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From: lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Door Games
Date: 3 Sep 92 07:15:06 GMT
Organization: Lamar University - Beaumont

In article <Btv37G.GyD@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, khartoum@minuet.cc.purdue.edu (Khartoum) writes:
> I dont really know if this is the place to post this, but I was wondering 
> if someone could e-mail me a place to pick up some door games for a bbs
> running on an IBM compat.
> 
> -Trey

I will go ahead and post this instead of e-mail:

Al's Cabin BBS
Sysop: Alan Davenport
DATA: 1-717-686-3037
FIDONET NODE: 1:13/75.0

Have your local FIDONET Node SYSOP call and file request "files".  You should
have quite a list of doors to choose from before calling and downloading.
That system is *VERY* busy, so good luck on the connect - do it early in the
morning (3AM-5AM)

-Grady N5UYH@The HAM Connection 1(409)833-1795 14.4k v42bis/v32bis/mnp5
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From: kjhoule@iowegia.uucp (Kevin Houle)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: NN Questions
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 23:14:24 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Iowegia Public Access Usenet/UUCP, Clive IA USA.

I am trying to set up the NN reader for DOS, and have a couple
of questions, hopefully someone has done this successfully.

1] I can get rwmail to work from DOS, but inside Waffle as an
   external command, I run out of memory. Is something like
   SHROOM needed to run rwmail from within Waffle?
2] I can't get nwreader to work from DOS. It says "SORRY NO NEWS
   FOR YOU". The top of the screen has a message stating to use
   the old join file format. What does that mean?
3] For the viewer and editor selections, what works for remote use?
   I presume bbstevie could be used for the editor, assuming the
   restricted mode parameters can be passed. Would something like
   Doorway help here?

By the way, hats off to the author for putting config file specs
and command line parameters so they can be seen when executing
the program. Gives clue where there wouldn't be any due to the
German docs.

Thanks in advance for any help.


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Kevin Houle     kjhoule@iowegia.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: 2 of 5 Waffle site have UUCICO problems hanging during transfer
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service +1 206 382 MAIL (382-6245)
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 18:19:44 GMT

steve@presoft.com (Steve Kohlenberger) writes:

: Then in the middle of file N, I see lights on the receiving modem
: indicating data is being sent and received but the transfer stopps. 
: UUCICO never resequences.

: Why these sites and consistantly? 

Try switching to the BNU fossil driver.  It shouldn't make any
difference, but my experience shows that it can.  I pump a hundred
megs or so a month out of remote into any number of system configs
(including uACCESS for the MAC) with a minimum of hassles.  Some
things to tweak are the fossil's xmit and rcv buffers (try leaving
them at 1K, unless your using large block sizes, then use 4-8K),
the uu.delay interval, and uu.time (mine's set to 90).  Also, use
uu.engine : 0, if you've been experimenting with Tom's extensions.
From: kjhoule@iowegia.uucp (Kevin Houle)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: replies going to wrong address, vms list
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 21:04:13 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Iowegia Public Access Usenet/UUCP, Clive IA USA.

dlhpfm.uucp!dlh@abvax.icd.ab.com (daniel lance herrick) writes:

> I'm trying to create a mailing list using the Vandenberg Mail Server. 
> When mail comes to me on Waffle and I reply to it, the reply is
> addressed to the Received from header and not to the Reply-to: header.
> 
> One transaction from someone else followed the same path - a
> contribution intended for the list shows up addressed to the
> VMS-Daemon.  Is this a feature?

Another feature I have found... when I get a mail message from
Vmail with "Re:" in the subject line, and then reply to that
message, yet another "Re:" is added to the subject line.

"Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:".. well, you get the idea.


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Kevin Houle     kjhoule@iowegia.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: HISTORY
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 06:24:28 GMT

rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes:

>ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims) writes:

>| If authors send a copy of their wares to ralphs@halcyon.com...

>Does remote accept files via Fidonet?  Through a file transfer, I mean.

