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WHAT'S NEW in MSYS 1.17
TO PROPERLY INSTALL MSYS 1.17 UPGRADE, you MUST have MSYS 1.16
fully installed. That will require the 3 disk set of MSYS 1.16
which includes the full documentation. The three disk set is
available from the sources listed on Page 9 of this document.
1. RLI compatible compression has been fixed.
Use the XO and NETXO options to implement. Also, set XB and
NETXB parameters.
2. Automatic merge operation has been implemented.
When MSYS first starts, it will automatically merge the
MSYSFWD.DEF files with the <bbs>.FWD/REV files to create the
MSYS.FWD file. Merge can not be done while forwarding is in
progress, but MSYS will automatically perform the function at
the start of the next forward cycle if the MERGE command has
been given.
3. The IPADDR now can take the following forms:
44.70.4.6
[44.70.4.6]
4. A sysop may respond with a K (without message number) as a
response to the Reply to this message? question, causing the
message to be deleted. It is a useful addition in system
maintenance, especially if autoreply is turned on.
5. A new line has been added to the Sysop command "#" response
giving the numbers of various types of messages.
6. MSYS now supports higher IRQ's. Of interest will be IRQ's
3,4,5,7,10,11,12, & 15.
7. MUTIL 20 now creates a NEW bbslist.dat. No further need to
delete the old and rename the new one!
8. MSYS now uses close to 500K of EMS.
9. Many of the messages formerly stored within the program are
now in MSYSMSGS.DAT
MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE NEW MSYSMSGS.DAT file in your
MSYS\HELP\ directory!
10. MSYS.OPT has a new parameter:
netnode #neighbors #dests #circuits
If used, the netnode number must contain all three numbers.
For example: netnode 25 100 10
would give 25 neighbor nodes, 100 destinations and 10
circuits (default). This command has been added to permit
additional free memory for those systems that do not have a
large NetRom switching requirement while making provision for
those that do. Obviously, the larger this list size, the
less room in MSYS for additional connects.
MUTIL 9 MUST BE RUN AFTER CHANGING THIS PARAMETER!
11. Also, because of the above change, MUTIL 9 must be run
immediately before running MUTIL 18 (to check node integrity)
so that the variable number of neighbors and dests can be
determined.
12. A new USER bit has been added ($4000) to prevent the 'You
have new mail' message from being sent to a connecting
station. This would have application in the case where you
did not wish to mark a connecting station as a bbs, when it
may be, and the lack of a '>' response may stall proper
forwarding.
13. Automatic Sysop password reply is now implemented for
multiple MSYS systems. The passwords are stored in the
\MSYS\FWD directory in the form: <call>.RMT See the section
on passwords in this document for further details.
14. The reply to sysop messages problem has been resolved.
15. A change in the processing of R+ and \Why commands done
remotely has been made so that if the word values that caused
the hold will not be sent over the air if their values exceed
99. For example, if the word "darn" has a value of 1, the
remote read will send the word. If the word "#$%^&" has the
value of 100 (or higher), MSYS will report instead, the type
of item (title, text, etc) and the line number in the hold
word list (BADWORDS.DAT) containing the given word. This
will prevent the "bad" words from being retransmitted over
the air. Processing from the local console is not changed.
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16. Forwarding in export format to a file is now supported. To do
so, put X0 <callsign> in the MSYSFWD.DEF file with desired
@bbs entries. There MUST be a digit after the "X" - any
digit. There must NOT be an SSID on the callsign! A file,
<callsign>.FWD, will be created in the \MSYS directory for
external batch forwarding. For example:
-----------------
X1 WA8BXN
allus
ARRL
------------------
To import messages into MSYS, use the sysop IMport command.
Messages imported this way will be checked for non-duplicate
BID numbers.
17. A change has been made in Window 5 on the F1 screen to show
the actual station being forwarded to.
18. A new command SYsop [ON/off] has been added. If on, messages
to SYSOP are included in the "You have ...messages" count on
the F1 screen.
19. Messages for MYCall will also be included in the "You have
... messages" count.
20. Multiple FBB proposals per packet are now implemented (as
opposed to one proposal per packet in previous versions).
OTHER COMMENTS & ADDITIONS to DOCUMENTATION
1. Limited bbs user. The EditUser command includes a limited
bbs command. Users marked with that command can do the
following: a,b,cc,h,i,k,kt,lt,m,n,p,rm,r #,s(all forms),
t,u,v,x,? Basically they can't do anything that produces
lots of output other than reading messages to them.
2. MAKE SURE there are NO BLANK LINES at end of Connect Script.
(P. 43 of MSYS 1.16 docs)
3. A forward connect in the MSYSFWD.DEF script that uses a
@<node> is a level 2 AX.25 connect Vs a level 3 connect
%<node>. It WILL make a difference in the xb Vs netxb
options (among others).
4. When changing the Message of the day (MSYS.OTD), you must do
a GETM from the sysop prompt or restart MSYS. The command is
described on page 52 of the MSYS 1.16 documentation.
