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- Virtual Soft Productions Frequently Asked Questions
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- Last Updated on 17/09/1996
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- Q: What other Virtual Soft Productions do exist?
- A: Here's a list of the Virtual Soft Productions being developed.
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- [Virtual Soft] Productions on 17 September 1996
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- Name Version Status Description Soft
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- Carrier Monitor 1.1 Release Available Hang-Up Monitor PB
- Digits 1.0 Private Writing Reproduce Numbers Game PEX PB
- Dices 1.0 Private Writing The dangerous 1 in ProBoard PB
- FastLog 1.1 Beta Testing Quick Logon to Main Menu PB
- HorseRace 1.1 Release Available Lucky Game PEX PB
- LastCaller 1.0 Beta Testing Displays X Last Callers PB
- LineBug 1.0 Release Available Patch for ProBoard (Bugfix!) PB
- LoginCheck 2.1 Release Available Checks New Files/Mail PB
- LoginMatrix 1.0 Private Writing Nice Login Enhancement PB
- Lucifer 1.0 Beta Testing Lucky Game PEX PB
- Messager 1.2 Release Available Display Notes between Menus PB
- MsgQuoter 1.32 Release Available Adds Signatures/Quotes to Msg PB
- MsgQuoter Data 1.0 Release Available Datafile for MsgQuoter PB
- OneLiner 1.0 Beta Testing Write Notes to All PB
- Poker 1.0 Private Writing Card Game PEX PB
- Quoter 1.0 Beta Testing Random Quoter for ProBoard PB
- Quoter 1.0 Release Available Random Quoter for DOS DOS
- ShowPCB 1.0 Release Available Show PCB Textfiles in PB PB
- SpeedStat 1.0 Beta Testing Graphical Speed Statistics PB
- UpLoader 1.0 Beta Testing Full PEX Upload Scanner PB
- UserBar 1.4 Release Available Graphical Time/Kb Left Bars PB
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- As you can see, there are a few programs in Testing-phase. This means that
- they'll be out soon. In fact, the documentation is already written. But
- I'm still waiting do see if there are bugs in them.
-
- Also, I need to draw a new ANSi for UpLoader. That can take a while,
- unless you want to draw one and donate it to me? :)
-
- Note: The LoginCheck PEX was an older PEX for ProBoard 2.00 and is no
- longer developed. BTW, it was an awful thing to see! :-)
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- Q: Where can I find the latest Virtual Soft Productions?
- A: There are many distribution sites over Europe, see down for more
- information. My PEXes can also be found on the World-Wide Web and in
- the near future on a FTP-server. The easiest way is downloading them
- from USS Aurora in Belgium or from my other distribution sites. But,
- USS Aurora is the fastest, since my programs are hatched into TGPBN
- over there.
-
- Q: Can I see the latest Virtual Soft Productions in Action?
- A: For the moment, no. I don't own a BBS. You can see some of the released
- PEXes in action at one of the distribution BBSes. The PEXes which are in
- Beta-phase can't be seen on a BBS, until I got my own BBS.
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- Q: Can I join Beta testing?
- A: No, that's out of the question. Unless I write a huge program that needs
- a few more Beta testers. But I'm not going to write a Fullscreen Editor
- PEX in the next couple of months, maybe years! :)
- And since ProBoard now has a build-in Fullscreen Editor (TheEdit Lite),
- I'll probably not write an Editor.
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- Q: How can I write a message to you?
- A: If you got an E-Mail account, you can write to odebonne@texas.knooppunt.be.
- If you want to attach files to me, you *MUST* use my other account,
- that's odebonne@www.dma.be! I've also got a Fidonet address, which is
- 2:291/1501.61. Write a Netmail if you have a specific question.
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- Q: Are the Virtual Soft Productions available on the Internet?
- A: Finally, yes... They are stored on the server of DMA - Digitale Metropool
- Antwerpen. The URL to Virtual Soft Productions and other Online info is
- http://www.dma.be/p/bewoner/odebonne/. I don't have a FTP server at this
- moment. Be sure to have Netscape 2.0/Internet Explorer 3.0 if you want
- to see the pages in their full glory.
-
- Q: Will you write other PEXes besides the ones above?
