___-------------------- ------------------- 1. BBS name PATRICK'S PLAYTOY 2. Sysop's first name PAT 3. Sysop's last name PRIDGEN 4. COM port (COM0 if Local) COM2 5. Baud and parameters (e.g. 2400 BAUD,N,8,1) 38400 BAUD,N,8,1 6. Network type. 0 7. Caller's first name (or SYSOP) USERFIRSTNAME 8. Caller's last name (blank if SYSOP) USERLASTNAME 9. Caller's city and state. LA GRANDE, OREGON 10. Color mode. 0 = non-color, 1 = color mode. 1 11. Caller's security level. 15 12. Caller's time remaining. 87 You can then compare the contents of a(1) through a(12) to whatever you think they should contain, and act upon it. . pat.pridgen@svis.org . La Grande, Oregon *SignIt 2.x #001* ... If you mean QB that comes with DOS, no you can't .... ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: THE LOFT in Auburn IN 219-925-5524 & 238-3222 HST/V34+ (1:236/7) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3D00002 Date: 03/03/98 From: BERT BYFIELD Time: 09:49pm \/To: JOHN ZORTMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: QB.BI >>TM> QuickBasic. QB.BI is copyrighted by MicroSoft; and, as such, it would >>TM> illegal for anyone to post it here. >BB>Yeah, but there is a replacement for it in the book *Microsoft >BB>QuickBASIC Bible* by The Waite Group. Stop in at the library. JZ> Since I'd originally posted that, I've sent off a money order to buy JZ> the whole qb 4.5 package again. However, in the meantime I can't do JZ> much that calls for QB.BI of course, and in fact am sitting here with JZ> the Quick Basic Bible I'd paid like $35 for years ago, and looking all JZ> through it shows me no QB.BI listing anywhere. What page number? (!) Page 757-758, in grey, called "QBI.BI Custom Header file..." and the book says their version is "simpler and shorter," besides. * JABBER v1.2 * Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit. --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0406 * Origin: Knight Moves - Rochester,NY 716-865-2106 (1:2613/313) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3D00003 Date: 02/27/98 From: ROBERT KOHL Time: 11:56pm \/To: DAVID AUKERMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Dave Shea Hi David, Wednesday, February 25, 1998 15:32:00, David Aukerman wrote to Tika Carr Subject: Dave Shea DA> TC>Well, you caught me a bit late, as I saw his post recently and DA> we been TC>communicating in e-mail. ;) DA> TC>Sounds like what I'll be doing (or another hiatus). I keep DA> getting burned ou TC>faster and more with all this stuff. So if DA> you don't see me around, that's TC>why. Got too much to do, and DA> have to cut back somewhere. Might take down the TC>web site, since DA> I really feel no initiative to keep it up. I more or less Tika, Take down the web site??? So it ain't so Tika. :-( I like your web site! Finest one I've seen in a while on Geocities! I know that you would be welcome to return. And if things get a bit much, just read the posts and relax a bit. That's what I do when things get to be a bit much. DA> TC>started it as an experiment to see how GeoCities works. Like DA> Dave, I'm going TC>to give graphics a try. Just dabbling, as DA> usual. DA> TC>Tika DA> Well, it never hurts to spread the word, right? :) Hmm..seems like DA> I'm going to have to join you guys in that boat, if I haven't done DA> so already. School and responsibilities are eating up time like DA> crazy..it's hard for me to even check in on the echo any more (and DA> I wasn't really in it for that long, anyway). But for the time DA> being, I'll keep checking for the sake of the Code FAQ, until DA> (hint, hint to whoever may be reading this) somebody else DA> volunteers to take it from me. :) Dabbling? Not for me..lately, DA> my programming has been very sporadic at best. DA> --David If you are looking for someone to take over the Code FAQ I'll be happy to take it. My web page is a little lite on Basic lately. :-) BTW, if you decide to come back and take over the FAQ again, it will be waiting for you. I don't have the problem of keeping up with this conference, but my system sometimes does. Glad I got good