--------------- ** A related thread FOLLOWS this message. FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDQK2132 Date: 09/21/95 From: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop) Time: 04:35pm \/To: ROBERT FORGIONE (Read 4 times) Subj: R: Feed Test RF>Greg: RF> I need to know if you get this message and if you RF>do get this message I also need to know the date RF>you receive this message as my Net is hooked to RF>planet connect and there are many bugs to be RF>worked out. RF> Since I lost the NC election I will be back RF>to work on my board and breaking your chops with RF>bug reports just like before. It seems like RF>you just can't get rid of me. Hope you missed me RF>the last few months while I was busy helping RF>to keep my Net together.. RF> RF>--- RF> QMPro 1.53 Who ever said being a SysOp was fun???? RF>--- RyPacker v2.5a RF> * Origin: Thunderdome - New York City U.S.A. (212)-567-2509 (1:278/320 RF>--- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 10 (09-19-95 1 yes...i received this msg on sept 21 greg --------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LAST Message In Thread <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDS00000 Date: 09/21/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 09:51pm \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 4 times) Subj: dsz & Ry Hello Greg, The reason I called you tonight was that I have discovered that RyMult (or at least my invocation of it) won't seem to allow file transfers if it is not configured for COM1. When my Binkley and Ry node was on a com port other than 1, transfers still work fine in binkley but not in Rybbs. When I put that node on COM1, all is fine. When I do a free standing node on com1, file xfers are fine, when I use a node other than com1, they don't work. I have tried setting DSZPORT=2 in the batch file that opens a window for a node on com2 but they still don't work. I have tried removing the com statement from the startup files and just using the baseaddr and IRQ# statements but that does cause the node to come up on default port 1, but there is so much bleed through between that and the other node on the REAL com as to make the setup useless, and as you might imagine is much worse with 3 or 4 nodes setup like this. I'm pretty sure that I have downloaded from each of your nodes so this must be do-able. I do not use external protocols other than the alatest registered version of DSZ. I am using x00 as a fossil driver. I am using an STB 4com board with one of the ports disabled, three enabled, two of which are in use with Zoom v.34 external modems and I have one ZOom v.34 internal modem. This problem occurs no matter what combination of internal/external modems I use and how I configure them, File transfers and Rybbs only work with Rybbs set on COM1 for me. I have the computer's two internal serial ports disabled. I am running a 90 mhz Pentium with 8 megs RAM. I even took out the Sound card and CD-ROM in case there was some kind of conflict that I wasn't seeing and it did not help. I'm not sure what else to tell you about my setup. DSZ reports the error "Serial Input Error- Line status Register 02 Thanks for any Help you can give. Jim --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDS00001 Date: 09/19/95 From: BILL MITCHELL Time: 07:17pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 4 times) Subj: multi port setup JH>Hello Bill, JH> I seem to have the board configured properly and X00 installed. JH>One disappointment is I had to disable 1 of the ports on the board JH>in order to continue using the internal modem. I had all the JH>addresses and IRQ's worked out but no matter what I set the JH>internal modem to, Ry would see it as Port 1 upon startup unless I don't understand what you mean about "Ry would see it as port 1". Only Comports known as COM1 thru COM4 are standard, any others have to be defined. Some software confuses this isssue by recognizing either a defacto standard or their own standard. It's best to define base address and IRQ with any port other than the standard com1 thru com4. JH>it was configured to Ports 2, 3, or 4. In othere words when it was JH>set to Com 5,6,7,8,or 0, Ry would start up that node as port 1 and Ok, yeah, I see what you mean. I have seen in the past that Ry defaults to COM1, and as I said above, there really is no standards for com5 and up. You gotta define it. JH>there would be bleed through to the node on the real port 1. JH>Greg's docs say to use IRQ# and BASEADDR xxx in startup.bbs and I JH>did, along with the COM# statement,but it still sees that node as JH>on port 1. Check with Greg, he's gotta check this out. HEY GREG!!! I haven't checked this lately, but I did notice something like what Jim is talking about. Ry seems to want a comport (i.e. 1 thru 4) defined in startup.bbs even if the baseaddr and IRQ# is defined in startup.bbs. Methinks that Ry is insisting on using the DOS COM1, COM2, COM3 and COM4 devices and those only no matter what we put in startup.bbs. ALSO, the command line that is passed to DSZ to do QWK mail transfers does not pass these two parameters JH>I was aware that Ry could only run 4 nodes on ne machine but I JH>assumed