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- What to take:
-
- You'll need SIGNON-1.ARC, SIGNON-1.DIR, SIGNON-2.ARC and
- SIGNON-2.DIR, plus ARCGET11.OBJ (and probably ARCDIR11.OBJ
- as well). To see what's in these files, type "ARCDIR
- SIGNON-1", etc., which will give you a directory of the
- contents. To break the packages apart, the proper command
- is "ARCGET *.* SIGNON-1", etc. The result will be a large
- number of squeezed files which you'll then have to unsqueeze.
-
- Read the SIGNON.DOC file -- that'll explain how the program
- is expected to work and the order in which you should go about
- testing and assembling its components. The result will be a
- reasonably fancy user logging program which can be run as
- a front end to MINIRBBS (or maybe, with a bit of work, MINI-
- CBBS), especially suitable when those programs are used in an
- RCPM system. SIGNON's main attraction is for sysops rather
- than users -- it maintains user statistics and control over
- user status much more effectively than any other program thus
- far placed in the public domain.
-
- Because initially most sysops using SIGNON will be current users
- of ENTERBBS/RBBENTXX, a utility for converting ENTERBBS's 'USERS'
- file to a format readable by SIGNON will be available within a
- few days. That way, you won't have to ask your regular users to
- begin all over again.
-
- SIGNON is being distributed in two packages to make it possible
- for owners of slow modems to take one package at a time from
- systems that limit connect time to one hour/day. SIGNON-1
- contains the stuff you'll need to get started. There should
- be enough in it to keep most sysops busy for a day or two.
-
- The program is slated for inclusion in a CPMUG disk, but that
- will undoubtedly take a few months to come out. Any sysop
- who's not in a hurry (if any such exist) might consider waiting
- until then.
-
- -- 7/25/82
-