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- Transcendence BBS (Demo) Shareware v0517
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- Written by David Brown & Wayne Watson
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- Thanks for taking the time to try out the latest BBS program
- for your Atari ST computer. Transcendence is a full featured
- bulletin board package. It has almost every feature a systems
- operator could need. The program was designed to be as flexible
- as possible, user friendly, and powerful.
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- DISCLAIMER:
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- This program is *Shareware*. That is, you may copy it for
- friends, transmit it to electronic services, or distribute it
- though a public library. You may not charge anything for the
- software (Other than a reasonable shipping cost [$5 or less]).
- You may not add, delete or alter any of the files inside of this
- archive before distributing it. If you do copy it for another
- person, you must copy the original package with its original
- contents.
- The authors of this program have made every attempt to make
- this program as bug-free as possible. We advise you to use this
- software at your own risk, we can in no way be responsible for
- loss of data, or damage to your hardware caused from this
- software.
-
- HISTORY
-
- Transcendence was originally started by David Brown, in 1988.
- Last year Wayne Watson began working on the program. Wayne is
- responsible for the file area interface, the systems editor, the
- external protocols, and many other miscellaneous areas.
- Most of the features in this program were suggested from
- sysops around the world. Unlike most of the other BBS programs on
- the ST platform, Transcendence has many features previously only
- seen in the IBM market.
- The goal was to create a program that the sysop could modify
- in any way he or she wanted. Thus, you can change the way the BBS
- looks almost totally. Unlike other BBS programs for the ST a new
- user may not always know exactly what software you are running,
- you can totally change the way the BBS looks and acts. You can
- add external mods, support almost any terminal emulation, and so
- on.
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- LIMITATIONS
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- Since this is a *SHAREWARE* program, there are some
- restrictions. If you decide you want to use this software, you
- may register your copy for $49.95. After you register you will
- receive a special file that will make your BBS full-functioning.
- The shareware version has the following limitations:
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- o Only 5 message bases and file areas can be used.
- o The BBS will only access one partition per data type.
- o The program limits you to three batch downloads or uploads.
- o A shareware notice is displayed at each "boot up."
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- NOTE: There may be other restrictions added since the creation
- of this file.
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- You can run an actual BBS with the "Demo" version. You can
- even create more than 5 message bases and file areas. The system
- editor has no restrictions, only the actual BBS program. If you
- were to create, say, 20 message bases--You could access them all
- after registering your copy. You don't have to re-initialize your
- BBS.
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- RUNNING TRANSCENDENCE
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- You should have received a large LZH file, containing this
- file and many others. The file was compressed with folders
- intact. The archiver you used to decompress it should have
- created all of the folders for you. If not use LHARC v2.01k or
- higher.
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- This "demo" version was created to work with a hard drive, on
- partition 'D'. Don't worry if you can't install it on drive 'D',
- there are instructions of installing it on other drives below.
- After decompressing the demo, you should find a folder named
- TRANSBBS in your root directory. It should also have created
- other folders inside of that. The following is a list of folders:
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- TRANSBBS - The main BBS folder
- DATA - BBS 'Data' files
- TEXT - Text & menu files
- MESSAGE - Message Base Data
- FILES - File Area Folders & Data
- MODULES - Modules (External programs)
- BACKUP - Storage of backup files
- TEMP - Temporary files
- FMAIL - Storage of files attached to msgs/email
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- All you need to do is make sure that the TRANSBBS folder is
- in the root directory of drive 'D' and then run the TRANSBBS.PRG
- file. If you can not install the BBS program on drive 'D' go
- ahead and extract the files & folders to the drive you want to
- use. Next run the SYS_EDIT.PRG file. It will say lit can't find
- a few files, and after the select the drop-down menu "Drives &
- Paths." You will see a list of Drives, and path names. Change
- the drive names to the drive you are using. After you are done
- select the "DONE" box. Then exit the program, and tell it to SAVE
- the TRANS.DAT file.
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- AFTER YOU RUN THE BBS
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- You will be at a menu with a few options. Select option 'A'
- (Logon as User #1). This will log you, the Sysop, onto the BBS.
- You will notice you have mail waiting, go ahead and read it now.
- When done reading your mail select "K" to kill it. After you have
- read your mail you may want to change some of the information
- about yourself (I doubt your name is John Doe). To do this you
- will use the built-in User-Editor. To access it press F3
- (Function key #3). At the menu select "O" for online user. You
- may now alter your account any way you like.
-
- There is a whole lot to this BBS program, but due to the
- large size of this archive we are not going to go into any detail
- on features, etc. For more information call, or write
- (Address/phone numbers are at the end of this file).
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- FUNCTION KEY LISTING
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- F1 Sysop Mode (And DOS Shell)
- F2 Chat mode (Exit with [Undo])
- F3 User Editor
- F4 File Maintenance
- F5 Change Window Size
- F6 Local Reserve BBS
- F7 Reset Vt52 graphics
- F8 Printer Toggle
- F9 Snoop Toggle
- F10 Hangup User & Display HANGUP.TXT
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- ALT-F1 Restricted access toggle
- ALT-F2 Alert OFF
- ALT-F3 Add 10 minutes to users time
- ALT-F4 Add 1 minute to users time
- ALT-F5 Subtract 10 minutes from users time
- ALT-F6 Subtract 1 minute from users time
- ALT-F7 to ALT-F9 -- Not defined yet
- ALT F10 Hangup and display fake garbage
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- We would love to here your thoughts about our program. We
- can be reached on GEnie (Atari ST Roundtable, telecommunications
- category).
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- Twilight Zone Software
- P.O. Box 7264
- Louisville, KY 40257
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- (502) 897-1582 (Voice M-F EST before 11:00pm)
- (502) 897-1589 (Data - 2400 Baud)
- (803) 879-4186 (Data - 2400 to 14.4k Baud)
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- D.BROWN65 & R.WATSON15 - GEnie addresses
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