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■ Addon's 1.51d
- Minor fix mailer support (acro works fine with maindoor too)
Take a look at the example exebbs.cmd included, this file must
be put in your maindoor dir
- Extra command in acrobat.cfg FPROMPT. 0 disables it, 1 enables it.
Flashy prompt
- Colour codes in files.bbs/conferences/msgarea's/filearea's
£1 .. £7 high intensity colours
£a .. £h normal colours
- Pumped by in colour
■ Fixes in 1.51c
- Error with unlisted levels (violation error)
- %10 not needed anymore (cmd.exe <> 4os2.exe)
- minor fix requests/bbslister unitialized var
■ New fixed/enhancements 1.51b
- when last command is several times done, user appears every time
- time/date added to the lastcallers so you know when they called
- requests added
- small textchange after question 'proceed with upload'
- 2 commands added to the sysop menu remove and batch
- long command removed from long menu
short command removed from short menu
- if there are no msgarea's specified, write msg in matrix and nuc, and
voodoo won't give an error
- voodoo added
- view txt file inside archives
- sysop menu: run non-interactive programs remotely/remove file remotely
- last msg area isn't checked in check for mail function
- stats counts total megs online
- free space for uploads (also in stats)
- ctrl-t resets time current user
- added several protocols
- added 2 items to matrix logon: emergency login and private upload
- added several things to acrobat.cfg so that upload.cmd doesn't need
to be touched
- small bugfixes
■ What's new in version 1.51
- local uploader
- upload checking for viruses, file_id.diz support arj/lzh/rar/zip
- conferences
- keyword search as twice as fast as before
- nice statusbar so user knows what is happening
- autotag feature to flag files easily
- sysnote for messages
- skip oneliner/news etc
- nuc (new user comment, if used with the elite mode)
- some extra additional ansi screens
- personal downloads (put files online for a particular user)
- rumours
- long commands/hotkeys toggle
- cosys menu
- view online inside archive files
- alt-c invokes chatter right away
- screen blank for waiting for a caller so your screen won't burn in
(nice for monochromone monitors)
- mailer support, start acrobat from binkley, etc...
- file_id.diz length and other descriptions supported to up to 79
characters
- users can also search in userlist
■ What's new in version 1.50b
- Cursorkey support in fullscreen editor
- Small bugfix in fullscreen chatter (last char disappeared)
- Added several new ansi files
NEW.ANS shown when a new user logs in
NEWS.ANS news flash, shown to every user
NOADD.ANS shown when user writes an illegal oneliner
TRASH.ANS shown when a user logs in who is listed in trashcan.cfg
- Private upload
- Much better file transfer protocol
- Support for ZedZap now (an enhanced zmodem 8k)
- Inactivity keyword in acrobat.cfg
If a user doesn't press any key for xx seconds, AcroBat will hangup
automatic.
- Added time limit for users. Can be set up for each level.
- Minor changes to existing things:
Status extended with time info
Added [Q = Quit] in listings, so you don't have to scroll up to end
Minor fix in multiline chatter
Extended screens (some screen where smaller than others :))
- Added oneliner protection
Decode numbers
Some users can't write
Don't save oneliners which contains certain words
- Cursorkey support in editing fields
- Support for AcroBat/2 Doors (kitdoor included!)
One example included (the integer consecutive integer game)
Also os/2 doors for maximus and pcb/2 can be run with acrobat.
The only thing necessary is that it's an os/2 door and it supports
comhandles. However, for using maximus/pcb doors you have to be
good with batchfiles and rexx :) Installing a door is rather not
for beginners, so I didn't do anything to make it as easy as pos-
sible. The \source\adoors.c contains all information necessary to
create your own doors...
- Added extra help like press 'C' to chat
- ALT-H throw out user and hangup (only sysop)
- ALT-I show information at bottom (real name, level, etc...) (only sysop)
- Transfers won't go to fullscreen mode anymore
- BBS Lister
- A Voter (most beautiful lady, kewlest dude :))
- Oneliners can be written anonymous
- A Quote
- A Clock
- Statistics about bbs (best upper/best downer/total kb downed/total kb upped)
- Voting booth
- Several minor beauty faults
- Questionnaire
- And a lot more...
I could have forgotten some thingz here, however these are the most important!
■ This is a beta-version, however very stable!
I will never have the intention to write something as powerfull as Maximus
or Pcboard or whatever... My only intention is a small host for OS/2 32bit
which does the work! Easy to maintain, easy to install (unzip it and run)
It isn't very customizable, but it has everything a small operator needs and
it looks nice too. I use this for my own board too :)) (What did you thought)
I will keep enhance it in my own capabilities... If I would want to make this
as powerfull as Max/pcb.. I have to do a complete re-write of it. The big-
gest problem is that I am the only one who is working on it, and I can tell
you, creating a bbs is a very time consuming job (it isn't difficult but
it's mental very tough)
■ AcroBat will never support
Fidonet mail support
Internet mail support
■ How to contact me
vanrillaer@tornado.be (internet)
No fido support anymore (use the internet gateway of fidonet)
■ What you the user of this thing can do for me
Just write me a message to keep me mental strong/to support me. If you
go on a holiday write me a postcard :))) The address is:
Bart Van Rillaer (Bono)
Bekaflaan 41 3200 Aarschot
Belgium
■ OS/2 is the best OS ever in my opinion!
■ Guyz I want to thank for sending me a message via internet.
Someone from Russia (don't know his internet/fido address anymore) (thx for
the asm/c sources)
Someone from the US (you don't have to register you know :) If I ask money
for this (which is possible for the time programming) , I am responsible to
enhance it/bugfix it/create new versions etc... And I don't want to take
such a big responsability :))) This is freeware :=-) You have to take it
like it is... And hope new versions will be released.
Someone asked me to create a seperate program with the multichat only. :)
Sorry, don't have much time for it :-(((
Thanks to someone from Greece who inspired me to keep on enhancing it
■ Thanks to my mum, my dog Charlotte, The BountyHunter (for beta-testing),
the programmer's from I.B.M., Borland, .... Everyone out in the world!
Thanks to the writer of CEXYZ! Keep up the good work! Also greetz to the
author of Maxfile/PM for writing such a excellent program (there are some
bug fixes in it that should get fixed)
■ Installation info
Take a look at acrobat.doc