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───── SuperBBS Last Caller Utility version 1.20 ────────── Help page 1 ─────
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SuperBBS Last Caller Utility version 1.20
(C) Copyright 1991 by Pasi Talliniemi. All rights reserved.
Introduction
LCU is a little utility made with Turbo Pascal and Turbo
Assembler for SuperBBS system operators who want to see BBS's
15 last callers and some useful information about them. In
addition, LCU remarks if error log exists. SysOps of multi-node
BBSs may check what is happening on all nodes, of course.
The program should be quite self-explanatory and '?' gives you
some online help. Reading these documents is still recommended.
Important
Read this documentation well! :-)
This documentation and the accompanying program are copyright
by Pasi Talliniemi.
This program is distributed as Public Domain and you may
copy and distribute it in an unmodified way as much as you
wish, as long as no money or other compensation is asked or
accepted.
I won't be responsible for anything that might happen if you
use or misuse LCU. Maybe LCU eats your pussycat or something.
Use at your own risk.
───── SuperBBS Last Caller Utility version 1.20 ────────── Help page 2 ─────
Some features
o Support for multi-node BBSs
o Remarking if error log exists
o Viewing error log
o Showing useful information about 15 last callers
o Checking what user did in BBS from System.Log
o Checking caller's new user answers from Newuser.Asw
o Loading Sue (SuperBBS User Editor)
o Help screens
General information
o LCU works both on color and monochrome display adapter
o LCU writes directly to video RAM.
o LCU does not support 40 chars/line modes and 43/50 lines mode.
If you want to be sure that your version of LCU is virus free
you may use newest Scan and for double security you may use
Pkunzip to see check sums of LCU-120.ZIP file. If they agree
the file should be ok.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Name Length Date Time CRC-32 │
│ LCU.EXE 44,192 08-11-91 09:22 834dfe85 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
I recommend to use Pklite to reduce size of LCU because
it keeps files in .EXE format and it is almost impossible
to notice the difference in loading speed. At least I use it
because I do not have plenty of disk space :-)
Multi-node BBSs
SBBS environment variable has to exist if you are running a
multi-node BBS. To make the use of this program easier you
should create a file named LCU.CFG which contains names of
node directories that you have - each on own line. Please
place that file in SuperBBS main directory. This all makes
LCU to ask you node's number. (ESC exits to dos.) So you
don't have to exit LCU if you wish to look what has happened
on the other node. So far, the number of nodes is limited
to 255 :-) Sorry.
Example. LCU.CFG might look something like this if you have
three nodes and local one:
C:\SUPERBBS\LINE1
C:\SUPERBBS\LINE2
C:\SUPERBBS\LINE3
C:\SUPERBBS\LOCAL
<EOF>
───── SuperBBS Last Caller Utility version 1.20 ────────── Help page 3 ─────
Mono-node BBSs
LCU recognizes SBBS environment variable so it will find
files automatically with it. If you do not have it, you
may specify SuperBBS path as a parameter to LCU. Of course,
if neither of these cases are true LCU tries to find files
from current directory.
Error log
If Errors.Log exists LCU remarks you of that. If you press
any key but Escape you will be shown its contents.
o Escape ∙ Continue to main screen
o Cursor keys,
Home, End, PgUp, PgDn ∙ Scroll window
o Alt-A ∙ Print all to LPT1
o Alt-D ∙ Delete Errors.Log
o Alt-N ∙ Send formfeed to LPT1
o Alt-P ∙ Print window to LPT1
o ? ∙ Show help
Main screen
On screen you can see 15 last callers, date when user called,
log on/off times and connect speed. Date is in format <DD.MM>
and time is in format <HH:MM>. Speed is bit/s rate used or
'local' in local "calls".
o Up, Down ∙ Move bar on screen to select user
o Left, Right ∙ Scroll current user's name
o Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right ∙ Scroll your BBS's and SysOp's name
o Escape ∙ Exit program or go to choose another
node directory
o Enter ∙ Jump to information screen which
shows more precise information about
current user
∙ Works only if Users.Bbs exists
∙ Reports if current user belongs to
your user base no more
o F10, Shift/Ctrl/Alt-F1 ∙ Find current user's visit from
System.Log
∙ Works only if System.Log exists
o F9, Shift/Ctrl/Alt-F2 ∙ Find current user's new user answers
from NewUser.Asw which contains user's
name on line started by '**'
∙ Works only if NewUser.Asw exists
───── SuperBBS Last Caller Utility version 1.20 ────────── Help page 4 ─────
o F8, Shift/Ctrl/Alt-F3 ∙ Same as Alt-F2 but name line does not
have to start with '**' but with other
string. This stops at the first place
in which name is encountered - even
that it is mentioned in someone else's
new user answers
o Alt-D ∙ Delete current user from SLCALLER.BBS
o Alt-U ∙ Put/Remove name into Sue's "users to
update" list
o BackSpace ∙ Load Sue, SuperBBS User Editor, to
update new user security levels
o ? ∙ Show help
Information screen
o Enter ∙ Jump back to main screen
o Space ∙ Load Sue, SuperBBS User Editor, from
path with current user's name as a
parameter
o P ∙ Show password on/off
o ? ∙ Show help
o Escape,
Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right
F10, Shift/Ctrl/Alt-F1,
F9, Shift/Ctrl/Alt-F2,
F8, Shift/Ctrl/Alt-F3,
Alt-U, BackSpace ∙ Same as in main screen
System log window. New user answers window.
o Esc ∙ Back to main screen
o Cursor keys,
Home, End, PgUp, PgDn ∙ Scroll window
o Alt-A ∙ Print all to LPT1
o Alt-N ∙ Send formfeed to LPT1
o Alt-P ∙ Print window to LPT1
o Alt-U ∙ Put/Remove name into Sue's "users to
update" list
o ? ∙ Show help
About Sue
Sue is my current project and represents the new age of user editors.
I am 99,9% sure that she will beat all user editors that have been
created so far and in future, too. All suggestions are welcome!
Maybe you guess why I did not put SBBSUSER loadable :-)
───── SuperBBS Last Caller Utility version 1.20 ────────── Help page 5 ─────
Sue's "Users to update" list is a list that includes those users
whose security level should be updated to *better* one. So you
do not have to bother you so much to set new security level to
wanted persons (normally new users). To update security levels
you have to also in main screen press BackSpace (manually run
Sue with parameter -S<sec>). If list does not exist all new
users will be updated.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Moonlight Software Development for SL15 from which
I got the idea to this program. Thanks also to Roman Goebel
who designed the two main screens of LCU and Samuli "me knows"
Lindén whose improvement ideas are shown from version 1,20.
o SuperBBS & utils are copyright by Risto Virkkala and Aki Antman
o Turbo Pascal and Turbo Assembler are registered trademarks
of Borland International Inc.
o Pklite is a trademark of Pkware Inc.
o Scan is copyright by McAfee Associates
o Pkunzip is a registered trademark of Pkware Inc.
o SL15 is copyright by Moonlight Software Development
Other stuff
Sorry about these messy documents. I try to make new ones one day.
The latest version of LCU / /
will always be available in... / El Paso SBBS /
/ 24 hours/day /
Any suggestions, bug reports, / V.22 V.22bis /
questions and praises of this / +358-0-2903463 /
program will be received with / /
pleasure.