Yes.  We're also 1:343/94 in Fidonet.  As with ruth, send a netmail
message along.  We'll also take files from non-nodelisted Fidonet
systems.
From: Parker2@llnl.gov (Dave Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Problems with Rockwell-equipped modems
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:39:42 GMT


> To which Duane Davis <System@Micromed.COM> responded:
> > You've run into a known problem with the Rockwell v.32bis chipset. The Boca
> > isn't the only one that has problems. Supra, Practical Peripherals, and
> > several others also use the same chipset. 
> >

It might be worthwhile to mention here that the Practical Peripherals modems
do *NOT* use Rockwell chipset(s). I think that they use an AT&T chipset, in
any event mine works great!
Dave
From: mvdl@et.tudelft.nl
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: EXPLODE
Date: 12 Sep 92 22:43:53 +0200
Organization: TU-Delft, dpt of Electrical Engineering


Where is 'EXPLODE' for anonymous FTP ?

Michel.
From: amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.Org (Alan Millar)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Aliases question
Date: 13 Sep 92 21:18:53 GMT
Organization: The Bolis Group, San Jose, CA

steveh@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (Steve Harding KA6ETB) writes:

> If I have something similar to
> 
> holmes     arthur!conan!doyle
> 
> in my aliases file and I send a message to
> 
> holmes!sherlock
> 
> shouldn't waffle expand that to
> 
> arthur!conan!doyle!sherlock

No.  If you put that line in your paths file it will, though.

Is holmes supposed to be a user name or a uucp site name?

User name redirections go in the aliases file.  Site redirections
go in the paths file.

- Alan

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    (Remember: only YOU can prevent bang paths)         =___/  
But Moses said "Oh, Lord, please send someone else to do it." -Exo. 4:13
From: steck@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: WinBiff 1.1 available
Date: 8 Sep 92 00:42:50 GMT
Organization: College of Computer Science, Northeastern University
Originator: steck@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu

WinBiff 1.1, a Windows 3.x mail notification utility, is
now available.  It also will run under OS/2 as a seamless
Windows application.  With WinBiff, you can set a polling
interval and allow multiple instances to monitor multiple 
mailboxes.  WinBiff can be displayed as a bitmap in a window,
or as an icon (kind of like Windows CLOCK).

I use WinBiff with UUPC/extended and OS/2 Elm.  From what
I've read, it should work with Waffle if you're running
Waffle as a DOS app under Windows or OS/2.

If you'd like a copy, reply via e-mail, and I'll send
you a uuencoded .ZIP file.  Or download it from ftp.cica.indiana.edu
(make sure you get wnbiff11.zip, the latest version).

-- Paul

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From: gordon@pinetree.org (Gordon Dewis)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Gate local newsgroups to mail
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 12:53:24 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Gordon's Pinetree * Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

zot@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Chris Boebel) writes:

> Several of my users have gone away to school this year but would like to 
> participate in the local groups. How can I get my local groups to mail so 
> they can read and post remotely?

One way is to set up the newsgroups as "moderated" newsgroups, set the 
moderator to an alias on your site which mails the messages to your 
remote users and posts the message too.  The only problem with this is 
every time someone posts a message locally, they'll be given the little 
blurb about moderated newsgroups.

A nice thing about this method is that your remote users can post to the 
newsgroups by emailing your "moderator" address.  It'll end up working 
like a mailing list which you are gating to a newsgroup.

  --G

--
  Internet:  gordon@pinetree.org              | Submissions for the non-*NIX
  UUCP:  ...!pinetree!gordon                  | BBS Software FAQ should go to
  Fidonet: 1:163/305.7    IMEx: 89:483/1187   |    bbs-review@pinetree.org
  Gordon's Pinetree - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - +1 613 526 0702 - v32bis/v42bis

Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: Can Waffle read news from nntp?
Keywords: nntp
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:58:21 GMT

davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:

>I'm just about to set up Waffle and NFS. I thought maybe it would
>be enough to just NFS-mount the spool directory for Waffle. Do
>you think that's going to work OK?