5. When changing the MSYS.REP file, you must do a REP from the
sysop prompt or restart MSYS.
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6. MSYS bbs systems can beacon their geographic position for
Automatic Position Reporting Systems (APRS) usage by setting
the BT [port#] !DDMM.mmN/DDDMM.mmW$[optional info] parameter,
where DDMM.mm represents the degrees, minutes, tenths and
hundredths of minutes of their Latitude and Longitude.
The !,N/,W$ are critical symbols! For example:
BT 0 !4108.58N/08130.16W$WB8BII BBS
7. AD8I has announced that he will no longer be serving as the
MASter White Pages Server. You may wish to enter the new
WP server station using the MAS command in your MSYS.DO file
SAM database users:
The SAM version dated November of 1993 and called the 1994 issue
has a SAMAPI.EXE file that is 28598 bytes. The one dated
11/23/92, is 22414 bytes. The old one works fine with the new
database with MSYS, and will save approximately 6,000 bytes of
memory for use by MSYS. It is possible that in a future edition,
the new version may be required to provide the add-on options.
The County option is supported by the 1992 version of SAMAPI in
MSYS.
KAM RESET
If you have problems with running MSYS PACTOR with a KAM after
using the Kamhost program, you should execute the "factory
defaults" command prior to loading MSYS. Apparently there is
some parameter that causes premature disconnect unless the
factory defaults are used. Also, the MSYS internal file to
initialize Kantronics tncs is called MSYSTNC.0. There should be
no need to create a MSYSTNC.# file to initialize the present KPC-
series of tnc's.
USER BITS FOR V1SIT
You should set the user BITS for V1SIT to $100 (at a minimum) to
prevent erroneous WP messages from being generated. You should
also add FROM=V1SIT to your MSYSHOLD.DAT file to prevent any
unauthorized messages from being forwarded by unlicensed modem
users.
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Forwarding to AA4RE systems:
Make sure you add the:
+to
etc. lines in your forward connect script when connecting to the
co-located BPQ node so that the [SID] will be properly received
from 4RE type systems. For example:
P0 WB2WXQ
%KPARK
+to
?Sorry
?with
.c bbs
$fwd/WB2WXQ.REV
------------------------------------------
Forwarding Through a PACKETEN Switch
Here is one example of a forwarding script that allows forwarding
through a Gracilis Packet Switch. This may not apply in all
cases, but is the script suggested by Mel, K0PFX
R2 KD9SG
!07-23
@stl (stl is the Gracilis switch alias)
(Carriage return sent to connect switch to port)
+Connected
?errno
?busy
.escape disable (disables any "escape" characater such as
+Disabled Ctrl X to allow compressed forwarding)
?errno
?busy
.C [port] [call or alias] (Connect via Gracilis port)
+Connected
?errno
?busy
.C toybbs
#60
+Connected
?Busy
?Failed
KD9SG
$fwd\kd9sg.rev
-------
IF compressed forwarding is not required, ".escape disable" is
not required.
Gracilis switch is model PackeTen.
Thanks to Mel, K0PFX@K0PFX
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MSYS/MATRIX Adapter
Here is the latest suggestion for an adapter to interface a MSYS
serial port to a TheNet matrix. It is suggested that this be
built into a "gender-bender" for best (and least confusing)
results.
ADAPTER
TO CPU END TO MATRIX END
1 1
2 3
3 2
5 20
7 7
In addition, add a 2.2K Ohm resistor on each end of the adapter
from pin 4 to pin 5.
With the above adapter, the matrix can stop MSYS from sending,
but a loss of power on MSYS will not stop the matrix data flow.
Crashes on the matrix are still possible, but seem to be
minimized by this arrangement. Also, if you suffer from "green
screen" on the F2 screen because of data errors, make sure that
your tnc's are properly wired to the matrix. Certain versions
use pin 4 instead of pin 20 for the request to send line. A
jumper inside the tnc (Especially the MFJ-1270b) between pin 4
and pin 20 should resolve this problem quite easily.
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PASSWORDS
A new automatic password reply system has been added in MSYS for
those MSYS sysops who need to sysop multiple MSYS bbs systems
from their MSYS system. A file with the <BBS_call>.rmt in the
\FWD directory is needed for each system for MSYS to
automatically respond to the "Users.." command. The
<callsign>.RMT file should be a copy of the other station's
MSYS.RMT file. This new feature will work with MSYS Version
1.17. If you are sysopping an earlier version of MSYS, you will
still need to install the proper password.rmt file in the \fwd
directory.
Lots of confusion on which password for which application goes
where, so here's another attempt:
PASSWORD TYPE PASSWORD LOCATION and SAMPLE ENTRY
User passwords Individual FILE with password in
directory: c:\msys\password\<user_call>
where file: <user_call> contains the
password. e.g. File W1AW contains:
THIS.IS.MY.PASSword
Modem passwords LINE in file MSYSPASS.MOD e.g.
