ZX-News #18 08 декабря 1996

SPbZXNet

Network News - the first meeting of network operators SPbZXNet.

                 News



           (C) Alexei Mikhailov



  Well, of course, once this Newskah came after a meeting 
sisopov, I can not resist do not write about what was there, in 
fact, occurred, that they decided whom to choose, and in 
general ... ;) 


  As you probably already know, Sunday, Dec. 8, 1996, there was 
a significant event in the life of our city, that affected 
including the development of modem connection. Held their first 
meeting network operators SpbZxNet, and the first thing

it was decided - the network to be! This day probably will go 
down in history ... ;) 


  Collection began near the subway, where
almost all were going, and began, of course, beer and Pepsi. At 
parties attended by some Membury Omega group, Virt group, as 
well as a few people who wished to put in his station, our 
membership, Petersburg network. 


  It is clear from the first meeting it was difficult to
require something sverhinteresnogo and unexpected, but it seems 
that most come satisfaction.



  Most importantly, the fact that, for what
and going: held presentation of new
version of the server, MMD v3.05, written by Mr. * MAS *.


  For while the two stations worked
test mode, were found several
glitches in the server has to be elaborated Mail Routing and 
the echo area (s) was completely thought out and "embodies" the 
network hierarchy, and most importantly, there were also have 
been implemented almost all the ideas concerning the 
convenience of working with bbs. In general, all that related 
to organizational issues, was settled before the seiche, right 
in the echo. 


  My IMHO, and agreed with him almost everything
who cast a spell over a server in action - prog was a success. 
Version 5.3 is much more like a Maximus, than its predecessor - 
v3.0. 

 First, like Maximus, MMD returns
received symbols back, and according to this do not forget once 
and for all to disable "echo" and second SetUp'e.


 Secondly, now you can enter your password
as macros and spell, and its
necessarily need to end ENTER'om.

 Thirdly, there was a custom menu that is invoked by pressing 
the System macro "EXT +1", which was previously used to clean 
the screen with a correspondent. (And why the user to clear the 
screen bbs?) 



  MMD v3.05 still has only three options in the
View + Output:

 - Read billyuteni (Post sysop) in

   On-line
 - List the station, he now

   permanently in memory and disk space you will not

   find
 - Pick up your mail (soap) - the server itself

   mark the letter that came to you and start

   their transfer


  In the next version which will appear
closer to the New Year, and will likely become a kind of 
Christmas present users of the network, scheduled another item 
in the menu - take away the echo area, and the server will 
remember what mesagi you have read, and what - no. 


  Just at the time Omega group several
suspend work on the bbs and will
long-promised terminalkoy a Hayes-compatible modem.


  By the way, billyuteni (Post sysop) appear every time you 
visit the station immediately after the cap and after

please click "ENTER". Another thing is that if
no desire, they can not fully read,
typing "n" or "space" in response to another
query "What next?".


  In my opinion, one of the most important
advantages over v3.05 v3.00 is the correct processing of short 
beeps and the time until the Point "sat" on the station! 


  Ie as it was before: if a line break
or someone macro EXT +5 not entered, bbs not hang up and safely 
hung. Or these bugs: the user has not yet managed to

catalog files are noted, as it already
disconnected from the station, and it is at a maximum waiting 
time! And now - all DC: and the phone hangs, if the line is 
broken, and the delayed arrival at the station operator can 
install on your own. For example, I put on Tornado station 
three minutes: If during this Time Pointer did nothing, then it 
disables the station. And before cut off for 10-15 seconds ...



  Here, in brief, and all of the v3.05. We consulted and 
decided that they wanted to host an bbs, a member of the 
SpbZxNet, get the server program is free, but First the future 
should a sysop actively work for 00.00 or

01.00, that we have seen, it can be
operator, or experience all the same is not enough ...


  In general, in order to become a sysop,
want that kind of experience in the network. This, in
principle, and is caused by a small number of
stations, which will open soon
time - not yet all in all sorted out ...


  And also not much Pointer -
about twenty to 01.00 and slightly less on
00.00. While the three-and four stations is quite
enough, and with the increasing number of Pointer,
of course, will grow and the number of nodes, or stations bbs.


  Back in the echo was chosen moderator of the echo area "ZX", 
and then at a meeting of his only approved. They became 
Aleksandr Majorov, sysop MAS-BBS, which is in the very near 
Time will close and turn into the first and while some 
stations, only one hub, ie node through which all other

bbs'ki will send an aria and soap. I remind you that the hub 
can only call other nodes, ie Sysops bbs, but no Pointers (most 
users of these bbs). Everything else it was decided that the 
coordinator until the needs of No, because people do not quite 
understand what he will, in fact, do ... Well Well, they 
probably know better ... 


  Open remains the question of the gateway
SpbZxNet <=> FidoNet. It, in fact, not
discussed and even so it remained unclear
who will work on it. Hopefully, in
We echo all the same agreement. ;) In principle,
here are two problem: the utility, which will lead to mesagi 
fidoshnomu standard, such as cap and oridzhin (incidentally, 
agreed finally on the standard for cap;), as well as free disk 
space + time + Hayes-modem in a gateway. It is suspected that 
harnessed the post gateway our hub (00.00), since it is easier

just to do it ...


  Well, at this meeting ended. Drank some beer, but in 
moderation. We sat and talked about life, about toys, well, as 
whenever there are true sinkleristy Chew PC / Amig'u. And 
dispersed home.



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