old #2 running and ready to back up my #1 computer. Regards and *Terminate-ing*, Robert (Bob) Kohl Rio Rancho, New Mexico Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/7854 http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Kohl/index.html Internet: bobakohl@abq.com bobakohl1@juno.com barbarianh@aol.com .!. I speak Gibberish. Does that make me a politician? --- Terminate 5.00/Pro >> Almost All my software is named Bob < * Origin: The Barbarian Hitman FIDONET POINT [private bbs] (1:109/921.66) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3D00004 Date: 02/28/98 From: ROBERT KOHL Time: 12:08am \/To: BRYAN TURNER (Read 3 times) Subj: QBEDITOR Hi Bryan, Wednesday, February 25, 1998 13:55:18, Bryan Turner wrote to Bob Lotspeich Subject: QBEDITOR -=> Quoting Bob Lotspeich to All <=- BL>> QBEDIT11.ZIP is now available for freq from 1:265/124. It has BL>> the complete source code for the editor, plus some nice notes BL>> from Douglas explaining the various functions. BL>> lusher@freenet.msp.mn.us BT> Does he have this on the Net? BT> Bryan Turner smyc@usa.net "bat" BT> pegasus.flight@juno.com S.M.Y.C. BT> "Support Shareware!" Douglas has an email account, but I believe he does not have a web page. That is not official since he hasn't popped in until just recently. Douglas, Has anything changed? Regards and *Terminate-ing*, Robert (Bob) Kohl Rio Rancho, New Mexico Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/7854 http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Kohl/index.html Internet: bobakohl@abq.com bobakohl1@juno.com barbarianh@aol.com .!. Arnold Swartzeneger of Borg. Would the Borg speak with an accent? --- Terminate 5.00/Pro >> Almost All my software is named Bob < * Origin: The Barbarian Hitman FIDONET POINT [private bbs] (1:109/921.66) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3D00005 Date: 03/04/98 From: MIKE GINGER Time: 04:45am \/To: TIKA CARR (Read 3 times) Subj: CD-ROM Drive Functions -=> Quoting Tika Carr to Mike Ginger on 19 Feb 98 13:22:00 <=- TC> Thanks for the CD source code. It's funny because my functions seemed TC> to work in my system in Win95. Did you make sure you passed the drive TC> letter as a string? I'm wondering why it crashed on your system. It worked ok in pure DOS (ie. press F8 at boot-up) but caused a GPF when running in a DOS box under Win95. I've deleted your previous message so can't check to see whether I passed the Drive Letter as a string - that may have been the problem. TC> I'll have to check out your code. Thanks again for both posts. I got TC> my info from Ralf Brown's Interrupt List (I spelled his name right this TC> time ;) as you probably used the same source of info. I'll have to TC> figure out what you did that I didn't... I was trying to get error TC> detection integrated in the code but I couldn't figure out how. Oh! I should have said. Those programs are not my own work, but have been posted here (in the echo) before. I have revamped some of them, though. Last summer I was working on a skeleton program to tie-together all these CD-Rom functions and subs, for futute use in other programs. It didn't get finished though :)))) All the best, Mike -- **************************************************************** * FidoNet: Mike Ginger, 2:251/21 e-mail: MikeGinger@aol.com * **************************************************************** --- GEcho/32 1.20/Pro * Origin: METRIC BBS * 01705 871471 * Multi Line * V34 28k8 * (2:251/21) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3D00006 Date: 03/03/98 From: NIGEL TRAVES Time: 11:58am \/To: TIKA CARR (Read 3 times) Subj: Computer piracy Greetings and felicitations Tika, I found the following in the QB scrapbook, vol 1 issue 3. Hope it is of use. Byeee, Nigel. Date: 03-20-93 11:45 (Public) From: JEFF FREEMAN To: ALL Subject: Copyright laws in the USA I just spent 2 hours at the library reading copyright laws and how-to books. This is what I came up with. This information contradicts a few of the opinions that had been expressed in this echo, but since the following information is easily