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INTRODUCTION

ATTENTION ALL HERMES SYSOPS! Do you ever get bored of you logon  looking like this.

Enter Name, Number or New.
NN: Butthead

Unknown User

Enter Name, Number or New
NN: 1
PW: XXXXXXX
PH: XXX-XXX-XXXX
SY: SYSOP

(Beep) ILLEGAL LOGON!

Enter Name, Number or New
NN: 37
PW: XXXXXX
PH: 800-852-XXXX

Sorry, you have called too many times.

Well if you are and you want to jazz up  your logon a bit, then try my famous logon   mod.  The   mod  is  relativley  easy  to  make and  it  will get you compliments  galore since its  the only one in  existence for Hermes.  If you want a preview then gimme a call (see ad at document bottom).

Ok, making the mod is fairly easy although  some what time  consuming.  There
is  no  hard wire mod to speak of, the magic of the login modification is the product of ANSi commands and precise  (very, very little room for alteration) spacing.  The  mod can be  made with  either ResEdit 6.x or Sam Shafritz STR# Edit if modifying Hermes 2.x.  Modifying Hermes II is done with in the Hermes application itself with the Text Edit option.

ANSi COMMANDS

Before we get into the mods it might be useful to know what ANSi commands are used and what for.  The following  is the short  list of commands used and if your good at ANSi then you can invision in your head what it does.

When actually making the mod, the words in  { } are commands to be  literally followed, i.e. {9 Spaces} means hit the space bar 9 times.

*IMPORTANT* Although the following ANSi commands begin with Esc it is best to enter  them as  CTRL-CLEAR then [.  When editing in mod the CTRL-CLEAR should produce the no character sign (a  one  character  space, upright  rectangular box). 

*ALSO* The  ANSi  commands are case sensitive and must be entered in lower or upper case as necessary. 

Esc[0m - All off. (Refers to Bold, Flashing, Underline, etc)
Esc[1m - Bold on.
Esc[A  - Up
Esc[B  - Down
Esc[C  - Right
Esc[D  - Left

THE LOGIN MODIFICATION

Enough  with  commands, now  on with the mods. All mods are made to STR#17,x. Modifications to  Hermes 2.x can be  made with ResEdit  or  STR# Edit 1.6  or later.  Mods  to Hermes II  are made  via the new  Text edit option  from the Dialog screen.  If you're using  ResEdit  you  need to open the STR# and then double  click on ID = 17. The following mods are numbered as concurrent  with Hermes 2.x.  Numbers are not used for  Hermes II, so look for the text in the program that concurs with that in this file and make the mods accordingly. 

STR#17,13  ---  Was: Enter Number, Name or New
          Change To: {Highlight text and hit DELETE}

STR#17,14  ---  Was: NN:
          Change To: Esc[0m{9 spaces}ACCT:Esc[BEsc[DEsc[DEsc[DEsc[DEsc[DPASS:
                     Esc[BEsc[DEsc[DEsc[DEsc[DEsc[DSCND:Esc[AEsc[AEsc[1m   
                                 
                                               Note Space    Note Bracket
STR#17,17  ---  Was: Unknown User                        \  / BEFORE Esc
          Change To: Esc[0mEsc[BEsc[BEsc[B{10 spaces}?-ERR [Esc[1mNO USEREsc
                     [0m]{8 spaces}Esc[AEsc[AEsc[AEsc[AEsc[AEsc[AEsc[A
                         \
                          Note Bracket AFTER ANSi Command
STR#17,18  ---  Was: PW:
          Change To: Esc[C{Repeat 13 more times, 14 total}Esc[1m

STR#17,19  ---  Was: PH:
          Change To: Esc[C{Repeat 13 more times, 14 total}Esc[1m

STR#17,20  ---  Was: SY:
          Change To: {9 spaces}ADMN:Esc[1m

STR#17,21  ---  Was: Sorry, you have called too many times.
          Change To: {9 spaces}?-ERR [Esc[1mTOO MANY CALLSEsc[0m]
                                   /  \                        /
                        Note Space     Note Brackets Before/After
                                       ANSi Commands            \
                               Note Space    /                   \
STR#17,22  ---  Was: Illegal Logon!      \  /                     \
          Change To: {9 spaces}Esc[0m?-ERR [Esc[1mFALSE LOGINEsc[0m]Esc[A
                     Esc[AEsc[AEsc[AEsc[AEsc[AEsc[A

Well thats it, now you have oB's Famous Hermes Login Mod. Of course I'm  sure you want to  be original (who doesn't) and you'll probably want to alter this mod to your taste. Well the only thing I can tell you is that it is not easy.  the  spacing is  precise in every  way. Any more  or less space and everyting gets fucked up. You can try and see wat you can come up with, I  really won't mind, but my personal opinion is: leave well enough alone.

Oh  yeah,  one last little tidbit. This  file  should be accompanied with the modified  STR# which  can be easily patched into Hermes 2.x with no mess.  In this instance this file  (the one your reasing) is  essentially  worthles. If however  you are  running Hermes II then the STR#  is worthless and your life depends on this file  (The one your still reading).  Well  thats it, and look for other oB files. Oh, and be sure to call...
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