From john@g1yyh Fri Oct 12 22:51:55 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA2683 ; Fri, 12 Oct 90 22:51:51 GMT Date: Fri, 12 Oct 90 22:11:54 GMT Message-Id: <2680@G1YYH> From: John@G1YYH (John Heaton) Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp) To: readme@G1YYH Subject: AmigaNOS v900214.JH Greetings, This version of NOS on the Amiga, albeit based on v900214 - ancient by IBM standards, contains many of the additions that appear on the many! IBM versions. v900214 on the Amiga is the most stable produced, and as there seems little chance of new versions coming out at the same rate as the IBM version, I have decided to have a go at improving it myself. So far, the most apparent changes over a standard 900214 version are: 1. Message-Of-The-Day on Mailbox sessions. 2. Attended/Unattended setting. Both of these are extracted from Anders Klements modifications to the MAILBOX.C code (In NOS/IBM/MAILBOX.ARC) as subcommands to the MBOX command, rather than the G1EMM approach. 3. When connected to the Mailbox, the short command menu is presented to the calling station rather than the full command menu followed by a short command menu. This makes connection to the mailbox is much quicker. 4. The full command menu is only shown when the calling station enters a ? (as it should be!) The next change affects both mailbox and ftp sessions, and makes AmigaNOS appear more like a UNIX system. 5. The (W)hat mailbox command issues a 'ls -l' command, rather than a 'DIR' command. 6. During a ftp session, entering DIR command will issue a 'ls -l' command. Entering a LS command will issue a 'ls' command. (Again, as it should be!) The advantages of this change is that the file lists are sorted before being output, and that in the case of the ftp LS command the output is arranged in columns across the screen rather than one long list of filenames / directory names. 7. The AX HEARD output is in two columns across the screen, for this change I thank G1EMM. Other modifications are planned, but some of the IBM commands are not needed. I.E, Multi-Tasking - The Amiga does that anyway!, and the Mail command - With the Amiga, its a simple matter to have a Mail program running as a separate task. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From john@g1yyh Sun Oct 14 21:49:11 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA2692 ; Sun, 14 Oct 90 21:49:08 GMT Date: Sun, 14 Oct 90 21:42:22 GMT Message-Id: <2690@G1YYH> From: John@G1YYH (John Heaton) Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp) To: readme@G1YYH Subject: AmigaNOS v900214 (G1YYH v1.4) Greetings, As you can see, I've been at it again. This time I've added the ax25 beacon commands: ax25 bcinterval ax25 bctext <"beacon text"> ax25 bc I have also changed the format of the version number, i.e instead of 'v900214.JH' it is now 'v900214 (G1YYH v1.4)' More changes are on the way. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From john@g1yyh Mon Oct 15 08:42:54 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA2699 ; Mon, 15 Oct 90 08:42:50 GMT Date: Mon, 15 Oct 90 08:25:23 GMT Message-Id: <2697@G1YYH> From: John@G1YYH (John Heaton) Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp) To: readme@G1YYH Subject: AmigaNOS changes Greetings, The changes this time are mainly Amiga specific 'cosmetic', to improve the appearance of the display. 1. I have included the escape sequence: \e[80u\e[0x as part of the Header text to the main command window on startup. The effect of this is to remove the left and right borders of the window, allowing a full 80 column display. 2. I have included the escape sequences: \e[35m and: \e[33m to trace.c so that transmitted packets are in orange and received packets are in white (using standard Workbench colors) 3. I have changed the command prompt from 'net>' to 'NOS [%s] .. ' where %s is the station callsign picked up from the ax25 mycall command. 4. I have changed mailbox.c to send `[NOS-$]` to a BBS in place of `[NET-$]`. 5. I have changed the startup file from `TCPIP:net-startup` to `TCPIP:NOS-Startup` in files.c. Thats all for now. