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- 1.91 Notes:
-
- Chat Features
- -------------
- Updated the chatting area ([W]ho Command), to include advanced features
- such as Channels. New commands: /CHANNEL /ID /PAGE /SETLIST
-
- CHATHELP screen was updated
-
- DOS Answer Update
- -----------------
- DOS will now answer the phone (using the FOSSIL you installed) by
- RING. This means that you no longer have to have PowerBBS set up
- for AUTOANSWER (s0=1).
-
- Be aware that this feature may not work with all fossil drivers.
- It does work with COMM-DRV (the commercial fossil driver you receive
- upon registering the DOS MULTILINE version).
-
- DOS Advanced Capability
- -----------------------
- Want PowerBBS to swap out memory to EMS, XMS, or file, on dropping
- to DOS programs? Then in START change the line
- Powrbbs c:\powrbbs\powrbbs.dat %1
- to
- Powrbbs c:\powrbbs\powrbbs.dat %1 x
-
- On dropping to DOS, PowerBBS will only use 4-7k of memory.
-
- Some addition changes:
- Options Screen #2
- Entry #1, Entry #2, Entry #3: You must include the full paths to
- pkzip & pkunzip. Ex: replace pkzip -v with c:\pkware\pkzip -v
- giving the complete path to pkzip.
-
- Using LOGONx.BAT and LOGOFFx.BAT
- --------------------------------
- Be aware that PowerBBS will look for these files in the same directory
- as your powrbbs.dat. So if your command line in start.bat
- is powrbbs \powrbbs\powrbbs.dat, then powrbbs will look in the
- \powrbbs directory. If you do not have a path (powrbbs powrbbs.dat),
- powerbbs looks in the \ directory. So be sure to edit your start.bat
- correctly.
-
- Windows PASTE Update
- --------------------
- The length of a PASTE has been increased.
-
-
- 1.90:
-
- Added SCRIPT capability. New Config Options (Display Files #1):
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
- Entry #14: Path/File to Create Script Screen
-
- This screen (ScriptB), informs the user that they are creating
- a script.
-
- Entry #15: Path/File to End/Save Script Screen
-
- This screen (ScriptE), informs the user that they are done
- creating a script.
-
- Anonymous forums
- ----------------
- The name "ANONYMOUS" is now used in messages sent in anonymous
- forums. The user can select whether to use the name "ANONYMOUS"
- or their actual name.
-
- New Read Menu
- -------------
- Display Files #1, Entry #16
-
- Path/File to Read Menu ....
-
- This is the menu that is displayed automatically on entry to the
- mail read command.
-
- Abort OLD NEWS logon selection.
- -------------------------------
- Users can now abort the opening old news screens.
-
- Config Options #2, Entry #9
-
- Minimum Security Needed to Abort Intro
-
- Set this option to the security level, that is required to be able to
- abort the old intro news screens.
-
- New Script Questionnaire Option
- -------------------------------
- Added Script Questionnaire Option #5. Option #5 will run a .POW file.
-
- Example:
-
- 5,50
-
- The above (5,50), will run 50.POW in your SOURCE directory.
-
- Run External DOS programs on each logon
- ---------------------------------------
- This is the same as running a DOS program on logoff, except it is after
- the callers has logged onto the bbs.
-
- PowerBBS will run 'LOGON'+Node#+'.BAT'
-
- See the manual for running a DOS program on logoff. This is the same, except
- it is on logon and the file is LOGON instead of LOGOFF.
-
- Added Delete_File PowerLang Command
- -----------------------------------
- Delete_File will delete the file you specify in quotes.
-
- Delete_File "C:\Junk.Txt"
-
- Deletes the file Junk.Txt
-
- Sysops Menu is now built into Powrbbs.exe
- -----------------------------------------
-
- Type_File_List - New PowerLang Command
- --------------------------------------
-
- Use this command the same as Type_File, except using Type_File_List
- will display the file as though it is a file listing (meaning, PowerBBS
- will automatically color the listing if the user has color).
-
- Added Auto Bringup of PowerBBS LogOn Dialog (Windows Version)
- -------------------------------------------
-
- If you add /D to the command line of PowerBBS (at the Icon for example),
- PowerBBS will automatically bring up the logon dialog box.
-
- Ex: C:\Powrbbs\Powrbbs.Exe C:\Powrbbs\Powrbbs.Dat /D
-
- Added NON-ICON capability to PBBSPROT
- -------------------------------------
-
- On loading PBBSPROT, it will normally display the minimized ICON on
- the bottom of the screen. It will come up as normal only if the PowerBBS
- window is itself active, otherwise the icon will become active.
-
- If you do not want the PBBSPROT icon to become active (the window itself
- will still become active if the PowerBBS window is active), add a /N
- to the end of the command line in your protocol.bbs file.
-
- Example old line:
- c:\powrbbs\pbbsprot.exe |PBBSDAT| sz
-
- New:
- c:\powrbbs\pbbsprot.exe |PBBSDAT| sz /N
-
- Enhancements
- ------------
-
- The maximum number of files listings is now 250 (windows ver only).
-
- The maximum number of download dirs is now 500 (windows ver only).
-
- Messages may now be up to 250 lines long (windows ver only).
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1.86:
-
- Added |WHO-ON| macro to identify the current callers information.
-
- Added HSLINK support.
-
-