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From: marlow@sys.uea.ac.uk
Subject: Archiboard
Date: 28 Oct 93 13:37:42 GMT
ARCHIBOARD
Advanced Bulletin Board Software for the Archimedes
Introduction
Archiboard is a complete system for the operating and maintaining of a
Bulletin Board on the Archimedes. The software is designed to make full use of
the facilities of the desktop environment for easier operation. Nine users can
simultaneously log onto Archiboard at any given time. Any of the users can be
monitored and when appropriate they can either be interrupted or controlled
directly to guide them around the board; it is also possible to log onto
any line locally, via an inbuilt terminal emulator.
Connectivity
Archiboard can be configured to accept user logons from two sources:
those logging on via a serial block driver, or those via a network. Network
connections are possible both over Econet and EtherNet, or a combination, as
the Acorn Universal Network standard is followed. Archiboard can be configured
so that block driver and network connections operate at the same time.
Flexibility
The appearance of Archiboard to the user is fully configurable. The
operator can redefine all prompts and responses to taste or to suit a language
other than English. How a user interacts with the board is controlled via a
flexible script language based around a simplified C language syntax. To aid
rapid development and to ensure integrity of the online system the scripts are
compiled before their use.
Expandability
The functionality of Archiboard can be easily extended, by the addition
of special 'slottasks'. Such slottasks increase the range of operations a user
can perform while logged on, such extra functionality appears in the script
language as additional functions.
Archiboard has also been fully modularised to reduce code duplication
and to allow incremental updates to separate parts of the software. Such an
approach makes it possible for nine users to log onto Archiboard using a
standard 4Mb machine.
Availability
Archiboard is available now in two versions: Basic (without Network
logon support); and Networked. The price for the Basic system is 45 pounds,
and the Networked system is 65 pounds. Also available is a demo version of the
networked system for 15 pounds, refundable off an order for the full system
Enquires to: Keith Marlow, 21 Courtenay Close, Chapel Break, Bowthorpe.
Norwich. NR5 9LB Tele.No. (0603) 745077
Demo Version
A demo version of the Basic version will be available for free at Acorn
World '93 show on Saturday 2pm at the Norwich Computer Services stand.