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║ Product Catalog │ Frontier Enterprises ║
║ Specializing in communications │ Post Office Box 3233 ║
║ and productivity tools. │ Champaign, IL 61826-3233 USA ║
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║ Copyright (c) 1993 - 1994, │ (217) 356-0277 - Voice ║
║ Frontier Enterprises. │ 356-9464 - Fax ║
║ All Rights Reserved World Wide. │ 356-0278 - Data (BBS) ║
║ This document can be freely copied │ FIDO: Justin Kuntz @ 1:233/19 ║
║ providing it is not modified. │ INET: support@frontier-bbs.com ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────╢
║ Visa/MC Accepted │ An IBM Premier Developer ║
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NOTE: Multiplatform Products (MPP) contain both PC-DOS and OS/2
executables, allowing you to run them on your platform of choice.
Frontier Enterprises TBBS/TDBS Products:
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE
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*Bundle* FTS PRO, CopyIt/2, RFS, FRS, SRF $ 289.00
FTS PRO The File Transfer System PRO $ 99.00
CopyIt/2 Server Control Software (*MPP*) $ 99.00
FTS PRO Option Modules:
RFS Remote File System $ 99.00
RFS Readers Remote File System Readers (*MPP*) FREE
FRS File Retrieval System $ 39.00
SRF Statistical Reporting Function (*MPP*) $ 39.00
USS User Subscription System $ 39.00
URS User Registration System $ 29.00
TCOMMAND TBBS Commander $ 29.00
PROMAIL TBBS Mail Area Selector $ 29.00
PROVIEW ASCII/ANSI/RIP File Viewer $ 29.00
BUPLD Batch Upload $ 29.00
RANDFILE Random File Display $ 19.00
Please call for pricing on eSoft products.
Illinois residents are subject to 6.25% sales tax.
Prices are subject to change without notice.
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║ Authorized Resllers ║
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Although we provide direct sales and support, authorized resellers
include:
Category: Domestic
Company: Modern BBS Development
Address: 744 Walnut Avenue Unit 1C
City, St: Bensalem, PA 19020-7042
Contact: Rick Kosick
Voice: (215) 638-1424
Fax: 244-9214
BBS: 638-1299
FidoNet: Rick Kosick @ 1:273/730
Internet: Rick.Kosick@modern-bbs.com
Category: International
Company: Herbert Wirtz Communications
Contact: Herbert Wirtz
Voice: 049-8131-55098
Fax: 55099
BBS: 55080
Internet: wirtz_bbs@gtc2.gtc.net
When you order through an authorized reseller, you will be given
a 16 character authorization code.
Once you have received an authorization code, you may generate a key
file for the product you purchased by calling Frontier Direct BBS at
(217) 356-0278. Once you have connected, enter the 'Order Software'
menu and select 'Generate key'.
Before making a key file, you must know the exact name listed in your
USERLOG.BBS record #0; you must also supply the name and phone number
of your BBS.
We are always looking for distribution channels. If you are interested
in becoming an authorized reseller, please contact us.
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║ The File Transfer System PRO (FTS PRO) Product Overview ║
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As your BBS's file base continues to grow, your users will be
downloading, more and more each day. Before you know it, your file
system is going to be working harder than you ever imagined... and as
your users take a closer look at it, they'll be shocked if they find it
does not provide them with the sophisticated interface they are so
accustomed to when they call BBSs running software like PCBoard,
WildCat, and The Major BBS.
The File Transfer System:
TBBS's standard file system lacks simple features like file
tagging, queue management, and INTUITIVE batch downloading.
Not to mention innovations like zero impact CD-ROM support
(including support for multi-disk changers), archive
extraction, GIF previewing, and real time faxing.
There are a few replacement file systems that have been
written... you may even be running one of them.
We want to introduce you to something we feel is better:
The File Transfer System, Professional version (FTS PRO).
An unrivaled alternative to the standard TBBS file system.
In addition to providing all of the aforementioned features,
FTS PRO gives users an easy and powerful interface and provides
sysops with more flexibility than ever. With FTS PRO sysops
can define an unlimited number of File Areas for their
users... CD-ROM File Directories can be ONLINE side by side
with File Directories on the hard drive.
Users can easily scan these File Areas (comments and extended
descriptions included), tagging any number of files at a time
for download. Unlike existing file systems, FTS PRO gives the
user the capability to scroll both up and down in a File
Directory, during which all commands are available with a
single keystroke!
FTS PRO also includes PRO Upload, allowing seamless
integration of batch uploading into your file system!
