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Well, here it is!!!!!!!!!!
2.75 beta 1
Where do I begin? OK - this one *is* multi-node! I've been running multi-node
alpha for a couple of weeks, and only lost my message base once - and that was
due to a batch file error <blush>. If you're going to run multi-node either
with two phone lines, or just a local node for your own echo reading pleasure,
make absolutely sure to load SHARE and to keep all other programs from
accessing the message base when one or more nodes are active. The
configuration file is going to have to be changed to properly support multi-
node, for right now you need a copy of CONFIG.BBS in each of your node
directories. This will happen as soon as we get the new Qconfig done. To set
up multi-node, create a directory for each node other than the first and copy
your CONFIG.BBS to it. Make changes as you feel appropriate in each config,
particularly (of course) the comm port. Set an environment variable QUICK to
point to your main QuickBBS directory - e.g. SET QUICK=C:\QUICKBBS and run
each node from it's own directory, using the -N parameter to set the line
number. Avoid using the same line number on different nodes, this can have
"interesting" results ;-)
Several commands have been added for multi-node, they are:
52 Show list of users currently on line
53 Toggle "do not disturb" flag
54 Send online message to other node
Press ALT-C for a neat little surprise, there is now an internal split-screen
chat.
An internal callback verifier has been added, the verifier configuration
will be part of the new QCONFIG. In the meantime, use the configuration
program that comes with S-VER092 which you probably already have. If you
don't have it, you can get it here. The S-VER092.ZIP also contains a full
set of ANSI and ASCII text files which you can place in your text files
directory and modify to change the look of the verifier, if you don't use
these files or make your own then Quick provides default messages. Menu
type is 60 to activate this feature.
The status bar has been enhanced, and now includes 4 screens. Press F9 for
help, or F1-F4 to select which one you want to see. The status bar will now
continue to be updated even when a user is transferring a file, and may also
be changed via the F-keys while a file transfer is going on. Response in this
case may be a bit sluggish as it only happens between blocks, but it's better
than nothing ;-)
Internal file ratio support has been added, and the format of the LIMITS.CTL
file changed slightly to accomodate this - but it's backwards compatible so
don't worry about it if you don't want to use this feature.
S T 300 1200 2400 4800 9600 # K
is the new format of the file, where everything after the T is optional. If
you don't specify a download K limit for all speeds, the highest one you specify
will apply to all higher speeds.
S = security level
T = time
300,1200,2400,4800,9600 = download K limits for various speeds
# = download ratio
K = download K ratio
The format of the nodelist files has changed completely, I liked the RA format
better so ... <grin> Nodelist compiler isn't quite finished yet, so use RANODE
in the meantime. It will create NODEIDX.RA and NODEINC.RA files which you need
to rename to *.DAT for Quick. They must be in the same directory as your raw
nodelist. And, so Quick can find them, you need to set an environment variable
of either DB or FD (convenient, eh? ;) to wherever they are.
Prompts with a default value now have a slightly different look, examples are
ALT-S, ALT-T (modify user's time left), and the new user screen length thing.
You'll see - I think it's pretty neat. Press ^X to erase the default if you
want to enter something else.
Quick now swaps itself out to disk or EMS on type 7 shells, ALT-J, and for the
full screen editor. Please don't suggest that I make this configurable - it's
already forthcoming but just not in this version.
There is now a feature that allows you to perform shell commands from a text
file. Beware of utilities that could potentially allow users to change any
of your text files, as there is not any configuration option to turn this
feature off (yet).
There's probably a couple of things I've forgotten, but I'm sure they'll turn
up ;-) Welcome to the beta team, and enjoy!