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MSYS Version 1.16 December, 1993
(c) Copyright 1993 HUB Computers, Inc. All rights reserved.
The MSYS programs and related files may be copied for amateur
use provided no fee is charged. Commercial use is prohibited.
There have been many changes to MSYS, some major and many minor.
Here are some of the "major" changes:
1. Support of PACTOR on KAM Plus tncs (ONLY!) has been added.
2. "Attended" Pactor forwarding on HF can be initiated from the
keyboard at the same time VHF forwarding is in progress.
3. Scanning of HF radios is supported in the Pactor mode.
4. A new TERM command has been added to permit direct keyboard
access to a port. It is expected this will be used to perhaps
modify certain TNC or modem parameters.
5. Modem connection to FBB systems for forwarding has been improved.
6. The ability to read messages while listing them has been added.
7. The SR (Send Reply) command has been added in addition to the
REPLy command.
8. The BITs of personal messages are updated upon forwarding so if
the message is not killed on forwarding, the sysop may determine
which bbs the message was forwarded to.
9. The memory leak caused by an incomplete modem forwarding session
has been fixed.
10.MUTIL 15 has been updated to properly search R: lines.
11.If a message disappears during forwarding (sysop kill), the
connection will be terminated.
12.User passwords have been fixed.
13.A number of changes have been made in the Listing and Reading and
SYSOP killing of messages.
14.A SHUTdown command added to "encourage" current users to
disconnect prior to a QUIT.
15.A ListCatagories (LC) command has been added to the BBS.
16.A RBid command has been added to insert the received BID/MID
number in the R: line.
17.W0RLI compatable message forwarding compression has been added.
COMMENTS ABOUT CHANGES
One of the major changes in Ver. 1.16 is the addition of PACTOR.
MSYS properly interfaces a KAM Plus that has the proper firmware
installed. At this point, the firmware provided by MFJ and AEA does
not permit positive control of direction of transmission, a most
undesireable conditon to inflict on the HF bands.
The second major change is the addition of the W0RLI compressed
message forwarding protocol. MSYS is currently the only BBS system
that is compatable with both the F6FBB and the W0RLI compression
protocols.
There are three disks in this version. See list of files on
each disk below.
Disk 1 - MSYS116.EXE self-extracting archive name -
Required executable programs and data files
Disk 2 - MOPT116.EXE self-extracting archive name -
Documentation files and my latest BBSLIST.DAT file
Disk 3 - MSYSB116.EXE self-expanding archive name -
BBS only version of MSYS (no netnode or TCP/IP,
saves 100K memory) and various contributed support files
Cost per disk (360K 5.25 inch only):
To US Addresses: $ 5 per disk
To Canada and Mexico $ 7.50 per disk (US dollars)
All others $10.00 per disk (US dollars)
These prices all include the disk, mailer and postage (air mail to
addresses not in Canada, Mexico, or US).
I do not take Visa/Mastercard etc (do you?). No CODs either!
Send requests for disks to
Michael Pechura
10809 Beechwood Drive
Chesterland, OH 44026
Be sure to give your name, call, and complete address, and what
version and disk(s) you want. All disks are 5.25 inch 360K
disks.
The MSYS files are available on internet via anonymous FTP at
coffman.csuohio.edu [137.148.21.6] You can send me mail on internet
using map@cis.csuohio.edu
The MSYS release files are available on Cleveland Hamnet telephone BBS.
Telephone number is 216-942-6382. If you make use of
this facility you might consider sending the Sysop (Dave, WB8APD) a
buck or two to support that excellent system. Baud rate has been
increased to support up to 14,400 bps now.
Special thanks go to Don, K8EIW, who did an excellent job in
rewriting the MSYS Manual. Thanks also to Steve, NO8M, for a user
manual. These two have also been very helpful in testing out
over a hundred versions of MSYS since the last release.
A couple of important notes
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It is not clear that compressed forwarding is legal in the US.
It is up to you to decide if you want to do it. The new support
for extended memory should be used only if you can't provide
expanded memory as the extended memory is noticeably slower and
doesn't give quite as much free memory as expanded memory will.
Also note that the call server drivers have not yet been updated
to new formats for some of the files.
In the future I see a windows version of MSYS that will not be
as memory restricted as the current version is. To run a windows
version you will of course need a machine capable of running
windows or OS/2. The current version of MSYS will continue to be
supported but there probably won't be many new things added.
Mainly bugs will be corrected (a number of them still exist in
the TCP/IP area I am sure).
