Jason Aller Floppy Collection/334.img/TMOD300.ZIP/OSIRIS.NWS

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         Osiris  is a fast, responsive, flexible system  which  allows
         the  owner to design much of his own CBIS without  having  to
         write any program code.

         Osiris comes in an economical single line version, as well as
         multiple line versions supporting up to 255 lines.

                   NOTE:  Versions  supporting  up  to  5000
                   lines available on request.

         Pricing is based on the number of lines supported starting at
         $119.95 for a single line system and goes as high as $5000.00
         for a 255 line system. Only pay for what you need and upgrade
         for the price difference WHEN you need it.

         Osiris requires a PC XT/AT, 80386, or 80486 class machine.

         Osiris  requires  a multi-tasker for multiple lines  such  as
         Desqview or a Network such as Lantastic, Novell, or 3Comm.

         It is suggested that a Network be used for multiple lines  to
         decrease the chances of ALL your lines going down at once  in
         case of equipment failure.

         Something  you  can not afford to have happen if  your  using
         Osiris as a customer support and product distribution system.

         Networking  also affords you the luxury of using  slower  and
         less  costly computers for the other lines. You  really  only
         need  an XT motherboard, power supply, modem, and disk  drive
         for those additional lines.

         Networking also means there is no decrease in performance  no
         matter how many lines your running or how many file transfers
         happen to be in progress.

         Add the correct Front-End mailer and/or secondary  processing
         programs  and you have a complete Fidonet, UUCP,  or  PCrelay
         compatible system.

         First  time  sysops  can build a system to  carry  out  their
         communications  needs  quickly without  being  burdened  with
         complicated setups and designs.

         Advance  sysops can modify the system to suit their  personal
         tastes so quickly you can not believe it until you try it.

         Osiris  has  power, speed,  responsiveness,  and  flexibility
         which  have  never  before been seen  in  the  micro-computer
         world.

         What do we mean by speed?  The measure of a systems speed  is
         how  close it approaches the ideal of being limited  only  by
         the data transmission rate.

         Osiris  is  capable of driving the serial port in  excess  of
         38,400  bps  using a 10 Mhz AT. This means if you  timed  the
         transmission of a 192,000 byte file, it should take about  50
         seconds.

         On  a  single user system running on a 6 MHZ AT,  Osiris  was
         clocked  at over 20,000 bps! This included reading  from  the
         harddrive, writing to the LOCAL screen, and sending the  data
         out the serial port.

         We  are  not  going to say there is no  other  CBIS  software
         capable  of achieving this feat, we just have not  found  one
         yet.

         What  do we mean by responsive?  Osiris can accepts  commands
         at ANY time.  On menu displays or command prompts you do  not
         have to wait for the prompt or even the end of the line.

         Your  callers  have  the option  of  using  advanced  command
         stacking  or HOTKEYS. Using command stacking, they can  enter
         commands that may be found 40 sub-systems away.

         As  amazing  as Osiris is to operate when you  call  in,  the
         SYSOP side has to be seen to be believed.

         Osiris  is  configured and maintained using a series  of  GUI
         programs and a text editor or ANSI draw program.

         Using OSM you can define from 1 to 32000 message boards,  and
         from 1 to 32000 file boards.

         You  can  choose  the command keys, types  of  areas,  access
         levels  for  the commands, flags for  the  commands,  default
         logon  access levels, time limits, private system or  public.

         There  are  NUMEROUS other options that would  take  to  many
         pages to list.

         Your  file  areas can be in individual  directories,  grouped
         into  one directory and LOGICALLY sub-divided by Osiris.  You
         can have your file list in one directory, the physical  files
         in  another directory, and have the uploads for that area  go
         to still yet another directory, you decide.

         Creating menus is a breeze. Use any text editor and just draw
         it!

         Better  yet, use a program like THEDRAW.

         Thedraw  is  an ANSI "what you see is what you  get"  drawing
         program. Select the layout, colors, and even the command line
         prompt.

         When  your finished, compile the ANSI drawing and you have  a
         colorful menu ready to be used by those that support ANSI and
         those that do not.

         Create  one menu or a series of menus and use the ITP  Random
         command and show randomly selected menus for the same area!

         Osiris allows you up to 32,000 message boards. Each board may
         be optionally setup for E-mail, public messages only, private
         messages  only, read-only, Echo, echo-pass though, public  or
         private, or word wrap on/off.

         Many of the above can be mixed to custom tailor the area.

         For  those  who want more flexibility in system  design  and
         do not mind a little simple programming, Osiris provides  the
         In-Line Text Processing Language (ITP) compiler.

         This  compiler allows you to use commands,  source  libraries
         and  many other features to build very  sophisticated  menus,
         additional sub-systems, access external programs, data  entry
         control,   loop   control,   conditional   testing,    string
         management, define and manage Btree databases, use   floating
         point math formulas and much more.

         While  you do not have to use it to get much of the power  of
         Osiris,  it  allows you to go much further in  system  design
         than was previously possible!