Using PRO Upload, users can upload an unlimited number of
files, and may use up to 20 lines (sysop configurable) to
describe each.
Furthermore, FTS PRO is the ONLY file system to fully support
RIP graphics! RIP, or Remote Imaging Protocol, allows for a
graphical, mouse-driven interface for the remote terminal and
promises to be the graphical standard of the future. FTS PRO
has been specifically designed to take full advantage of RIP
graphics, helping you keep your system yet another step ahead
of the competition!
As you might imagine, RIP makes file transfer easier than ever
before: the user can select any command by clicking a button...
and can click on any file entry he/she wishes to tag!
NOTE: FTS PRO automatically detects the presence of RIP. To take a
test drive of the future simply call your system with a RIP
terminal program (such as RIPTerm or QModem PRO) and enter
FTS PRO. Of course, you have to install FTS PRO first, but as
you'll soon see that requires no effort at all thanks to
our custom designed menu and mouse driven DOS configuration
program: PROSETUP.
In conclusion, other TDBS file systems are not only complex to
configure but, more critically, too slow to use on a TRUE
multi-line system. Based on feedback from our current users,
many of whom were running one of the other 3rd party replacement
file systems, FTS PRO is much FASTER (especially displaying
file listings and menus to the user) and EASIER to install
than ANY other file system!
Please take the time to try it and let us know your results!
The File Management System:
No other TBBS file system to date incorporates substantial
online file management. The File Management System (FMS)
is a sophisticated management program supplementing the
powerful design of FTS PRO.
FMS makes editing/adding descriptions and comments as well
as moving/copying/deleting/adding files a snap; the
descriptions can even be imported from any text file within
an archive! Equally as important, the FMS interface has
been designed to allow for the smallest learning curve
possible, making FMS one of the most intuitive management
systems ever written.
In addition to its sophisticated file handling functions,
FMS has the ability to alert the sysop of files listed in
the File Directory which do not exist on the disk.
Conversely, FMS can determine files that exist on the disk
but not in the File Directory. This makes adding new files
as simple as copying them to the DOS sub-directory you want
and running FMS!
Finally, FMS includes the basis for an open architecture
user management system. This allows any TDBS or DOS based
program to indirectly modify any user's userlog account.
FMS takes advantage of this design by providing the sysop
with the option of removing bytes from a user's account when
deleting a file he/she uploaded!
For your convenience we have written both a TDBS ONLINE (.TPG)
version and DOS executable (.EXE) version of FMS.
Sysop Control Panel:
The Sysop Control Panel (SYSCTRL) provides even greater ONLINE
functionality to the FTS PRO system. TICK processing allows
systems connected to File Distribution Networks such as SDN to
import their file packets WITHOUT shutting down to run TICK.
Additionally, if server control software is being used the
archive will be scanned for a FILE_ID.DIZ extended description
file and, if present, will use it instead of the one line TICK
description. Furthermore, a RENAME option is provided to allow
automatically renaming files during the import process
(eg: .SDN to .ARJ).
SYSCTRL also provides ONLINE ASCII file list creation, including
the File Directories, .FAR files, and .ALL master list files!
Finally, ONLINE Disk Names configuration allows changing the
location or ONLINE status of any disk configured, which makes
CD-ROM rotations a snap!
PROSETUP:
PROSETUP is the key to FTS PRO's configuration and installation.
Never again will you be forced to edit a confusing text
configuration file, create directories, or perform specific
upgrade steps... PROSETUP handles it all!
PROSETUP is a professional menu and mouse driven DOS application
with full online help and a highly intuitive interface. It rids
you of the complicated command line switches which push your Opt
Data strings to the limit (64 characters). Never again be
confused by what command line switch you need, what they do, or
even how your color settings will look (PROSETUP provides a
Color Options Preview function, too!).
Most importantly, PROSETUP lets you easily configure File Areas
and File Directories with various options, restricting users
according to authorization and privilege level.
See for yourself what an improvement The File Transfer System
PRO is over your current file system. Since installation is a
snap, spend the next few minutes testing it out. If you have
any difficulty whatsoever, please contact us immediately. We
are more than willing to help you!
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║ CopyIt/2: Server Control Software (*MPP*) Product Overview ║
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BBS software developers and operators realized the need for server
control software several years ago as an important step in expanding
the capabilities of BBS systems. For integrated multitasking BBS
systems such as TBBS and The Major BBS, server control software has
almost become a requirement for creating a versatile system.
