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system: You are Richie Molinelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Marion Royal about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
DM>> Who is the moderator for this echo?
DM>
DM>Not I, and very likely not anyone.  Although it's still configured
DM>here, yours is the only message to arrive in it in many moons.  A
DM>couple of comments in RBBS-PC some weeks back led me to believe
DM>that this echo had been discontinued, and the long traffic drought
DM>would support that conclusion.
DM>Cheers ... - Dan
DM>
MR>I wonder if it is still gated to zone 8.
MR>It might be a useful echo to rejuvinate.

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assistant: Might be a good place to start with PUBLIC discussion of modifications
to the software.
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Matt Bedynek about "hmmm".

They wrote:
>  TJ> And keep it for a rbbs area programmer development area.  We
>  TJ> can talk about programs we are working on that are for RBBS.
> Guess could be used for that. Someone need to get it on the backbone
> (legally) :) because someone might notice it and cut the connection.
> MATT

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assistant: What does it take to get it elisted...  Hmm. I'll check
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Matt Bedynek about "hmmm".

They wrote:
>  TJ> What does it take to get it elisted...  Hmm. I'll check
> I believe that it took requests from several REC's to get it onto the
> backbone.
> MATT

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assistant: I know that. I mean as far as getting it going again.  I think it did it
already.
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
system: You are Richie Molinelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tim Jacobs about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
TJ> > Might be a good place to start with PUBLIC discussion of
TJ>modifications  > to the software.
TJ>
TJ>I think so!!  This is the exact idea I had.  Maybe we can even team up
TJ>together and do some stuff...

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assistant: That would be excellent.....people working TOGETHER to forward the stock
RBBS effort.  We need more people willing to do that now than ever
before.  Hopefully we can pull Greg and others in and have a clean,
clear no nonsense forum to advance the software.  Hear that Marion?
system: You are Michael Schwenn, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richie Molinelli about "R: Re: Testing".

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assistant: RM� TJ> > Might be a good place to start with PUBLIC discussion of
 RM� TJ>modifications  > to the software.
 RM� TJ>
 RM� TJ>I think so!!  This is the exact idea I had.  Maybe we can even team up
 RM� TJ>together and do some stuff...
 RM�
 RM� That would be excellent.....people working TOGETHER to forward the stock
 RM� RBBS effort.  We need more people willing to do that now than ever
 RM� before.  Hopefully we can pull Greg and others in and have a clean,
 RM� clear no nonsense forum to advance the software.  Hear that Marion?
 RM� --- MsgToss 2.0c
 RM�  * Origin: The Small Time BBS * (516) 579-7929 * 1200 - 14400 * (1:2619/272)
Who do you think your fooling.?!@#$% RBBS is the past. In RBBS land there is not
such thing as working together. Each RBBS programmer has his own ideas and
doesn't know how to function as a group. RBBS programming is far behind all
others. By sticking with a BASIC language that has no future and is limited
is processing power. RBBS is doom! With the copyright author fighting for
control of the source code. I doesn't make sense for good programmers to
work for a group of people that have no vision. I have discontinued programming
for RBBS, it is time to search for a more opened project with a vision amd
people who will set aside thier stupid mental block that code is code no
matter who wrote it.
Michael Schwenn
Former Enhance Maple Programming
system: You are David Wrobel, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Matt Bedynek about "Re: Hmmm".

They wrote:
> On Sat Nov 26 07:12 1994, Marion Royal of 1:109/372 wrote:
>
> MB>Guess could be used for that. Someone need to get it on the
> backbone
> MB>(legally) :) because someone might notice it and cut the
> connection.
>
>  MR> Need a moderator and some "rules" (though I prefer the word
>  MR> guidelines.
>
> This area could be used for discussion of 3rd party utilities, Who
> knows... Maybe even a simular RBBSplus project could resurface in the
> near future.

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assistant: Someone in POWER_BAS echo already suggested writing a new BBS in
PowerBASIC!  Perhaps this could be it <grin>!?!
[ Dave ]
system: You are Tyronne Foy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Matt Bedynek about "Re: Hmmm".

They wrote:
MB>On Sat Nov 26 07:12 1994, Marion Royal of 1:109/372 wrote:
MB>
MB>Guess could be used for that. Someone need to get it on the
MB>backbone (legally) :) because someone might notice it and
MB>cut the connection.
MB> MR> Need a moderator and some "rules" (though I prefer the
MB>word  MR> guidelines.
MB>
MB>This area could be used for discussion of 3rd party utilities,
MB>Who knows... Maybe even a simular RBBSplus project could
MB>resurface in the near future.
MB>
MB>MATT

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assistant: Why change the name...Just change the focus...RBBS plus Utility
addons....etc
Ty!
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richie Molinelli about "Testing".

