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Amiga Distribution System - Long Description File
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Program Name : PlutTrxID - by - Mea Culpa & Peter Deane
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File 1 - pltrxd01.lha - 14345 ADOS Req'd
File 2 - - 0 [X] All [ ] WB1.x [ ] WB2.x [ ] WB3.x
File 3 - - 0 ChipSet Req'd
File 4 - - 0 [X] Any [ ] Orig [ ] ECS [ ] AGA
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Ram Req'd
[X] 512k [ ] 1meg [ ] 2meg [ ] 3meg [ ] ALOT!!!
Special Hardware
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Long Description
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Short: Shows TRXID in human readble form
Author: c8345041@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Uploader: c8345041@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Type: comm/fido
Have you ever looked through your TrapDoor logs and wondered what THIS
means?
: 23-Oct-94 21:46:00 TrxID: 2eaad992/2eaadb67
In TrapDoor's log, the first TrxID number is the one of OUR system, the
second one (if the other end sends it) is the TrxID the other end sent
us. It uniquely identifies the session in an important way.
The Transaction (or Transmission) ID number that TrapDoor uses is the
Unix timestamp. This is defined as the number of seconds past midnight
on 1 January 1970.
This might seem like a large number, but it's not - not to a computer,
anyway. In fact even in late October 1994, only 783 million seconds
have elapsed since 1 Jan 70.
If this number is represented in HEX, even less digits are required.
Using an 8-digit HEX number, dates up to the year 2106AD can be
represented, before a ninth hex place is required.
Not only TrapDoor uses the Unix timestamp for the TrxID numbers, but so
do virtually all other mailers. This value is what the computer's time
is set for. So you can check your clock against another system. If you
call a different time zone, you can see what local time the other system
is using. You can confirm the date and time of any occurence you have
the Unix timestamp for.
Whether you're using your Amiga in 2106AD or not, I don't know, but I do
know that this value is an excellent one our computers can use for at
least the length of their limited lives. And it can be exchanged between
all platforms - from Cray to Amiga to MacIntosh - where it would mean
exactly the same thing.
Mea Culpa, Peter Deane
c8345041@cc.newcastle.edu.au
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ADS Zone: 1
ADS Hatch Site: Paul Miller
ADS Position: ADS Zone 1 STAR
BBS Name: Lonely Mountain BBS
Phone Number(s): 804-827-0726
Network Address: 1:271/292
Network Region: 13
BBS Hours: 24 Hrs/Day
BBS Mailer/Software: Mebbs-Net Pro BBS
BBS Storage Space: 2250 Megs + 8 CD Roms
File Requestable : <X> Y < > N
File Request Hours : All The Time
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ADS - Long Description Generator
(c)Copyright 1995 by Paul Miller