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Baby Banana is a "Do it Yourself" version of the award winning BananaCom
Custom. The idea is to have you do all the hard work and, thus, save
yourself a big-pile-o-money! $69 gets you a license for a bazillion
copies of BananaCom Custom that will dial only your system.
Inside this file:
1 What is BananaCom Custom?
2 The difference between the "Big Banana" and the "Baby Banana"
3 Let's try it!
4 Registration
5 Getting the most out of your Baby Banana
6 Distribution
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│ 1 What is BananaCom Custom? │
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Nothing brings new users to your service as effectively as handing out
client software. AOL does it. CompuServe does it. You can do it too! In
fact, you can beat the big boys at their own game! BananaCom Custom is
almost ten times more effective at bringing a new user on-line. Here's
what happens with those "other" programs:
40% of the folks with DOS don't have Windows! BananaCom works well under
DOS or Windows!
25% of Windows users will experience problems with COMM.DRV or an
unfriendly fax program locked onto the serial port. BananaCom bypasses
Windows to avoid these problems.
90% of the folks that are still with us will panic when confronted with
questions like "Port?"; "Brand?"; "Baud?" or "IRQ?" BananaCom's auto
modem port and speed scan will silently resolve these questions.
BananaCom Custom is a communications program with one phone number locked
in. Give your potential new users a disk with one file on it: INSTALL.EXE.
The user types A:INSTALL, the program copies itself to the hard disk, scans
for the modem port and speed, then begins dialing. If a user can run the
program on a computer with a working modem, they will be on-line in twenty
seconds! The user does not need to specify the port, speed, parity,
emulation, flow control or phone number. Everything is automated. Zero
intimidation!
BananaCom Custom is a proven tool for boosting usership. Most sysops
distribute thousands of copies to potential new users and experience a 90%
to 100% callback rate. Sysops using this method with other com software
reported to us that they experienced a 5% to 15% callback rate.
"BananaCom Custom is the winning sysop's secret weapon"
--- Phil Becker, President, eSoft, Inc.
"There's simply no single decision I've made over the past twelve years
that's increased the number of callers to our BBS so drastically, PERIOD!
BananaCom is great!"
--- Rodney Aloia, Sysop
The INDEX System (404)924-8472
"Bananacom is responsible for $800-$1000 of new subscriptions each month"
--- Ben Cunningham, Sysop
The Nashville Exchange (615)383-0727
"More than 500 new users have requested the disks in the past four weeks.
We estimate usage on our system is nearly three fold what it would be
without your dialing program."
--- Byron Lutz, Sysop
Travel Online (407)582-0425
"BananaCom Simplified my life. I recommend it to everyone."
--- Bob Mahoney, Sysop
EXEC-PC, the largest BBS in the world (414)789-4360
"I love BananaCom."
--- Alan Bechtold, Online Access Magazine
Editor and Publisher of Sysop News
"Even a 5-year-old can go modeming (and we do have them on Bloomunit BBS
for homeschool families!). BananaCom has my highest recommendation."
--- Linda Bloom, Sysop
Bloomunit BBS (407)687-8712
"BananaCom is one of the *best* things to hit the BBS industry"
--- Dennis Fowler, Computer Shopper Magazine
"Best of Show (overall)" & "Best DOS Product"
--- awards given for BananaCom Custom at Cyber.Xpo.95
"BananaCom is widely considered the world's easiest-to-use terminal
program." ... "Sysops are wild about BananaCom as it spares them countless
calls from clueless novice users. We've tried it and highly recommend it."
--- Boardwatch Magazine, August, 1995
An eSoft employee, Bob Hartman, gave us some really interesting statistics
on distributing BananaCom Custom:
1) Giving them away at a local PC user group. 194 out of 210 called
2) Giving them away in a small computer store to anyone that purchased a
computer with a modem. 125 out of 128 called
3) Giving them away to people at a computer fair. 562 out of 800 called.
You receive support in the same manner as you would with a site license:
You support your users and we support you. As you can see from using
BananaCom - support will probably not be an issue.
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│ 2 The difference between the "Big Banana" and the "Baby Banana" │
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Baby Banana has most of the features of the Basic BananaCom Custom with the
following differences:
- Baby Banana has a brief logout message mentioning the registered
version of BananaCom.
- Baby Banana only works with American standard phone numbers using a
seven digit number (plus that hyphen!) and a three digit area code.
- The documentation is not modified nearly as much in the Baby Banana.
- The Baby Banana documentation cannot be modified by the sysop.
- Service information is stored in BB.TXT instead of compiled into the
.EXE file as it is with the "Big Banana". This also means that Baby
Banana must have at least two files (INSTALL.EXE and BB.TXT) where the
"Big Banana" required only one (INSTALL.EXE).
- Baby Banana cannot have custom programming or special features
compiled in like the "Big Banana" (see BCUSTOM.ZIP on The Montana
Banana BBS for more information on the Feature Fest Option; the
Professional Option; the JPEG/GIF Option; the Script Option; the
Windows Option and the Foreign Language option.
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│ 3 Let's try it! │
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Run INSTALL.EXE. As long as BB.TXT does not exist, the Sysop/ISP
installation will be activated. When you exit the program, copy
INSTALL.EXE and BB.TXT to a blank floppy. That's it! Take the disk to any
computer and type
A:INSTALL
There are two red "nag messages" at the beginning and end that will be
removed when you register.
(Note! If you have BB.EXE but don't have INSTALL.EXE, copy BB.EXE to
INSTALL.EXE - they are the same file with different names!)
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│ 4 Registration │
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To register Baby Banana, send a check for $69 to
Banana Programming
1916 Brooks #205
Missoula, MT 59801
Be sure to tell us if you want to receive the registration codes via:
1) Voice call
2) Fax
3) Internet e-mail
4) Our BBS (you must already have an account)
And provide us with:
A) System name
B) Sysop
C) Modem number
D) Voice number
E) Mailing address
To register with credit card, call us (voice) at 406-543-1928. Be ready to
write down the registration info.
If you should later decide to upgrade to the full BananaCom Custom, your
$69 will be credited to your purchase.
Note that the registered Baby Banana has an unlimited distribution license:
You may sell or give away as many copies as you like.
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│ 5 Getting the most out of your Baby BananaCom Custom │
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Download BSYSOP.ZIP from The Montana Banana BBS (406)543-8234. This file
is packed with information on tweaking the software, special ANSI escape
sequences, marketing and distribution tips and some graphic images.
Here are a few quick tips:
A) Create a 15x80 ANSI screen and copy it to A:BB.ANS - this ANSI will
then be shown to your user while they wait for a connect.
B) If some of your users call long distance and some call locally, you
can create a text file with phone numbers on the left and
descriptions on the right and copy this file to A:BB.FON. This file
will be presented to your user as a menu during install.
C) You may include DOWNLOAD.TXT and UPLOAD.TXT files on the install disk
for default upload and download directories.
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│ 6 Distribution │
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All distribution of Baby Banana, including CD-ROMs, individual disks,
shareware collections, BBS's, etc, is heartily encouraged as long as none
of the files are modified or removed from this collection. This collection
includes the following files:
FILE_ID.DIZ a brief description of Baby Banana
INSTALL.EXE the Baby Banana program.
BABYB.DOC this file
Once you register Baby Banana, you may distribute the unmodified
BB.EXE/INSTALL.EXE with any other files you find appropriate.