There are many new items on Volume IV with a total of over 8,000 files and 500 megabytes of compressed Macintosh‚Ñ¢ software.
Decompressed this data exceeds 1.1 Gigabytes! This CD-ROM is the most current collection available with items added as late as November 16, 1991. Volume IV has expanded compatability to four (4) BBS systems. Second Sight, Telefinder, Mansion, and FirstClass. All of these BBS systems are excellent and we are trying to support as many sysops as possible.
Twenty software topics
Volume IV contains over 150 AppleLink items, 270 Adobe Screen font files, 100 MUG items, 200 Art files, 370 Business tools, 400 DA's, 300 Fonts, 450 Games, 920 HyperCard tools, MacTechnical Notes, 300 MUG Newsletter Reviews, 80 MIDI files, 50 Movies, 415 Programer tools, 530 Telecommunication files, 85 System7 tools, Decompression applications, 1000 utilities for the Macintosh, 660 Word processing tools and support articles plus much more!
Adobe Screen Fonts
Adobe Systems Inc. has allowed us to license their screen fonts on Volume IV for redistribution. This is the most current Adobe Screen Font collection on CD-ROM. You as a “BBS IN A BOX” registered user have the right to allow your users to download these screen fonts.
Disk Doubler version 3.7 init
Salient has provided a Disk Doubler version 3.7 init just for “BBS in a BOX” users. This init allows your your users to decompress files easily from the finder DD menu. Special thanks to Lloyd Chambers of Salient for this special offering. If you want the commercial version of Disk Doubler AMUG can provide it for $40.00 by calling (602) 892-5454.
“PD Pig Out!”
Volume IV features “PD Pig Out!” which is bundled with HyperCard 2.1 (licensed from Apple Computer) by MacWizards. This stack contains descriptions on approximately 7,000 public domain and shareware files available for the Macintosh™ on Volume II of “BBS IN A BOX”. This stack retails for $19.95 and may be purchased from MacWizards. However, “BBS in a BOX” owners will have this product included on Volume IV for their use.
BBS Descriptions - Database Searches
Volume IV supports On Location search engines. In addition , text file listings and other database tools are provided in various formats. “BBS IN A BOX” is the ONLY CD-ROM that provides BBS descriptions on over 620 megs of compressed Macintosh BBS software.
Pete Johnson - Glassell Park BBS
In effort to bring you the best possible BBS CD-ROM we will showcase certain outstanding BBS systems from time to time based on requests and permission being obtained. In Volume IV, Pete Johnson has allowed us to complete our programing section with files from Glassell Park. Pete has written many great utilities for Second Sight BBS fans and we thought it would be appropriate to see his programing section. Pete has also granted us the ability to release three (3) new Second Sight utilities on Volume IV of the “BBS in a BOX” CD-ROM.
1). Copy Cat - is a stand-alone utility which will copy a group of files. Every morning I use Copy Cat to copy a bunch of text files from various places on the BBS across a network to one convenient local folder where I can browse them at leisure. Copy Cat is *not* designed for use in Tabby events -- you double click it, it does its job.
2). Rescan - is a Second Sight utility which will scan the entire message base and export all messages in selected public net sections to a text file which is close in format -- but *not* an exact match -- to the Tabby Generic file. It is designed to be used to bring a new BBS up to date with messages from an older board, or to reconstruct sections from a stable board to a board which has suffered a calamity. The board receiving Rescanned messages must process them with a utility called Rescanalotor to turn the text file into proper Second Sight messages.
3). CONDOR - ONLY AVAILABLE ON “BBS IN A BOX” BBS SYSTEMS!
Pete Johnson has licensed Condor ONLY to sysops operating registered “BBS IN A BOX” systems. Condor is a Tabby NetMail-compatible utility to regulate download quotas per month for a Second Sight BBS. To do so, it counts downloads each night, and if they exceed a pre-set level it sets or clears a user restriction flag defined by the sysop. Another sysop-defined user flag grants selected users immunity to the quota. Once again, being a registered “BBS IN A BOX” user has its advantages! Thanks to Pete Johnson for all his GREAT work!
The Future - Volume V
Look for additional BBS System support, revamping some description areas, limiting compression to Compactor, many additional new files, greater system 7 support, MSDN links, Macintosh BBS description compatability, System 7.1, showcasing more BBS file areas, original works and more...
Special thanks!
Special thanks and credit to Pete Johnson, John Sinteur, Rusty Tucker,
AMUG, Tom Rubarth, Don Lloyd, Frank Turovich, for helping make Volume IV of “BBS IN A BOX” a reality!
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. Only by supporting these authors and sending in our shareware fees will this type of software distribution continue. No fee is charged for any of the download files provided on this disk. AMUG and MacWizards spend thousands of hours creating the BBS interface on this CD-ROM. Any charge for this CD-ROM is solely to support the BBS interface. Please pay for any shareware that you use. When we are dishonest with the authors he or she either stops publishing or sells their products commercially. Please be sensitive to this issue. Thanks again for supporting Shareware and Public Domain authors!
Chapter three of this document is a registration form. Choose ORDER FORM from the Chapters menu or click on the pop up menu at the lower left of this window to go there. Then all you have to do is Print it, fill in the blanks and post it with your check. What could be easier than that?
Or if you already have Volume IV go to the Chapter for your particular BBS, our install manuals.