- A: It depends... Most of these programs were written during the week after
- the exams :) I have made no PEXes for the last 5 months till Februari 1996.
- You see, I write in terms. Also, I study for Industrial Engineer and I've
- got still something else to do instead of programming PEXes :-)
-
- Q: Will you ever write a Chatter?
- A: For this question, I can be very short, NO! TheMin, a FreeWare chatter by
- [JMJ] Productions is the best chatter ever written for ProBoard, and I'm
- not going to try to make a better one :-)
- Also, Nosferatu Nlm is writing his chatter TCHaT GoLD, which can compete
- with TheMin and has CursorKeys Control, Back-Scroll capacity and the same
- features like TheMin (like Eliza, Abbreviations, ...).
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- Q: Will you ever write a Oneliner?
- A: That's always posible... If I can figure out how to extract text-macro's
- from a string! :)
- As the moment I write this FAQ, there is some code for a Oneliner, but
- it's still very Beta... and JMJLiner (by [JMJ]) is getting better and
- better.
-
- Q: Can I have the source code of ...?
- A: No, I don't do such things. I'm sorry... but isn't it enough that all
- my programs are FreeWare?
-
- Q: Will you write levels for EgoKill?
- A: Yes! Since I like that game quite a lot, I started working on level.
- Besides, it was to hot to program anything in C/C++... ;) This is a list
- of levels designed by me.
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- Filename Title EgoKill
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- VTN_EK.ZIP Voyage to Nowhere! (TM) 1.0
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- Q: Is there a warranty on your PEXes?
- A: No, absolutely not. You must be kidding, asking such a fool question :-)
- But, the PEXes are well tested on my PC, and I don't think there are mayor
- bugs in it when they're released.
-
- Q: Do you have a list of supporting BBSes?
- A: Sure, here it is.
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- - USS Aurora - Belgium/Europe distribution site
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- Sysop : Ruben Provoost [JMJ] (Ruben.Provoost@student.kuleuven.ac.be)
- BBS # : +32-16-490588 (V.34)
- Fidonet : 2:292/628
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- - Orbit - The Netherlands distribution site
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- Sysop : Jurre Van Dijken (jvdijken@pi.net)
- BBS # : +31-592-351561 (V.34)
- Fidonet : 2:282/223
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- - The Slice of Lime BBS - UK/Eire distribution site
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- Sysop : Garrick Darts (garrick@wortz.demon.co.uk)
- BBS # : +44-121-6226601 (V.34)
- Fidonet : 2:2500/623
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- - Pacific Coast Micro - USA distribution site
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- Sysop : Mike Ehlert (mike@pcmicro.com)
- BBS # : +1-805-494-8327 (V.34)
- Fidonet : 1:102/1001
- FTP-Site: ftp://pcmicro.com/proboard_pex/
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- - X-Technologies - Canada distribution site
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- Sysop : Doug Crone (decrone@saskmaple.net)
- BBS # : +1-306-545-5941 (V.34)
- Fidonet : 1:140/46
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- - Graph BBS - Argentina distribution site
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- Sysop : Mariano Defelipe (mardef@graph.turdera.com)
- BBS # : +54-1-551-2417 (V.34)
- Fidonet : 4:900/758
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- Q: Do you have MAGIC freq names for your PEXes?
- A: Sure, try freq these at my distribution sites. It is possible that the
- magic doesn't work on every distribution site! So, try the filename also.
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- CARR11.ZIP or CARRIER
- HORSE11.ZIP or HORSE
- LINEB10.ZIP or LINEBUG
- MESSAG12.ZIP or MESSAGER
- MSGQ132.ZIP or MSGQUOTE
- MSGQ_DAT.ZIP or MSGQDAT
- SPCB10.ZIP or SHOWPCB
- USERB14.ZIP or USERBAR
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- Q: Will your PEXes be hatched into a ProBoard Network?
- A: Normally, they are hatched in TPGBN by Ruben Provoost [JMJ]. About a week
- after hatching, they'll arrive in the USA. It is possible that they get
- hatched in PSN/Net or PBNet, but it's not sure... Also, if you receive
- my PEXes, feel free to hatch them into other nets. But, could you let me
- know when you do that, please?
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