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MSYS has grown to the point where it won't all fit on one disk. Beginning
with version 1.10 there will be 2 disks. The first disk contains all of the
files to create a basic MSYS system. This first disk will be called the
Distribution Disk. The second disk, called the Optional Disk, contains a
variety of files not necessary to get MSYS running in its basic modes. The
Optional Disk contains, among other things, the HAPN/DRSI drivers,
BBSLIST.DAT, and a number of MSYS related programs, including LFA (log file
analyzer) programs written by others. The Optional Disk will be available
separately, at the same prices given for the Distrubution disk. For those who
have prepaid for additional versions beyond 1.10: If you want to convert any
of your current disks I owe you to Optional Disks, let me know. I will be
maintaining two different lists of who gets disks, one for the basic
Distribution Disks and one for the Optional Disks. Three files will be
available on Cleveland Hamnet for this version of MSYS:
MSYS111.EXE The distribution disk
MOPT111.EXE The complete Optional disk
DRSI111.COM The HAPN/DRSI files only from the optional disk.
All three files are self-extracting archives. To further conserve space,
all the executable files on the disks have been compressed with the PKLITE
utility. They may be run as usual directly from their compressed form.
The WORDLIST.1 file on this disk is a sample from NO8M that may be used
in conjunction with the new TEXT= hold function. You will probably want
to edit it as you see fit.
If you are currently running MSYS, to install the new version you need to
at least replace your current version of MSYS and MUTIL with the new ones
and then run MUTIL function 9. Check the dates of the new files compared
with your files; those that are newer on the disk (most of the help files
and MSYSMSGS.DAT [which must be in the HELP directory]) should probably
be replaced as well.
The documentation file MSYS110.DOC remains unchanged from version 1.10.
It will probably be updated in the next release. I wanted to get this
version out with its new message scan and hold facilities add in response
to the 900 msg problem so I did not wait to get the docs updated.
Disk prices remain the same despite the increase in postage. For US
addresses disks are $5 each. Canada and Mexico are $7.50. Other
countries are $10 per disk (this pays for airmail postage). All of these
are US dollars. Foreign stations must send funds in US dollar cash,
International Postal Money Orders in US dollars, or a check drawn on
a US BANK. I don't take any credit cards (do you?) nor do I send disks COD.
Here are some last minute changes made to MSYS 1.10 that are not elsewhere
documented:
A number of important changes have been made to the TCP/IP
component of MSYS. Many critical errors have been fixed. Doing a
normal Telnet connect to MSYS now takes you directly to the BBS
functions (see required changes to MSYSHOST.NET below). To talk
to the SYSOP via telnet, either use the Talk command of the BBS
or Telnet to server 87 which is the keyboard directly. Ping has
been fixed so it responds correctly to NOS pings.
To allow Telnet access to the bbs, you must modify the entries
in your MSYSHOST.NET file. Basically you must add the call
(without SSID) in square brackets of those stations that are to
be allowed bbs access. Example:
44.70.4.5 eiw K8EIW #this IP address would not have access to the BBS
44.70.4.32 [k8eiw] don #this IP address would have access to the BBS
Note: You can use any case within the [], do NOT use any SSID's!
A simple Ping command has also been added:
PIng destination
where destination is either an IP address like [44.70.4.6] or a menmonic
defined in MSYSHOST.NET. The reply comes in window 2 (where the connect
and disconnect messages appear) and gives the round trip time in seconds.
The IPttl command is now IPTtl.
The following new commands were added to fix various problems when routing
IP frames through the network node:
IPNCheck # Inactivity timeout in seconds, default 600.
IPNFrack # Retry timer in seconds, default 30.
IPNRetry # Retries, default 5.
If you find that the displayed time is different from what you have set
the time to be in DOS, put the following in AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot:
SET TZ=EST5
The C library routines think they know about daylight savings time. The
above line seems to tell them to leave the clock value unchanged from
what you set it to be. Thus the line should work for GMT and any other timezone.