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- ReadMe for LastUsers v1.00 (16-04-1995)
-
- by N. Douglas
-
- Is it my imagination or has nothing been written for RiscBBS since 1992?
- Well, here's a 1995 effort!
-
- BTW, if you're using the buggy RiscBBS (ie; the one that has bugs), I suggest
- you get the available bug-fixes. I got mine from the Plasma Sphere, and boy
- are they good! They change RiscBBS from being a curio to something actually
- useful & practical. That rotten mail-addressing bug is gone ...
- Oddly, I have had far less trouble with RiscBBS than seems to be the norm.
- It only ever crashes when I forget to point it at the right files or
- something similar. Perhaps my trouble-free life is due to me still using RO2?
- I also seem to be the only person to think RiscBBS is powerful. Well, I
- think it is, but then again I've never seen ArcBBS or anything else for that
- matter. If you want to form your own opinions, log on to my bulletin board -
- +353 (0)21 872739 on Saturdays after 9pm. My Fidonet address is #2:257/501.13
- and yes, full mailing and conference facilities are available.
- Everyone says I carry on for too long; I wonder why ...
-
- Anyway, this is a quickly-modified door for RiscBBS which will list the last
- five users to logon. This can be placed in the Postlogon sequence, or where I
- have it: from the main menu.
- I got the idea from the ArcBBS's (that's the commercial one - I think)
- 'online users' option, which lists which users are currently online.
- Obviously RiscBBS can't do that, having only one user online at once, so I
- modified it to list the last five users instead.
- Future options which _will_ be implemented when I get 'round to it are:
- allowing a user to mail a user listed in the list without having to remember
- the name while they traverse the menus to the approp. option. Also an idea is
- allowing users to move up and down the log list (depending on their user
- level of course!).
-
- Coming soon: more doors! I want to do a few more things, and new doors seem
- to be a good idea. The two places that will get them are Tornado BBS and the
- DDBank. On Internet: hensa & stuttgart. Wait an' see ...
-
- Since it is really by Keith Hall, I'll include his help file here. I'm sure
- he probably won't mind my little alterations, but when I get onto the BBS
- echos I'll mail him and ask for his explicit permisssion. I hope he doesn't
- refuse ...
-
- Cheers for downloading this ...
- Niall Douglas, sysop Tornado BBS Cork
-
- Addresses: Niall Douglas@fidonet#2:257/501.13, user #1 at Tornado BBS Cork
-
- User #1300 at the DDBank, #2273 at Arcade, #602 at Plasma Sphere
- (note these are not checked often!!}
-
- Internet: Well, the best one is ndouglas@digibank.demon.co.uk. There are
- others (my internet a/c here in Ireland), but they're subject to
- change.
-
-
-
- Help file from !Cookie v1.02
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- >!Help
-
- !Help file for RiscBBS Cookie door program
-
- Version 1.02 (23rd July 1992)
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Cookie file displayer for RiscBBS is FREEWARE and is by Keith Hall.
-
- You may freely distribute this program in its entirety with ONLY the following files:
-
- !Boot
- !Help (This one)
- !Run
- !RunImage
- !Sprites
- CookieFile (This can be altered)
-
- This program is © Keith Hall 1992. You may NOT include this program in any
- commercial software without my prior written permission.
-
- Technical details
- -----------------
-
- DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND I HAVE ADDED COLOUR!
-
- File 'CookieFile' in !Cookie directory contains the cookies for this door.
-
- The cookies are separated by the preceding each cookie with the # character.
-
- To use this program in RiscBBS, simply place the following line in
- '!RiscBBS.System.EventTexts.Logoff' or wherever you want:
-
- { runtask `<RiscBBS$Dir>.SubTasks.!Cookie -server HANDLE -door` wait }
-
- This will run !Cookie in the Subtasks directory and display a random cookie.
-
- If you want to add some more cookies, simply add them to the end of the file,
- but don't forget about their # separator.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Command line options:
-
- -door (proves to !Cookie that it is being used as a door)
- -server <handle> (gives !Cookie the handle of the RiscBBS server)
- -trace (not much use!)
- -suppress (makes !Cookie show just the cookie, nothing else)
- -colour <fg> (tells !Cookie to display the cookie in <fg> colour)
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Send bug reports, useful additions, complements etc. to me on Cryton (#298) or
- in the RISCBBS-SYSOP echo
-
- Cheers,
-
- |/
- |\eith.
-