I could run 4 bbs nodes and then maybe use 2 other nodes JH>for dial out use for my SLIP door. Now I'm not so sure. Yeah, I think that what I said about the DOS devices is what limites Ry to four comports. Too bad. I did a side job and just picked up a ten port intellegent card from an AT&T system that was being trashed. Too bad that Ry cannot be configured to write to the devices such a card uses. Bill --- RyPacker v2.5a * Origin: The Right Place V.34+ DS RyBBS 201-947-8231 (1:2604/539) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDS00002 Date: 09/20/95 From: BILL MITCHELL Time: 08:11pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 4 times) Subj: qwk enhancement JH>It would not be woth it if the caller had to enter a door. The point is JH>to expedite the callers session. As it stands now, all they have to do JH>is download the file at the files menu or I could put a download command JH>in any or every menu. I was hoping to prevent this if Ry could throw JH>the file into their qwk packet. I am not asking for Ry to prepare the This could be done withiut using a door, I think, if the file was named a unique name for each user. They would have to pass through the FIRST.BAT execution point in RyBBS, though, so that a third party utility could then read curruser.bbs, look at their name, and copy the file. Hmm, a cfg file would be needed with user names in it, and the appropriate filename, group name or something like that. Then the file would not need a unique name. --- RyPacker v2.5a * Origin: The Right Place V.34+ DS RyBBS 201-947-8231 (1:2604/539) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDS00003 Date: 09/20/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 03:13pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: file xfer problem I'm currently experiencing difficulties with file transfers on ONE of my 3 nodes, my node 1. My nodes 2 and 3 are free-standing RyMult nodes that are always up. My node 1 runs BinkleyTerm as a front end and calls up RyMult when it determines that there is a bbs caller online. File transfers are fine with Binkley, but they just don't happen within Rybbs. I can't find any significant differences in the startup files of the 3 nodes, other than the com port addresses. In all 3 I have Port locking, and 115200 baud. One command I have in all 3 is DEFAULT ALL, which I no longer remember what it means and can't find it in the Ry docs. Another quirk is that, since going from 2 to 3 nodes, QUERY MAIL, which is in all 3 startup files, only works on node 1, not nodes 2 and 3. I do not use any external protocols. I have checked both xmodem and zmodem and neither work on node 1. I haven't checked lately, but Greg if you have made up that file listing ALL startup.bbs commands and their meanings/applications, let me know as I'd like to download it. Jim --- SLMR 2.1a " . . . just anuddah bwick in de waww . . ." - Pink Fudd --- RyPacker v2.5 * Origin: AirPower Home of the AIRGUN Echo 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDS00004 Date: 09/20/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 03:13pm \/To: BILL MITCHELL (Read 4 times) Subj: file xfer problem I'm currently experiencing difficulties with file transfers on ONE of my 3 nodes, my node 1. My nodes 2 and 3 are free-standing RyMult nodes that are always up. My node 1 runs BinkleyTerm as a front end and calls up RyMult when it determines that there is a bbs caller online. File transfers are fine with Binkley, but they just don't happen within Rybbs. I can't find any significant differences in the startup files of the 3 nodes, other than the com port addresses. In all 3 I have Port locking, and 115200 baud. One command I have in all 3 is DEFAULT ALL, which I no longer remember what it means and can't find it in the Ry docs. Another quirk is that, since going from 2 to 3 nodes, QUERY MAIL, which is in all 3 startup files, only works on node 1, not nodes 2 and 3. I do not use any external protocols. I have checked both xmodem and zmodem and neither work on node 1. I haven't checked lately, but Greg if you have made up that file listing ALL startup.bbs commands and their meanings/applications, let me know as I'd like to download it. Jim --- SLMR 2.1a " . . . just anuddah bwick in de waww . . ." - Pink Fudd --- RyPacker v2.5 * Origin: AirPower Home of the AIRGUN Echo 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDU00000 Date: 09/22/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 09:04am \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 4 times) Subj: multi-ports Hello Greg, GR>JH> I just purchased and installed a 4 port board, the STB 4COM GR>JH>board. My original plan was to run 4 Ry nodes and 2 non-Ry nodes GR>JH>(with 2 internal modems also) but have run into some snags. GR>JH> I seem to have the board configured properly and X00 installed. GR>JH>One disappointment is I had to disable 1 of the ports on the board GR>JH>in order to continue using the internal modem. I had all the GR>JH>addresses and IRQ's worked out but no matter what I set the GR>JH>internal modem to, Ry would see it as Port 1 upon startup unless GR>JH>it was configured to Ports 2, 3, or 4. In othere words when it was