Because integrated multitasking programs become the operating system
rather than run on top of it, individual nodes cannot execute DOS
programs or commands. This severly limits the operations that can be
performed by the BBS: simple things like running PKUNZIP are impossible!
Server control software overcomes this major limitation. CopyIt/2 is
the premier server control software for PC-DOS and OS/2.
In its most basic context, CopyIt/2 waits for request files from any
CopyIt/2 enabled application. CopyIt/2 then dynamically schedules
current tasks and sends a response to each application. There is no
limit to the number of tasks or requests CopyIt/2 can handle at one time.
CopyIt/2 was originally written to expand the functionality of
FTS PRO (our replacement for the standard TBBS file system);
however, it was designed with many potential applications in mind.
With FTS PRO, CopyIt/2 enables zero-impact CD-ROM support, archive
extraction, GIF previewing, real-time faxing, and other features which
can only be accomplished with server control software:
CD-ROM: CopyIt/2's most useful feature may be its zero-impact
CD-ROM support. When a users marks files for download on a CD-ROM, those
files should be copied to a hard drive for download. If the BBS machine
is forced to handle all of these disk intensive tasks, its performance
suffers tremendously. With CopyIt/2, the BBS simply sends a message
to the server telling it to copy all marked files. When enough of the
files have been copied, the server will send a message back to the BBS
that it is safe to start the download.
ARCHIVE EXTRACTION: Users can extract any archive format ONLINE as
long as the extraction utility exists on the server. Users can then
view and download any internal files.
GIF PREVIEWING: Users can view any number of GIF files at one time by
compressing them into a single GIF.
REAL-TIME FAXING: A fax module supplements CopyIt/2. The CI2FAX module
allows CopyIt/2 to process fax requests from a BBS as well as providing
several fax utilities.
SHELLING: CopyIt/2 can suspend its execution in order to run another
application.
SPAWNING: Under OS/2, CopyIt/2 can spawn native OS/2 processes which
OS/2 manages simultaneously while CopyIt/2 continues to execute.
Several of CopyIt/2's features have been utilized in our other software
products including RFS and FRS. Additionally, CopyIt/2's interface
specification is available to anyone interested in developing software
for it. Because CopyIt/2 is the successor to CopyIt!, it features a
large installed base of developers. We hope the new interface and
features will attract even more!
The OS/2 version of CopyIt/2 'sleeps' while it is not processing
requests. This frees your server for other tasks and opens up new
doors for one or two line systems without a network. Although
programs like TBBS and The Major BBS are not typically designed to
run under OS/2, they should operate fairly well on such low line
counts. More information on OS/2 is provided below.
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║ IBM OS/2 - How to get more out of your current computer. ║
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IBM's award-winning OS/2 gives you mainframe capability on a micro. Run
your favorite software programs simultaneously as though you had dozens
of computers side-by-side. OS/2 isolates each product in a virtual
mode, protecting one program from another. Each program performs
independently, without interruption, even when you switch from one to
another!
The OS/2 Workplace Shell provides a task-oriented environment, with a
drag and drop protocol for object manipulation that will make you
more productive in this powerful environment. With OS/2's newest Version
2.1 you will get all the benefits of Version 2.0 plus:
* The most stable platform for running all your applications and
extensions!
* Enhanced support for industry-standard hardware and software.
* Support for legacy applications including DOS and Windows 3.1.
* Supports over 260 printers.
* CD-ROM support for the most popular SCSI drives!
* Much, much more!
OS/2 can be purchased for between $40 and $120. Call 1-800-3IBM-OS2
for more information.
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║ Remote File System (RFS) - Option Module for FTS PRO ║
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RFS, an option module for FTS PRO, is a one-of-a-kind OFFLINE file
system featuring:
- Exact ONLINE FTS PRO atmosphere, OFFLINE
- Easy and Intuitive Configuration
- Reduces User's ONLINE Time Usage
- Great for Long Distance Callers
- DOS and OS/2 Readers
- Distribute Readers Royalty Free
RFS adds QSO/QWK functionality to your file system!
RFS allows OFFLINE file tagging, searching, and browsing, providing
the same intuitive interface as an ONLINE BBS session! Simply download
one of the shareware DOS or OS/2 readers, and enter RFS to download
a packet. You can then mark files OFFLINE and call back to upload
your request and download your queue!
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║ File Retrieval System (FRS) - Option Module for FTS PRO ║
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Many sysops have file listings for several CD-ROMS, but have a limited
number of CD-ROM drives. Normally in FTSPRO, OFFLINE disks can be
viewed, but users cannot mark files for download. With the File
Retrieval System installed, however, the users can actually generate a
request for OFFLINE files.
