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Osiris SE ver. 2.02
(Available 04/17/91)
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Osiris SE 2.02 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.
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.
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 (some programs require a mouse) and a text editor or
ANSI draw program.
Using OSM you can define from 1 to 32000 Conference message
boards, and from 1 to 32000 file areas.
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.
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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.
File Queued Downloading allows up to FORTY files to be
downloaded during a SINGLE session.
Advanced external protocol support allows an unlimited number
of protocols to be added, without having to resort to
batch files!
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.
Full CD-ROM and WORM drive support.
Full archive support for Zip, Lharc, Arc, Pak, and ARJ (View
and extract with re-achive)
Archive integrity check on new uploads with optional
automatic virus scanning!
New files search and a FIND using a KEY word/phrase.
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.
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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!
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Osiris has a bi-polar message system with up to 32,000!
public message areas offering a WIDE range of configuration
options.
Public Message Areas (Echo or Local) have a DELAYED
POSTING option. You can assign area moderators to review
messages posted in these area and only after the moderator
has OK'ed the message will it be available for public view or
Echomail Export programs. If a moderator REJECTS a message,
the message is sent back to the person that posted it, in the
body of a REJECTION NOTICE (Moderators may work remotely).
TRUE ALIAS(tm) Support. Each caller record has a field that
allows callers to select an ALIAS name to use on the system,
in areas that allow it. New Conference mail checks as well as
Private Message Center New Mail check can find waiting mail
under the callers REAL name OR the ALIAS.
A separately maintained Message Center for Private
Messages between individuals on the system with CARBON
COPIES, Automatic Notification when the message has been
recieved, high speed auto-mail checking, and full ALIAS
support.
Your callers have the option of using a line editor or the
advanced Full Screen (Wordstar COMMAND compatible) ANSI
editor with quoting capablities.
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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.
Comes with 100,000 bytes of ITP example
files from menus to databases.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Osiris will post a daily statatistics message to the sysop
each night giving a complete rundown of the days events. New
callers, in use time, what files where download, what files
were uploaded, available diskspace on each drive, etc.
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Your directory littered with dozens of exe programs and
control files? Do you need a database just to keep track of
what does what and which control file it uses? Delete them
because almost anything you can think of as an add on is
already built into the program!
Your wife complaining that she no longer has a husband? Your
employee(s) having to spend most of the work day maintaining
the company BBS?
Give yourself and your wife or employees a rest. Once
installed, Osiris is almost 100 percent automated. Check it
once a week or so and let CAT do the rest.
_____________________________________________________________
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
Hours (CST)
10 PM - Noon US Robotics HST
NOON - 10 PM 9600 Baud CompuCom SpeedModem
It is full functional with only a restriction placed on the
number of users.