CBBS(R) 4.0.2a 04/01/89 23:51:48 You are caller 204298; next msg =41632; 477 active msgs. Prev. call 03/31/89 @ 21:39, next msg was 41621 LOG. 7 KILLED. 119 SUMMARY. 30 03/31/89,21:39:06,204256,9,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#41621, 03/31/89,21:45:03,204257,X,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#41622,3 03/31/89,22:12:30,204258,1,BILL WOLFF,,5 03/31/89,22:37:45,204259,1,ROBERT BLICKENSTAFF,valrico,7 03/31/89,22:41:23,204260,2,BILL MATTSON,,18 03/31/89,23:04:34,204261,2,MARTY DIPPEL,, E#41623,8 03/31/89,23:50:24,204262,3,JOHN WHITE,,3 04/01/89,02:17:09,204263,2,THOMAS O'BRYAN,Tinley Park/ Il,5 04/01/89,03:08:39,204264,3,FRANK SPIVEY II,, E#41624,41 04/01/89,07:21:32,204265,2,GARY BROWN,,5 04/01/89,08:30:44,204266,2,Q QQ,, 04/01/89,10:15:07,204267,2,DAVID GIBBS,,1 04/01/89,10:30:22,204268,3,WALT FUHRIMAN,, 04/01/89,10:55:19,204269,1,ALAN GUNN,,15 04/01/89,11:54:27,204270,2,RICHARD HINTON,, E#41625,4 04/01/89,12:08:12,204271,3,JIM COLLING,,5 04/01/89,12:24:23,204272,2,GOODMAN GRIFFIN,Asheboro NC,3 04/01/89,12:38:07,204273,2,BOB ZIMMERMAN,,2 04/01/89,13:21:55,204274,1,JOE GIANAS,CHGO, 04/01/89,13:33:15,204275,2,NHAN NGO,,2 04/01/89,14:43:43,204276,2,GARY ELFRING,,1 04/01/89,15:59:37,204277,9,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#41626, E#41627,12 04/01/89,16:15:31,204278,1,JOSH TAYLOR,SCHAUMBURG/IL.,7 04/01/89,16:33:03,204279,1,BEAT KUENZLI,,2 04/01/89,16:44:34,204280,2,ROGER HAAK,,2 04/01/89,17:10:51,204281,1,CARSTEN DAHLMANNS,Stuttgart West-Germany, 04/01/89,17:20:22,204282,1,DAN SEIBOLD,,4 04/01/89,17:58:53,204283,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,, E#41628,5 04/01/89,18:21:43,204284,3,FRANK SPIVEY II,,4 04/01/89,19:06:24,204285,1,DENNIS LEONG,,4 04/01/89,19:47:50,204286,3,ED FANTA,,6 04/01/89,19:54:36,204287,1,DANNY VAISRUB,,4 04/01/89,20:16:00,204288,2,BILL TANEY,,2 04/01/89,20:30:16,204289,3,PAUL SZYMKOWSKI,DOLTON/IL.,21 04/01/89,20:57:12,204290,2,MARTY DIPPEL,,3 04/01/89,21:03:56,204291,1,BILL WOLFF,,2 04/01/89,21:18:16,204292,2,JACK O'ROURKE,,3 04/01/89,22:02:39,204293,2,JIM POLOUS,, E#41629,3 04/01/89,22:12:44,204294,1,DAN SEIBOLD,, E#41630,8 04/01/89,22:47:03,204295,2,LARRY WATKINS,endicott/ny,6 04/01/89,23:10:26,204296,2,MIKE ASHE,,13 04/01/89,23:23:34,204297,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,, E#41631,13 04/01/89,23:51:52,204298,9,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 41621 03/31/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => DENNIS DUFFNER: "R/ORIGINAL CBBS EQPT" 41622 03/31/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "PC HORROR STORIES?" 41623 03/31/89 MARTY DIPPEL => TOM MILLS: "R/ENVIRONMENT" 41624 04/01/89 FRANK SPIVEY II => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "BBS COMMUNICATIONS" 41625 04/01/89 RICHARD HINTON => ALL: "BASIC TO COMPILED BASIC?" 41626 04/01/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => RICHARD HINTON: "R/BASIC TO COMPILED BASIC?" 41627 04/01/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => FRANK SPIVEY II: "R/BBS COMMUNICATIONS" 41628 04/01/89 RICHARD GOZDAL => RICHARD HINTON: "R/BASIC TO COMPILED BASIC?" 41629 04/01/89 JIM POLOUS => SCOTT SMITH: "LAN" 41630 04/01/89 DAN SEIBOLD => ALL: "HELP WITH SWAPPING BOARDS" 41631 04/01/89 ERIC BOHLMAN => FRANK SPIVEY II: "R/BBS COMMUNICATIONS" r;*;+;+ Msg 41621 is 02 line(s) on 03/31/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to DENNIS DUFFNER re: R/ORIGINAL CBBS EQPT Actually, a trip to he Smithsonian for Randy & I think IS being considered. Msg 41622 is 07 line(s) on 03/31/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ALL re: PC HORROR STORIES? My favorite PC horror story is the "semi-knowledgable" user who creates their own directory, uses it, then erases the files in it, but when they do a DIR they see "." and "..". So they try to erase 'em. Quiz: what happens the next time the system is powered on? What's YOUR favorite PC horror story? Randy's is the person who, when asked to "remove the diskette from the protective jacket..." Need I say more? Msg 41623 is 05 line(s) on 03/31/89 from MARTY DIPPEL to TOM MILLS re: R/ENVIRONMENT Thanks for the advice, Tom. I've solved my problem by very simple means (embarrassing, really) but the subject has caught my interest; I've been reading about the environment and dissecting applicable programs to tailor its use. I think I've got it down fairly well now, thanks to all the help I've received on CBBS. Again, thanks. Msg 41624 is 23 line(s) on 04/01/89 from FRANK SPIVEY II to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: BBS COMMUNICATIONS Greetings Ward! It came to my attention that your quite a celebrity as far as computer communications are concerned. I am planning to start a bulletin board of my own within the next two months. In my preparation stage, I acquired a book to aid me in my understanding of telecommunication As I read through the book, "The First Primer of Microcomputer Tele- communications", I came across your name and the mention of CBBS. Wow! How does it feel to be immortal! Just Kidding! I have a few questions about the setup of a bulletin board. First of all, I have a copy of RBBS PC ver 16.1A. Right now it is in archived form, but I am about to buy a hard drive and place in on the HD. One question is, how easy is it to configure a bulletin board. I read in oe shareware catalog that it would take me approximately one day to have it up and running. Since you and Randy are the "sole" pioneers in the field, is this the case, and is it very demanding to constantly maintain the bulletin board? Secondly, I am planning to purchase the evermore cheaply priced SMG 2400 modem from Elektek. Is this a quality piece of hardware to depend on, or should I go for the more reknown brands like US robotics? Lastly, How is it possible to accept more than one call at a time,(I haven't finished the book yet)? I have a vague concept of partitioning the hard drive to support multiple callers, but I am only starting out with a 30 meg HD. For now I plan to keep it simple, but one day, I hope to have been blessed by the same fortune as yourself,ie.