--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAR00024 Date: 06/20/96 From: MATT VALITES Time: 08:19pm \/To: TONY SAYGER (Read 2 times) Subj: Telegard setup? Tony Sayger typed somthing All: TS> I'm switching to Telegard, and I've gotten MainDoor and Squish/2. TS> Is there anything else I need to be FIDO ready? Do I need a TS> tosser/scanner or does one of these already do that? Squish.. --- * Origin: DarK AxiuM 'Help me im in hell' (1:141/497) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAR00025 Date: 06/21/96 From: KEITH THOMSON Time: 07:47am \/To: DANIEL LYNES (Read 3 times) Subj: editor Hello Daniel! Wednesday June 19 1996 11:06, Daniel Lynes wrote to Tommi Koivula: TK>> Do all OS/2 based BBS'es have their own built-in fullscreen TK>> editors? Is it true that there is no full screen ansi editor for TK>> OS/2 like GEDIT or ICEEDIT? DL> You can get GEdit, GoldEd, TimEd, and a few others. However, the only DL> board I know of that doesn't have a built-in fullscreen editor, is DL> Lora. Aah.. Afaik, Lora has a built in full screen editor, Albeit a slightly underfeatured one. Keith (kzinti@gj.net), [Team LORE, Team OS/2 (Fanatics Division)] ... What are we going to do tommorow night brain? --- GED/2 2.50+ * Origin: StarCraft/2, Totally Warped (1:15/42) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAR00026 Date: 06/20/96 From: ANDREW EIGUS Time: 04:08pm \/To: JEAN-PAUL LUCOT (Read 3 times) Subj: WEB server linked to a BBS Hello Jean-Paul, On Jun 13 07:58 96, Jean-Paul Lucot of 2:301/341 wrote: JL> We would like to install a WEB server linked to a BBS, and just wondering JL> if a BBS software with WEB functionnalities (or which facilitate the use of JL> an external WEB server) exist (if possible in shareware) ? I am using Maximus/2 3.01, Apache HTTPD 1.0.3 (OS/2 port) and Max2Web. All is free. :) And all is working, however, i am not well-satisfied with Max2Web.. Requires some improvements.. so i won't wait and will probably write my own CGI script to allow browse/search file areas. Apache and Max2Web can be downloaded from ftp.juge.com, Bob's ftp server or FREQ'ed from 1:106/2000. Have a nice OS/2. Mr. Byte, sysop at AndRew's BBS - telnet://bbs.dcbalt.vernet.lv mrbyte@bbs.dcbalt.vernet.lv / http://www.dcbalt.vernet.lv/~mrbyte --- MsgedSQB/2 3.30.02 * Origin: AndRew's BBS in Latvia * http://www.dcbalt.vernet.lv * (2:5100/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAR00027 Date: 06/20/96 From: ANDREW EIGUS Time: 05:50pm \/To: JAMES ROBERT LUNSFORD (Read 3 times) Subj: Internet Access for BBS? Hello James, On Jun 16 09:49 96, James Robert Lunsford of 1:129/241 wrote: JRL> I'm seeing local boards dropping like flies and I keep hearing that it's JRL> because of the WWW and the Internet. I've always said that if you can't JRL> beat 'em, join 'em. I know that there's got to be some folks out there JRL> that have successfully hooked thier BBS's up with some sort of Internet JRL> access for their callers. I'm wondering how to go about doing it. Any JRL> advice in this direction will be very helpful. I am writing Internet Access utilities for OS/2 BBS sysops. I have recently developed a IRC (Internet Chat) BBS door for OS/2-compatible BBS (URL: http://www.dcbalt.vernet.lv/software/ircdoor.html), and now i am coding FTP BBS door. It will be soon available for alpha-testing. For those who wish to check out my IA doors, telnet to bbs.dcbalt.vernet.lv, register as a new user and explore Internet menu options. :) IRCDOOR/2 is an 32-bit IRC client/door for OS/2 BBS. FTPDOOR/2 is an 32-bit FTP client/door for OS/2 BBS. and Russel's TelDor is Telnet door for OS/2 BBS. This might have been useful for you. Mr. Byte, sysop at AndRew's BBS - telnet://bbs.dcbalt.vernet.lv mrbyte@bbs.dcbalt.vernet.lv / http://www.dcbalt.vernet.lv/~mrbyte --- MsgedSQB/2 3.30.02 * Origin: AndRew's BBS in Latvia * http://www.dcbalt.vernet.lv * (2:5100/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAR00028 Date: 06/22/96 From: MARV HUBBARD Time: 04:22am \/To: RODNEY TAYLOR (Read 2 times) Subj: Adept Hello Rodney! Saturday June 01 1996 15:36, Rodney Taylor wrote to All: RT> I currently use Telegard, and am looking very hard at the freeware RT> Adept. I noticed two things, RT> 1. TIC processing is not in place (I use echomail, but rarley do I RT> export. I could probably use the autofile importer instead) 2. Tic processing works just fine. I toss all of the Filebone from PC with Adept to some 40 downlinks here, and all is well. The Raid type fnctions for your downlinks is lacking, but the Tic FIle tossing is just fine. RT> I didn't think that it was going to be updated anymore. 1.07 would RT> be RT> it's last release, as it has gone free-ware. Am I correct in this RT> assumption, in which case what can I do about bugs? If I kept the Adept is still being actively developed by some of the original progammers. There are a couple of updates since the version you have. They are in the process of setting up an Internet site for it. Should be on line shortly. If you have it available, keep track of it in the AdeptSoft echo. The developers are active in that echo. Marv ... You have the capacity to learn from mistakes. You'll learn a lot today. --- GoldED/2 3.00.Alpha1 UNREG * Origin: The Enterprise 2 Gig 28.8K OS/2 Warp (1:303/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAS00000 Date: 06/22/96 From: JOE NEGRON Time: 06:13pm \/To: BILL BROWN (Read 2 times) Subj: RAR v2.00 ** Quoting Bill Brown to Joe Negron: JN> This is a problem in converting archives - if one is to