verifiable, I am not inviting debate. In other words, if you don't believe me then go to the library and look it up for yourself - THEN post. Everything you write is automatically owned by you (you own the copyright). Copyrights last for the remainder of your life, plus 50 years. Publication (posting in the echo, giving to a friend, uploading to a BBS) of your work without a copyright notice puts the work in the public domain. However, you may still register the copyright within 5 years and take other action to re-claim/recover from publishing a work without a copyright notice. Anyone may publish your work if it is in the Public Domain. Being in the Public Domain means the work is unprotected by Copyright laws. Within 3 months of publication, two copies (one for computer programs) of the work must be deposted in the Copyright Office (address follows). Only original works of authorship may be copyrighted. You cannot copyright someone else's work. Why register a copyright? If registered prior to infringement, you may receive Damages and Attorney fees. Otherwise you must pay attorney fees and are not entitled to Damages. You must register to file a suit. If a copyright infringement occurs before you have registered the copyright, for example, you must register the copyright to sue the infringer. Still, you cannot be awarded Damages and must pay your own attorney fees. The burden of proof lies on the infringer. If you register my work, for example, the burden of proof is mine. You must register to overcome publishing your work without a copyright notice. You needn't be the author in order to obtain a copyright if: The Author has Asigned you the right. You employed the Author to create the work. In regards to the current echowide project, each contributor retains the copyright for their contribution, however the compiler may copyright the work as a whole. Lastly, what all this means is that if you post something without a copyright notice in this echo then anyone may publish that work, but no one can copyright it. If you post something and include the copyright notice, then by statute you should depost (within 3 months) a copy of the program in the Copyright Office. Mail form TX and A filing fee of $10 plus $4 per additional certificate. Write to the following address for form TX, fill it out and mail in a copy of your program: Register of Copyrights Copyright Office Library of Congress Washington, DC 20559 You may register the copyright within 5 years of publication (with the copyright notice). You SHOULD register the copyright within 3 months of publication. You *cannot* register someone else's copyright! If you want to release code to the "public domain", simply omit the copyright notice and make no attempt to reclaim it. -+- OLMS 2.53 UNREG --- * Origin: Most Wanted BBS +44 (0)1522 887627 & 887628 * (2:2503/509) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3D00007 Date: 03/03/98 From: NIGEL TRAVES Time: 11:58am \/To: KURT KUZBA (Read 3 times) Subj: Sprite13.OBJ - QLB proble Greetings and felicitations Kurt, [cut] KK> was still finding the C libraries. The scroll code follows. KK> It will still look for the C library, even though it does KK> not need it for anything. I had it using a long, and it [cut] Not now it doesn't Kurt. There is utility called objtool which allows you to edit certain aspects of .obj files. So I simply used that to delete the library reference. I've tacked the postit encoded corrected obj onto the end of this message. KK> The following message contains both the .OBJ in POSTIT! KK> format and a bit of Basic code to test the module. My teeth are now worn down an extra millimeter 'cos I didn't read this first . Byeee, Nigel. '>>> Page 1 of SCROLL.OBJ begins here. TYPE:BINAA TLEN:1847 '------------------------------------------------------------- ' INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECODING 'If there are multiple parts to this file, merge them into one 'file using COPY PART1.EXT+PART2.EXT FILENAME.EXT Remove all 'message header and footer information (everything outside the '">>> Page x of..." lines), load the result into your version 'of Basic (QBASIC, QuickBASIC, etc.) then RUN it. The original 'file will be decoded into the current directory on your disk. 