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A small plea
By Les Kooyman, Caffeine-Free Software
The User Description System (UDS) for Fido (tm of Tom Jennings) took many
hours to develop on the part of two programmers. Many features of DOS were
explored and then exploited for the first time (at least by me), including
file sharing and record locking. I'd like to receive some small compensation
for the hours of work that have gone into the UDS. For this reason a
donation of $10 is asked if you use the UDS and find it of value. If you
can't or don't want to send $10, don't worry about it. If there is anything
I *hate* it's "guiltware". Use the program, enjoy it, and pass it on to
others who will similarly enjoy it. If your BBS callers like it, it can
increase the attractiveness of your system in a major fashion, since
Fido doesn't include these functions natively.
Caffeine-Free Software also makes available a small utility for Fido
(and other BBS systems using a FOSSIL for modem communication) called
OFFHOOK. OFFHOOK is available as OFFHOOK.LZH from my system and others.
OFFHOOK fills the need for a program that works with the FOSSIL and will
take a BBS modem offhook so that callers will receive a busy signal
rather than a ring-no-answer. (Fido does not answer the phone during
an IDLE event, and it does not take it offhook. Some callers think that
there is a malfunction on your BBS when they receive a ring-no-answer,
but a busy signal indicates to them that your system is just busy.)
OFFHOOK is absolutely, militantly free of charge. Use it and enjoy!
OFFHOOK is DESQview-aware and uses well-behaved video I/O. No direct
video memory writes!
If you would like to download OFFHOOK, you can request magic name OFFHOOK
from my system, 1:204/501. You can also request it by mail on a floppy disk.
If you ask for it by mail, please include return postage and a floppy
disk. If you do not have a floppy disk, please include $1 plus the postage.
I can make a disk in either high or low density format in either the
3-inch or 5-inch formats.
The address to write to me (or send money) is:
Les Kooyman
Caffeine-Free Software
2228 S. El Camino Real # 124
San Mateo, California 94403
Please make checks or money orders payable to me, Lester B. Kooyman.
I can also accept payment via Visa or MasterCard. Please include:
- The name as on the card
- Card number
- Expiration Date of card
- Any other information on the card, such as name of the Bank
- Your explicit OK to charge your card
- Your signature
- Your billing address as on your card account (I will send
you confirmation via US Mail.)
Your charge card bill will include a charge from Parkside Systems.
T H A N K Y O U !
"Caffeine-Free Software: Not Coffee-Protected!"