They wrote:
> Great...time to get the ball rolling.

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assistant: I have been writting a shell for a setup program for RBBS, But I keep getting
shoved off onto other jobs.  It is beginning to be quite exstensive.  I am
thinking of trashing it and starting over with a much SMALLER setup that will
do nothing much other than installing the software and seting up the comm
port.  Then after that we can add to it.  It is pretty much done already with
the zip's but it still need a pretty interface.
What do you think?
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richie Molinelli about "Testing".

They wrote:
> Great...time to get the ball rolling.

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assistant: What do we need to do to submit fixes or neat options to RBBS.
Who are the people running the show.
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to MICHAEL SCHWENN (Rcvd) about "Testing".

They wrote:
> Who do you think your fooling.?!@#$% RBBS is the past. In RBBS land
> there is not such a thing as working together. Each RBBS programmer
> has his own ideas and doesn't know how to function as a group.

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assistant: This is kind of true, But it also can enhance the product IF those ideas go
into the next version of RBBS.  The trick will be to get those new and each
persons ideas in the right format so that we can include them into the RBBS
future versions.  I was always told if it was put in the right format then it
would be included.  This area will be to help do that...
I am willing to work together and you are right about alot of things. But
lets work on the positive ones...
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
system: You are Richie Molinelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tim Jacobs about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
TJ> > Great...time to get the ball rolling.
TJ>
TJ>I have been writting a shell for a setup program for RBBS, But I keep
TJ>getting shoved off onto other jobs.  It is beginning to be quite
TJ>exstensive.  I am thinking of trashing it and starting over with a
TJ>much SMALLER setup that will do nothing much other than installing the
TJ>software and seting up the comm port.  Then after that we can add to
TJ>it. It is pretty much done already with the zip's but it still need a
TJ>pretty interface.
TJ>What do you think?

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assistant: What I think is you should forward it to Marion so the beta team can
look at it.  Sounds like something nice to me.   And CONFIG sure could
use some updating.
system: You are Richie Molinelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tim Jacobs about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
TJ> > Great...time to get the ball rolling.
TJ>
TJ>What do we need to do to submit fixes or neat options to RBBS.
TJ>
TJ>Who are the people running the show.

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assistant: As my previous post mentioned, forward to Marion Royale.  He is
basically the contact right now.
system: You are Richie Molinelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to MICHAEL SCHWENN (Rcvd) about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
MS>Who do you think your fooling.?!@#$% RBBS is the past. In RBBS land
MS>there is not
MS>such thing as working together. Each RBBS programmer has his own ideas
MS>and doesn't know how to function as a group. RBBS programming is far
MS>behind all others. By sticking with a BASIC language that has no
MS>future and is limited is processing power. RBBS is doom! With the
MS>copyright author fighting for control of the source code. I doesn't
MS>make sense for good programmers to work for a group of people that
MS>have no vision. I have discontinued programming
MS>for RBBS, it is time to search for a more opened project with a vision
MS>amd people who will set aside thier stupid mental block that code is
MS>code no matter who wrote it.
MS>
MS>
MS>Michael Schwenn
MS>Former Enhance Maple Programming

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assistant: And on the other end of the extreme we always have.......
Certainly, this comes from one who is NOT a professional programmer to
make the nonsense statements above.  It seems the only pupose of this
post is to drive things further apart...what a waste of time and effort.
The old adage, "leave your door open and anything can walk in" applies
here.  This is one person to be ignored.
system: You are Michael Schwenn, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richie Molinelli about "R: Re: Testing".

