--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4400020Date: 04/03/97 From: JOHN ALDRICH Time: 01:26pm \/To: WILLIAM PECKHAM (Read 1 times) Subj: Doorgame problems Hello William! Monday March 31 1997 05:53, William Peckham wrote to John Aldrich: WP> It will NOT run right without the node number, or if the CFG WP> file is missing or incorrect. WP> Let me know the results of your re-install. Well, right now the BBS is down...mailer-only at this point. I came home Monday after work (april 1, believe it or not!) and the Max directory was empty except for about a 2-line log file! :( John {dungeon@dngnbbs.com} ... This soap is so strong it'll remove the spots off a Trill! --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 91LM1 * Origin: The Dungeon BBS 33.6/V.34 24-hours 423/875-4137 (1:362/669) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500000Date: 04/02/97 From: MARK STACHIEW Time: 09:40pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Future Maximus developments? Hi all, As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm new to this echo and I'm thinking of switching over to Maximus. I was wondering if anyone knew if there is any development work going on at Lanius regarding Maximus? The last copyright notice says 1995. It's two years later. Will this software keep evolving or do we have to rely on third-party development? I say this because it's obvious that BBSes in general are on the decline and I don't see many software developers working on adapting their programs to be more easily integrated into the Internet. For example, RIP should be tossed out the window in favor of HTML, but only Wildcat's makers at Mustang Software seem to have figured that out. I was hoping that Maximus might one day move in that direction. I'm sure you've seen similar drops in your cities, but here in Montreal the number of BBSes has declined from 300 to 200 in the past 10 months. If that trend continues there will be no more BBSes within two years. I know that's an exaggeration, but a lot more BBSes are going to fail in the next little while because they can't compete with the glitz of the Web. Type at you later, Mark St. --- VFIDO 7.05 * Origin: The BBS at the End of the Universe (1:167/312) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500001Date: 04/03/97 From: ROGER NELSON Time: 10:22pm \/To: GARY KOPYCINSKI (Read 1 times) Subj: Caller ID Gary Kopycinski wrote in a message to Roger Nelson: GK> What is the "?" supposed to represent in AT#CID=? ? Is that the GK> com port? No. You're querying the modem about the status of a given register. Therefore, "=?" is the same as "=what." Regards, Roger --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: NCS BBS - Mandeville, LA - (504) 626-7968 (1:3828/7) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500002Date: 04/02/97 From: STEFAN EKMAN Time: 09:22pm \/To: BOB JUGE (Read 1 times) Subj: Maximus w32 and Binkley w32 SE> Is it still impossible to get these program to work together under SE> Windows 95 or has anybody solved the problem? BJ> It's _Microsoft_ that has to fix the "problem" that won't let this BJ> combo run under Win95. Perhaps, but AFAIK it is possible to do it with other mailers and BBS:systems. For example BeeMail and Excalibur or Wildcat. Hlsningar, Stefan --- * Origin: Act BBS +46-40-946645 (2:200/133) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500003Date: 04/02/97 From: THOMAS VALLAITIS Time: 06:33pm \/To: W.S. LOCKWOOD III (Read 1 times) Subj: TVFS (Toronto Virtual File System) Hallo W.S.! am 29 Mar 97 schrieb W.S. Lockwood III an Thomas Vallaitis: WSLI> Say, if you get a chance, could you e-mail that to me at wsl3@wwa.com? WSLI> If that address fails for some reason, send it to tj@wwa.com (my ife's WSLI> account). With Gassho, Scott I'll try to send it to you uuencoded... we'll see if it works :-) ciao, thomas. --- GoldED/2 2.51.A0901+ * Origin: schizo's inn bbs (2:246/1010.78) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500004Date: 04/02/97 From: THOMAS VALLAITIS Time: 06:44pm \/To: MICHAEL OLIVER (Read 1 times) Subj: ReLogin.. Hallo Michael! am 31 Mar 97 schrieb Michael Oliver an Jason Hendriks: as some of you might know, I wrote a login-mex to provide an ansi-graphic custom login for my online users. the same way you login new users through a custom login can be applied (right verb?) to 're'login the user on another account. what you have to do is: - ask the user for the name of the other account - check if this account exists - if it exists ask the user for the password - load the alternative account. some of the code I used in my login-mex; POS_?? are coordinates where the strings should be displayed... === int logon() { int: rc, // return value of logon(); the main rocedure // could check if the login was successful or // if the user should be kicked off.. x, l; string: logonhead, logonhandle, logonpassword, handle, password; struct _usr: usearch; // search userbase for specified accound logonhead := "identification please"; logonhandle := "handle: "; logonpassword:="password: "; l:=strlen(logonhead) / 2; for (x:=0;x<10;x:=x+1) { gotoxy(POS_MAIN_HEAD_X-14, POS_MAIN_HEAD_Y+x); print(" "); } // headline gotoxy(POS_MAIN_HEAD_X-l, POS_MAIN_HEAD_Y); print(COL_DKGRAY, logonhead); // handle/name gotoxy(POS_MAIN_TEXT_X-l, POS_MAIN_TEXT_Y); print(COL_DKGRAY, logonhandle, COL_GRAY); gotoxy(POS_MAIN_TEXT_X-l+4, POS_MAIN_TEXT_Y+1); input_str(handle, INPUT_NLB_LINE | // command stacking disabled // INPUT_WORD | // input ONE word INPUT_NOCTRLC | // no abort INPUT_NOLF, // display no lf 0, POS_MAIN_TEXT_L, ""); if ((userfindopen(handle,"",usearch) = TRUE) OR (userfindopen("",handle,usearch) = TRUE)) { // password gotoxy(POS_MAIN_TEXT_X-l, POS_MAIN_TEXT_Y+3); print(COL_DKGRAY, logonpassword, COL_GRAY); gotoxy(POS_MAIN_TEXT_X-l+4, POS_MAIN_TEXT_Y+4); input_str(password, INPUT_NLB_LINE | // command stacking disabled INPUT_WORD | // input ONE word INPUT_ECHO | // print for the chars INPUT_NOCTRLC | // no abort INPUT_NOLF, // display no lf '', POS_MAIN_TEXT_L, ""); if (strupper(password) <> strupper(usearch.pwd)) rc := FALSE; else { // login user if (userfindopen(handle,"",usr)=TRUE) rc := TRUE; else if (userfindopen("",handle,usr)=TRUE) rc := TRUE; else rc := FALSE; } } // after the fifth unsuccessful try kick off user if (rc=FALSE) { security := security-1; if (security=0) hangup(); } return rc; } // logon === so, thats a small part of the code. I think you should be able to write a mex which calls this logon procedure and logs in the alternative user. I don't exactly known, what side-effects this method has, p.e. on the time-limit or the correct handling of the userbase. so handle with care. ciao, thomas. --- GoldED/2 2.51.A0901+ * Origin: schizo's inn bbs (2:246/1010.78) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500005Date: 04/02/97 From: THOMAS VALLAITIS Time: 06:56pm \/To: GUUS GOOS (Read 1 times) Subj: How to... ? Hallo Guus! am 30 Mar 97 schrieb Guus Goos an Greg MacLellan: GG> Got it. GG> But I don't understand why there isn't an option like CHG_DAREA GG> to just change division. actually you could write a mecca to do so. some sort of menu which asks for the area, then calls the area-change command, stacks the right division name (followed by .1 for the first area or so) and then returns. for the user this should look like a chg_darea-command. GM>> whatever reason... beats me why you'd want to make a good bbs seem GM>> bad), GG> One has to nourish ones prejudices to stay in good health. :-))))) ;-) as you might know i put strong efforts into making maximus 'a better PCBoard' :-) ciao, thomas. --- GoldED/2 2.51.A0901+ * Origin: schizo's inn bbs (2:246/1010.78) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500006Date: 04/04/97 From: GERRY DANEN Time: 07:04am \/To: KATHLEEN WEAVER (Read 1 times) Subj: Caller ID BS> Ah, I see. Maybe it's a EPROM date thing? Have you physically BS> checked with with AT#CID=? command. It's not in the manual at all. BS> I've been reading that Garry, the original poster, thought he didn't BS> have it because it was not mentioned in the manual. That was Gerry... ;) KW> I get an error. Then you don't have callerID, Kathleen. I wished USR would put something on the modem to identify those that have the feature, or write about it in their manuals... Gerry Danen gdanen@accessweb.com CompuServe: 102736,3352 ... A bigot by any other name, still smells the same. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: C+Net BBS. Programming & Networking. (1:342/1017) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500007Date: 04/04/97 From: GERRY DANEN Time: 07:09am \/To: GARY KOPYCINSKI (Read 1 times) Subj: Caller ID RN> It mysteriously isn't mentioned in any of the manuals RN> I've read, but I believe all 28.8 modems have Caller ID RN> built-in. On that command, my modem reports 0,1,2. GK> What is the "?" supposed to represent in AT#CID=? ? Is that the com GK> port? No, the ? reports which CID options you can use. If you have CID, you most likely get a "0,1,2" response. 0 turns it off, 1 turns on verbose mode, 2 turns on single line mode. Gerry Danen gdanen@accessweb.com CompuServe: 102736,3352 ... Backup requires 300 1.44M disks. Plz insert as requested. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: C+Net BBS. Programming & Networking. (1:342/1017) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4500008Date: 04/04/97 From: ROGER NELSON Time: 07:36am \/To: KATHLEEN WEAVER (Read 1 times) Subj: Caller ID Kathleen Weaver wrote in a message to Ben Sloat: KW> I get an error. What modem do you have? Regards, Roger --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: NCS BBS - Mandeville, LA - (504) 626-7968 (1:3828/7)