Works for us.  There's a delay in using inews via NFS (you ARE
talking UNIX here, right?  If not, MAYBE this will work).  We've
hacked inews to use the print queue.  Let me know if you want
a copy of the code.  What was happening was 60-90 second delays
between posting a news article and getting returned to the news
prompt.  This speeds it up immensely.  The problem is probably
system-specific as we were doing a LOT of thrashing on the
drives running nntp, threading news, etc. at the same time.
From: amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.Org (Alan Millar)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Disabling autoanswer
Date: 11 Sep 92 00:49:26 GMT
Organization: The Bolis Group, San Jose, CA

frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes:

> amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.Org (Alan Millar) writes:
> 
> > Now I always have auto-answer turned off, and no more problems.  I actually
> > changed the INITIALIZE string in the static file to include S0=0 instead
> > of S0=1 so I know it is always off.  AUTO-ATA is a great feature.
> 
> Would someone be so kind as to explain AUTO-ATA and how to use it?  Is it 
> only available on certain brands of modems?  How about the Practical 
> 9600SA?  Or is it some kind of TSR that accomplishes the same thing?

No, it is a feature of Waffle.  Essentially you turn off the modem's
auto-answer with S0=0 and add an AUTO-ATA line into your static file.
Then when the phone rings, waffle will see the ring and tell the modem
explicitly to answer, instead of the modem answering on its own.

It's all explained in the docs.

- Alan

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Alan Millar       amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.org            __oo  \  
    (Remember: only YOU can prevent bang paths)         =___/  
But Moses said "Oh, Lord, please send someone else to do it." -Exo. 4:13
From: otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Disabling autoanswer
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 03:26:07 EDT
Organization: Jyvaskyla Electronic Mailbox

Alan Millar <amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.Org> writes:

> AUTO-ATA is wonderful.  I had my batch files all hacked up to turn
> off auto-answer each time I left waffle, such as to run cron stuff
> or poll.  But every so often the modem would answer just after exiting
> Waffle but just before my batch file could turn off auto-answer.  What
> a pain.

The other alternative is what I use, set up the modem to reset when DTR is
deasserted.  This will also keep it from answering when DTR is held down,
as it is while Waffle waffles around with cron events.  Works like a charm,
but of course there is the possibility that Waffle may crash leaving DTR
up (has happened a couple of times, though quite rare).

And then there is always the glare situation where your modem is trying to
dial out and someone dials in at the same moment, but this is a problem
with just about any setup.

   /* * * Otto J. Makela <otto@jybox.jyu.fi> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
  /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.32bis/USR-HST,24h/d) */
 /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1B18/SF-40100 Jyvaskyla/Finland, ICBM: 62.14N25.44E */
/* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
From: cosar@anatolia.mn.org (Ahmet Cosar)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: testing
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 10:08:22 PST
Organization: anatolia.mn.org

comp.bbs.waffle



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   A.Cosar                                                                     
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From: david@csource.oz.au (david nugent)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: UUCICO is confused.
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 17:02:51 +1000
Reply-To: david@csource.oz.au
Organization: Unique Computing Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

morpheus@entropy.mcds.com (morpheus) writes:

> roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
> 
> > in UUSHELL.BAT.  So how come UUCICO is seeing 19200?  I've kluged a
> > solution with 'uucico -b2400 -r0', but I'd rather have this work as the
> > manual specifies.
> 
> I dunno, but my uucico says 600 bps over here.. Locking at 19200 with X00.
> 
> Relax... it works, right?  ;-)

Urk.  Anything under 1100 cps here is a bad day. It probably matters, but
using a trailblazer, 1300 cps is the norm.


