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Transcendence Read-Me File
Written by David Brown
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(Revision July 20th 1992)
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NOTE:This version mainly fixes the bugs found in the June 30th
release. BE SURE to read this update information, an
important change took place that will require you to modify
your mask information.
(*) New features/modification (*)
o There are three new Built-In BBS procedures you may use.
They are MSG_xx, FILE_xx, and WIDELIST.
MSG_xx This procedure will take the user directly to the
message base specified (xx is the base number).
It's main use is with the menu processor.
FILE_xx This does the same as above, but goes into a file
area.
WIDELIST This is to be used in the file areas, to produce
a Wide-Listing of the files.
o When a user is online and you go into Sysop mode, User
Editor, File editor, etc., the BBS will now apply the user
settings of User #1. For example, if the user has Hotkeys
turned on, the BBS would read the info from User #1, who may
not have Hotkeys on. When you give control back to the user,
their user-settings are reinstated.
**** The BBS now saves the QUICKSCAN settings in the mask
information. This applies both to Message bases, and file
areas. You will notice the new option "QSCAN" while editing
a users (Or masks) file area, or message base access. It is
VERY important that you modify your masks before running this
new version, otherwise the BBS will turn the users Quickscan
settings OFF when it applies a mask to them. You may use the
mask editor to modify the masks you have setup.
o The MODEM.DAT file (In your data folder) now has another line
of data it requires. It is the fifth line. Place a number
is this line (I recommend '3'), this will tell the BBS how
long to wait before giving up on a CONNECT string from the
modem. High speed modem users may have to increase this
setting. The maximum settings is 255, the lowest is 2. If
your MODEM.DAT file is not found the BBS defaults to 3 (Or if
you do not add that line).
o A command in the wait_call was added. It is option "I"
(Force Log-On). It will make the BBS go into a logon at
whatever baud rate you specify (Note: Carrier detect must be
on of course). This is useful if a user connects while you
are at the desktop... You can now load the BBS, and FORCE the
logon. With the change to the MODEM.DAT file (Above) the BBS
would normally wait x number of seconds (assuming it did not
get the CONNECT string).
o ALT-F7 will now turn a capture on that will capture
everything that goes to the screen, into a file. Hitting
ALT-F7 again turns the capture off. (If the capture is on
when you [or the user] logs off the BBS it will turn itself
off). The capture file goes into your TEMP folder.
o The 'exitall' command was removed from the menu processor,
it did not work correctly and will be replaced when it is
fixed.
o There is a new text file the BBS will search for when a user
edits his/her settings. It is called EDITUSET.TXT, it is
included in the update. You may modify it to what you want,
there are several new variable tags that this file uses.
(Revision June 30th 1992)
[]=====================[]
NOTE: This is a beta-update. Some major changes took place,
and I am sure I missed some bugs. Due to different ways of
configuring the BBS program, it is near impossible for
me to prefdict every way a Sysop may configure his/her BBS.
Report any bugs to David Brown or Wayne Watson.
(*) Bugs fixed (*)
o Carrier detection routines were rewritten. The BBS will
now check carrier for one second before assuming the modem
answered without receiving a connect string. Some modems
turn CD on before sending a CONNECT string. This would cause
the BBS to never know what baud rate the modem was at.
o The 'BATCH' command from DOS mode now works. Using 'Batch
filename' cause the BBS to look for the filename in your
data folder, if it is not found there it will look for
exactly what you typed. In addition, the BBS will now look
for the following batch files during normal execution:
WAITCALL.BAT Each time the "Wait for call" screen comes up
LOGON.BAT Each time a user logs on
LOGOFF.BAT Each time a user logs off
WELCOME.BAT Before the BBS displays the WELCOME.TXT file
BOOTUP.BAT When the BBS loads
BOOTDOWN.BAT When you exit (Or rerun) the BBS
o RTS/CTS was not properly being set. Selecting RTS/CTS now
functions properly, this caused problems with high speed
modems, and data compressing modems.
o Verify, and Ringback now detect the baud rate that the
caller is at. This has not been tested.
o The BBS will now keep track of how many times the user
'hangs up' on the BBS. This was not used in earlier versions
o The 'private bbs' mode now works properly.
o The Informer routines were re-written. They now save in a
data format, and can be IGNORED with no worries of crashing
your computer.
o ^R in the text editor will replace text, when EDITing a line,
this was in an earlier version, but somehow got messed up.
o When 'launching' files from DOS mode, by typing only the
filename and not the extension, the BBS will now look for
.APP files.
o You can now properly edit Email files. This didn't work
quite right before, it wouldn't save the file sometimes.
Now, if you edit a short Email message, and it becomes
extended, it will be saved correctly, and if you edit a long
Email down to a small file, it will save correctly.
o ^N and ^C now work the in Email as they do in the
message bases.
o File transfers from DOS mode, and Email, work properly now.
o The DORINFO1.DEF file now correctly forms itself. In
addition, the DORINFO1.DEF is created when you select FOREM
or TURBO as your online game type. If you do not need the
FOREM or TURBO DAT files, select 'DOORINFO' for your game
type.
o Reading messages by their number now works correctly. Before
it would not find messages if the messages had started to
scroll.
o Page pause has been inproved. It now resets on 'press
return' fields, as well as other pause fields.
o During QuickScans, the BBS would tell the user there were
no new messages if the last message they read had scrolled
off. This has been fixed.
o The alternate message headers and file headers now work
again. To refresh your memory, you can create FHDRxx.DAT and
MHDRxx.DAT files in your MENUSx folder(s). When a user
enters a message base or file area that is flagged for
"Alternate headers," the BBS will look for a file called
MHDRxx.DAT (Or FHDRxx.DAT in the file areas) where xx is the
file area number or message base number. If found the BBS
loads this file, and replaces the default header with it.
You may also define GLOBAL headers. These will totally
replace the BBSs headers. In your MENUSx folder(s) create a
file named MHDR0.DAT for the message bases, or FHDR0.DAT for
the message bases. You can have global headers, and still
modify certain areas with F/MHDRx.DAT files. You do not need
to flag the area to load headers in order for the global
headers to work.
o