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- T P B O A R D 7.1
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- TPBoard is a full featured bulletin board system for PC-DOS
- and MS-DOS computers. With the release of version 7.1,
- remains at the forefront of computer bulletin board systems.
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- The essential philosophy of TPBoard is minimum maintenance.
- It is not unusual to have a TPBoard system running in less
- than an hour! After all, the amount of time required for you
- to maintain your system will directly affect how much enjoyment
- you get out of your system. We've even heard testimonials from
- people who have tried to set up the "feline" board and finally
- switched to TPBoard after weeks of frustration. A difficult
- and complicated setup isn't our idea of a Wild! time.
-
- While most bulletin boards appear to be the same from a
- caller's perspective, most differ widely in how they achieve
- the very same features. For example, many bbs packages store
- file descriptions in simple ascii text files (PCBoard). While
- such files can speed up global searches slightly, they make
- management of your Files areas a virtual nightmare. Conversely,
- all of TPBoard's important databases -- the Files, Messages, and
- Users files -- are multi-keyed btree indexed for super fast
- access. You won't sit for minutes waiting for a new mail check
- as I have when calling other systems!
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- Some of the key features of TPBoard are:
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- o The industry's most compact message base format.
- For a message oriented bbs, NOTHING can come close to
- the disk efficiency of TPBoard.
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- o Individual message size up to 32k with the range settable
- by the sysop from 8 to 32k. Many boards limit the actual
- number of lines a caller can type (both WildCat! and PCBoard
- limit message size in this way).
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- o ALL internal protocols. While many bulletin board systems
- still rely on external programs for advanced protocols such
- as Zmodem, TPBoard has had complete internal protocols for
- YEARS!
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- o Advanced file handling including:
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- - file tagging and downloading
- - editing of tagged files
- - status bars for the sysop showing download progress
- - download across file areas
- - download using wildcard characters
- - automatic releasing of files after an "aging" period
- - "Type" files on-line, including LBR, ARC, PAK, ZIP,
- and LZH member files.
- - download individual files from within ARC, PAK, ZIP, and
- LZH files!
- - extended file descriptions of *ANY* length
- - automatic support for SDN areas and TICK file imports
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- o Split screen chat with callers.
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- o Internal support for fast IEMSI logins.
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- o INTERNAL support for the XRS off-line reader program. Ascii
- download of messages for non-XRS users.
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- o Up to 255 message areas and 255 files areas. Many boards
- support only 200 message areas.
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- o Network compatible message importing -- your nodes stay up
- during mail processing.
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- o Renumbers thousands of messages in minutes.
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- o Internal support for accessing dBaseIII files including
- access level support, sysop configurable report layouts,
- and more.
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- o Callers can sort file areas online by Name, Ext, Size, Date
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- o System generated menus based on caller privilege settings.
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- o Fast logins for local sysop access
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- o FULL network (LAN) support for up to 99 user INCLUDED!
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- o Full support for the most popular door calling conventions
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- o EGA/VGA mode support for the sysop's console
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- o Full screen setup and file management utilities INCLUDED
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- o ANSI emulation for the sysop's console
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- o Virus scanning via 4k shell (SHEZ)
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- o Multi-language support for up to 10 system text sets
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- o Auto detection of remote ansi capability
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- o Callers can transfer files to one another using a PRIVATE file
- area.
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- TPBoard Wildcat! PCBoard
- ---------- ---------- ----------
- Base cost 175.00 129.00 170.00
- Other costs
- Lan: 10 users incl 249.00 970.00
- Lan: >10 users incl 499.00 970.00
- Extended Utilities incl $$$$ incl
- FULL user support incl $$$$ $$$$$
- Lan support included YES NO NO
- Btree file support YES Yes NO
- File Utils included YES NO Yes
- File tagging YES Yes Yes
- Caller can sort files YES NO NO
- Compressed Message base YES NO NO
- Support for IEMSI YES NO NO
- Extended file descriptions YES Limited Limited
- Internal dBaseIII support YES NO NO
- User access by function YES u/k u/k
- Ascii export of data files YES NO NO
- Fidonet Echomail support YES Yes NOt directly
- Message size limits 32k 99 lines 255 lines
- Fidomail included YES u/k NO
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- TPBoard Remote Access
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- Base cost 175.00 249.00
- Other costs
- Lan: 10 users incl incl
- Lan: >10 users incl incl
- Extended Utilities incl n/a
- FULL user support incl incl
- Lan support included YES Yes
- Btree file support YES NO
- File Utils included YES NO
- File tagging YES NO
- Caller can sort files YES NO
- Compressed Message base YES NO
- Support for IEMSI YES Yes
- Extended file descriptions YES somewhat
- Internal dBaseIII support YES NO
- User access by function YES NO
- Ascii export of data files YES NO
- Fidonet Echomail support YES Yes
- Message size limits 32k 16k
- Ease of setup/maint EASY COMPLICATED
- Fidomail utils included YES NO
- Maximum files per area NONE 200 (a severe limitation)
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- Perhaps as important, TPBoard has grown and continues to grow
- based on user comments and user suggestions. It is NOT unusual
- for a sysop to offer a suggestion for a new feature (or a twist
- on an old feature) only to have the feature implemented and
- available to all users in a matter of DAYS! Try to do that with
- the so-called boards! Releases are scheduled about every 3-4
- months to get new features out as quickly as possible; most boards
- have releases every 1-2 years!
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- NOTE: all of the above features are based upon the technical
- specifications available in the last version of the software
- as reviewed. We apologize for any errors due to new releases.