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Volume 2, Issue 1
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January 1992
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Table of Contents
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WWFNET Review................................................Quantum 1@6300
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Wayne Mail!......................................................Random 1@1
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Multi-Line WWIV Mailing List............................East Bay Ray 1@9964
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The Editor's Corner.....................................East Bay Ray 1@9964
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Latest Versions..............................................WWIVNEWS Staff
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Acknowledgements.............................................WWIVNEWS Staff
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WWFNET - Utilities to send/receive/request files through WWIVnet
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For a few months I've been working on a set of utilities to allow SysOps
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to send files to each other via WWIVnet. Although rampant use of such a tool
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would be frowned upon, there are some situations where it may be very
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welcome. I decided to take it on because it of the local environment that my
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BBS is a part of.
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There are three BBS's, nodes @6300, @5804, and @6301 in this area that are
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run by myself (#1@6300/#1@5804), and Malbee (#1@6301). @6300 and @6301 are not
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in the same local dialing area, thus direct file transfers can be costly.
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@5804 is in the local dialing area of each of them, so by passing data through
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it, no additional costs are incurred.
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@6301- - - - - - - tollcall- - - - - - - - @6300
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\ Not Connected via WWIVnet /
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\ /
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local call local call
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Connected via WWIVnet Connected via WWIVnet
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\ /
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\ /
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\ /
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\ /
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@5804
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This being understood, I thought, "wouldn't it be neat if there were a
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utility to make it easy for Malbee and I to send files to each other, through
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WWIVnet?" It would have to be simple to install, user friendly, and generally
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wonderful. So,.. I wrote WWFNET
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Hopefully, this goal has been fully accomplished. I'll leave that decision
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up to you, the potential user. It's been through several beta versions, with a
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small group of SysOps testing it (not that I didn't welcome a larger group, it
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just worked out that way). I think most of the bugs have been squashed and it
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does actually work. As of this writing, it's available as version 2.1 in a ZIP
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archive named WWFNET21.ZIP.
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WWFNET runs as a chain and as part of the nightly event. Not only can files
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be sent from one BBS to another, but one BBS can send a "request" to another
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BBS, asking it to send a certain file back. Files to be sent can also be queued
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to be sent late at night, when BBS activity is lower. When a file is sent to
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another BBS's, an email message is also sent, notifying the other SysOp of
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it's arrival.
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It consists of a few programs, a config file, some user modifiable batch
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files, and a "WWIVlike" menu file that is also alterable. The documentaion
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gives installation instructions and a sample configuration file. It uses the
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EXTERNAL.NET feaures of WWIVnet, does not use any message bases and the file
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size is unlimited.
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It's a shareware product, but I'm not very greedy so anything is negotiable.
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In any event, I'll answer any questions people may have about it, even if
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they don't send me money, gifts, and material things. Afterall, this is a
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hobby.
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Use of WWFNET should be restricted to clusters of BBS's where all SysOps
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in a connect path are willing to pass such traffic. Because files tend to
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be larger than email/post messages, this policy is fair to the other SysOps in
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the net. I imagine that a SysOp would get quite annoyed if his/her BBS were
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passing this type of traffic without knowing about it. Especially if it was
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costing him/her money.
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It's available on my BBS, in the 'NEW-UPLOADS' file area, named "WWFNET21.ZIP"
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Enjoy,
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==Info=Rail== @6300 Snarfable
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(603)382-3966 3-9600 HST
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-(O)-==-o\ 73's KA1YLG
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==Info=Rail==
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To all WWIVnet sysops: (Thu Dec 19 18:08:56 1991)
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Random #1 @1
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Thu Dec 19 18:08:56 1991
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RE: WWIVnet
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Hello,
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Before the horrible rumors start in too much, I thought I'd let everyone
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know what is going on.
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First, the GCs and ACs are going to be adding WWIV reg nums into the
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bbslist files. So, when convenient, please send mail to your AC/GC
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giving your WWIV reg num. There is really no great hurry about this,
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anytime in the next month or so will do. However, do not expect to see
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your reg # actually appear in your bbslist file, as net27 and earlier
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will throw away reg #'s in partial BBSlist updates.
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Which means, yes, net28 will be out in the next month or so. Also, I
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expect WWIV v4.21 to be out in the first quarter next year.
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What's new in net28:
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network3 analysis is speeded up by about a factor of three.
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The net software will route messages through servers more than it did in
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the past.
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Reg #'s in the bbslist files will be correctly handled (instead of
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ignored, as they are now).