maintain the > file order in the archive, the archive must be extracted to a FAT > partition since if it is extracted to an HPFS partition HPFS will > automatically sort the filenames by name. BB> While this is correct, that's not a behavior that would be desirable > in BBS usage, IMO. IYO, of course. Fortunately, most BBS Sysops I know (including myself) disagree with you. BB> After all, if you are using solid archives, (and I can't imagine a > sysop choosing to do otherwise,) You must have a poor imagination. :) First, note that solid extension-sorted archives often do not save that many bytes compared to solid non-sorted archives. Second, note that most Sysops (indeed, the vast majority I have ever known) respect the author's potential wish to have the files in the archives be in a particular order; additionally, most also feel that it is only proper to keep the files in the same order in which the author released them even if the author had no particular desire to have the files in a particular order - the archives are "authentic" in that way. BB> the file (re)ordering is an *integral* part of achieving maximum > compression ratios. [...] Which usually does not matter for BBS archives. But, that's besides my point - my point is that, regardless of RAR's technical requirements in order to acheive maximum compression, it is wrong to change the order of files within an archive that was not authored by yourself. JN> which means that if one wants to use RCVT to convert archives, you > must first copy the files to a FAT partition (assuming they're on an > HPFS partition, of course). BB> That's assuming two things: first, that the sysop _has_ a FAT > partition (which I don't, unless you count floppies) I maintain a small, 19MB, FAT partition for just this reason. By now, I'd have removed it as it is very rare that I ever need to boot DOS (and, if I did, I'd just do so with a floppy). BB> and second, that the sysop _wants_ to preserve the original order > (which I don't, for the reasons listed above.) [...] I believe that you are very atypical in this case - the vast majority of Sysops I've ever known do want to preserve the original file order. The archive was *not* released by them, and they therefore have no right to change the order of files within the archive. Indeed, I know a fair number of Sysops who won't even change the compression method. --From Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY, Sat, 06-22-96-- --Internet: joe.negron@consultant.com-- --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Programmer's Mark * Brooklyn, NY, USA: 718-921-9267 1:278/216) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAS00001 Date: 06/22/96 From: SIMON JESTER Time: 06:02pm \/To: GRAEME GELDENHUYS (Read 2 times) Subj: Information and advice. -> SJ> The one thing it was missing was good, comprehensive -> documentation. -> What version did you try out...? Ver1.07f as pretty good online help -> as well as text based help. -> It docs are split into two... Adeptxbbs documentation and the -> GateKeeper documentation. Also there is a FAQ file added that gives -> you nice help and tips with setting up certain sections of AdeptXBBS. Thanks for the feedback, Graeme. Some time after I wrote this, I discovered the Gatekeeper documentation. Up until then I was pulling my hair out (and believe me, I can't afford to lose any more! {g}). I'll play with it for a while and see what I can do. Thanx again for the feedback - --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: The Communications Connection (1:215/130) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAS00002 Date: 06/22/96 From: GARY DEVRIES Time: 10:39am \/To: GRAEME GELDENHUYS (Read 3 times) Subj: AdeptXBBS Utilities Hello Graeme! Tuesday June 11 1996 23:46, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote to All: GG> Where can one find utilities for AdeptXBBS on the Internet...? GG> Since the ftp.adeptsoft.com closed down, I don't know where to look GG> for more utilities.. They are temporarily located at ftp.snoval.com. You'll find a whole bundle of AdeptXBBS utillities there. Gary ... This marks Logical End-Of-Message. Physical EOM follows --- GoldED/2 3.00.Alpha1+ * Origin: Living in interesting times (1:140/44) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAS00003 Date: 06/22/96 From: GARY DEVRIES Time: 10:43am \/To: GRAEME GELDENHUYS (Read 2 times) Subj: Programs for Adept Hello Graeme! Thursday June 13 1996 19:00, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote to Bill Kirby: GG> Is ADEPTSOFT on the fido backbone....? If so, what other Adept echos GG> are there..? The only other one besises ADEPTSOFT is ADEPT_SYSOP. Gary ... Walk through doors, don't crawl through Windows. --- GoldED/2 3.00.Alpha1+ * Origin: Living in interesting times (1:140/44) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DAS00004 Date: 06/21/96 From: RICHARD BERMUDEZ Time: 08:46pm \/To: MATTHEW TAGG (Read 2 times) Subj: Misc. OS/2 On Fri, 14-Jun-1996 at 23:31, Matthew Tagg wrote in a message to Graeme Geldenhuys: MT> Will Merlin have native SMP support? No. SMP is planned for "Merlin" at a later date, just as it was for Warp 3.0. MT> Excellent, Now all I need is a SMP machine ;-) BTW Do you have any MT> news on a PowerPc version of os/2? WarpPPC is shelved at present. Perhaps if there's enough demand, IBM may do something about it in '97 or '98. Regards, Richard [Team OS/2] email: ghostcat@brokersys.com --- timEd/2 1.10 * Origin: The Game Box -- Operating under WARP Power! (1:106/9000)