         If  that was not enough, Osiris provides an almost  unlimited
         number  of HOOKS for attaching external programs. If you  can
         write   it,  you  can  add  it.  Complete   file   structures
         distributed with the program.

         Got a Q&A type of file you need to add, no sweat!

         ITP  allows you to create VERY advanced questionnaires.  Your
         questionnaires have access to over 200 ITP commands including
         sysop definable databases or external programs.

         ITP  can  even  alter  the  systems  appearance  by  changing
         commands, menus, switch in a totally different set of message
         areas and/or file areas for individual callers.

         Want  to  it  to  look like a family system  for  some  or  a
         business system for others, ITP can do it!

            The ITP language currently supports over 200 commands.

         The  system  allows up to 32,000 levels for  user  privileges
         including  individual  time limits per day,  per  call,  file
         ratio levels, and down load limits.

         There  are also over 40 authorization flags to allow  various
         features and areas to be used only as the sysop desires.

         Osiris   provides  hooks  for  over  30,000   file   transfer
         protocols.

         Why  settle  for  outdated and slow  protocols  like  Xmodem,
         Ymodem, Kermit, and SEAlink when you can use faster and  more
         popular protocols like Tmodem, Zmodem, Jmodem, and Bimodem.

         You have a proprietary protocol you want to use, just add  it
         in.

         Osiris   provides  full  archive  support  for  viewing   and
         extracting    individual   files   with   re-archiving    for
         downloading. Archive formats supported include Arc, Zip, Lzh,
         zoo, and pak.

         Osiris  also  has CD-ROM and WORM drive support,  Unix  style
         file  locking  as  well  as time  slicing  for  Desqview  and
         DoubleDos.

         Osiris  has  an advanced virtual memory  manager,  VMS,  that
         gives  your  system as much memory as it  needs  for  running
         external programs such as archivers, protocol drivers, games,
         add-on dbase systems, or anything else you care to call using
         the ITP [SHELL] command.

         You can call external program that require in excess of  512K
         of  memory  to function, including batch file. You  can  also
         pass information to the external programs using command  line
         arguments  and/or a special exit control file. You  may  also
         test  return  codes  and process accord to  the  return  code
         following any ITP [SHELL] call.

         If  you have EMS memory, VMS will shift Osiris up  into  high
         memory before the call and shift it back down afterwards.  If
         you don't have EMS memory available, we'll use your Hard disk
         instead.

         Osiris  has a special built in ON-LINE product databases  for
         integrated On-Line Shopping. You customers can shop from  the
         comfort of their homes or businesses 24 hours a day with less
         COST overhead than conventional VOICE order lines and without
         the hassels of TIME ZONES.

         Osiris uses compressed databases to hold product  information
         with  highspeed indexing, multiple find features, ability  to
         tag  items for reviewing, forward/reverse  movement,  listing
         functions, multiple departments, customized order forms, help
         screens,  variable length description fields up to  1,000,000
         bytes per record, and much more.

         Supports over 5 billion products PER STORE.

         Up to 32,000 different departments PER STORE.

         NO LIMIT on the NUMBER of DIFFERENT stores.

         Osiris  has one of the best user interfaces in the  industry.

         You'll find your callers whizzing around the system at  break
         neck  speed  completing  tasks  in a  fraction  of  the  time
         required  under  other programs. In some  cases,  Osiris  can
         reduce  your  in-use time per line by as much as  50  percent
         over  traditional  BBS programs. In a twenty four  hour  time
         period,  a  four line Osiris system can generally  handle  as
         many  callers as an eight ( ten if those lines are 9600  bps)
         line  TBBS system. This can save you over 1600.00  dollars  a
         year in commercial phone line rental fees, enough to PAY  for
         your entire setup within two years (depending on the brand of
         computer your using).

         Osiris was selected as the CBIS system they most like to call
         in a poll of over 1000 BBS users.

         Need   statistical   information?   Osiris   keeps   complete
         statistical  information at your finger tips, using  colorful
         bar charts in most cases,   concerning in-use time per  line,
         average in-use time per line, top ten files downloaded on the
         system, top ten uploaders to the system, connect baud  rates,
         message   area  information,  file  area   information,   and
         protocols being used.

         Each  individual file listing contains information about  WHO
         uploaded  the  file, when it was uploaded, when it  was  last
         downloaded, and how many times it has been downloaded.

         Need tight control over who downloads a specific file? Osiris
         allows  you  to PASSWORD protect individual files  in  PUBLIC
         download areas.

         Not only can you PASSWORD protect an individual file, you can
         also  instruct  Osiris to delete the file once  it  has  been
         downloaded.

         Osiris is much more than a mere Bulletin Board System. It  is
         a    Computer   Based   Information   System,   a    personal
         communications  tool  with  incredible power.  Its  uses  are
         limited only by your imagination!

         If you would like to give Osiris a try to see if it fits your
         needs BEFORE you buy, the complete program can be  downloaded
         from  our  customer support system at  1-314-334-6359  (1200,
         2400, 9600, 19200 bps using a USR HST).

         It  is full functional with only a restriction placed on  the
         number of users.