Try this link to the manual. It's all there. Rick - N3HXT http://www.qsl.net/pbpg/PBBSManual.html -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ... From:...
You can probably download everything including the sysop manual here: https://www.tapr.org/software_library.php?dir=/software_lib/bbs/aa4re Rick -- Open...
That manual is a big help but seems to leave a lot of major gaps. For instance, how does one edit these semi-binary files, such as USERS.BB? There are hints...
I think on the TAPR site all the software and manuals are in one zip file. I have a hard copy of the original manual and I'm trying to find the text file of...
Yes there are a lot of holes in some of the documentation. I scrounged around and found some other documents but still no complete manual yet. I did find some...
wow, this is the most useful sysop list I have seen so far. It tells me how to change the clock and the user list. I tried the EU command and saw the string...
I've downloaded all the TAPR files and been all through them, and don't see a SYSOP guide, in fact nothing with the text strings in your list below. Al ... ...
They're all zipped up two levels down. I sure wish I could quickly find the whole manual. I know I have it, because I printed it out. Some of the F keys are: ...
Hi Mike, and all; I'm interested in learning to run AA4RE under windows. I have inherited the SYSOP duties for a system that is running on an old HP computer...
Hello to all, I have been trying to get AA4RE to start by commands from the autoexec.bat file in DOS 6.22 with no luck. It will load MBBIOS but when...
I suspect that it is looking for the PARMS file in the root directory. I would suggest; cd c:\bb c:mbbios.com c:bbsetup.exe c:bbsettnc.exe c:bb I haven't...
... Hi, Jimmy: put C: CD \BB in autoexec.bat before c:\bb\mbbios.com c:\bb\bbsetup.exe c:\bb\bbsettnc.exe c:\bb\bb I've got an old 1.6 GB drive around here...
Have you tried adding that directory in the path statement? It is in the autoexec.bat file. 73 K4UOL Lt. Richard Brown University Police University of...
Hello All, I am new to this group and was thrilled to find that it exists. I run the MARS version of 4RE on the state NMCM MDS BB system for Indiana. My...
Jim, I've run into similar problems as well. You need to make sure your comm ports are the right ones for the 'new' computer. verify the settings for the 'new'...
Hi Jim I run the NMC AA4RE MARS BOARD IN NEW JERSEY (NN0MUJ). I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN MY MOTHERBOARD WENT. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE SETUP...
Hi all, Does anybody know if it is possible to establish an automated password exchange between WinFBB 7.00i (running Protus 4.0 c_filter tool) and AA4RE 2.13t...
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May 3, 2008 4:06 pm
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Hi all, As a brand new sysop of AA4RE 2.13t I have many questions which answers I didn't find in accompanied DOC files: - Is there a way to download or...
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May 4, 2008 10:02 pm
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... IMHO, BPQ V4.08a ... I don't think so, but the FBB can start a regular forward anytime on another circuit. ... and if the FBB already has the message, it...
... Thanks for the answer Chuck. I have been trying to put some more life into my old i286 box and would like to use the memory (1 meg only) as efficiently as...
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May 6, 2008 9:24 pm
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Hi, Misko : ... Sorry, I have not run BB in <=1 megabyte since before 1992. I used BB in a 386SX33 with 4 megabyte of RAM for a little while in 1993. Soon...
... Hi Chuck, Yes it seems that 4RE rapidly decreases the amount of memory with every incoming message. Compared to JNOS or FBB, it looks like those two are ...
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May 19, 2008 5:50 am
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... Hi Chuck, Yes it seems that 4RE rapidly decreases the amount of memory with every incoming message. Compared to JNOS or FBB, it looks like those two are ...
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Jun 15, 2008 12:54 pm
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Hi, Misko: I do not believe that 'efficient ' is a fair word to describe 4RE's memory usage. 4RE does require more RAM resources, but the result is a quicker...
... Chuck, thank you for information. Is it possible to switch off that feature, in order to free some RAM? I don't care about the quicker response. All I need...
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I recently updated the computer (P-4 18ghz 512 Mb ) which I run AA4RE and BPQ with SP3. No other changes were made, after the update BPQ would no longer ...
I have an old AA4RE BBS system running on an old DOS 486 box w/ 8mb of memory. It uses BPQ to talk to serial ports. I am not sure what version, but think...
Hi, Al: I have done this, but it was very early in this millennium or, perhaps, late in the last. :-| Since your 4th BPQ port is expecting a KISS'ed TNC; you...
As far as I know there was a copy of AA4RE that was called 2.12, which is the latest one for which the source is published, although in a not-very-useful form,...
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