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- Tips for Using JetBBS on Windows 3.1
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- - Use the supplied JETBBS.PIF and JETLOCAL.PIF files. The PIF file
- must not have the Detect Idle Time checkbox turned on.
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- - If the BBS stops when you use another app on your system, make sure
- that app's PIF file does not have "Exclusive" checked. Having
- "Exclusive" checked tells Windows to stop everything else when
- that application is in use.
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- - Don't run JetBBS in a window! To run in a window, Windows has to
- use graphics mode, which is very slow. It will take so long to
- scroll the screen that the remote user will see annoying pauses
- after every few lines. Use full screen mode by setting it in
- your PIF file or pressing ALT+ENTER.
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- - No screen savers! They eat up all of the CPU time because they
- think nobody is using the computer, which isn't true. Your
- users are using the computer when you're not there. Instead,
- you should turn your monitor off when you're gone for more than
- an hour. The monitor uses just as much power and takes almost
- as much wear and tear with a screen saver as without.
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- To run more than one line, you should (but don't have to) create a
- ram drive and set the RamDriveDir field in the BBS.INI file to activate
- the multi-line commands. You also need to make a second JETBBS.PIF
- file for the second line. For information on how to do these things,
- see the MULTI-LINE and WINDOWS 3.X sections in Chapter 5 of the
- MANUAL.DOC file.
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- JetBBS is now able to give back unused CPU time to Windows. That means
- it will not slow down other programs when it's not being used, and only
- take a little of the CPU's time on less demanding functions like
- entering messages. If you edit the PIF files, it's ok to give the BBS
- an unusually high priority because it will give back what it doesn't
- need.
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