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assistant: RM� And on the other end of the extreme we always have.......
 RM�
 RM� Certainly, this comes from one who is NOT a professional programmer to
 RM� make the nonsense statements above.  It seems the only pupose of this
                                                            ^^^^^^
 RM� post is to drive things further apart...what a waste of time and effort.
 RM�
 RM� The old adage, "leave your door open and anything can walk in" applies
 RM� here.  This is one person to be ignored.
 RM� --- MsgToss 2.0c
 RM�  * Origin: The Small Time BBS * (516) 579-7929 * 1200 - 14400 * (1:2619/272)
Great, this is what I talked about. Small people with small minds. If you really
took the time to look at the code you would know that it is a mess. All that
things I see done the the code has made it a bigger mess. It's great to have
people you will continue to program RBBS, But the ideas and the way it was
written is out dated. I can not drive things any further apart then what they
are. Just trying to maybe make some future RBBS programmers to not to just
add code, but rewrite some of the long drawn out SUBs that are continuously
making changes impossible to have the code grow. I hope that someone just
oopens up the code so that it will not be so confined to old ideas. Faster
code and better programming technique. Call my messages what you want, but
real programming can take the true. RBBS has been screw around with since
1980. It time you (RBBS programmers) look around you, look what kind of
BBS programming is going on. Look at the new standards that are being set
for BBS's. RBBS does have some good features and is easy to operate.
Like I said, I just want to open up some eyes up to what it means to program
RBBS.
Michael
system: You are Richie Molinelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tim Jacobs about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
TJ>Well, I did want it to be part of the BASIC system, But it is written
TJ>in C and not stupid BASIC.  (And I do know basic, just about any basic
TJ>out there, but I hate to admit it.)  It would not be the CONFIG, but a
TJ>SETUP utility, with lots of HELPS built in and TESTS to check
TJ>directories, and comm ports and modems and verify all REQUIRED files
TJ>exist. and make sure the config is looking in the right places and
TJ>that it is setup initially too.

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assistant: I'm sure being written in C is not a problem as long as the source is
included.  Remember, part of the idea of RBBS is to learn how to
program...so this would be a fine sample.  See what Marion has to say.
system: You are Marion Royal, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tim Jacobs about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
TJ> > TJ>I have been writting a shell for a setup program for RBBS, But
TJ>I keep  > TJ>getting shoved off onto other jobs.  It is beginning to
TJ>be quite  > TJ>exstensive.  I am thinking of trashing it and
TJ>starting over with a  > TJ>much SMALLER setup that will do nothing
TJ>much other than installing the  > TJ>software and seting up the comm
TJ>port. Then after that we can add to  > TJ>it. It is pretty much done
TJ>already with the zip's but it still need a  > TJ>pretty interface.
TJ> > TJ>What do you think?
TJ>
TJ> > What I think is you should forward it to Marion so the beta team
TJ>can  > look at it.  Sounds like something nice to me.   And CONFIG
TJ>sure could  > use some updating.
TJ>
TJ>Well, I did want it to be part of the BASIC system, But it is
TJ>written in C and not stupid BASIC.  (And I do know basic, just about
TJ>any basic out there, but I hate to admit it.)  It would not be the
TJ>CONFIG, but a SETUP utility, with lots of HELPS built in and TESTS
TJ>to check directories, and comm ports and modems and verify all
TJ>REQUIRED files exist. and make sure the config is looking in the
TJ>right places and that it is setup initially too.
TJ>Tim Jacobs -
TJ> Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
TJ>
TJ>---
TJ> * Origin: Virginia Data Exchange *Multi-Lines* 804-877-3539
TJ>(1:271/270)

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assistant: Tim,
  Don't you think it would be neat if utilities and "ancillary"
programs (sorry, I just like that word) were written in languages that
others could learn from.  Tom Collins distributed source code (in C)
for TQM Mail door to those who registered.  He also distribute C source
to some smaller utilities.  There is no reason, in my mind, that RBBS
has to be basic bullish.  It just happened to be the most publicly
available when RBBS was first developed (long time ago).
  As my post have indicated in RBBS-PC, I would support a re-write in
C, but the task before us now is to get a good (full) release for RBBS.
If you have a neat install program that could replace the previous one,
I (for one) would *really* be interested.  May I suggest that a
discussion of what a "standard" install should look like might be in
order.  For example, the previous install placed the mainm.def and
mainu.def in the \RBBS directory.  I personally feel that this leads
the new sysop down the wrong road of putting everything in the \RBBS
directory.  See what I'm getting at?  What should the tree look like
after an install is run?
-mr-
system: You are Marion Royal, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tim Jacobs about "Re: Testing".

