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- Tornado Bulletin Board System
- Copyright (c) 1995-97 Konstantin Klyagin [2:461/22] & Tornado Team.
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- Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
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- ║ Shit, an error... What should I do?
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- It's OK, this version of the Tornado isn't a release, so there are
- in fact some errors, but this is correctable. The only thing needed is
- to inform the author (me :) about the error, and it will be removed in
- the next version. See TORNADO.DOC for info about how to contact me.
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- ║ Plenty of errors! Well, what if I'd wipe the Tornado out and install
- ║ Remote Access? :E~
-
- Feel free to do it. But please take into consideration that if you
- found an error in the RA, you should let Andrew Millner know for the
- error to be removed. Since he lives in Australia, this may be a bit
- more complicated task than in my case :).
- Now, the Tornado is freeware, unlike the RA, and the Wantree Corp.
- supports only legally distributed RA copies. (By the way, I've
- recently heard that the RA project is closed due to financing stop-
- ping). As to me, I appreciate (and sometimes :) implement) all the
- suggestions, bug reports and so on.
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- ║ How to change the Tornado messages to user?
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- Just examine .LNG-files.
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- ║ Why while viewing a file area files are numbered from 1 to 99 and
- ║ then are renumbered? Does is mean that one can't place more than 100
- ║ files in an area?
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- Surely one can. One can place to an area as many files as the
- operating system file system allows. Files are renumbered just because
- numbering is ONLY needed for tagging files. No user can remember what
- file was listed some 5 screens ago, isn't it? ;)
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- ║ Shit, one more bug. Why the Tornado ends its work after each user
- ║ session terminating instead of returning to call waiting mode?
-
- Just for you to be able to analyze errorlevel in the .BAT-file
- launching the Tornado and make appropriate decision about what to do.
- If you don't need it,just loop launching the Tornado in the .BAT-file.
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- ║ While transferring files using ZModem transfer process slows down,CPS
- ║ rate keeps decreasing down to the carrier loss or interrupting file
- ║ transfer by ESC.
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- If this happens under DOS and X00 running as a fossil driver, you
- maybe should replace X00 with something more reliable (such as BNU or
- so). You may also play with parameters in the TORNADO.CTL file:
- [Modem]
- Hardware_Flow
- Software_Flow
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- This must help you.
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- ║ While starting the Tornado it informs that "another copy of Tornado
- ║ is currently active". What's wrong?
-
- The matter is that terminating programs under multitasking environ-
- ment by "killing" them or quitting using RESET is highly undesirable.
- As to the Tornado, in case of such incorrect session terminating the
- flagfile (TOR_RUN.*) in the directory specified by the TORNADO.CTL
- parameter:
- [Files&Dirs]
- Flags_Dir
- isn't in fact killed. For the problem to be solved, it's enough to de-
- lete this flagfile manually (and to leave off a harmful habit to ter-
- minate programs in the ways above ;) NOTE: flagfile created 3 or more
- hours ago is considered as obsolete and is deleted automatically as
- the Tornado starts. This prevents possible troubles in "auto-pilot"
- mode.
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- ║ Where can I find some utilities for Tornado?
-
- One of the utilities developer is Alex Kapralov Jr 5030/614. Utilities
- written by him can be downloaded from Lothorien BBS or got via Internet
- http://www.i-connect.ru/~614local/soft.htm.
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- ║ How can I get VSYS and Tornado working together?
-
- (Solution by Andy Bogdanov 2:5008/7)
-
- Use the variants below:
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- 1. One-line BBS.
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- a) Running under DOS or Windows.
- Replace MAIN.MNU's line Page_Sysop with the following:
- Exec "C:\PATH\vsys4.bat *B *F *L *P"
- VSYS4.BAT contains such lines:
- === Begin Vsys4.bat ===
- CD C:\PATH_TO_VSYS
- vsys.exe -p%4 -b%1 -u"%2 %3"
- === End Vsys4.bat ===
- b) Running OS/2 (OS/2 Tornado version used).
- Exec line looks as follows:
- Exec "hstart /dos /wait /win /b /c vsys.bat *B *F *L *P"
- HSTART configuration file must have such fossil driver loading line:
- SET DOS_DEVICE=c:\os2\sio\vx00.sys;
- HSTART launching might be omitted, but one still has to load fossil
- driver somehow.
-
- 2. Multiline BBS.
-
- See the variant above. The only change (in the batch file launching
- VSYS) is shown below:
- -----
- cd C:\PATH_TO_VSYS
- if %4==2 vsys.exe -p%4 -b%1 -u"%2 %3" -s2
- if %4==3 vsys.exe -p%4 -b%1 -u"%2 %3" -s1
- ----
- I.e., a -S parameter (line number) is added. This is to make VSYS
- create separate logs for each line. This way is used because Exec
- can't yet pass line number to the child program (next versions it
- probably will).
-
- 3. Multiline BBS shared by LAN to several computers running under dif-
- ferent OS (some tricky case... :)
- One begins with setting in Tornado configuration file separate
- menu file for each line, for example:
- ----
- {1,2} MainMenu main
- {3} MainMenu main3
- {4} MainMenu main4
- {5} MainMenu main5
- ----
- Then one put necessary stuff to menu files (separate for each line
- and depending on OS running), and creates separate batch file
- launching VSYS for each phone line). Now the nuance concerning net-
- working. I've trying very long time to make Win'95 start batch
- files from OS/2 HPFS drive, but have failed. It's strange, but com-
- mand CD \PATH results in Win'95 error "Batch file not found" while
- nothing is wrong under OS/2. Moreover, starting VSYS from a HPFS
- drive causes VSYS error because of some library missing, while
- starting it form Win'95 disk under OS/2 brings no problems.
- So here is the solution. The VSYS directory must be located on a
- computer running under Win'95, and all the batch files must be
- in that directory.
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