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From john@g1yyh Thu Oct 18 09:58:44 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA2722 ; Thu, 18 Oct 90 09:58:40 GMT Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 09:11:39 GMT Message-Id: <2720@G1YYH> From: John@G1YYH (John Heaton) Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp) To: readme@G1YYH Subject: AmigaNOS (G1YYH v1.5) changes Greetings, The changes this time are: 1. To make it easier to enter commands with a STATUS subcommand. Normally, entering the command name alone results in the response: "" - takes at least one argument The commands changed are: old format new format ICMP STATUS ICMP or IC IP STATUS IP MBOX STATUS MBOX or MB MEM STATUS MEM or ME RIP STATUS RIP or RI * TCP STATUS TCP or T UDP STATUS UDP or UD The STATUS option has been removed from the above commands except those marked with a '*', which still have STATUS as an option, because it is used with a further argument. I.e: STATUS 2. To add a default subcommand to: AX25, DOMAIN, NETROM and SMTP i.e, old format new format AX25 HEARD AX25 or AX DOMAIN LISTSERVERS DOMAIN or DO NETROM ROUTES NETROM or NE SMTP LIST SMTP or SM 3. Other Changes are to the Amiga Screens, The program now displays all sessions in full 80-column borderless screens, the Top Title/DragBar and the resizing gadget at the bottom right-hand corner are still there but the screen is locked at 80-column wide although the vertical height can still be adjusted. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From john@g1yyh Thu Oct 25 07:55:14 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA2764 ; Thu, 25 Oct 90 07:55:13 GMT Date: Thu, 25 Oct 90 07:49:35 GMT Message-Id: <2762@G1YYH> From: John@G1YYH (John Heaton) Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp) To: readme@G1YYH Subject: AmigaNOS changes Two commands for use within an FTP session are added this time, HASH and VERBOSE. HASH prints out a hash '#' mark for every 1000 bytes received/sent during a get/put. VERBOSE controls the verbosity level of responses printed during an ftp session. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From john@g1yyh Sun Oct 28 18:15:10 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA2914 ; Sun, 28 Oct 90 18:15:08 GMT Received: by G1YYH (900214 (G1YYH v1.7)) id AA2911 ; Sun, 28 Oct 90 18:08:47 GMT Date: Sun, 28 Oct 90 18:08:47 GMT Message-Id: <2912@G1YYH> From: John@G1YYH To: readme Subject: AmigaNOS v1.7 update New this time are: MBOX THIRDPARTY | Set thirdparty flag to allow third-party mail to be sent from the mailbox. (default is off) The extra directory TCPIP:Spool/Signature, where message stamps are kept as .sig . The addition of the users login-id to the mailbox welcome message. The addition af a banner message to the TTY-Link session window, indicating whether or not the station is attended. Session screens changed to default to PAL format, but can be reconfigured as NTSC by changing the line '#define PAL 1' to '#undef PAL 1' in the file windows.h . Thats all for now. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From john@g1yyh Sun Nov 04 20:40:04 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA3021 ; Sun, 4 Nov 90 20:39:57 GMT Date: Sun, 4 Nov 90 18:16:32 GMT Message-Id: <3019@G1YYH> From: John@G1YYH (John Heaton) Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp) To: readme@G1YYH Subject: AmigaNOS v1.8 It's that time again, New to AmigaNOS this time are: 1. New forwarding code in the Mailbox, from Anders Klemets. 2. The binary check as used in the ftp code is now used in the mailbox so that the download command checks to see if a file is binary and if so, will send the file uuencoded. Files may be downloaded in uuencoded form by using the 'DU filename' command regardless of file type. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From g1yyh@g1yyh Sun Nov 11 03:28:30 1990 Received: from g1yyh by G1YYH with SMTP id AA3157 ; Sun, 11 Nov 90 03:28:21 GMT Received: by G1YYH (900214 (G1YYH v1.9)) id AA3154 ; Sun, 11 Nov 90 03:22:52 GMT Date: Sun, 11 Nov 90 03:22:52 GMT Message-Id: <3155@G1YYH> From: g1yyh@G1YYH To: readme Subject: AmigaNOS v1.9 X-BBS-Msg-Type: B Greetings, The new Mailbox modifications by Anders Klemets are now incorporated into the AmigaNOS version 1.9. Changes include: SR command To send a reply to the current message SF command To forward the current message to someone else LL command To list the last messages to the current area The use of a BID or message-id file to reject duplicate messages. Cheers, John. /// A M M I GGGGG A | John Heaton G1YYH@GB7NWP.GBR.EU /// AA MM|MM I G AA | /// A A M M M I G GGG A A | Bolton, Lancashire. IO83sn /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA | \\\ /// A A M M I GGGGG A A | AMPR: G1YYH.ampr.org [44.131.1.8] \\\/// | \/// DOES IT BETTER !! | JANET: J.Heaton@uk.ac.MCC From g1yyh@g1yyh Mon Jan 07 08:43:23 1991 Received: from amiga.g1yyh.ampr.org by amiga.G1YYH.ampr.org with SMTP id AA4185 ; Mon, 7 Jan 91 08:43:19 GMT Date: Mon, 7 Jan 91 08:26:38 GMT Message-Id: <4181@G1YYH> From: g1yyh@G1YYH (John Heaton) Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp) To: readme@G1YYH Subject: AmigaNOS v2.5 Lots of new additions this time, most important are: AX25 TIMERTYPE NETROM TIMERTYPE TCP TIMERTYPE AX25 T4