> (translating X00 commands to BNU commands may be necessary, of course)
> 
> xu lock:0:%1

bnu /l0:%1

> waffle online %2 limit %4
> xu lock:0:OFF

bnu /l0:0


david

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david nugent          Public Access Usenet      "Only Nixon could go to China"
david@csource.oz.au     +61-3-792-3507                    - old Vulcan proverb
3:632/400@fidonet, 58:4100/1@intlnet, 199:4242/5@rainbownet, 33:300/6@admin
PO Box 260, Endeavour Hills, Victoria, Australia, 3802.
From: Alan Millar <amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.Org>
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Folder magic for orphan and outbox
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 22:55:13 PST
Organization: The Bolis Group, San Jose, CA

After all the discussion recently about how to read the orphan folder,
I decided to post what I finally came up with. 

I made a general purpose batch file which will take a set of files
and create or append to a folder.

I put this in my cron schedule to gather the outbox messages into a
folder, and the system\orphan messages into a folder under my user
name instead of system.

The batch file is called FIL2FLDR.BAT.  The parameters are specified
on the command line, but it defaults to processing the outbox files.

------------------------------------------------------------------
rem move files to folder

rem parm 1 is folder name
rem parm 2 is file set
rem parm 3 is whether or not to delete files when done
rem parm 4 is default folder directory

set mailfolder=%1.f
if "%1"=="" set mailfolder=c:outbox.f

set mailfiles=%2
if "%2"=="" set mailfiles=d:\waffle\spool\outbox\*.*

set maildelete=%3
if "%1"=="" set maildelete=y

if not "%4"=="" cd %4
if     "%4"=="" cd c:\waffle\user\amillar

set mailmarker=c:\waffle\local\marker.box

if not exist %mailfiles% goto :end

if not exist %mailfolder% copy %mailmarker% %mailfolder%

for %%f in (%mailfiles%) do copy %mailfolder%/b+%mailmarker%+%%f %mailfolder%

makebox -i %mailfolder%

if not "%maildelete%"=="y" goto :end
echo y | del %mailfiles%

:end
set mailfolder=
set mailmarker=
set maildelete=
------------------------------------------------------------------

It requires one support file which I called MARKER.BOX.  The file just
contains a few Ctrl-A's with no CR/LF at the end.  Here it is
uuencoded so you don't have to bother figuring out how to make it:

------------------------------------------------------------------
begin 644 marker.box
%`0$!`0$!
`
end
------------------------------------------------------------------

I have it set up in my cron schedule file to do both the outbox
and orphan files on a regular basis.

------------------------------------------------------------------
#daily 
# put sent mail & bounces into folder
15  3  *  *  * call c:\waffle\local\fil2fldr
15  3  *  *  * call c:\waffle\local\fil2fldr orphan c:\waffle\user\system
\orphan.f y
15  3  *  *  * del c:\waffle\user\system\orphan.i
------------------------------------------------------------------

Note that the orphan line is really one long line which I wrapped
here for readability.

This batch file has come in handy in other ways, too.  I can use it
for any set of files, actually.  

In 1.64 I had been keeping some mail in a local newsgroup, but I took
it and put it into a folder with one command using this batch file.

Let me know if it comes in handy.

- Alan

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Alan Millar       amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.org            __oo  \  
    (Remember: only YOU can prevent bang paths)         =___/  
But Moses said "Oh, Lord, please send someone else to do it." -Exo. 4:13
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Disabling autoanswer
From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 23:04:05 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: 1776 Enterprises, Sudbury MA

If the INITIALIZE string in the STATIC file turns autoanswer on, who turns
it off?  You don't want it operative while Waffle isn't running, but I see
no reference to a modem command string to disable it on exit from Waffle.
Is that the "real" reason for AUTO-ATA?  I.e., if you use AUTO-ATA (which 
is operative only while Waffle is running), you never have to turn auto-
answer on (and therefore don't have to turn it off)?

