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Version 2.0
(c) 1993 - 1994 Magic Software Ltd.
by Steven Debruyn
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║ ░▒▓█ PB NEWS █▓▒░ Version 2.0 (c) 1994 Magic Software Ltd. ║
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*** Disclaimer ***
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PBNEWS is guaranteed only to eat up space on your disk!
There are NO warranties, either expressed or implied, with
respect to the software, its quality, performance,
usefullness or fitness for any particular purpose. This
software is provided "as is" and the entire risk as to its
quality and performance is with the user.
The author of this software shall NOT be liable for errors
contained in the software or the software's documentation, or
for incidental or consequential damages of any kind in
connection with the performance, use or possession of this
software.
What does the above means ? Well, try to put your imagination
at work and picture yourself while you're writing what is
likely to become the biggest selling software utility in the
history of mankind while PBNEWS is installed. And suppose
you decide to start running a communications program to
log into a BBS and tell everybody just how great is your work,
and that while you're chatting with the sysop PBNEWS decides
to trash part of your system's memory. And suppose that,
watching your computer reboot before your startled eyes, you
realize that you haven't got a backup of your source code and
you sit back too quickly in your chair, knocking your computer
into the nearby swimming pool in which some friends of yours
are swimming. And suppose that, after having electrocuted
them, the power overload blows up your house's entire
electrical system, and that the high voltage transformer miles
away (but directly over major well-known fault line) explodes
spectacularly, releasing a large amount of stored geological
energy and a small but heavily populated section of the
Italian peninsula plunges into the Mediterran Sea...
Well... even in this case, you've got nobody but yourself to
blame. Got the picture ?
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║ ░▒▓█ PB NEWS █▓▒░ Version 2.0 (c) 1994 Magic Software Ltd. ║
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*** Copyright ***
-----------------
PBNEWS is Copyrighted by Steven Debruyn. You can use it
for a trial period of 30 days. After that period you are
required to register it. (see PBNEWS.REG for details)
The right to use this software and/or its documentation for
private purposes may NOT be restricted by additional
copyrights and/or registration conditions, unless those
applied by its author.
If given away under above (or below) conditions, the receiver
in NO way receives the ownership of the program itself, but
may only be licenced to use it if above and below conditions
are met.
If these rules infringe the local law and/or rights of any
area, political or geographical, this software is NOT to be
used and/or distributed in these areas.
The executable and/or non-executable parts of this program or
any package consisting of any or all of these parts are NOT
to be altered by any means (including editing, reprogramming,
crunching, and recompiling), except de-archiving.
The name of the executable file(s) may be changed at
convenience, as long as this does NOT infringe any copyright
of any other author, and by changing the name(s), observe that
all rights and/or restrictions given by this text, and/or by
the software itself still applies.
The documents contained in the software package contain
proprietary information which is protected by copyright (C).
All rights are reserved. No part of these documents may be
photocopied, reproduced, electronically copied, or translated
to another language without the inclusion of the software and
other included files as part of a package. The executable
files accompagnying this package may NOT be reproduced or
transferred outside a one-machine-environment without all
these accompagnying files including this file.
I must say I didn't come up with this great text myself, so
credit goes to Angelo Besani for inventing it.
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║ ░▒▓█ PB NEWS █▓▒░ Version 2.0 (c) 1994 Magic Software Ltd. ║
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*** And now for the FUN part ***
--------------------------------
PBNEWS has been completly rewritten in Turbo Pascal. Giving an enormous
increase in speed. I even had to put in a delay so you would see the
percentage bar working, otherwise it would just be a flash on your screen.
Do you remember what the previous version looked like ?
Something like this :
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══════════╣ New version of PBNEWS ╠══════════════════════════[ Juli 18 ]════
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Now it looks something like this :
┌──∙∙ ∙ · Juli 18 · ∙ ∙∙──┐
│∙┌───┐ ──────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────────┐ ┌────────── ┌───┐∙│
:│ ┌──────────────│────────────────────────────────────│───────────────│─┐ │::
∙│└───┘ ····∙∙···· │ ∙ │ New version of PBNEWS │ │ ····∙∙···· └─│─┘│:
│ └──────────────────│───────────────────────────────────│──────────────┘ │∙
·└─────────────────┘ └────────────────────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
Of course with a lot of magical colors.
All letters are processed using a special system to give them a nice color.
In all the look of PBNEWS has changed completly. Just take a look at the
examples and you'll see what I mean.
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║ ░▒▓█ PB NEWS █▓▒░ Version 2.0 (c) 1994 Magic Software Ltd. ║
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FREEWARE ------> SHAREWARE
___________________________
I must tell you than when PBNEWS 1.0 came out I had no idea it was gonna
be such a huge succes. I received hundreds of netmails, from all over the
world. Seems people liked the program. It was free, but it also was SLOW :-(
Since then I have been thinking how I could improve PBNEWS.
Here are the features :
* It's FAST !
* It's cheap.
* No size limit !
* Allows you to include ANSI files.
* Can filter the ANSI to put in the ASCII file.
* Can skip the ANSI file for the ASCII file.
* Great looks !
It took over 60 hours of programming to make PBNEWS what it is today.
You'll have to understand that it can no longer be freeware, so a small
charge is asked when you use this program.
Your registration key will be valid for all future versions.
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║ ░▒▓█ PB NEWS █▓▒░ Version 2.0 (c) 1994 Magic Software Ltd. ║
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HOW IT WORKS
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PBNEWS reads it's data from a file called NEWS.TXT
The format for NEWS.TXT is like this :
18/07
New version of PBNEWS
Today I released a new version of PBNEWS
I sure hope you like it.
CU
Steven
/***/
As simple as that. Now all you have to do is run PBNEWS in the directory
where NEWS.TXT resides and it will create an ANSI and an ASCII file for
you with all the neccesary control codes in it.
INCLUDING YOUR OWN ANSI
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You can include your own ANSI in NEWS.TXT if you save with THEDRAW and use
255 as maximum length !!!!!
If you do include an ANSI you *MUST* tell PBNEWS or it will be screwed up in
most cases.
Like this :
18/07
New version of PBNEWS
Today I released a new version of PBNEWS
I sure hope you like it.
/---/
Here goes your ansi drawing
/---/
CU
Steven
/***/
The '/---/' makes sure PBNEWS doesn't try to add the special colors and
at the same time the ANSI codes are stripped for the ASCII file.
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That all works great up to a certain point. That point is where the ANSI
gets a little complicated ... in that case you might want to exclude the
ANSI from the ASCII file.
Do something like this :
18/07
New version of PBNEWS
Today I released a new version of PBNEWS
I sure hope you like it.
/---/
/+++/
Here goes your ansi drawing
/+++/
/---/
CU
Steven
/***/
The '/+++/' makes sure the ANSI isn't written to the ASCII file.
That's all you need to know to get you started !
Have fun, and please remember to register this program.
Steven Debruyn, 1994