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- Tornado Bulletin Board System
- Copyright (c) 1995-98 Konstantin Klyagin [2:461/22] & Tornado Team.
- Translated by Vadim Vasilenko [2:461/79.44]
-
- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-
- ─[ 1]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ Shit, an error... What should I do?
-
- 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.
- But first I'd like to kindly ask: don't write me until get sure
- that the case is really a bug, not unexpected feature :), nor incor-
- rect settings and so on. Don't make me curse ;)
-
- ─[ 2]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ 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, as to me, I appreciate (and sometimes :) implement) all the
- suggestions, bug reports and so on, while 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 stopping.
-
- ─[ 3]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ How to change the Tornado messages to user?
-
- Just examine .LNG-files.
-
- ─[ 4]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ 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?
-
- 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? ;)
-
- ─[ 5]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ 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.
-
- ─[ 6]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ While transferring files using ZModem transfer process slows down,CPS
- ║ rate keeps decreasing down to the carrier loss or interrupting file
- ║ transfer by ESC.
-
- 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
-
- This must help you.
-
- ─[ 7]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ 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.
-
- ─[ 8]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ 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.
-
- Plenty of utilities are also distributed via TORNADO fileecho. Its
- contain is mirrored on
- ftp://adel.telecom.nov.ru/TORNADO/
- ftp://quake.vostok.net/pub/tornado/
-
- ─[ 9]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ How can I get VSYS and Tornado working together?
-
- (Solution by Andy Bogdanov 2:5008/7)
-
- Use the variants below:
-
- 1. One-line BBS.
-
- 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" 0 "\14(\15P\14) \02Chat with SysOp " 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.
-
- ─[10]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ Where in my city can I get the last Tornado version?
-
- Here comes Tornado support stations list in various cities:
-
- Ukraine
- ═══════
-
- Kharkov
- ~~~~~~~
- Pulse BBS, (380-572) 474765, 23:00-07:00 (UTC +3)
-
- Sure, this is the main Tornado station. Here one can get the hottest
- Tornado version just in minutes after having it been compiled ;)
-
- Khartsyzsk
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- SysOp's Name: Slava Kurchenko
- Location: Khartcyzsk, UA
- FidoNet: 2:4656/5
- Work time: CM
- Data phone: (06257) 4-06-51
- Voice phone: (06257) 4-63-97
- Work time: 08:00-17:00 (Ukrainian time)
- BBS name: DX-Hunter
-
- Kramatorsk
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Station : Angels BBS
- Fido Address : 2:4651/666.15
- SysOp : Evgeny Morozov
- Work time : 22:00-6:00
- Phone : (6264) 36885
-
- Nikolaev
- ~~~~~~~~
- SysOp : Yuri Kubishkin
- Location : Nikolaev, UA
- FIDOnet : 2:466/7.777, 2:466/8.12, 2:466/1.121, 2:466/3.333
- Station : Cat BBS
- Work Time : CM
- Data Phone : (0512) 29-84-09
- E-Mail : yuri@hppmk.comcentre.nikolaev.ua
-
- Berazanka, Nikolaev region
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- SysOp : Eugene N. Shpartko aka Praetorian
- Location : Berezanka, Nikolaev, UA
- Distribution : Nikolaevsky region
- FIDOnet : 2:466/77.74
- Station : Praetorian station
- Phone : (05153) 9-22-28
- Work Time : 00:00 - 05:00 (UA Time)
- Access : BBS (all)/Freq, UUCP (only registred)
- Admin E-Mail : admin@shen.brz.mk.ua
- FTP-Mail : ftpmail@shen.brz.mk.ua
-
- Vinnitsa
- ~~~~~~~~
- SysOp : Dmitry Sudakevich
- Location : Vinnitsa, UA
- FIDOnet : 2:4625/10
- Station : THE X-FILES BBS
- BBS Time : 23:00-03:00 (fri, sat, sun)
- Freq : 22:30-04:30 (every day)
- Data Phone : 380-432-43-86-68
-
- Rachow
- ~~~~~~
- CyberSPHiNX's_CrackB0ard BBS (03132) 236-60 (CM)
- Ukraine 295800, Zakarpatskaya area. Rachow
- SysOp: Peter Rutkovetsky aka (CyberSPHiNX)
-
- Russian Federation
- ══════════════════
-
- Moscow
- ~~~~~~
- STATION : RUSSIA BBS
- SYSOP : Pavel Gorovoy
- FIDONET ADDRESS : 2:5020/3000
- PHONE : 7-095-451-9789 22:00-10:00
- 7-095-242-4233 00:00-24:00
- FREQ,BBS : PRESENT;
- EXCLUDE 05:30-07:30
- MAGICS : FILES, TORNADO, TORNADO2
-
- Saint-Petersburg
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The official Tornado support BBS of St.Petersburg is Lothlorien BBS
-
- Lothlorien BBS
- SysOp : Alex Kapralov Jr.
