KA8YHA-2 EXE 4,243 09-23-91 1:58p
- MSYSB EXE 148,461 12-06-93 2:20p
- N7GXP COM 16,907 03-31-91 11:58p
- README NOW 9,535 12-06-93 2:50p
- SCAN440 ASM 4,996 12-05-93 10:10p
- SCAN735 ASM 7,823 11-27-93 12:02a
- SCAN757 ASM 7,594 11-26-93 11:58p
- W8GRG COM 8,350 01-04-91 1:07p
- WB0OIZ COM 17,408 01-03-91 11:46p
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