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│░░░░░░ On-line Time Bank ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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On-line Time Bank for RemoteAccess
Version 1.2
By: William L. Munson
This is another fine utility from:
The Munchkin's Node BBS
(716) 265 - 4492
300 - 2400 baud on-line 24 hours/day
Fido Net/Node 1:260/238
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│░░░░░░ INTRODUCTION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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Would you like to be able to allow your users to save their unused
on-line time for use at a later date? Have you been afraid that the user
would be able to over-run your system events or tie up your system for
several hours during your peak usage times? Well have I got a nice surprise
for you!!. Enter the On-line Time Bank. This banking program will allow
your users to save their extra time into a bank account whenever they wish.
It will also allow them to withdraw as needed but with some restrictions.
They will not be allowed to withdraw enough time to over-run your system
events as defined in RACONFIG. Also you may set the program up so that the
users cannot withdraw more than a set limit during a sysop definable time
period thus ensuring that your board is available to your users during your
peak usage times. Users may also take out a 'loan' of time which they are
forced to pay back via direct daily deductions from their on-line time.
Also as an added bonus, your users may purchase lotto tickets with their
deposited time. The lotto can let the lucky user win up to 80 times their
bet.
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│░░░░░░ INSTALLATION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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OTBANK may be installed in a directory of it's own or in the same
directory as your RemoteAccess files. The files OTBANK.EXE and
OTBSETUP.EXE should be placed in the same directory and OTBMAINT.EXE
must be placed in the same directory as your RemoteAccess system's
USERS.BBS file.
Next, run OTBSETUP to configure the program the way your like. Read
the docs for OTBSETUP for the details on use of the setup program.
If you wish to have automatic 'direct deposit' type payments on your
users outstanding loans then install OTBMAINT.EXE as part of your nightly
maintance batch. See the docs for the program for the details on the
setup of the OTBMAINT.EXE.
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│░░░░░░ OPERATION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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The program may be run as either a type 7 or type 15 exit. The door
needs a command line in order to run. The format of the command line
is as follows:
OTBANK [comm port]
Where comm port is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Here is an excerpt of the batch file to call the program as a type 15 exit.
REM RUN OTBANK
CD \
CD \BANK
OTBANK 1
CD \
CD \RA
RA -R -E0
GOTO RESTART
Here is an example of the batch file to call the program as a type 7 exit.
@ECHO OFF
CD \
CD \BANK
OTBANK 1
CD \
CD \RA
OTBANK monitors the status of the carrier and will return to the BBS
if carrier is lost. There is also a time out timer to return control
to the bbs after about 3 minutes of in-activity.
For your convenience, I have included a pre-printed registration form.
The form is included in a file named OTBANK.REG which is part of this
archive.
NOTE: For those of you who have read this far, a bug report or suggestion
for future improvements/features MAY get you a free registration in
the mail.
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│░░░░░░ REGISTRATION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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OTBANK is a shareware product! This means that if you decide to use this
program on a regular basis you should register it. Registration is only
$10.00 so you really don't have any excuse for not doing it.
What do you get for your registration? You get a program which is
personalized with your BBS system's name instead of with the un-registered
program notice. You also get a good feeling from knowing that you have
supported one of the best software marketing methods available.
If I get enough people registering this program I will continue to write
updates of this and other fine products.
I have written another companion program for this bank door. It is for
those sysops who use the fine program FileDoor. The name of my program
is FileDoor Helper and allows you to control your users downloading
access by monitoring the ratio of uploads to downloads. It will set or
reset a sysop defined flag when a violation occurs. It also allows for
direct crediting of the bank account maintained by this program or
direct crediting of the users on-line time. There are many other nice
features which I will not define here. The file name of the current
version of FileDoor Helper is: RA-FDH12.ZIP and should be available where
you found this program.