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- Milliways Sysop Utility Version 1.2
- (C) 1986 by Matt Weisberg Feb. 1, 1986
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- Description:
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- MSU is a users editor for the Colossus Bulletin Board System. It allows
- full editing of the user file. This program was written because of the
- limited capabilities of the user editor in the BBS itself. This program
- was written in Borland International's Turbo Pascal.
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- Requirements:
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- MSU requires an IBM PC, XT, AT, or any MS-DOS compatible computer running
- Colossus. ANSI.SYS is required for MSU to work properly.
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- How to invoke MSU:
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- You run MSU by typing this at the command line:
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- MSU Color1 Color2
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- If no colors are specified, MSU will use its default colors of
- Light Gray and Yellow. Again, as I said above, MSU requires ANSI.SYS
- to work properly. Color1 is the color of the boarder on the menu
- window and the color of the identifers (Name, Calling From, etc.).
- Color2 is the color of the actual menu text and the color of the
- users information. Colors are entered as numbers. Here is a chart
- of the colors and there corresponding numbers:
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- 1 - Blue 8 - Dark Gray
- 2 - Green 9 - Light Blue
- 3 - Cyan 10 - Light Green
- 4 - Red 11 - Light Cyan
- 5 - Magenta 12 - Light Red
- 6 - Brown 13 - Light Magenta
- 7 - Light Gray 14 - Yellow
- 15 - White
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- Note: 0 is black, but if you use 0 MSU will ignore it and go to the default
- colors of Light Gray and Yellow. 0 is locked because you would not be able
- to see what was on the screen. Future versions of MSU may contain a
- background color option, but at the moment, it does not.
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- Operation:
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- Here is a list of the commands and what they do:
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- The (+) scrolls forward through the users one at a time.
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- The (-) scrolls backward through the users one at a time.
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- The (B)eginning command moves to the first user in the user file.
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- The (E)nd command moves to the last user in the user file.
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- The (U)sers List command lets you make a list of users. You get to
- specify what level of users you would like listed. For example, if
- you chose 5, then all the users with an access level of 5 are listed.
- This command is good for making a list of non-validated users who
- need to be validated.
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- The (D)eleted command toggles the Yes/No marker for deleted or not.
- All users who have 'Yes' under deleted will be removed if the purge
- users option is choosen after the (Q)uit command (see below).
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- The (N)ame command is used to change the current users name.
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- The (C)alling from command is used to change where the current user is
- calling from.
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- The (P)assword command is used to change the current users password.
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- The (#) command is used to change the current users phone number.
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- The ($) command changes the current users mail credit. All amounts
- are entered WITHOUT decimals. Example: Say a user has a credit of
- $10.25. It would be entered as 1025.
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- The (O) command changes the amount of mail charges that the current
- user has pending.
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- The Security (L)evel command lets you change the security level of the
- current user.
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- The (T)ime left command changes the amount of time (in minutes) the
- current user has left today.
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- The (X)pert command toggles the expert Yes/No option of the current user.
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- The (S)earch command lets you search for a user. If you enter part of the
- name, then it will look for just part of the name.
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- The (A)llowed command toggles the allowed on the system Yes/No option
- of the current user. If set to 'No', then the user will not be able to
- login.
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- The (Q)uit command exits the program and asks you if you would like to
- save the changes which you have made to the users file. If you say yes
- it will then ask you if you would like to purge all deleted users. What
- this means is that every user that had a 'Yes' where it said deleted will
- be taken out of the user file. If you say no to the purge users question
- then every user, wether it said 'Yes' next to deleted or not, wil be
- saved.
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- Notes on the Program:
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- I have spent many long hours working on this program, If you like this
- program and use it regularly, your contribution would be greatly.
- Send any contributions to:
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- Matt Weisberg
- 29140 Apple Blossom Ln.
- Farmington Hills, MI 48018-1519
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- Versions 1.0 and 1.1 of this program were not released. They were test
- versions and where used by a few beta testers only, so this it the first
- actual release. For support please call my board, Milliways at
- (313) 553-9274 - 300/1200/2400 Baud. Please report any bugs to me
- immediately. It would be greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy this
- program. Watch for more utilites from me in the future.