GR>JH>set to Com 5,6,7,8,or 0, Ry would start up that node as port 1 and GR>JH>there would be bleed through to the node on the real port 1. GR>JH> The docs say to use IRQ# and BASEADDR xxx in startup.bbs and I GR>JH>did, along with the COM# statement,but it still sees that node as GR>JH>on port 1. GR>.. GR>when you use the IRQ# and the baseaddr statement you should NOT use the GR>com statement. The definition of COM1 - COM8 varies depending on GR>several things...and in this unusual situaion (where you're attempting GR>to run 4 Ry ports on a single machine) it'll screw things up. I know GR>at least 1 person running 4 ry ports on a single machine using this GR>technique...again DON'T use the COM# statement at all... GR>Greg I've tried that. What happens is, regardless of the IRQ# and BASEADDR xxxx used, and even with no COM# statement, Rybbs comes up saying it is on port 1, and there is bleed through to the other nodes which Rybbs also sees as being on port 1 Jim --- SLMR 2.1a The 2nd Amendment..in case the gov't forgets the 1st! --- RyPacker v2.5 * Origin: AirPower Home of the AIRGUN Echo 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDU00001 Date: 09/22/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 09:08am \/To: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop)(Rcvd) (Read 4 times) Subj: multi-ports GR>JH>One thing I never noticed in the docs before last night was you GR>JH>could set up a local node by using COM0 in startup.bbs. I thought GR>JH>this was a good idea for local log ons but Ry sees this too as GR>JH>being on port 1 and I still get thge bleed through. GR>JH>Oh well, at least now I have 3 v.34 lines and the capacity for 4. GR>JH>I was aware that Ry could only run 4 nodes on one machine but I GR>JH>assumed I could run 4 bbs nodes and then maybe use 2 other nodes GR>JH>for dial out use for my SLIP door. Now I'm not so sure. GR>.. GR>well, i'm not sure you CAN'T do it...but it might be tricky. Do you GR>have 6 seperate irq's? and do the modems support all the wierd irq's? GR>does your computer have enuf multi-tasking horsepower to accomodate all GR>those nodes...(actually it's probably only 4 that you need to GR>accomodate since the slip nodes are part of the first 2) GR>Greg I could free up 5 IRQ's but that is not a problem as the board allows IRQ sharing, so I could run 4 ports on 1 IRQ. The problem is that Rybbs sees anything other than COM2-4 as COM1. More than one node on port 1 causes bleed through between nodes. Jim --- SLMR 2.1a still too much blood in my caffeine stream... --- RyPacker v2.5 * Origin: AirPower Home of the AIRGUN Echo 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDU00002 Date: 09/22/95 From: JIM HENRY Time: 12:37pm \/To: ROBERT FORGIONE (Read 4 times) Subj: Feed Test Hello Bob, RF>Greg: RF> I need to know if you get this message and if you RF>do get this message I also need to know the date RF>you receive this message as my Net is hooked to RF>planet connect and there are many bugs to be RF>worked out. RF> Since I lost the NC election I will be back RF>to work on my board and breaking your chops with RF>bug reports just like before. It seems like RF>you just can't get rid of me. Hope you missed me RF>the last few months while I was busy helping RF>to keep my Net together.. Received here Friday 9/22, FWIW. Our net is also on PC. IMO, I think it sucks, and that we all have alot of nerve referring to the U.S. Postal Service as snail mail. We've been on PC for about a year now in our net, because a sysop is nice enough to offer a free feed. Still it has been a year of missing msgs and time lags. All mail on my system is crashed out immediately and I can't see how not doing so is justified by anyone who portends to be promoting information distribution. I don't see why echomail should take more than 12 hours to go anywhere in the world . Regards and welcome back to the eco. -Jim- --- SLMR 2.1a 70 Million gun owners, 3 Million NRA members? --- RyPacker v2.5 * Origin: AirPower Home of the AIRGUN Echo 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 256 RYBBS Ref: CDU00003 Date: 09/24/95 From: GREG RYAN (Co-Sysop) Time: 08:38pm \/To: JIM HENRY (Read 4 times) Subj: qwk enhancement JH>It would not be woth it if the caller had to enter a door. The point is JH>to expedite the callers session. As it stands now, all they have to do JH>is download the file at the files menu or I could put a download command JH>in any or every menu. I was hoping to prevent this if Ry could throw JH>the file into their qwk packet. I am not asking for Ry to prepare the JH>file for them; I will already have that made up. I jusat wanted Rybbs JH>to copy it into the qwkstuff directory. When the caller gets their qwk JH>packet, they MANUALLY unzip it (Pkunzip bbsname.qwk) Thhen they take JH>that particular file out of thhe qwk packet, and do what they want with JH>it, most likely read it or print it with their editor. i guess i'm looking at this as something that only a small number of sysops would use...what file are you planning on sending their way again? Greg --- SLMR 2.1a Hello, I am part number ޺۳ݳݳ --- RyPacker v2.7 * Origin: RyBBS HomeBase `Home of RyBBS!' (414)-962-1098 (1:154/333)