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QWk-N-EZ: Qwick and easy Time witdrwal for RBBS 17.4a/STUNNY
By: Yaser Behbehani, Free Kuwait BBS (965) 252-1974
PO BOX 5845 Safat, Kuwait 13059
Version 1.00 / Release date: 06-12-93
Quick-n-Easy Access to Bank Time for Download:
=============================================
How many times did a user on RBBS-PC try to Download a file
and get the message: "Not enough time. Need 12 and you have 10"??
Since the day RBBS-PC started implementing Time Bank, most users who
got this message actually had time in the Bank. So the user had to
go to the U)tility menu, W)ithdraw from his Time Bank, and come back
to F)ile menu to D)ownload the file. What's worse is that if the USER
had M)arked dozens of files and got this "need 12 and you have 10"
message, the user will have no choice but to:
1- Cut out some of the Marked Files thru the Edit Feature. or..
2- Go W)ithdraw time from Bank, and come back to Re-Mark!!
the first one is upsetting, the other is a hassle - that is if the
use can remember what has been marked!
To correct the situation, I have modified the RBBS/STUNNY code
to somehow [LINK] calculating estimated Download time with the Time Bank!
That is, if the user had selected a file for D)ownload, or had M)arked
dozens of files for download, and got the message:
"Need 12 but have 10",
then if the user has sufficient Time_Bank Balance to allow download, the
user will have the option of quickly W)ithdrawing Time from the "Time
Bank" and continue with the Download without re-invoking the D)ownload
option again!!!! Confusing?? here is the LOGIC:
#1 User requests files to Download..
#2 BBS calculates time
#3 IF DL time exceeds Minutes remaining,
#4 BBS Displays message "Need 12 and you have 10"
#5 IF (BANK TIME + Minutes Remaining) can do something, XS4DL174
#6 Ask the user if he wishes to access Time Bank. XS4DL174
#7 IF USER SAYS "NO!" PROCEED WITH STEP #13 XS4DL174
#8 IF USER SAYS "YES!" XS4DL174
#9 ENTER BANK SYSTEM.. XS4DL174
#10 IF USER WITHDRAWS TIME RE_DO STEP #2 XS4DL174
#11 IF USER Q)uits or D)eposits time , proceed with #13 XS4DL174
#13 Proceed Normally!
To further clarify the situation, imagine this:
Marking Files: You are at the supermarket, filling up the cart with things
============= you need to buy.
Downloading : You are at the casheirs Unloading the stuff in order
=========== for the Cashier to ring them up, so you can PAY!
Not Enuf Time: Ooops! Wallet is empty, but lckily there is an ATM
============= Machine nearby, and you have money in the bank!
Current RBBS : Clerk Would return the stuff back to the shelves
============ till you come back with the money, you have to re-shop
again for the same items!!
THIS MERGE : Would make the cashiers hold on to your stuff till
========== you cash the money, and pay for them to take them HOME!
More Technical:
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This mod is based on STUNNY 03/24/93 Version. It envloves
changing Line Number 20791 in RBBSSUB5.BAS. I have produced a merge
file, but I strongly suggest that this MOD be merged by hand. Do not
use BLED so that you do not erase or overwrite previous mods to the same
LINE, especially MARK174. MARK174 had a small BUG in it that I do not yet
know about, thanx to Richie Molinelli - SysOp of the Small Time BBS - for
debugging the code and making it part of the STUNNY mods. Now, I hope that
by the time you get this MOD, you will see a much more current MERGE that
will safely work with your version of stunny! Please look for other files
bundled with this Package.
Any Comments or suggestions, kindly contact:
Yaser Behbehani,
Free Kuwait BBS
(+965) 252-1974 VOICE/BBS/FAX 24 Hours!
or leave a msg for me, or the SysOp of the Small Time BBS: R. Molinelli
@ (516) 579-7929.
Last words:
This MOD does not create or delete any files on your hard drive.
all it does is some re-calculations!
I simply offer no warrantees or gurantees of any kind. Hope you enjoy it.
Y. Behbehani.