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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 22:45:32 CST
- Sender: "Megabyte University (Computers & Writing)" <MBU-L@TTUVM1.BITNET>
- From: Bob Boston <S2.RSB@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU>
- Subject: Forum 3.0 Is Ready to Go!
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- Megabuddies, Forum 3.0 is now available for beta testing. New features are
-
- * User name is no longer computer name. The student now enters his/her own
- name and can enter a pseudonym as well. (The old version allowed a
- pseudonym, but registered the name of the Mac as the student's name-- a
- holdover from our old Mac Pluses with individually owned startup disks.)
-
- * Automatic reading of new messages when not writing. This was a feature of
- version 1.x, but the program was too slow to let it work. A little more
- speed seems to make it feasible. Your tests will determine whether it is
- truly feasible.
-
- * Forum can now use normal TEXT files as prompts. You do not have to create
- new files with Forum Admin.
-
- * You can compile statistics on student participation in chronological order
- and in student order as well.
-
- * You can compile Stats files whenever you wish, tracking student
- participation daily, weekly, and during the entire academic term.
-
- As always, beta testers get the program for $0, and everyone else must pay
- exactly twice that amount. I don't have an ftp site right now, so we'll have
- to use snail mail. Send me one 800K disk, and I'll mail it back to you with
- the program and the documentation.
-
- Bob Boston
- English Department
- 203 Ross Hall
- Iowa State University
- Ames, IA 50011
-