Joe xyzzy W1ABC
FTP password LINE in file MSYSPASS.DAT e.g.
guest * 3 c:/msys/public
Telnet password LINE in file MSYSPASS.IP e.g.
W1AW arrl W1AW
Sysop password FILE called MSYS.RMT in C:\MSYS directory
THISisMYsecretPASSword (CASE SENSITIVE!)
Automatic FILE(s) <callsign>.RMT in the c:\MSYS\FWD
password directory. For example, in the file:
reply c:\MSYS\FWD\K8EIW.RMT
is the password:
(MSYS will auto- THIS-is-K8EIW-bbs-Sysop-PASSword
reply to the and in the file:
"users" prompt IF c:\MSYS\FWD\WA8BXN.RMT
the proper file is the password:
is present!) WA8BXN-bbs-Sysop-PassWORD
------------------------------
In the above example, the contents of the MSYS.RMT file in the
K8EIW system will be:
THIS-is-K8EIW-bbs-Sysop-PASSword
and the contents of the MSYS.RMT in the WA8BXN system will be:
WA8BXN-bbs-Sysop-PassWORD
ALL password "numbers" start with position number 0 of the
phrase. If the password is SeCreTworD, and the system asks for
a 2, a C is the expected response.
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HOW TO UPGRADE FROM MSYS1.16 to MSYS 1.17
The data provided on these disks is for UPGRADE of MSYS 1.16 to
MSYS 1.17 only. For a full installation of MSYS 1.17, the three
disk set of MSYS 1.16 including the documentation is needed. It
is available from the sources listed on page 9 of this document.
1. Rename your existing MSYS.EXE file to OLDMSYS.EXE
2. Rename your existing MUTIL.EXE file to OLDMUTIL.EXE
3. Rename your existing \HELP\MSYSMSGS.DAT file to OLDMSGS.DAT
4. Copy the new MSYSMSGS.DAT file and the *.HLP files to the
\MSYS\HELP directory.
5. Copy the new MUTIL.EXE to the \MSYS directory.
6. Copy the new MSYS.EXE to the \MSYS directory.
7. Make any desired changes in the MSYS.OPT file (# of Neighbor
nodes?)and MSYS.DO (XO/NETXO, XB/NETXB, etc.)
8. Run MUTIL 9. ***MUST BE DONE!!!***
9. Run MUTIL 4. ***MUST BE DONE!!!***
10. Start MSYS.
11. When you are confident that things are operating properly,
feel free to delete the old files.
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AVAILABILITY
MSYS is available from the Cleveland Hamnet phone BBS. The
number is 216-942-6382. Speed is 300 to 9600 baud. This is a
free BBS (you pay for the call). MSYS is also available on
coffman.csuohio.edu by anonymous ftp. MSYS may also appear on
other systems, but these are the only ones I put it on directly.
You may also obtain MSYS from me directly on disk (this may be
the cheapest way really and the fastest when a new version comes
out). For US addresses the price is $5 per disk which includes
the disk, mailer and postage. For Canadian and Mexican orders,
the price is $7.50 per disk. For other foreign stations, the
price is $10 (US) per disk which includes Air Mail postage.
You may order several versions at a time, I will hold your
request until the versions are released. This way you get to be
the first Sysop on the block with the new toy! When ordering
from me, please specify which version you already have or which
one you want. Distribution is on 5.25 inch disks. I keep
records with the following information for people who order MSYS,
so you may want to give me this info. Also please indicate if
you want me to call you (collect) if it would be helpful to
answer questions you send me about MSYS.
CALL: Your callsign. This is the key I use to record
all your information.
NAME: Where to send the disk to!
ADDR1:
ADDR2:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
COUNTRY:
TELEPHONE: If you want me to call you back (collect)
VERSION: The version you have now
OWED: How many you have prepaid
COMPUTER: Speed, memory, disk space, CPU chip etc.
TNC: Model & ROM versions
DOS: Which version?
BBS: BBS callsign to send you msgs .
IP: Your IP address, if you have one
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE
(COURTESY OF YOUR U.S. POST OFFICE IN ACTION!)
Mail requests for MSYS on disk to:
Michael Pechura
10809 Beechwood Drive
Kirtland, OH 44094 (After April 15, 1994.
Until then:
Chesterland, OH 44026)
You may call me with questions/comments at 216-256-1588.
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A stripped down version of MSYS that supports only the BBS
functions is also available. There is no network NODe, no amtor,
no tcp/ip in this version. You can still forward using external
network nodes, but the bbs is NOT a netrom network node! The
KANODe is still there. All of the BBS functions remain, along
with modem support. Expanded memory is also still supported.
This version is called MSYSB and is available on a separate disk
or on Cleveland Hamnet. If want to get this disk from me, it is
the same price as the others: $5 to US addresses, $7.50 to Canada
and Mexico, and $10 to other countries.
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