- Phone : [7-812] 344-0558
- Work Time : 22:00-05:00 (Moscow time)
-
- Besides the newest Tornado version, there are a lot of useful utilities
- designed to improve Tornado's efficiency and convenience.
- NOTE: The utilities are also available at
- http://www.chat.ru/~akj/soft.htm
-
- Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- SysOp : Georgi Fofanov
- Station name : Georgi BBS
- Location : Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia
- FidoNet Address : 2:5050/29
- Phone : 7-3412-580596
- Work Time : 21:30-8:00 (UTC+4)
-
- Kazan, Tatarstan
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Name : Jess BBS
- Location : Kazan, Tatarstan
- FidoNet Address : 2:5049/2
- SysOp : Marat Jackubov
- Phone : (8432)-382123
- WorkTime : 19:00-09:00
- Freq Supported : 19:00-09:00
-
- Ekaterinburg
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- SysOp : Kostya Romanzev
- Location : Ekaterinburg,Russia
- FidoNet : 2:5080/70.47 2:5080/52.96 2:5080/134.1
- Station : Space Station BBS
- Work Time : 00:00-07:00 everyday
- Freq : 00:00-07:00 Alias:files
- Data Phone : 7-343-2329526
-
- Tomsk
- ~~~~~
- Station Name : Bip BBS
- SysOp : Igor Bychkov
- Address : 2:5005/57.15
- Location : Tomsk, Russia
- Phone : (382-2) 42-02-66
- Work Time : 22:00-07:00 every day
- FReq : Possible
-
- Nizhny Novgorod
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Name : Speed King.
- Location : Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod
- FidoNet Address : 2:5015/68
- SysOp : Evgeny Tetenkin
- Phone : (8312) 48-82-16
- WorkTime : 23:00-07:00 every day
- Freq Supported : 00:00-06:00
-
- Rostov-on-Don
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Name : Disk Empire
- Location : Russia, Rostov-on-Don
- Nodes : 3
- FidoNet Address :
- Node I: 2:5061/34.39 AKA 2:5061/35.14
- Node II: None
- Node III: None
- SysOp :
- Node I: Egor Glukhov (CRC Kaman)
- Node II: Wiktor Eremenko (Erema)
- Node III: Dima Avdoshkin (Demon)
- Phone :
- Node I: (863-2) 22-45-29
- Node II: (863-2) 74-64-37
- Node III: (863-2) 34-97-97
- WorkTime :
- Node I: 08:00 - 16:00 (no Saturday & Sunday)
- Node II: 23:00 - 08:00 (every day)
- Node III: 21:00 - 23:00 (every day)
- File Requests : Only Node I supports FREQs
- BBS : present
-
- Vladimir
- ~~~~~~~~
- Name : Black Wind BBS
- Location : Vladimir, Russia
- FidoNet : 2:5024/13.2
- 2:5024/73.22
- 2:5024/7.335
- SysOp : Pavel Rybakov
- Phone : (0922) 26-02-39
- WorkTime : 23:30-7:00 every day
-
- Vladivostok
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Station : Tornado Support Station
- SysOp : Anton Arapov
- Location : Vladivostok, Russia
- FIDOnet : 2:5045/27.39
- ULTRAnet : 777:1998/911 (Local Vladivostok FTNet)
- Work Time : 00:00-24:00 (CM)
- Data Phone : (4232) 33-31-87
- E-Mail : arapov@online.vladivostok.ru
- arapov@mail.primorye.ru
-
- Vyatka
- ~~~~~~
- STATION NAME : ELVEN BBS
- Location : Russia, Kirov (Vyatka)
- SysOp : Denis Lysakov
- Phone : [8332] 321-948
- Work Time : 22:00-07:00 Every Day
- FidoNet : 2:5056/38.32
- CinsNet : 77:1/23
- E-Mail : Ewgeniy@bb.vyatka.ru
-
- Tchelyabinsk
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Station : DEATH BBS
- Location : Russia, Chelyabinsk
- FidoNet Address : 2:5010/7.13 2:5010/55.3 2:5010/100.5
- SysOp : Gregori Nayuk
- Phone : (3512) 65-15-60