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Storage type 2 has been expanded to support >1MB files. Currently, if
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any .DAT file in your MSGS directory goes over 1MB, it's going to at
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least lose messages, maybe trash some of them. net28 will store them in
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an expanded (but compatible) format. WWIV v4.21 will correctly support
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these files also. v4.20 and earlier won't correctly read the new
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expanded format (but they won't read any >1MB storage type 2 file
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anyway, so nothing's lost).
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net28 supports short response messages (so-and-so read your mail on
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messages). WWIV v4.21 sends these out over the net (previous versions
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don't). So, if you notice in your netdat*.log files that the net
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software threw away a type 15 message from me, that was it; don't worry
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about it. Net28 will correctly receive those.
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As some of you may have heard, the Link people recently had a bunch of
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systems trashed by a badly formatted message. net28 fixes the bug that
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caused that.
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v4.21 new features (so far) include:
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Support for >1MB storage type 2 files and the short response messages
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sent over the net.
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Completely re-done interrupt handling. A few people have been having
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problems with SCSI adapters trying to use the same interrupts as WWIV,
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and it didn't work. v4.21 uses only one interrupt vector (v4.20 used
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three), and in v4.21, the interrupt is dynamically selected from unused
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vectors (instead of being hard-coded values).
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It will allow you to forward mail (from the mail read prompt) over the
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network.
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The list of disallowed device filenames (CON, PRN, etc) is gotten from
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the system device table, for more protection. Also, .ARC files are
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scanned for invalid filenames in addition to .ZIP files (NOTE: if anyone
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has the format for other archive types [ARJ, LZH, etc], please send me
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some structures or code to list the filenames in them, and I'll have
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v4.21 check those too).
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Batch uploading with Ymodem-G is fixed.
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Lots of little bugs and oversights were fixed.
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If you get a lot of junk mail from someone, you can hit 'P' from the
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mail read prompt and purge all mail waiting from that user.
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You can uedit search for a realname.
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I'm also working on Bimodem.
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But, the part you probably really wanted to know about: Yes, to be in
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WWIVnet in the future, you will have to have registered WWIV. Also, in
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order to use the net software (net28 or later) in other networks, you
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will have to have registered WWIV. The readme.net file in net28 is
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basically:
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/****************************************************************************/
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Up until now, the WWIVnet software has been distributed freely to
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everyone. Starting with net28, the net software is distributed much
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like the WWIV software itself.
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NOTE: If you have already registered WWIV and have a WWIV registration
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number, read no further. You can continue using the WWIVnet software as
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you have before. This change affects only people who have NOT
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registered WWIV.
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The WWIV and WWIVnet software is distributed as shareware, which means
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(in this case) that you can use the WWIV and WWIVnet software for up to
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two months before deciding whether or not to register WWIV. If, at the
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end of the two month period, you decide to register WWIV, please see the
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'read.me' file in the WWIV .ZIP file for information on how to register.
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If at the end of two months you decide NOT to register WWIV (and hence
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not use WWIV software for your BBS), you must stop using the WWIV and
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WWIVnet software.
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If/when you register WWIV (and receive a WWIV registration number), you
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have also registered the WWIVnet software, and may use the WWIV and
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WWIVnet software on your system as you wish -- as a standalone BBS, in
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WWIVnet, or in a private network.
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If you are running a BBS that is in no way based on WWIV software, but
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that uses the WWIVnet software, then a similar registration procedure
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applies. You can use the WWIVnet software for a two month trial period.
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If you decide to continue using the WWIVnet software after the two month
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trial period, then you must register the WWIVnet software for $20. If
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you do not register the WWIVnet software at the end of the two month
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trial period, you must stop using the WWIVnet software.
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Thus, there are two ways you can legally continue to use the WWIVnet
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software after the two month trial period. Either register WWIV, or (if
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you are running BBS software that is in no way based on WWIV software),
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register the WWIVnet software for $20.
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If you are using BBS software that is in no way based on WWIV software,
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and wish to use the WWIVnet software, please use the form 'netreg.frm'
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to register the WWIVnet software.
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/****************************************************************************/
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And no, net servers (REAL, DEDICATED net servers) will not have to have
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a reg number, and @6xx pseudo-nodes will not have to have separate reg
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#'s.
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It's going to take a while for me to get organized to handle all this,
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so the registration requirement isn't going to actually take effect very
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soon. When it does actualy take effect (probably in 1-2 months), the
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two month countdown will start then. So, if you aren't currently
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registered, you have about 3-4 months to do so.
