--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E5K00008 Date: 05/14/97 From: LAWRENCE LUCIER Time: 04:20pm \/To: ANDY ROBERTS (Read 1 times) Subj: Pros and Cons Howdy Andy.............:-) Andy Roberts @ 1:109/921.1 wrote on 05-11-97 23:04 about *Pros and Cons* LL>>>> making a switch to it though are the absence of Squish support LL>> For sure.......I can certainly agree with this statement. I must LL>> admit I have never tried out the AdeptBBS front-end so am not LL>> sure if it would totally meet my needs or not AR> It's free for the trying (and use.) Grin! Yes I know it is Andy but just those two facts alone don't make it feasible to try a full blown setup without totally disrupting my current setup. :-) AR> Adept's Fidonet front end will certainly do all the basics. My AR> needs are far from basic. I have about 60 Points/Nodes that Poll Neat! Your system is doing a "little" bit more than mine then! AR> I had a Fido-2-FTP setup for awhile, but now I use Adept's AR> front-end to front-end across the Internet to handle my Fidonet AR> backbone stuff. The net features are one of the prime reasons why I would consider switching away from my present setup. LL>> but the reason I haven't tried it out is the AdeptBBS sections LL>> are so tightly integrated. AR> To me integration is not a disadvantage that is a major AR> advantage. Much less crap to have to kludge together. Much AR> easier to setup and maintain. Not to mention much cheaper. Hmmm.........definitely pros and cons on this subject which really comes down to the users personal preference in the end, but my statement wasn't refering to integration/non-integration per say, but rather to testing out the various sections of AdeptBBS while not having to totally nuke or scrambled, kludge etc my present setup. I am still thinking about ways around this though so hopefully I will be able to give AdeptBBS a good tryout soon now. :-) LL>> It's pretty well pointless of me to setup just the front end LL>> when the other two sections don't support my current setup. AR> I think you are missing the point that Adept does not require you AR> to kludge together 1/2 a dozen or so 3rd-party prgms to make a AR> system. You can get rid of your current setup completely, it is AR> of no use. No, no Andy I'm quite aware of this fact.......think transition between current setup to new setup. :-) AR> As for better features, I tend to use what Adept has or 3rd-party AR> authors have already developed for Adept or write my own REXX. AR> Adept includes Adept-REXX which is very powerful. This is another feature that very much interests me too! AR> BlueWave is built into Adept, and QWK is integrated also. LL>> and Xpress mail doors (and have registered off-line mail readers LL>> for both too). AR> I don't know anything about Xpress. But I would think you could AR> still use your Off-line mail reader for BlueWave. And I can AR> certainly understand that each of us may have personal preference AR> in our Off-line utilities. I prefer to use Terminate/TerMail as AR> a Point under my Adept node. Oh heck, I should have explained that a little better! I don't give a hoot about either of the off-ine readers as I never use either one these days except to check on something for a newbie or if a problem arises..........however, my freeware, GUI, Squish/MSG, rexx aware mail reader is another story all together!! I think if I ever do make the change to AdeptBBS, I'll have to set up the echos I read with Squish and the others in Adept format..........won't make any difference to my callers if their echos are in Adept format but it sure do to my fave mail reader! AR> Terminate/TerMail. But most of the time I just click on an Icon AR> for a simple REXX CMD to receive/send my mail from Adept to/from Interesting and something I will have to try out at a later te...........:-) AR> TerMail for my Off-line personal usage. DOS?? LL>> PS..........is there a Squish to Adept message area conversion LL>> program available, would you happen to know? AR> -!- Sq2Adept.Zip 11-12-95 31440 SQ2ADEPT 1.0 Konverter Thanks........if I can use it toss all my squish messages bases to Adept format then maybe the transition won't be so complicated. Now all I need is an Adept2Squish converter so that I can continue using my mail reader! Thanks for your thoughts and the info Andy........will ttyl. :-) --- Sqed/32 1.13b2/r15155 * Origin: T-Shirts 'N Genes BBS - (250) 748-3408 v32b v42b XA CM (1:340/204) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E5K00009 Date: 05/15/97 From: QUENN FINCH Time: 06:43am \/To: BILL ESPOSITO (Read 1 times) Subj: AdeptXBBS local logon??? Bill, BE>Hello Quenn! BE> BE>13 May 97 19:29, Quenn Finch wrote to All: BE> BE>QF> I just installed AdeptXBBS and I having trouble entering into the BBS. BE>QF> The logon screen(local mode) just pause and do nothing. Is there BE>QF> somthing that I need do in order for it to log me in local mode? BE> BE>QF> Thanks BE> BE> BE> BE>QF> ___ BE>Quenn, BE> BE>You need to add the local loopback to your startup.cmd file. like this: BE> BE>\startup.cmd