- WorkTime : 23:00-07:00 every day
- Freq Supported : 23:00-07:00
-
- Togliatti
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Name : Vlad Leontiev
- Location : Togliatti, Russia
- FIDOnet : 2:5075/13.16
- Station : Radio Master BBS
- Work Time : 22:30-07:00
- Data Phone : (8469) 26-33-19
- E-Mail : radiom@is.tlt.ru
-
- Saratov
- ~~~~~~~
- System: Nataly BBS
- Location: Saratov, RU
- Phone: (845-2) 24-95-70
- Work time: 18:00-09:00
- SysOp: Seregenko Vitaly
- FIDO address 2:5053/21 aka 2:5053/21.666
- e-mail: cmer@mail.Saratov.ru
-
- Bratsk
- ~~~~~~
- SyOp: Anton Valuev
- Location: Russia, Bratsk
- FidoNet Address: 2:5071/6.17
- Station: COOL BBS
- Work Time: 23:00-07:00
- Phone: 7-395-3476324
-
- Byelarus
- ════════
-
- Minsk
- ~~~~~
- Name : Iron Hills Lab.
- Location : Minsk, Belarus
- FidoNet Address : 2:450/82
- SysOp : Alex Dedul
- Phone : (017) 2545817
- WorkTime : 00.00-06.00 every day
- Freq Supported : 00.00-06.00
-
- Brest
- ~~~~~
- Name : Jeweller BBS
- Location : Brest, Belarus
- FidoNet Address : 2:454/11
- SysOp : Vladyslav Yakubovich
- Phone : (0162) 265808
- WorkTime : 23:00-06:30 every day
- Freq : 23:00-06:30 except ZMH
- BBS : 00:00-06:30 except ZMH
-
- Uzbekistan
- ══════════
-
- Tashkent
- ~~~~~~~~
- Station : Elena BBS
- SysOp : Peter Kirilenko
- Work Time : 00:00-24:00 (CM)
- Phone : (7-351) 162-2775
-
- Germany
- ═══════
-
- Oerlenbach
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- BBS-Name: X-FILE BBS (in honour of Scully an Mulder :)
- BBS-SysOp: Elwood (in honour of the Blues Brothers) (real name: Juergen Ihlau)
- BBS-Data Phone: (+49) 9725-5561
- BBS-Voice Phone: (+49) 9725-5551
- Location: Oerlenbach/Germany
- Support: DOS/OS2/WIN95/LINUX/DFUE/HARDWARE/NETWORKING/CODING/TORNADO ;)
- MODEM: V34 (V34+) analog 28800er Support ANSI on 8N1
-
- Giengen
- ~~~~~~~
- Name : Diamond's Inn
- Sysop : Uwe Cornelly
- Phone : 07322-931331 (VFC/ISDN) Fido: 2:2487/8025
- 07322-931332 (V34/ISDN) Fido: 2:2487/8026
- Magics : TORNADO, TORNADO2
-
- The United States of America
- ════════════════════════════
-
- Dallas, TX
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- SysOp : Bryan Turner
- Location : Dallas Texas USA
- FidoNet Address : 1:124/7013
- Station : Pegasus Flight BBS
- Phone : 1-972-557-6762
- WorkTime : 1:00-23:59
- Freq Supported : 0:00-23:59
-
- Australia
- ═════════
-
- Sidney
- ~~~~~~
- BBS-Name: Bad News BBS
- BBS-SysOp: Wayne Steele
- BBS-Data Phone: (+61) 02-9625-5474 or (+61) 02-9625-5465
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- FidoNet: 3:713/690
- SysOp TechNet: 111:8612/4
- Support: DOS/OS2/WIN95/LINUX/HARDWARE/NETWORKING/TORNADO ;)
- John Dailey Software
- Sunrise Door Software
- Atlantis Software
- Locatha Industries Inc. (DDO-F/X)
- BBSUtiliteez (MAX Graphics)
- EzyPro for Ezycom
- MODEM: V34 (V34+) analog 28800er Support ANSI on 8N1
- Internet Email: wsteele@one.net.au
- Webpage: www2.one.net.au/~wsteele
- FREQ Info: TORNADO - Latest DOS Version
- TORNADO2 - Latest OS/2 Version
- TORNADO32 - Latest W9x/NT Version
- ALPHA - Latest DOS Alpha Version
- ALPHA2 - Latest OS/2 Alpha Version
- ALPHA32 - Latest W9x/NT Alpha Version
-
- ─[11]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ I'm so impressed by the Tornado, and I'd like to become an official
- ║ Tornado support station. How can I?