73 - Mike WA8BXN
File contents of the 3 disks (note: actual file sizes may be a little
different):
Directory of MSYS116 DISK1 (MSYS116.EXE archive)
A HLP 125 12-05-93 4:49p
B HLP 74 12-05-93 4:49p
C HLP 321 12-05-93 4:49p
CALLSRV1 EXE 14,720 01-10-92 12:35a
CALLSRV2 EXE 14,592 01-10-92 12:37a
CALLSRV3 EXE 15,097 10-20-93 10:35p
D HLP 291 12-05-93 4:49p
G HLP 553 12-05-93 4:49p
H HLP 155 12-05-93 4:49p
HAPNMSYS COM 24,335 03-06-91 6:48p
HELP HLP 468 12-05-93 4:49p
I HLP 126 12-05-93 4:49p
INFO HLP 641 12-05-93 4:58p
J HLP 822 12-05-93 4:49p
K HLP 621 12-05-93 4:49p
L HLP 1,943 12-05-93 4:49p
M HLP 475 12-05-93 4:49p
MOVEFILE BAT 541 04-19-93 10:50a
MSYS DO 1,532 12-05-93 5:35p
MSYS EXE 180,919 12-06-93 1:37p
MSYS HCL 733 12-05-93 5:03p
MSYS OPT 1,124 12-05-93 5:03p
MSYS REP 639 12-05-93 5:03p
MSYSBBSB DAT 156 12-05-93 5:04p
MSYSFWD DEF 1,299 12-05-93 5:03p
MSYSHCL DO 11 12-05-93 5:11p
MSYSHOLD DAT 208 12-06-93 1:44p
MSYSHOST NET 8,962 12-05-93 5:04p
MSYSMSGS DAT 23,683 11-30-93 12:23a
MSYSPASS MOD 64 03-31-91 11:45p
MSYST DOC 5,780 12-05-93 10:20p
MSYST EXE 18,794 10-18-93 2:55p
MSYSTNC 1 87 05-28-88 7:40p
MSYSTNC 2 43 04-29-89 12:25a
MSYSTNC 5 128 12-05-93 5:04p
MUTIL EXE 51,740 12-05-93 4:04p
N HLP 725 12-05-93 4:49p
NEWUSER HLP 415 12-05-93 4:49p
P HLP 1,041 12-05-93 4:49p
R HLP 1,481 12-05-93 4:49p
README NOW 9,535 12-06-93 2:50p
README SMP 428 11-30-89 10:07p
REQDIR HLP 178 12-05-93 4:49p
REQFIL HLP 602 12-23-90 8:47p
ROUTES DAT 717 07-09-89 10:33p
S HLP 1,213 12-05-93 4:49p
SCAN440 COM 229 12-05-93 10:11p
SCAN735 COM 314 11-27-93 12:02a
SCAN757 COM 323 11-26-93 11:58p
STAR HLP 226 12-05-93 4:49p
STATES DAT 205 04-25-89 8:27p
T HLP 318 12-05-93 4:49p
U HLP 287 12-05-93 4:49p
V HLP 51 12-05-93 4:49p
W HLP 212 12-05-93 4:49p
WORDLIST 1 459 12-05-93 5:18p
X HLP 1,214 12-05-93 4:49p
Y HLP 193 12-05-93 4:49p
ZIPCODES DAT 1,156 04-25-89 11:48p
Directory of MSYS116 DISK2 (MOPT116.EXE archive)
BBSLIST DAT 329,565 12-06-93 2:03p
IOBUS DOC 2,123 11-28-90 11:44p
JKISS DOC 596 02-06-92 12:39p
JKISS ROM 2,048 02-06-92 10:13a
MS400 MOD 1,437 01-01-91 5:54p
MSYS116 DOC 476,711 12-05-93 11:34p
MSYSHAPN DOC 7,268 01-04-91 8:41p
PAK EXE 12,614 03-02-87 10:27p
README NOW 9,535 12-06-93 2:50p
USERMAN DOC 59,963 12-04-93 3:24a
Directory of MSYS116 DISK3 (MSYSB116.EXE archive)
BBSTONTS BIN 93,899 12-06-93 2:07p
BBSTONTS DAT 177,828 12-06-93 2:07p
CALLSRV0 C 1,280 01-10-92 12:33a
G8ASO LST 18,635 12-06-93 2:12p
KA8YHA COM 41,328 01-01-91 6:05p
KA8YHA-1 COM 41,935 04-05-91 2:05p
KA8YHA-2 EXE 4,243 09-23-91 1:58p
MSYSB EXE 148,461 12-06-93 2:20p
N7GXP COM 16,907 03-31-91 11:58p
README NOW 9,535 12-06-93 2:50p
SCAN440 ASM 4,996 12-05-93 10:10p
SCAN735 ASM 7,823 11-27-93 12:02a
SCAN757 ASM 7,594 11-26-93 11:58p
W8GRG COM 8,350 01-04-91 1:07p
WB0OIZ COM 17,408 01-03-91 11:46p
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