The sysop can then execute FRS, which will prompt for the disks needed
to supply users with their requests. The users can then download the
files they requested.
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║ Statistical Reporting Function (SRF) - Option Module for FTS PRO ║
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To continue system growth, it is important for sysops to respond to
usage trends. SRF generates detailed reports which can be viewed
privately by the sysop or put ONLINE for display to users. It
tabulates vital statistics and presents them in an easy to read
format. SRF features reports on the number of downloads,
uploads, files, extended descriptions, comments, invisible files,
not listed files, unknown entry types, and much more! The reports
are generated for each FTS PRO File Directory and File Area, plus
the system overall.
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║ User Registration System (URS) Product Overview ║
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The User Registration System automates your BBS registration process,
storing information for all users which can be easily viewed ONLINE.
Up to eleven customizable data fields can be stored, and each can
be made active or required at any time.
URS: This program simply allows the user to enter and
update his own information. After successfully completing
all required fields, the user is upgraded based on a
configurable privilege level and authorization flag.
URS-VIEW: This program (called in a separate menu entry) allows
the Sysop to quickly view each user's information.
URS-VIEW displays the information used by URS as
well as notes, priviledge, ANSI/IBM, password,
authorization flags, total time, calls, uploads,
and downloads. The Sysop can search for names that sound
similar and jump to a specific record. URS-VIEW can print
individual users as well as export all user information
to a standard database file or to an ASCII text file.
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║ User Subscription System (USS) Product Overview ║
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This product can work in conjunction with User Registration System,
although it is not required.
USS allows users to donate or subscribe to your BBS system with a
credit card. The sysop can also use USS to manage all types of
subscriptions, including cash and check orders. The system maintains a
database of these subscriptions. It also automatically manages
expirations based on predefined subscription rates and will upgrade or
reset the user using TBBS compatible userlog templates. USS is
extremely versatile and can be used on a variety of systems; here are
two examples:
- You can install USS without defining rates to operate
as a donation only system.
- You can install USS, specifying an unlimited number of
subscription rates. On this system users will automatically
be upgraded and downgraded based on how much they donated
and when.
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║ TBBS Commander (TCOMMAND) Product Overview ║
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TCOMMAND is a highly versatile program. Its uses range from an
Interchange dialing directory to a private sysop control area. TCOMMAND
provides a highly intuitive method for accessing the TBBS menu options.
Essentially, the program allows a user to select from a picklist of TBBS
menu entries. To sysops, a major advantage of using TCOMMAND is the
ability to test TBBS menu items ONLINE, without constantly shutting down
to recompile them from DOS.
TCOMMAND has become a vital addition to our BBS. Give it a try; TCOMMAND
is bound to make your life easier!
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║ TBBS Mail Area Selector (PROMAIL) Product Overview ║
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PROMAIL was created to help alleviate the problem of creating TBBS menu
entries for the seemingly endless number of mail conferences users
demand. The SysOp can organize his mail conferences into a hierarchical
structure using the intuitive configuration utility. The ProMail
interface then allows users to browse the mail areas, reading, scanning,
and entering messages in various conferences. ProMail autodetects RIP
callers and provides a point and click RIP interface.
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║ ASCII/ANSI/RIP File Viewer (PROVIEW) Product Overview ║
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PROVIEW provides an advanced interface for ONLINE text databases. The
viewer allows users to browse text files, scrolling both backward and
forward. PROVIEW supports compound searching throughout text files.
Users can choose to download the file at any time.
As well as displaying a single file, PROVIEW can manage groups of text
files. The sysop can set up a directory of related files, and from a
single PROVIEW menu entry, a user may pick from the list of files and
may search all files simultaneously.
PROVIEW boasts a remarkable RIP interface, and will auto-detect RIP
capable users.
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║ Batch Upload (BUPLD) Product Overview ║
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Allows users to perform unlimited batch uploads, using up to 20 lines
for descriptions with full text editing abilities (including word-wrap)!
The new file entries are added to a specified upload directory of either
Pseudo Directory or Alternate Directory format.
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║ Random File Display (RANDFILE) Product Overview ║
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This TDBS application displays a random ASCII/ANSI/RIP file ONLINE to
your callers. The random file is chosen from a standard directory mask.
Randfile comes in useful for multiple opening screens, periodic
reminders, and other BBS enhancements.
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