-
- If the city hasn't been mentioned in the list above, feel free to
- mail author, as he is open to share the support area anyway. The only
- requirement is that the station must have the newest Tornado versions
- available to download. They are available in the TORNADO FidoNet file-
- echo, or at ftp://gss.bm.spb.ru (please note, though, that in the
- latter case only beta- and gamma-versions will be avalable.
-
- ─[12]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ How to make Tornado and a Win32-compliant mailer work together?
-
- 1. Tune the modem settings in mailer profile appropriately
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- (The following example assumes using T-Mail/NT)
-
- Make modem switch to command mode after dropping DTR (in call answer
- statement):
-
- Modem_Answer AT&D1A|
-
- and restore &D2 modem statement in the OnHook mailer statement:
-
- OnHook v'''^~AT&D2H0|
-
- It's a good idea to add &D2 to the init string as well. It's useful
- in case the modem doesn't store this statement in the NVRAM (as, for
- example, USR modems). It'd also be nice to turn modem echo off (if not
- yet done) by adding E0 statement to the init string:
- Init1 ~v~^~~ATZ|~~
- Init2 AT&D2E0|
-
- 2. Launch Tornado from within T-Mail via Process BBS Exit
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Process BBS Exit 99 bbs.bat *B *P *T *H
-
- Starting BBS, T-Mail launches BBS.BAT batch file, which looks like
- below:
- = BBS.BAT ===================================
-
- rem send the command to modem
-
- echo AT&D2O >com%2
-
- rem go to Tornado directory
-
- cd \FIDO\TORNADO
-
- rem start BBS
-
- tornado.exe -b%1 -c%2 -n%3 -e%4
-
- =============================================
-
- (by Dmitry Sudakevich 2:4625/44.57)
-
- I've improved the process of making Tormado/DOS and T-Mail/NT work
- together in order to fit it to all types of modems (earlier I had US
- Robotics Sportster 14400).
- Below goes an example of combining Tornado/DOS and T-Mail 2604.NT. The
- way below doesn't need T-Mail termination via Exit command and lets
- Tornado run in the same task, which is considerably quicker.
- I use WinFossil v.1.12 fossil driver for Tornado and ProLink 1436VE
- modem (RockWell RCV336ACF/SP R6749(50)-21 chipset).
-
- To do:
- ======
- 1. Change such parameters in the T-MAIL.CTL file:
- ;
- Init1 ~ATZ|~ ; Modem init strings
- Init2 ~ATM1E0S0=0S95=47N1X4&C1&D2%C3\A3\N3\V0L0|~; Modem init strings
- ; This Init2 is designed for RockWell modem; if other modem is used,
- ; at least ~ATE0S0=0|~ Init2 command must be present.
- ;
- Onhook v'''^~AT&D2H0| ; Modem on-hook string for BBS
- ;
- Modem_Answer AT&D1A| ; Answer string for BBS
- ;
- Process BBS !bbs.bat *B *P *T *H ; Run BBS software
- ;
- Process Handshake_Timeout !bbs.bat *B *P *T *H ; If handshake timeout
- ;
- The last command is to let user enter BBS anyway, even if T-Mail
- doesn't want to let him in after pressing Esc-Esc (well-known
- T-Mail bug).
-
- 2. Create BBS.BAT batch file in the directory where all the T-Mail fi-
- les are stored. The BBS.BAT must contain the following lines:
- -----
- echo AT&D2O >com%2
- c:\t-mail\tornado\tornado.exe -b%1 -c%2 -n%3 -e%4
- -----
-
- That's all. These manipulations enable your BBS to work fast and reliable.