(knowledge). Thank you for your help. Msg 41625 is 04 line(s) on 04/01/89 from RICHARD HINTON to ALL re: BASIC TO COMPILED BASIC? I have a program written in GW-BASIC and I want to change it into a compiled BASIC so that all you need is to type the program name and you don't need the BASIC interpreter anymore. Anyone have an idea of a good BASIC compiler that will make the conversion? Msg 41626 is 12 line(s) on 04/01/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to RICHARD HINTON re: R/BASIC TO COMPILED BASIC? The two leading basic compilers are Quick Basic, and Turbo Basic. I like the latter, many like the former. Since both GWBasic and Quick Basic are from Microsoft, you will probably have the best compatability by going with Quick Basic. I particularly like Turbo Basic because its editor can be customized, and has a word-star-like editor interface, while Quick Basic earns good points by doing syntax checking as you type the program. I was very impressed with the graphics capabilities of Turbo Basic, but then I've also seen some excellent "graphics programs" that I later found had been written in Quick Basic, so I guess they both sound pretty good. In other words, there's probably NOT a big difference between them enough to clearly eliminate either from your decision process. Msg 41627 is 29 line(s) on 04/01/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to FRANK SPIVEY II re: R/BBS COMMUNICATIONS Q. How long does it take to customize RBBS and get it going? A: I have no idea, having never seen it. CBBS is written in assembler and is of more "historical" significance, than current relevance. Q: How demanding is it to maintain a BBS? A: "it depends". CBBS is a (rare) message-only system, so by having several "assistant operators" who have the power to kill any invalid message, the time isn't too bad. If CBBS were a download board (therefore with uploads) then things get a lot more complex - both from the simple "accounting" standpoint of keeping space on the disk, but also from the "quality" aspects - ranging from the task of ensuring that files are appropriately named, and the descriptions are appropriate, to cataloging things so callers can readily find what they want, to the responsibility of ensuring no viruses are passed along by your system, or worse, invade your system. Q: How do I handle more than one caller at a time. A: Start with a multi-user operating system, like Unix, or a dedicated bulletin board system that does the multi-tasking and multi-user duties within itself. RBBS and DOS are a single user BBS operating on a single user operating system, and are a place to start, but not for multi-user. Perhaps your book will tell you about multi-user. I'm more familiar with what Randy has done - put up a multi-user conferencing system on a Unix base (an AT&T 3B2) than with the multi-user systems based upon 80x86 architecture. Another way to handle multiple users is to have multiple systems, with a LAN, sharing a single server's large hard disk. This is the technique used by the really nice and famous Gene Plantz system here in the Chicago area. Hope this gives you "some" ideas. Sorry I'm not a BBS Maven, but more of a pioneer who has done a lot of other things too. For example, I am now a Sysop on Compuserve (76703,302) and that takes a couple hours a day. Msg 41628 is 02 line(s) on 04/01/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL to RICHARD HINTON re: R/BASIC TO COMPILED BASIC? With Qbasic V4.5 you don't even have to look at the manual. The online help is COMPLETE. The easiest "program" I have run. Msg 41629 is 02 line(s) on 04/01/89 from JIM POLOUS to SCOTT SMITH re: LAN What kind of price are we talking and must the file server be dedicated as a file server? Msg 41630 is 07 line(s) on 04/01/89 from DAN SEIBOLD to ALL re: HELP WITH SWAPPING BOARDS I have the chance to buy a exas Instruments PC that is presently running MS-DOS 2.11. The Kernal however is TI specific and is not capable of running anything that is not written just for that machine. Question: How successful would I be if I bought an 8088 motherboard and replaced the one in the TI with that? Do the power supply plugs match? Would that solve my kernal problems? Any input would be appreciated. Msg 41631 is 06 line(s) on 04/01/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN to FRANK SPIVEY II re: R/BBS COMMUNICATIONS Some BBS programs (OPUS, for one) are capable of running under multitaskers like DoubleDOS or DesqView and, with some restrictions, can be used to service multiple lines. Others, like some of the more expensive versions of TBBS, contain internal multitasking that lets them handle several lines; the disadvantage here is that you can't do anything that involves calling external programs. Past hi msg # Msg #:? >Function:?