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Last page. TCHK:188 -+- OLMS 2.53 UNREG --- * Origin: Most Wanted BBS +44 (0)1522 887627 & 887628 * (2:2503/509) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3D00008 Date: 03/03/98 From: NIGEL TRAVES Time: 11:58am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: BIOSKEYS.BI 1/3 '>>> Page 1 of BIOSKEYS.BI begins here. TYPE:BAS REM ****************************************************** REM * Filespec : bioskeys.bas bioskeys.bi * REM * Date : March 3 1998 * REM * Time : 12:25 * REM * Revision : 1.00B * REM * Update : * REM ****************************************************** REM * Programmer: Nigel Traves * REM * Address : 5 Breamer Road, Collingham, Newark, * REM * : Notts, U.K. * REM * Post Code : NG23 7PN * REM ****************************************************** REM * Released to the Public Domain * REM ****************************************************** DECLARE FUNCTION GetKeyScan% () REM ***************************************************************** REM * This function waits for a keypress, returns the scan code for * REM * that key and does NOT echo the keypress to screen. The * REM * following are constants for most of the scan codes for the * REM * extended keyboard (i.e. the one with *12* function keys). * REM ***************************************************************** '| function key CONST F1% = &H3B00, F2% = &H3C00, F3% = &H3D00, F4% = &H3E00, F5% =_ &H3F00 CONST F6% = &H4000, F7% = &H4100, F8% = &H4200, F9% = &H4300, F10% =_ &H4400 CONST F11% = &H8500, F12% = &H8600 '| Function Key + SHIFT CONST SF1% = &H5400, SF2% = &H5500, SF3% = &H5600, SF4% = &H5700 CONST SF5% = &H5800, SF6% = &H5900, SF7% = &H6A00, SF8% = &H6B00 CONST SF9% = &H6C00, SF10% = &H6D00, SF11% = &H8700, SF12% = &H8800 '| Control + Function Key CONST CF1% = &H6E00, CF2% = &H6F00, CF3% = &H6000, CF4% = &H6100 CONST CF5% = &H6200, CF6% = &H6300, CF7% = &H6400, CF8% = &H6500 CONST CF9% = &H6600, CF10% = &H6700, CF11% = &H8900, CF12% = &H8A00 '| Alternate + Function Key CONST AF1% = &H6800, AF2% = &H6900, AF3% = &H6A00, AF4% = &H6B00 CONST AF5% = &H6C00, AF6% = &H6D00, AF7% = &H6E00, AF8% = &H6F00 CONST AF9% = &H7000, AF10% = &H7100, AF11% = &H8B00, AF12% = &H8C00 '| Alt + Character CONST Alt1% = &H7800, Alt2% = &H7900, Alt3% = &H7A00, Alt4% = &H7B00 CONST Alt5% = &H7C00, Alt6% = &H7D00, Alt7% = &H7E00, Alt8% = &H7F00 CONST Alt9% = &H8000, Alt0% = &H8100, AltQ% = &H1000, AltW% = &H1100 CONST AltE% = &H1200, AltR% = &H1300, AltT% = &H1400, AltY% = &H1500 CONST AltU% = &H1600, AltI% = &H1700, AltO% = &H1800, AltP% = &H1900 CONST AltA% = &H1E00, AltS% = &H1F00, AltD% = &H2000, AltF% = &H2100 CONST AltG% = &H2200, AltH% = &H2300, AltJ% = &H2400, AltK% = &H2500 CONST AltL% = &H2600, AltZ% = &H2C00, AltX% = &H2D00, AltC% = &H2E00 CONST AltV% = &H2F00, AltB% = &H3000, AltN% = &H3100, AltM% = &H3200 CONST AltHyphen% = &H8200, AltEquals% = &H8300, AltTAB% = &HA500 CONST REVTAB = &H0F00 '| Reverse Tab = Shift + Tab CONST UpArrow% = &H4800, DownArrow% = &H5000, LeftArrow% = &H4B00 CONST RightArrow% = &H4D00, Home% = &H4700, EndKey% = &H4F00 CONST PageUp% = &H4900, PageDown% = &H5100, Insert% = &H5200 CONST Delete% = &H5300 CONST Echo = &H7200 '| Control + PrtSc '| Control + Key CONST ControlLeftArrow% = &H7300, ControlRightArrow% = &H7400 CONST ControlEnd% = &H7500, ControlPageDown% = &H7600 CONST ControlHome% = &H7700, ControlPageUp% = &H8400 CONST ControlTAB% = &H9400 CONST CtrlA% = &H1E01, CtrlB% = &H3002, CtrlC% = &H2E03, CtrlD% = &H2004 CONST CtrlE% = &H1205, CtrlF% = &H2106, CtrlG% = &H2207, CtrlH% = &H2308 CONST CtrlI% = &H1709, CtrlJ% = &H240A, CtrlK% = &H250B, CtrlL% = &H260C CONST CtrlM% = &H320D, CtrlN% = &H310E, CtrlO% = &H180F, CtrlP% = &H1910 CONST CtrlQ% = &H1011, CtrlR% = &H1312, CtrlS% = &H1F13, CtrlT% = &H1414 '>>> Page 1 of BIOSKEYS.BI ends here. 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