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Скачать BBSkit 2.0 - Communications toolkit for Turbo Pascal
Steve Madsen BBSkit version 2.00 Communications toolkit for Turbo Pascal by Steve Madsen Copyright BBSkit, associated utilities, source code, and documentation are copyright (c) 1991, 1992 by Steven Madsen. All rights reserved. The purpose of BBSkit Ever since I became involved with telecommunications in the
mid 1980's, I have been very interested in writing applications
that work with the serial port. Particularly, I like writing
bulletin board systems. The only problem was that I found no
communications packages that met my standards, which included
being usable under Turbo Pascal 6.0. Thus, BBSkit was born. What's new in version 2.0? Version 2.0 is a tremendous enhancement to the original
package. Version 1.0 was robust when compared to many of the
other shareware or freeware packages I still find on systems
today, but 2.0 will easily surpass that. With 2.0 I have added
more complete VT-100 style terminal emulation directly into the
package. This means no more ANSI.SYS! All of the file transfer
protocols have been recoded and are now much easier to
understand since the source follows the same style as the main
units. Ymodem and Ymodem-G have also been added to our list of
protocols. To keep things more close to home, I have rewritten
my serial support in 100% assembly language. You no longer need
a FOSSIL driver to communicate with your system, and that
reduces the amount of memory taken up by device drivers and
leaves more for your app. Of course, as a registered user, you
have all of the source code to BBSkit available on your
registration disks. Where's Zmodem? Some of you who saw or used the first version of BBSkit may
be wondering where Zmodem is in the new package. The reason is
actually quite simple, although it is a very disappointing one.
During the development of BBSkit 2.00 I looked long and hard for
the latest Zmodem specifications, to be assured that my users
would receive the latest Zmodem implementation, coded according
to Omen Technology's most current Zmodem documentation. I
became very disappointed when I could not find any recent
specifications on local BBSes, or anywhere in the world through
Internet ftp access. This led me to actually call Omen's BBS a
few times, searching diligently for these specifications. I
could not find any later than 1987, and these were done in the
typical Omen fashion, which pretty much kept me from doing a
good implementation of their protocol. To top things off, when
I read through Omen's BBS, I found something called the Zmodem
Developer's Kit (which convienently comes with C source code!).
Apparently Omen has taken Zmodem out of the public domain with
their introduction of MobyTurbo. So, sorry, but Zmodem is not
going to be included in this (or probably any future) release of
BBSkit. If you don't like this (I don't), please complain
directly to Omen Technology, because I cannot do anything about
it from where I stand. Contacting Technical Support Technical support is available to all registered users free
of charge from the time that registration is received. By "free
of charge" I mean that I will provide as much help as I can in
any way that I can, so long as it does not cost me lots of
money. Support is available over the phone (no collect calls
will be accepted), through United States Mail, through
CompuServe, through the Internet, or through BITNET. Current addresses are as follows: U.S. Mail (at home): Steve Madsen BBSkit Technical Support 1888 Edith Marie Drive Beavercreek, OH 45431-3377 CompuServe: INTERNET>sjmadsen@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu Internet: sjmadsen@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu BITNET: sjmadsen@miavx1 Steven Madsen 1888 Edith Marie Drive Beavercreek, OH 45431-3377 | |||
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