They wrote:
TJ> > TJ> > Great...time to get the ball rolling.
TJ> > TJ>What do we need to do to submit fixes or neat options to RBBS.
TJ> > TJ>Who are the people running the show.
TJ>
TJ> > As my previous post mentioned, forward to Marion Royale.  He is
TJ> > basically the contact right now.
TJ>
TJ>I also have this utility that does a check of all the harddrives and
TJ>check against your ALLFILE.DIR and make sure all files are there and
TJ>if not it lets you now.  I use to have a utility that did that, but
TJ>it is limited to little files. Mine is currently 2+ meg is size. And
TJ>the drives are 8 gig and over 50,000 files to search thru.
TJ>

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assistant: You would need to support chained FMS's.  Also, to have a versatile
utility, if it supports any mod specific stuff, it should allow the
user to select the variance.
When we get close to the release, I would like to see us distribute a
number of utilities that cover the spectrum of needs.  I use a
combination of FARCL and KILOFED in my event and it works great.
Doesn't add or let me know about files on my disk that aren't in my
FMS.DIR (RTFDC will do that) nor will it add automatically, but at
least my users don't get "file not found"...
-mr-
system: You are Richard Jordan, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tim Jacobs about "Testing".

They wrote:
TJ> I also have this utility that does a check of all the
TJ> harddrives and check against your ALLFILE.DIR and make sure
TJ> all files are there and if not it lets you now.  I use to
TJ> have a utility that did that, but it is limited to little
TJ> files. Mine is currently 2+ meg is size. And the drives are
TJ> 8 gig and over 50,000 files to search thru.

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assistant: On Dec 16 00:17 94, Tim Jacobs of 1:271/270@fidonet wrote:
Yes, this would be very, very nice. I'm running up against the same wall. And
may I add - it would be nice if it handled all the files, and didn't have
problems with zz*.* or other odd names.
Regards,
Richard.
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richie Molinelli about "Testing".

They wrote:
> TJ>Well, I did want it to be part of the BASIC system, But it is written
> TJ>in C and not stupid BASIC.  (And I do know basic, just about any basic
> TJ>out there, but I hate to admit it.)  It would not be the CONFIG, but a
> TJ>SETUP utility, with lots of HELPS built in and TESTS to check
> TJ>directories, and comm ports and modems and verify all REQUIRED files
> TJ>exist. and make sure the config is looking in the right places and
> TJ>that it is setup initially too.
> I'm sure being written in C is not a problem as long as the source is
> included.  Remember, part of the idea of RBBS is to learn how to
> program...so this would be a fine sample.  See what Marion has to say.

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assistant: I have been wondering....  HOW tough would it be to make a mode that is in
"C" code?  And would the people have problems linking it in.  Could we make
it a PART of RBBS.  We can include a C complier I guess.  GNU C is a free
complier and probably can be distributed with our RBBS code as another
complier.  Hmm, I have been trying to think of ways to help get RBBS moving
toward C. I think If we were to start addding utilities to the package then
it MIGHT make it happen easier.  What do you think?
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Marion Royal about "Testing".

They wrote:
> TJ>I also have this utility that does a check of all the harddrives and
> TJ>check against your ALLFILE.DIR and make sure all files are there and
> TJ>if not it lets you now.  I use to have a utility that did that, but
> TJ>it is limited to little files. Mine is currently 2+ meg is size. And
> TJ>the drives are 8 gig and over 50,000 files to search thru.
> You would need to support chained FMS's.  Also, to have a versatile
> utility, if it supports any mod specific stuff, it should allow the
> user to select the variance.
> When we get close to the release, I would like to see us distribute a
> number of utilities that cover the spectrum of needs.  I use a
> combination of FARCL and KILOFED in my event and it works great.
> Doesn't add or let me know about files on my disk that aren't in my
> FMS.DIR (RTFDC will do that) nor will it add automatically, but at
> least my users don't get "file not found"...

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assistant: It doesn't do chained FMS's.  How are chained FMS's chained.  It might be an
easy solution.
I get that alot.  Mainly because I have REPLACE on my TIC files.
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562
system: You are Tim Jacobs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Rbbs Plus message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richard Jordan about "Testing".

They wrote:
> On Dec 16 00:17 94, Tim Jacobs of 1:271/270@fidonet wrote:
>  TJ> I also have this utility that does a check of all the
>  TJ> harddrives and check against your ALLFILE.DIR and make sure
>  TJ> all files are there and if not it lets you now.  I use to
>  TJ> have a utility that did that, but it is limited to little
>  TJ> files. Mine is currently 2+ meg is size. And the drives are
>  TJ> 8 gig and over 50,000 files to search thru.
> Yes, this would be very, very nice. I'm running up against the same
> wall. And may I add - it would be nice if it handled all the files, and
> didn't have problems with zz*.* or other odd names.
> Richard.

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assistant: Richard, Are you saying that you have file names that have an "*" in them???
Tim Jacobs -
 Virginia Data Exchange 804-877-3562