- Good luck!
-
- ─[13]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ I use file- an messageareas groups. How can I let user choose an area
- ║ just after hacing chosen a group?
-
- It's very easy. To do that:
- 1. Create a following item in file- or message area menu:
-
- Gosub_Menu "ag" 0 "Choose an area" A
-
- 2. Create AG.MNU menu file with following contents:
- [Header]
- ...
- [Menu]
-
- Change_FGroup+ "" 0 ""
- Change_FArea+ "" 0 ""
- Return+
-
- ─[14]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ║ How could I convert Allfix file areas to FILEAREA.CTL?
-
- [solution by Anton Zenkow 2:5080/80.8]
-
- Template file FILEBONE.APL has turned to be very convenient for doing
- this after just a little tune-up:
-
- = TORNADO.APL ========================================================
- @areabegin
-
- [FileArea]
- Name "@copy(@echodesc,1,44)"
- DLPath @copy(@destdir,1,44)
- ULPath e:\mail\Upload\
- FileList @copy(@destdir,1,44)files.bbs
- Scan_NewFiles Yes
- DL_Security 0
- UL_Security 0
- List_Security 0
- Show_Security 0
-
- @end
- ======================================================================
-
- After having made these changes just run such a command:
-
- fixutil.exe ProcessTemplate Tornado filearea.ctl
-
- That's all! The complete list with all the stuff is at your service.
- This way of converting is the most convenient because of compatibility
- with any AllFix version and great flexibility.
-
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-
- ║ Is it possible to show different .A??-files as menus items, depending
- ║ on the user's access level?
-
- First, wipe out the contain of the [Header]->DisplayFile variable.
- Next, do the same thing to all the parameters relating to the text of
- the menu items. Then plase such string at the beginning:
-
- Exec_Script+ "mainmenu" 0 ""
-
- which calls the MAINMENU.TRS listed below:
-
- = MAINMENU.TRS =======================================================
- Program
-
- If $SECR = 1
- FileDisplay ("first")
- End
-
- If ($SECR > 1) And ($SECR < 50)
- FileDisplay ("second")
- End
-
- If $SECR = 65535
- FileDisplay ("third")
- End
-
- End
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-
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-
- ║ How to use different main menu files depending on access level?
-
- It's quite simple. Just create such MAIN.MNU file:
- ---
- [Header]
-
- [Menu]
- GoTo_Menu+ "lev100" 100
- GoTo_Menu+ "lev50" 50
- GoTo_Menu+ "lev20" 20
- GoTo_Menu+ "lev10" 10
- GoTo_Menu+ "other" 0
- ---
-
- Note that it only works if descending order (from greater to lesser)
- of MAIN.MNU items is followed.
-
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-
- ║ How to make Tornado use external editor? I tried to use GoldEd, but
- ║ failed.
-
- Well duh, why a mail editor which doesn't even know anything about
- modem is thought to be able to work with a BBS system? Just try to use
- fullscreen editors designed especially to work under BBS, such as Ge-
- dit. Hint: neither timEd, nor Hector or FleetStreet won't do.
-
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-
- ║ I'm impressed by the Tornado built-in DoorWay. Can I launch it at
- ║ Tornado startup? I just want to use remote file managing without ex-
- ║ tensive using specific BBS features.
-
- OK, do the following:
-
- 1. Change the configuration parameters as displayed below:
-
- tornado.ctl->[NewUsers]->Show_News No
- tornado.ctl->[NewUsers]->Scan_NewFiles No
- tornado.ctl->[NewUsers]->Scan_PrivMail No
-
- tornado.ctl->[Miscellaneous]->LogOff_Ask No
- tornado.ctl->[Miscellaneous]->LogOff_Mail No
-
- 2. Modify MAIN.MNU file to make it look so:
-
- [Header]
- [Menu]
-
- Shell+ "" 0
- LogOff+ "" 0
-
- 3. Create a fake user with any name and zero-length password. Launch
- Tornado (either directly from command-line or from batch file) using
- such format:
-
- tornado.exe -u<thisfakeusername> -<other parameters>
-
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-
- ║ How to change current file area of message area from within script?
-
- Change $FNUM, $MNUM macros appropriately. These macros can be
- changed without limitations.
-
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- Konst, author.