Updating my FirstClass System to ...

       

          “BBS in a BOX” Volume XI

How do I update my FirstClass BBS?

Macintosh BBS setups running FirstClass BBS and “BBS IN A BOX” will find setup very easy.

Simply mount the CD-ROM with the external volume command in the FirstClass installer. Mounting the "AMUG CD:Files" will give your BBS's users access to 90% of the files on the disk. Or you can add the "AMUG CD:AMUG Info" if you have an Apple software distribution agreement as do registered Apple User Groups, or registered on-line services. In this folder you will find Apple Lic. software, AppleLink notices and AMUG Info. First Class version 2.0 supports reading the BBS in a BOX file descriptions and a new version supports the PICT preview so that your users can view previews of all Art, Fonts and QuickTime movies before downloading them. Your users will love it!

First Class 2.5 no longer uses the Mount External item from First Class Tools.
To mount BBS in a Box on First Class 2.5, log onto the First Class system as the Administrator.

1. Open the VOLUMES folder.  
2. Double-Click on the BBS in a Box icon to open it.
3. If you want to add the FILES section to your First Class system, select that icon. 
4. Go to the Confernce Menu and select MAKE ALIAS.  A copy of that folder will now be on your desktop. 
5. Rename it with GET INFO and drag it to the folder/conference you want it to
appear it.

With the new aliasing feature for external devices you can mount easily mount any number of folders from the CD.

If you do not currently own FirstClass you can purchase it from:

SoftArc Inc.
805 Middlefield Road #102
Scarborough, Ontario
Canada, M1V2T9
(416) 299-4723

Support the Authors!

If you have additional features you would like to see added to “BBS in a BOX”, please feel free to write or call us. We are interested in making the world of public domain and shareware easily understandable to the Macintosh public. 
     
AMUG spends thousands of hours creating the BBS interface on this CD-ROM. Any charge for this CD-ROM is solely to support the creation of the BBS interface. No fee is charged to download any of the shareware and public domain files provided on this CD-ROM.

Only by supporting the shareware authors and sending in the requested shareware fees, will this type of software distribution continue. If you decompress a file and find it useful, please pay the shareware fee if you continue to use the program. When users are dishonest with the authors, they become soured on the shareware market and may stop updating their programs, publishing new programs, or they sell their products commercially.  Thanks again for supporting Shareware and Public Domain authors!

                                                              
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