As of Saturday 06-Jul-91... ATDT 1-416-921-6638 Xenolink 1.0 Professional Bulletin Board System - By Jonathan Forbes Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, Xenomiga Technology. All rights reserved. Press the [ESCAPE] key to enter the system or wait 30 seconds Welcome to the Xenomiga BBS, running under Xenolink 1.0 Your name: Bill Beogelein Password: > rather than just ^C. - Configure how much time is added or subtracted when the add time or subtract time key is hit. SERIAL - Configurable serial device driver and unit for each node. - Configurable parameters - Enable/disable RTS/CTS - Enable/disable XON/XOFF - Enable/disable high speed serial device flag - Set serial i/o buffer - Configurable connect strings and baud rates for each node. - Configurable setup string, answer string, on/off-hook string, answer string delay, carrier detect delay, connect delay, hang up delay. - The modem can be initialised after each logoff, or just when Xenolink first initialises. - Full support for multiple serial port boards. - Speeds of 300-38400 baud supported. - Yes, 38400 baud is supported by Xenolink. - Locked baud rates supported. - Highly optimised serial i/o functions for the incredible speed Xenolink is famous for. - HST support. MESSAGES - Up to 65535 separate message sections supported. - All message headers are stored in one file, as is all message text, resulting in very large space savings; other systems keep each message in a separate file, resulting in hundreds upon hundreds of directory entries, slowing the system down and taking up unnecessary space. - Because of Xenolink's efficient method of storing messages, it can just BLAZE through the message file, usually finding any message in a message file with a single read of under 300 bytes. - Incredibly fast message display. - Many message scanning functions, including: - Search for messages to user - Search for messages from user - Search for messages to or from user - Search for subject text - Search for all of the above - Many message reading functions, including: - Read forwards - Read reverse - Read new - Read marked - Read waiting - Global read new - Users are informed of waiting mail upon login, and are asked if they wish to read their mail at this point. - Unwanted message sections may be masked out. - Messages may be deleted. - For each message section, it can be specified if users can delete mail to and/or from them. - Messages may be forwarded. - The original message can optionally be deleted, or kept as a carbon copy. - If forwarding NetMail, a new FidoNet address can be supplied. - Read replies to messages with one command. - Read original message with one command. - Reverse read direction with one command. - Optional continuous read mode. - Hotkeys are active while messages are being displayed, so you can hit to proceed to the next message without having to wait for the message to finish displaying. The same applies to all hotkeyed message commands. - Powerful message editor which supports quoting, line insertion, deletion, replacing, editing, restarting, as well as much more. - Spell checker included, which can be activated from within the message editor. - Message text may be imported to the editor from a text file. - Files may be attached to messages. - The formatting of the message header can be changed entirely for each menu set. FILES - Up to 65535 separate file sections supported - Popular file transfer protocols supported: - SEAlink - Xmodem Checksum - Xmodem CRC - Xmodem 1K - Xmodem 1K-G - Ymodem batch - Ymodem G - Zmodem - Xmodem protocols perform automatic padding removal. - External protocol libraries supported. - All protocols are *incredibly* fast - Zmodem subroutines written in assembly language for optimum speed - Batch uploading and downloading supported - Xenolink discerns the file names of any extra files uploaded - Files may be marked as free downloads - Files may be - Catalogued chronologically/alphabetically - Browsed chronologically/alphabetically - Searched for globally, or in multiple sections, or just one - Marked for later (batch) downloading - File catalogue operations are *incredibly* fast! - Files may optionally be auto-filenoted with their descriptions - File entries can easily be edited or validated online - Separate file ratio and byte ratio which can be altered for each user, or disabled completely - The format of the single line catalogue entry is configurable, and can be changed to use K (e.g. 96k), bytes (e.g. 96000 bytes), and one of three different ways of displaying the date (01-Feb-91, 01-02-91, or 02-01-91) - The formatting of the single line catalogue entry can be changed for each menu set - When searching for files, the matching portion of the file name or description can be highlighted in any colour you choose - ArcView program to view contents of .ARC, .ZOO, .LZH, or .ZIP archives. OTHER FEATURES - Sysop chat - Sysop can break into chat at any time - Two colour chat (if user is in ANSI mode) with word wrapping - System log - 4 levels of log verbosity (TERSE, NORMAL, EXTENDED, VERBOSE). - Extensive information about callers is recorded, including name, telephone number, files uploaded or downloaded, doors entered, and the time all of these events ocurred. - Incoming FidoNet calls are also logged, along with their Sysop, mailer software, and file transactions. - Remote DOS Shell - Can drop to AmigaDOS, just as if you were in your own CLI. - Powerful security features - Add or take away any type of access (total of 11 types of access, including read, write, view, delete, etc.) from any section, without changing a user's access level or anything else. - Restrict access to BBS lines (on multi-line systems) according to user access level. - Optional automatic newsletter after login. - Optional displaying of a text file specific to each access level after login. ALSO FEATURING - Very little in the way of memory usage. - Very low CPU usage. - Much code moved to a resident xenolink.library to decrease memory requirements for multi-line systems. - Almost all Xenolink programs, including Xenolink itself, can be made RESIDENT, so that nodes can be run in as little as 30k! Perfect for multi-line systems. - Full Intuition interface with windows, menus, and requesters. - Built in terminal module - Blindingly fast text display. - All protocols accessible from within the terminal module. - Message areas and file areas can be grouped together in SIG fashion, or kept separate. - Compiled event scripting for each node at any time interval during the day; have custom scripts run when users log on or log off, or after FidoNet transfers. - Xenolink has been optimised beyond belief for high speed modems such as HST's, and operates with lightning speed all round. Routines requiring the utmost in speed have been rewritten in assembly language. - Furthermore, Xenolink is incredibly easy to use from both the user's point of view and the Sysop's point of view. - Incredibly smooth and responsive hotkeys (if you have them activated). SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - 512k of RAM - Xenolink has modest memory requirements. - Any Amiga, with AmigaDOS 1.2 or later. - Works perfectly under AmigaDOS 2.0 and on the A3000. - Hard drive (Xenolink can run on floppy drives, but this limits the amount of networking which can be done). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AND, TRULY, MUCH MUCH MORE! This is only the beginning! Xenolink is a fully integrated package! Xenolink's FidoNet mailer, mail processor, nodelist compiler, and just about everything else supplied, were written specifically for Xenolink by Xenomiga Technology; thus, they can easily be improved upon. On the other hand, some other, less capable BBS packages have resorted to using third party mailers, message packers, nodelist compilers, and the like, often sacrificing speed, efficiency, and ease of use. How would you like to have to read umpteen different manuals to configure umpteen different programs, entering the same information in umpteen different formats? Not so with Xenolink; duplication has been kept to a minumum, since Xenolink programs all access the same configuration files. Xenolink is self-installing; just run a script file for it to be transferred to your hard drive. For ordering information, see the beginning of this file. Why not order now? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information, call the Xenolink development site: Xenomiga Sysop: Jonathan Forbes (416)-921-6638 1200-38400 baud HST, V.42bis For a look at another very impressive but differently set up Xenolink system, call: City Limits Sysop: Marc Vaillancourt (418)-659-7910 1200-2400 baud Another way to contact Xenomiga Technology is to send NetMail to: FidoNet address 1:250/642.0 Or, as a last resort, write to: Xenomiga Technology 1132 Bay Street, Suite #1101 Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z4 Canada *** EOF Bull:ItxtFile4.txt 313-473-2020