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Call Last Chance BBS (215)-637-0474
Running Wildcat 2.15 S
With Robotics 14.4 running 300 to 19,200 Baud
MNP 5 V42bis 24hrs.
Hi my name is Jerry Brown I'm the primary sysop of Last
Chance Christian BBS. I have been trying to learn to program
in Turbo Pascal. It has been a new and exciting adventure
but, I'm finally starting to pick it up. I have compiled a
batch delay type program which I am and have been using on
my bbs which allows me the opportunity to break out of my
autoexec.bat before it executes my Bulletin Board System. I,
like a lot of other sysops run my bulletin board from the
autoexec.bat so that if the system reboots whether after a
power failure or just after a scheduled event I can stop the
execution of the program in the case of a corrupted database
when it goes into a loop. I've found this to be very
helpful, even a life saver at times when I would be stuck in
a infinite loop I am able to stop it with two distinct ^C's
or ^breaks or continue the execution of the program by
pressing any other key. This is not a very complex program
and has been created by others but, to me it has been a
learning experience and hopefully a helpful utility for
whoever needs it.
My bbs has always been a free open bbs and I am trying to
keep it that way. I hope creating this utility and others in the
future to help generate some donations/contributions to help
with the upkeep of the bbs. Hope you can use this utility and
would appreciate your call to my bbs and let me know if the
utility is of use to you.
I call the program Hold_it! but, have change the actual
name of the executable program to HOLD just to make it a
little easier to execute. The program is simple to use from
your autoexec.bat or any batch file where you want a delay
just place a line that says HOLD 10
this will delay execution for 10 seconds, just change the 10
to the number of seconds you would like and thats all there
is to it. Keep your eyes open for more USEFUL SOFTWARE at a
Usable Price from -J*A*B Select SOFTWARE-.
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ShareWare Support
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As mentioned previously this program was written to be
USEFUL to you and in helping to offset the costs of running
my bbs. If you find this program of use to you we hope you
will support us with your donation/contribution of $1.00 or
$2.00 dollars to pay for the cost of running a bbs. We hope
you will support all shareware so that more and more
software will be produced at an affordable price. Thanks in
advance.
Please Send Donations to :Last Chance BBS
P.O. Box 63065
Phila. Penna. 19114-0865
Make Checks Payable to :Jerry Brown