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- Node Tracker ver 2.0
- for RemoteAccess 2.0x (and 2.50)
- Feb,8,1996
- Freeware from Martin Woods
- 1:351/233.1
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- ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Introduction ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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- NodeTracker will read the USERON.BBS and reports Who is on what
- Node and what they are doing.
- A [N]ext,[P]rev,[S]end Message and [Q]uit button
- allow checking each node out in turn with the option of sending
- a quick message to any of the Nodes.
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- ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Installation and Configuration ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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- Simply run it from any directory and Node Tracker will get the
- enviroment variable for RA,if you don't have something like
- SET RA=C:\RA in your autoexec.bat or your RA.BAT then NodeTracker will
- not work.
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- NodeTracker Will read your CONFIG.RA to determine where you have setup
- your semaphore directory and will create a NODEx.RA (where x is 1 to 255)
- in the semaphore dir that you have configured in RACONFIG,this semaphore
- directory MUST have a full pathname ie: C:\RA\ or C:\RA\SEM
- actually it's a good idea that ALL your paths in RACONFIG have a full
- and complete path.
- RA checks the semaphore directory every few seconds looking for certain
- files if it finds these files RA acts accordingly,in this case it will
- display the NODEx.RA that you have just created to the user .
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- ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Using NodeTracker ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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- Node Tracker can be run from the Dos prompt,shelled from RA, run in
- a Desqview window,a OS/2 Dos box,or Windows.
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- Note: it is *not* advised you run this minimized in windows or as a
- background task in DV or OS/2 but to just open it up to see what is
- going on,do your thing and shut it down again,so as to not tie up
- USERON.BBS.
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- Upon firing up Nodetracker you will be presented with a screen that
- will show you who is on:
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- Pressing 'N' or SPACE BAR will advance to the next node.
- Pressing 'P' will show the previous node.
- Pressing 'Q' or ESC will quit.
- Pressing 'S' or ENTER you will be prompted for a node number,here you
- can quit or enter a number from 1 to 255 (depending how many nodes you
- have setup) to send a message.
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- Simply type in your message hit F10 and the file will be saved to your
- semaphore directory complete with RA color codes!
- F9 will load a text file,which is handy if you have prepared "canned
- messages".
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- The Built in editor is intuitive and supports basic wordstar commands
- such as Ctrl-Y to delete a line and Ctrl-T delete a word.
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- NodeTracker is Freeware,use at your own risk,the only guarantee is
- it takes up space.It has been tested on various machines running various
- versions of RA and by all reports seems to function as claimed.
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- -Martin
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