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- Online INSTAbank version 5.0
- (C) 1992/93 William J. Dykstra
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- What's New?
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- Online INSTAbank version 5.0 was released for two reasons. First,
- it was released to allow sysops upgrading to RemoteAccess 2.00.g1
- to be able to use the timebank. Until now it only supported RA 1.11.
- The second reason for releasing a new version was to add a few features
- that were requested by users of the bank.
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- IMPORTANT
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- Version 5.0 requires that you convert the data files from
- previous versions! SEE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS!
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- The following features were added:
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- - Those annoying double characters that would appear on the local
- screen when a user selected an option have been eliminated.
- - A status bar was added, showing the user's name, time left, and
- KBytes left. The sysop may break in to chat, hangup on the user,
- adjust time, and adjust KBytes.
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- NOTICE: Chat mode will only work when the user is at the
- main menu. Sorry, but there were too many problems
- with allowing chat mode anywhere in the program...
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- - The up and down cursor keys will add and remove time respectively.
- The PageUp and PageDown keys will add and remove KBytes, 10 KB at
- a time.
- - user defined entry and exit screens are now supported. These are
- START.ANS/.ASC and END.ANS/.ASC. If they are found in the bank
- directory, they will be displayed.
- - the DEPMAINT program (local maintenance) was enhanced.
- - the menu was redone to align all the options. This just makes it
- look a little nicer.
- - Added support for THEBANK.EXT, which is used by some games and other
- external programs to update time banks. (use EXT_UTIL.EXE)
- - when a user's account is created, he or she will be asked if he/she
- wishes to participate in bank robberies. If the user says "yes" then
- the user will be able to rob people, but the user will also be
- a valid target for robbers. If the user says "no" then the user
- will NOT be allowed to rob people or the bank, but they will not
- be vulnerable to robberies.
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- Many thanks to all of you who made suggestions. I could not implement
- all of them, due mainly to time constraints, but I will still be adding
- new features in the future, so you never know.
-
- I would have liked to add a few more options and rewrite some of the code
- to improve performance, but I was pressed for time. Many sysops had
- upgraded to RA 2.00.g1, and I was in a hurry to get a working bank out
- for them! Sorry for the wait people!
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- Again, many thanks for supporting Online INSTAbank! It may not have
- all the features of RATS, but I think it does everything (and more)
- that a time and byte bank really needs... and the price is right!
-
- Bill Dykstra
- The BillBoard BBS
- (416) 898-2443
- Newmarket, Ontario. CANADA.
- Fidonet 1:250/932
-
- or by mail at:
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- Bill Dykstra
- 189 Bristol Road
- Newmarket, Ontario. CANADA.
- L3Y 7X9
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-
- BTW: European users: Did you know that I now have a European registration
- site? Contact Pascal van Rossum at:
-
- Pascal van Rossum
- The White Room
- Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 14.4k v.32bis/v.42bis
- Phone +31-30-893342
- Fidonet 2:281/714
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- or by mail at:
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- Pascal van Rossum
- P.O. Box 3246
- 3502 GE Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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