--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00003 Date: 06/05/95 From: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop) Time: 01:41pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 6 times) Subj: 4 lines JH>Greg I'm currently running 2 lines on 2 internal modems. I want to JH>increase to 4 lines. How do I do it? I mean what kind of board do I JH>have to get? Can I still run the 2 internal modems and add 2 external JH>modems on the card or must I ditch them and use 4 external modems on the JH>card? actually either way...you can even use 4 internal modems...the thing that you NEED is 4 seperate com addresses (this is usually the easy part) AND 4 seperate irq's that you can assign. Most internal modems don't allow this however i have found some that do. (Twincom modems for example). Remember, you'll need to use the Rybbs startup.bbs commands BASEADDR and IRQ to set special values for offstandard settings of your com port or modems let me know if you need more info. Herb Guenther is running his system in this manner Greg --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00004 Date: 06/05/95 From: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop) Time: 01:43pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 6 times) Subj: internodal chat JH> The other problem I mentioned still exists though. That is when JH> user pages the other user on the other node. It doesn't work. T JH> is no way that I can find for one caller to get the other caller' JH> attention. I forget the menu command name right now but it doesn JH> page them, it only puts you in chat mode. Now if both callers s JH> arrange to log on and go into chat mode at the same time, chat do JH> indeed work, it's just that there's no way to signal another call JH> go into chat. Can you look into this? Thanks. this was the NAME command. It SHOULD alert the remote user everytime they display a menu. Origianally, it just showed them one time. The change should have produced the effect to do it everytime. Check out my system on the main menu for an example of this... Greg --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00005 Date: 06/05/95 From: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop) Time: 01:48pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 6 times) Subj: startup.bbs cmds GR>ADDSEENBYS this is for fido messages only...adds the "seenbys" that some mailers want or some sysops desire JH> GR>ALIAS allows the sysop to designate his name as something else JH> GR>BASEADDR allows you to set a non-standard base address for your modem or com port GR>CHATDOOR not sure if this is working...but when you activate the rybbs Chat command it would invoke a chat door instead of the normal internal chat code GR>MDEBUG message debug...really for my internal use...shows some stuff on the screen that helped me debug some of the message system JH> GR>MESSAGE LINES JH>. I have my message lines set at 180 and that's what it is, after a col JH>boot, anyway. But after the system has seen considerable activity, JH>say by the time I get home from work each day, the message lines JH>allowed are down to a much lower number, say between 5 and 20, JH>ususally less than 10! A reset solves the problem. What is going i've heard of this bug too but i have difficulty duplicating the problem... greg --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00006 Date: 06/12/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 08:34pm \/To: SYSOP (Read 6 times) Subj: *.msgs GR>JH>1,5, General,c:\rybbs\boards\$gen,fileandreceipt GR>JH> GR>JH>I don't see how this could generate a *.msg, and since there is no GR>JH>corresponding line inn my Squish.cfg, yet messages from this area often GR>JH>get duped back to me from other systems. GR>you're right...that line SHOULD NOT generate any *.msg file. In GR>your ryboards.bbs file are you skipping any area numbers? GR>greg Yes. They are numbered from 1-500 but there are only about 450 echoes tops. I skipped many to allow room to add echoes and still keep them all in alphabetical order, yet not affect the board number of any existing echo. This is a problem? --- SLMR 2.1a Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up. --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00007 Date: 06/12/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 08:36pm \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 8 times) Subj: OS/2 Warp & Ry GR>JH>Is anyone running Ry under OS/2 warp? I'm thinking of switching froom GR>JH>DV/x to OS/2 Warp and would like to know if anyone is doing this and GR>JH>what to expect. GR>i'm not aware of anybody doing this GR>greg Do you think I would encounter any problems? --- SLMR 2.1a My reality check just bounced. --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- ** A related thread FOLLOWS this message. FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAHH2502 Date: 06/13/95 From: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop) Time: 01:41pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 6 times) Subj: R: OS/2 Warp & Ry JH>Do you think I would encounter any problems? JH>--- nope...i think it's gonna run just fine! greg --------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LAST Message In Thread <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00008 Date: 06/12/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 08:40pm \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 8 times) Subj: 4 lines GR>actually either way...you can even use 4 internal modems...the thing GR>that you NEED is 4 seperate com addresses (this is usually the easy GR>part) AND 4 seperate irq's that you can assign. Most internal GR>modems don't allow this however i have found some that do. (Twincom GR>modems for example). Remember, you'll need to use the Rybbs GR>startup.bbs commands BASEADDR and IRQ to set special values for GR>offstandard settings of your com port or modems GR>let me know if you need more info. Herb Guenther is running his GR>system in this manner GR>Greg How many lines is he running and what is his bbs #? If I do opt for a multi-port board, any recomendations? Jim --- SLMR 2.1a All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here. --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- ** A related thread FOLLOWS this message. FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAHH2606 Date: 06/13/95 From: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop) Time: 01:43pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 6 times) Subj: R: 4 lines JH>If I do opt for a multi-port board, any recomendations? JH>Jim JH>--- ...not sure what his number is...he's on Homebase occasionally and his name is Herb Guenther. He's using 14.4 Twincom internal modems because they allow about 6 different irq's to be setup. A multi-port board should work just fine...make sure you can set the base address and irq's for 4 seperate com ports greg --------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LAST Message In Thread <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00009 Date: 06/12/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 08:42pm \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 7 times) Subj: internodal chat GR>JH> The other problem I mentioned still exists though. That is when GR>JH> user pages the other user on the other node. It doesn't work. T GR>JH> is no way that I can find for one caller to get the other caller' GR>JH> attention. I forget the menu command name right now but it doesn GR>JH> page them, it only puts you in chat mode. Now if both callers s GR>JH> arrange to log on and go into chat mode at the same time, chat do GR>JH> indeed work, it's just that there's no way to signal another call GR>JH> go into chat. Can you look into this? Thanks. GR>this was the NAME command. It SHOULD alert the remote user GR>everytime they display a menu. Origianally, it just showed them one GR>time. The change should have produced the effect to do it GR>everytime. Check out my system on the main menu for an example of GR>this... GR>Greg Ok, I'll try it on yours. I can't get it to work on mine. Thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions. Jim --- SLMR 2.1a --T-A+G-L-I+N-E--+M-E-A+S-U-R+I-N-G+--G-A+U-G-E-- --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CAH00010 Date: 06/12/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 08:51pm \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 7 times) Subj: startup.bbs cmds Hello Greg! GR>GR>ADDSEENBYS GR>this is for fido messages only...adds the "seenbys" that some GR>mailers want or some sysops desire I'm still not sure here. You don't mean I put my AKA's here for the other nets I'm in do you? GR>GR>MESSAGE LINES GR>JH>. I have my message lines set at 180 and that's what it is, after a ol GR>JH>boot, anyway. But after the system has seen considerable activity, GR>JH>say by the time I get home from work each day, the message lines GR>JH>allowed are down to a much lower number, say between 5 and 20, GR>JH>ususally less than 10! A reset solves the problem. What is going GR>i've heard of this bug too but i have difficulty duplicating the GR>problem... GR>greg Well if anyone else reading this could chip in some input I'd appreciate it. This has been a recurring problem for me through several versions. I don't think it affects qwk message downloads, only the messages you rerad online. Thanks. Jim --- SLMR 2.1a If this were an actual tagline, it would be funny. --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333)