A demoversion of Rcn is now available! Call Aeon BBS at +46-8-6269892 and download it, or file-request "RcnDemo" from 2:201/414 (14k4 HST/v32bis) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Rcn costs 700 SEK (less than $90), but people think it's too cheap so hurry before I raise the price! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Features in Rcn v0.58: * A nice GUI configuration-program using gadtools. * Alternative text-based configuration-program that can be used from remote. * All textstrings in the BBS can be replaced with whatever you want. * Multi-language, up to 65536 different languages supported! * Different textfiles for different users, accesslevels and graphicsmodes. * Different task-priorities for each node when uploading, downloading etc. * Up to 65536 telephonelines (nodes) supported. * Support for multiple serial port board. * Speeds up to 4Gbaud supported (if your hardware and devicedriver does) * Highspeed modems supported. * RTS/CTS handshaking. * Configurable serial device driver and unit for each node. * More than 4 billion messageareas! * More than 4 billion fileareas! * Up to 65536 different accesslevels! * Lots of displaycodes that can be used almost everywhere. * Displaycodes uses sprintf(), making it possible to to make strings adjusted to the right, left, integers written in decimal, hexadecimal, octal, padded with zeros etc etc! * Conditional displaycodes, such as "Send if the private flag is set", or "display textfile" * Action displaycodes, such as hangup and pause. * IEMSI support! * All nodes are opened as resizeable and movable windows on the shared ReccControl screen. * ReccControl supervises the system, avoiding conflicts of files, users etc. * VERY low CPU-usage! * ANSI support. * Textoutput optimizing. Replaces five or more spaces in a row with an ANSI-sequence. * Remote-DOS, using FIFO - Makes it just as your normal shell window! * Almost every Rcn-program are PURE, making it possible to make them resident! * Reccoon.library, making utilities small and uses less memory! They're real easy to code too, using that library! * Statistic such as total byte UL, DL, calls etc are stored on disk and displayed on the ReccControl screen. * All Reccoon-lines and ReccControl can be iconified as APP-Icons on the workbench-screen. * Pulldown menus. * OS 2.0 look. * AGA screenresolutions supported. * Macro-keys that can be used everywhere. * String-edit - the user can use arrowkeys in any string- prompt. * Very powerful custimized doorinterface making the door possible to almost everything. It has access to almost all internal data, and lots of internal functions, such as DisplayMessage(), ListFiles() etc etc. * Possible to run multiple doors at the same time! * Run-back doors that works in the background. * Doors may add its own fields to the userstructure! * Action-doors such as Snake. * ARexx interface. * Paragon-Door interface. * Doorlink interface. * FPL interface! (FPL is a script-language that looks and feels like C ) * The entire logon-sequence can be replaced with an fpl-script. * Possible to run CLI-doors. * A GUI usereditor, with ARexx interface! * Possible to edit multiple users at the same time (each user in one window) * Alternative textbased user-editor which can be used from remote. * Possible to edit users being online, and they wont even notice. * Different keymaps supported. * Different fonts supported. * Character-translation - the user can chose between sysop-configurable tables. * Up to 65536 different translation-tables supported. * 8-bit ASCII supported. * All programs are written in C, and smaller parts in fast 68000+ assembler. * Requires OS 2.0 (v37) or higher. * Users get congratulated on their birthday. * Smooth hotkeys. * Ctrl-C breaking * Multicolor-chat, which can be started any time, even when running doors. * NO backdoors. * VERY stable! * NO Enforcer and Mungwall hits! * Crash-protection. * Swedish quality :) * Less expensive than Xenolink, MEBBS/StarNet and DLG. Network: * FidoNet support. * 10 different AKAs supported. * Very Fast and good mailprocessor! * SEEN-BY processing, making it possible to add/remove nodes from the Seen-By lines. (For both files and msgs) * 4D network addressing. * Pointsupport. * Areafix for both msgareas and fileareas! * Access-restrictions in areafix. * Passthru areas. * Fileechos! * Filerequest handler. * Possible to disable filerequest for certain nodes. * Magic filenames. * Wildcards supported in filerequests. * Possible to password protect files and whole areas for filerequest. * Filerequest report sent to the Sysop on the remote system, and to the local sysop. (configurable) * Checks the nodelist for unlisted systems. * Byte and file-limit for freqs. * Multiple Netmailareas supported. * Crashmail. * Direct Netmails. * Very powerful routing capabilities. * Different archivers for different nodes. * Uses Trapdoor! * MSGID dupechecking. * MSGID/REPLY message linking. * Works fine in a HUB/HOST environment. * Accesses the nodelist using Traplist.library, so you wont need to have serveral nodelist-formats when you use Trapdoor as mailer. Messages: * As said, more than four billions different messageareas! * Messages are stored in two files per messagearea, making it possible to scan messages EXTREMELY faaaast! * Possible to send messages to ALL users, so they receive it when then logon. * Fileattaches. The attached files are stored in a special filearea, so you as a sysop get a good overview of all attached files. * Handles. * Each user can have diffrent accessrestrictions for each message area. * Private messages. * Access-level restrictions on certain messages. * Possible to reply-protect areas. * Netmail reply. * Sysop menu that allows the message-writer and the Sysops to edit message-flags. * Each user have an own set of access-flags for each message- area, so you got 100% access-control! * Possible to age-protect areas, so very young users wont have access to adult message-areas. * Messages displayed in different colors (configurable) when quoted text, Seen-by lines, cludges etc. making it very easy to find the important parts in messages. * Possible to hide message-cludges (users option) * Message-display is hotkeyed, so you can proceed to the next message without to wait for the end. * The message header looks just as you want it to look. * Full-screen editor. Files: * As said, more than four billions different fileareas! * Uses XPR = External protocols. * Opens a nice little window when transfering files. * Files can be marked by entering a number, a wildcard or the whole filename. * Both * wildcards and Amiga #? wildcards supported. * Very fast global-search function. * Each user has an own set of access-flags for each file- area, so you got 100% access-control! * View-archive function. * Test-archive function. * The uploader may edit his files, such as changing the description etc. The sysops for that area can also do other things such as remove credits, change area etc. * Auto-logoff after download. * Hotkeyed file-listing. * Files can be marked and downloaded at a later time. * Files can be a free download. * Some users can have free download in some areas. * Bps-restrictions for DL and UL (different for each filearea) Menus: * All menucommands can be used in any menu. * Supports both FPL menus and less advanced menus. * Lots of menucommands. * Possible to do serveral things on one single keyhit. * Access-restrictions on every menucommand. * A password menu-command, making it possible to password- protect certain things. * Possible to do certain things for certain access-levels. * Menucommands takes arguments and return results, example: /* this is a short FPL-script */ prevarea=msgarea; if(MsgArea(2)){ WriteMsg("Niclas Emdelius"); MsgArea(prevarea); }else Send("Area not found"); * You can trap almost every key, even the return key. * ANSI-C io-commands, such as fopen(), fgets() available from fpl! * Fpl-hooks. You can trap and/or replace internal functions with fpl-scripts if you want to. * All menucommands are available from ARexx! ... AND MORE!!! Please send questions, ideas and comments to me at 2:201/414 !