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And Now...
BOYAN 5.0
Absolutely
Superior
Communications
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"BOYAN smooths nearly every minor inconvenience, peculiarity
or awkwardness that plagues other telecommunications programs
.... provides both incredible value and untroubled use."
- PC Week
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When BOYAN Communications was first released in 1986, it set a new
standard for PC communications software. Now in its fifth major
revision, BOYAN perfects the qualities that made it famous:
- A clean, consistent, and friendly interface. One user compared
using BOYAN to driving a luxury sports car.
- Innovative, powerful features. PC Magazine wondered "why nobody
else thought of them."
- ShareWare pricing. Why on earth would you want to pay more?
- Above all, a philosophy: if something is boring, then the
computer should do it for you. Once you try BOYAN 5... there's
no looking back!
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** Easy to Learn ... Fun to Master **
BOYAN is proof that a powerful communications program doesn't have to
be hard to use. As PC World noted, "the program is so easy to use it
will appeal both to hard-core BBS trollers and to corporate
communicators."
Novice users love BOYAN for its intuitive user interface and context-
sensitive help screens. Expert communicators love BOYAN for its full-
screen redialing queue and powerful macro language. Everybody loves
BOYAN's ability to make complex, boring tasks fun and easy.
For example, even after logging off from a system, you can use BOYAN's
Quick Script Learn feature to build a script file automating the entire
session. You could write a script to tell BOYAN: "Wait until 5 am,
then dial all the phone numbers for these five systems. For each one,
get my mail and upload the latest revision of the spreadsheet file.
Stop after you've reached all five, or at 8:00 when the rates go up."
Then you could go to the ballgame while your neighbor, who hasn't
switched to BOYAN yet, does something very boring.
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"Easy to install and a model of convenience once it's up and
running." - PC World
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** Little Things Count **
BOYAN excels at the little things. Consider the following examples:
- It can detect the type of file transfer being used and start
downloading automatically;
- At the touch of a key it can "grab" a phone number from the terminal
screen and insert it into your dialing directory;
- BOYAN's Scroll-Back buffer lets you select any region of text--say,
a session on Compuserve--for later printing, saving to a disk file,
editing, or turning into a script file;
- Finally, BOYAN 5 offers a thorough, user-friendly mouse interface.
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"BOYAN's simple screens make it a pleasure to use.... BOYAN
is the only Shareware program on my list." - PC Resource
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** The Power of a BAM **
BOYAN handles a wide range of communication needs with its BOYAN Action
Modules, namely:
- ANSI-BBS, the popular standard for calling Bulletin Board Systems;
- VT-100, VT-52, ADM-3A, IBM-3101, and TVI-925, complete terminal
emulations for calling mainframes;
- DOORWAY, to run any program remotely;
- CONTROL, to make all control characters visible;
- GOSSIP, to split the screen for online chatting with a friend; and
- HOST, to turn BOYAN into a simple BBS. The easy-to-use Host Mode
allows users at three different user levels to call your system,
leave messages, transfer files, and run programs remotely.
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"If you are using a communications package like PROCOMM or
QMODEM, stop for a moment and think about all the things it
doesn't do for you.... BOYAN is absolutely superior."
- UPTIME! Magazine on Disk
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** Password Security **
BOYAN knows to substitute `%PW' for your password in a Quick-learn
script, so your passwords are secure even if you share your script
files. Similarly, you may share your Dialing Directories, since each
system's private password is tucked away in a hidden part of the
directory, and stored in a separate file.
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"BOYAN 4.0 has to be the most flexible and configurable
program I've ever seen.... a major step beyond the rest of
the communications software authors."
- Memphis PC Users Group
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** Unmatched Flexibility **
BOYAN's Macro Language lets you program any command key to do exactly
what you want it to. Set a function key to open a log file named by
the current time or date, e.g., 02-14-92.LOG. Set another key which
lets you mark any number of files in BOYAN's File Manager display, then
"zips" those files together and uploads the resulting archive. It's
easy to keep track of the macros you write, since BOYAN provides a
special help screen where you describe your custom macros.
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"The most elegant and ingenious communications package you
can buy." - PC Magazine
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Use BOYAN scripts to make a customized menu for your application. Or
write a script as powerful as BOYAN's Host Mode itself; the new "trace"
feature makes debugging scripts easy. With over 300 useful commands to
choose from, your possibilities are endless!
** A Note from the Author **
I wrote the first version of BOYAN while I was still in high school.
Thanks to terrific magazine reviews and hundreds of honest Shareware
users, I was able to emerge from college debt-free.
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"If this is the program he wrote to pay for college, what
will he do when he goes on to graduate school?"
- PC Magazine (1987)
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Here's your answer, PC Magazine: BOYAN 5.0! Now, BOYAN really does
make telecommunications easier, slicker, and less boring than ever
before.
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** And all at ShareWare prices! **
BOYAN Communications 5.0 is being distributed under the ShareWare
system. This system allows you to "try before you buy" and encourages
lower prices for all software. The unregistered version of BOYAN may
be obtained from many ShareWare vendors and Bulletin Board Systems.
Registration entitles you to use BOYAN on a regular basis. For $60 you
get the complete BOYAN package, which includes:
- The latest version on your choice of 5.25'' or 3.5'' diskettes;
- A personalized code which eliminates BOYAN's ShareWare messages;
- The 150-page typeset BOYAN User's Manual;
- A convenient "Quick Reference Card."
** Great Volume Discounts **
To encourage corporate registration, BOYAN 5.0 is available at the
following discount rates:
If you need... Then registration costs:
1-6 copies $ 40 each
up to 15 copies $250 flat fee
up to 50 copies $500 flat fee
unlimited site license $750 flat fee
- Any site license (7 or more copies) entitles you to a custom version
of BOYAN with your company's name on the welcome screen.
- Two copies of the BOYAN package (User's Manual, Quick Reference
card, and disks) are included with any site license. Additional
packages are available for $20 each.
- Corporate purchase orders will be accepted on any order of $60.00 or
more.
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BOYAN Communications
P.O. Box 71
Woodstock, MD 21163
order line: (301)-805-7168
BBS number: (301)-730-2917
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