   ___            _                                           -  Bob
   /__) _   /    / ) _   _
(_/__) (_)_(_)  (___(_)_(/_______________________________________ bob@1776.COM
Robert K. Coe ** 14 Churchill St, Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ** 508-443-3265
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho)
Subject: Re: UUCICO 1.65 and different packet-sizes?
Organization: NullNet r.y.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 23:00:42 GMT

In article <gert.715873250@D012S436> Gert.Doering@ap.mchp.sni.de (Gert Doering) writes:
>has anybody succeeded in using DOS-Waffle 165's uucico with non-standard
>packet-sizes (e.g. 512 byte)? I'm using taylor-uucp, my feed is using
>waffle 1.65 and with a packet-size of 64 bytes everything works fine.
>
We have the same problem here. Two Waffle 1.65 uucico's connect just fine
using long packets; two taylor uucps likewise. But when it comes to hooking
up one 1.65 and one Taylor UUCP, it doesn't work. A friend sent in quite
a detailed report to Mr Dell, so I'd suppose this incompatibility will get
fixed.

..Wolf
From: danw@panix.com (Dan Wold)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: BBS Chooser
Summary: Looking for a file
Keywords: chooser
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:58:24 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

Hi All,
 
I just started setting up Waffle v1.65. It's great fun! I've been loading
it on my 386 from the "Front Door" mailer program. When the users connect
I want them to be presented with a choice between Waffle and another BBS.
The other BBS will have Fidonet, hopefully.
 
My question: is there a file that performs this "Chooser" function?

Thanks,
Dan
 
==============================================================================
Daniel Wold      			Sysop: "WORLD CITIZEN" BBS
239 City Island Avenue			212-885-2346 24 hours 2400 baud
City Island, Bronx, NY 10464		Internet: danw@panix.com
GEnie: Daniel.Wold			Fidonet: Daniel Wold @1:278/707
From: rjt@softin.lonestar.org (Richard Threlkeld)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Waf1.64-XT-HST/DS- only getting 350cps
Keywords: s l o w
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 19:34:23 CST
Organization: Software Innovation, Arlington, Tx

dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (dogbowl) writes:

> cowan@aqua.ocunix.on.ca (Darin Cowan (root)) writes:
> 
> > Mostly he needs a buffered UART that can handle the communications
> > while the computer putts along.  I've seen people run high speed modems
> > on XTs with no problems - provided they have a NS16550AFN UART on the
> > serial card.  It's a $15 part.
> 
> Last time I tried to get one I was quoted nz$75 ( about US$40 )
> and that was from a wholesaler.
> 
> I wouldn't mind finding out a cheap source in the US who take Visa....
> 
I paid about $100 for two on a board with one parallel port and a game port,
but my local wholesaler now has a board with two 16550AFN's (and nothing 
else) for about $45.  If you qualify as a reseller and cannot get a similar 
deal, email me and I will provide a source to you.
From: kilgore@wuntvor.norman.ok.us (Stan Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: BBSTEVIE Problems?
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 12:30:06 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Eternal Apprentice BBS, Norman, OK




    I have had a recurring problem with bbstevie ever since
    we started using it here and I was wondering if anyone else
    had experienced this problem.

    With the old version of bbstevie, I had a user who would almost
    always lock it up within a few minutes.  Whenever I installed
    version 3.0 this user managed to lock it up in a matter of
    seconds.  Since we upgraded to 3.0 this user can lock it up
    consistantly (takes about 2-5 keystrokes).

    It appears to be a buffer problem but I have yet to try to 
    dig through the source to see if I can figure it out.
  
    Anyone else have any ideas?

    Kilgore



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kilgore@wuntvor.norman.ok.us (Stan Hall)
The Eternal Apprentice BBS, Norman, OK -- +1 405 325 9607
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: RWMAIL Avail in US?
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:25:49 GMT

fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:

>I uploaded nn271.zoo and rwm216.zoo to halcyon.com:/pub/incoming .
>I got them last night from mail-server@giraffe.in-berlin.de .

They're in ~/pub/waffle now.  They don't appear in the file index,
however (that's another project).  Anyone with Internet access want
to be my file librarian in exchange for free access?