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$F4 1@1
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Multi-Line WWIV Mailing List
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by East Bay Ray 1@9964
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It seems like every day that some new sysop comes up and asks
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either a) where he can get a multi-line version of WWIV, or where he can
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find a mod that will convert WWIV to multiline. Well, to put it bluntly:
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THERE CURRENTLY EXISTS NO MULTI-LINE WWIV, MOD OR PROGRAM.
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However, many many people would like such a program. I have
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already started on the creation of my own multi-line WWIV. I posted the
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first of the routines (none of which were complicated at all, or really
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accomplished anything major) on the WWIV Modification Net. This mailing
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list will be much like a networked subboard. Every time the mail pouch
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gets full here, with suggestions, or source code, or whatever, I will send
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a piece of mail to everyone on the list with the newsletter. Don't worry,
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the e-mail is sent in the same fashion as posts are: all destination
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systems in a single network message packet.
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When you feel you have something to respond to, or just some input
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into the newsletter, [A]uto-Reply to the newsletter and your input will be
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placed into the next version of the newsletter. I understand that the
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first couple of releases will be a bit dry of input barring mine, but after
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that, I think it will be a great success.
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What does all this accomplish? Well, if you are not a C
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programmer, then basically you input ideas into the project. You say what
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features would be nice in a multi-line WWIV, such as multi-line chat,
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several lines being able to receive WWIVnet calls at the same time (good
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for servers!), etc., etc. If you are a C programmer, then you are
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encouraged to contribute code to the project. I will be working
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dilligently on modifying the current v4.20e source code to be multi-line.
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And you will have played a part in its creation!
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E-mail WWIVSERV@9964 if you wish to join this mailing list. The title
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doesn't matter, but the first line of the message should read:
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SUBSCRIBE 1
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(of course, all other WWIVSERV commands apply as well)
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Enclosed below (between the "---cut here---" lines) is a DEBUG script for
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creating the decoder needed to use the mailing list. Place the lines
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between the two "--- cut here ---" lines into an ASCII file DE500.SCR.
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Then execute the following DOS command:
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DEBUG < DE500.SCR
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--- cut here ---
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NDE500.COM
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A100
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JMP 14A
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E102 'Copyright (c) 1992 by Jeff Garzik'
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A14A
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MOV AX, 4C00
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INT 21
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RCX
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The Editor's Corner
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by East Bay Ray 1@9964
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Submissions are definately down here at WWIVNews headquarters, but
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I decided to go ahead and release another one anyway. I haven't been able
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to keep track of all the news, but then again, no one is submitting much of
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anything anymore. There is one new column here, at least. "Latest Versions"
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is intended to be a list of software that supports WWIV and/or WWIVnet
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directly, and lists the current versions of each. If you recently authored
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a new program, or updated an old one, please send in the name, version #,
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and A SHORT DESCRIPTION of your program to me at 1@9964.
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Finally, apologies to all for lack of formatting. I just switched
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from using MicroStar, which is the text editor provided with the Turbo
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Pascal Editor Toolbox, to QEdit. QEdit seems more flexible, but at the
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present time I still haven't mastered all its features. Bear with me!
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Latest Versions
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(at the time of publication)
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WWIV Software by Wayne Bell 1@1
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WWIV 4.20e WWIVnet 27
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FIX 5
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WWIV Accessories
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Call-Back Verifier 1.20 CyberSpace 1.07
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FileList 1.0 FSED 1.13
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Gold System 3.0 Go-Snarf 1.6
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One ZIP 1.01 Snarf 1.02
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Tolkein's UEDIT 1.20 USERSTAT 2.0
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Eclipse 2.0 WOMR (BBS Module) 2.00
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ZEdit 1.2f WWIVEdit 2.2
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WWIVnet Accessories
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8B's AC/GC List Generator 2.01 8B's Extended LNET 1.0
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8B's NetUtil 2.20 WWIVSERV 0.8á
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Jim Wire's CLOUT 2.28 WNCI 0.90
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WWIVLink Network Software 1.05 MyRegion 09/1991
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Network Editor 1.33 NetSEX 1.00
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SendZIP 1.10 The Node Creator 0.92á
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===============================================================================
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Acknowledgements
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WWIV (c) 1988 by Wayne Bell.
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All other products mentioned are either registered trademarks or
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copyrighted by their respectives manufacturers.
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The End
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