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Documentation for Banked Time
by Ken Goosens, 2-18-91
RBBS 17.4 drops support for changing baud rate from 300 to 450,
and replaces it by a new B)ank time command. Note: this
feature is based on code developed by Steven Kling and donated
to RBBS.
How Banked Time Operates
A caller can deposit unused session time in the time bank, to
withdraw it later to increase the session time. This allows
callers to cumulate a large session without requiring any special
effort on the part of the SysOp. Simply go into the utilities
section, use "B", and then "D)eposit". Time deposited in the
bank is immediately added to the expired time of the caller
and reduces the current session time.
Banked time is "global" in that, regardless of what subboard
the time is banked, it will be added to the logon user record
and carry over to any subboard when withdrawn from the bank.
The banked time in a subboard will always show 0 even if it is
banked while in the subboard. Hence, the user will typically
not be able to withdraw banked time when in a subboard.
How to Set up Bank Time
The SysOp controls the maximum amount of time that can be deposited,
for any number of minutes from 0 (none allowed) to 255. The default
maximum allowed is specified by parameter 292 in CONFIG. The
default amount that CONFIG sets up for a new DEF file is 60. The
default can be overridden for any security level by specifying
the max in the PASSWRDS file in the 13th (last) position, which is
a new parameter.
The SysOp function 5 has been enhanced to allow the SysOp to reset
both the banked time as well as the expired time for a user. So
now you can give users more time easily. Thanks for this feature
to Gregg Snyder.