BE>--- BE>ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 What directory do I place the startup.cmd file in? Thanks ___ * UniQWK #2003* Do you guys know we just passed thru a black hole in space? --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Lightning Fast Mailer for WC4! (1:215/34) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E5K00010 Date: 05/15/97 From: QUENN FINCH Time: 06:53am \/To: BILL KIRBY (Read 1 times) Subj: AdeptXBBS local logon??? Bill, BK>QF> The logon screen(local mode) just pause and do nothing. Is there BK>QF> somthing that I need do in order for it to log me in local mode? BK>Are you using FULL PATHs in ALL ur CONFIG's.... Do So..!!!!!! BK> BK>Adept is not seeing your "LogIn" or other Ansi's..! Or Your MENUS..! Yes. All I see is a blank local mode screen. It just sit there..... After two minutes, the whole AdetXBBS program shut down and disappear off from my desktop. I'm using the latest version of AdeptXBBS right now. Thanks ___ * UniQWK #2003* I'm in a very clever and adorable insane asylum! --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Lightning Fast Mailer for WC4! (1:215/34) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E5K00011 Date: 05/15/97 From: BILL KIRBY Time: 08:24pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Adept Releases Have another good one ...... -= Adept/2 XBBS UpDate Poop =- Released 15 MAY 97 ad109f47.zip & ad109u47.zip (FREEware) by Mario Duliess OS/2 HPFS, 32 NODES, Telnet or VACu39-1.rar (FREEware) by Nitin Chandra DownLoad Adept from: http://www.comland.com/~bkirby --------------------------------------- The (magic) name to "Request" files from - MY BBS system are: "Back to the Future" Magic Name =/or Request File Name Build ----------- ----------------- ----- WATu =/or ad109u47.ZIP (WAT) compiled WATf =/or ad109f47.ZIP (WAT) compiled VACu =/or VACu39-1.RAR Test (VAC) compiled GKPR =/or gate2010.ZIP (VAC) compiled -= From 1:382/65.0 =- ------------------------------------------------------- Bill [ripp] [wikk] --- AdeptXBBS v1.09.39 (FREEWare/2) * Origin: TwinTowers BBS,AustinTx.- www.comland.com/~bkirby (1:382/65) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E5K00012 Date: 05/15/97 From: BILL KIRBY Time: 08:33pm \/To: MARIO DULISSE (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: AdeptXBBS local logon??? > > I just installed AdeptXBBS and I having trouble entering into the BBS. > > The logon screen(local mode) just pause and do nothing. Is there > > somthing that I need do in order for it to log me in local mode? > > Thanks > > > Yes u need to configure your tcpip loopback, look in the readme.txt file it > tells u how to do this.. Adept requires the loopback to be properly > configured... simply type ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 from any os/2 comand > prompt, > but see the readme for how to put it in startup.cmd so its there everytime > u reboot.. > ... Hagar :-) Mario, I thought you only needed to do this if, you were running an OS/2 LESS than Warp 4 and/or IF your running CHAT..???????? I know your aware that I DO NOT LOAD a LoopBack...!?!?!? Bill, [ripp] --- AdeptXBBS v1.09.39 (FREEWare/2) * Origin: TwinTowers BBS,AustinTx.- www.comland.com/~bkirby (1:382/65) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E5K00013 Date: 05/15/97 From: BILL ESPOSITO Time: 10:32pm \/To: QUENN FINCH (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: AdeptXBBS local logon??? > Bill, > BE>Hello Quenn! > BE> > BE>13 May 97 19:29, Quenn Finch wrote to All: > BE> > BE>QF> I just installed AdeptXBBS and I having trouble entering into the > BBS. > BE>QF> The logon screen(local mode) just pause and do nothing. Is there > BE>QF> somthing that I need do in order for it to log me in local mode? > BE> > BE>QF> Thanks > BE> > BE> > BE> > BE>QF> ___ > BE>Quenn, > BE> > BE>You need to add the local loopback to your startup.cmd file. like his: > BE> > BE>\startup.cmd > BE>--- > BE>ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > > > What directory do I place the startup.cmd file in? Quenn, It belongs in the rood of your boot drive. Startup.cmd is OS/2's equivilent of DOS's autoexec.bat Bill --- AdeptXBBS v1.09.47(WC) (*FREEWare*) * Origin: The Cereal Port BBS 603-899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E5K00014 Date: 05/15/97 From: JUSTIN BAUSTERT Time: 10:29pm \/To: DAVE THOMAS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: os2 JB> If you haven't loaded any fixpaks, that is most likely your DT> problem.. SHAR was somewhat broken in earlier revisions of Warp for JB> DOS sessions.. The current fixpak for Warp3 is #26.. DT> I know nothing about os2...so what is a fixpak? Simply, a series of improved features and bug fixes all rolled into one big package.. FixPak 26 for Warp 3 needs 13 floppies, and another 2 for the kicker disks.. If you check around for these files: XR_W026.* you'll find some text files which *should* be completely read before attempting to do something unknown.. JB --- Telegard v3.02/mL * Origin: Courier Central \ Cashion, OK \ 405.433.2665 (1:147/92)