Subj : WWIV 5.0 Release + News.
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http://www.wwivbbs.org/
Volume 8 Issue 1
Winter 2015
Table of Contents
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WWIV BBS 5.0 Release......................................WWIV Dev Team
WWIV and WWIVNet Update From The New NC..................Weatherman 1@1
WWIV 5.1 Release Goals....................................Rushfan 1@514
WWIV Links and Information.............................................
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WWIV BBS 5.0 Release
- WWIV Dev Team -
We are happy to announce WWIV 5.0 is available as the stable release of
WWIV BBS. WWIV 5.0 was under development for many years and finishing
is a significant milestone.
Download WWIV 5.0:
https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv/releases
WWIV 5.0 Installation and Docs:
http://wwivbbs.readthedocs.org/
Here are some of the great new things in WWIV 5.0
File Compatible with 4.30 & 4.31
Drop the WWIV 5.0 binaries into your 4.30 or 4.31 setup and fire
up WWIV 5.0.
WWIV 5.0 Telnet Server
WWWIV 5.0 has a telnet server included to allow client access
to WWIV 5.0.
Internal Zmodem Support
ZIP/UNZIP Support Included
Networkb.exe - BINKP transport for WWIV networking is now part of
the WWIV builds.
Netutil.exe - Network packet and config file utility now included.
Network.exe - shim to proxy between network0, networkp (PPP project)
and networkb.
New User Sign Up Notification (SSM) to SysOp.
Source Code now hosted on GitHub
https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv
Compiled with MSVC 2015
Compiles and runs on Linux
Door32.sys Support
Syncfoss Support - Thanks to Rob Swindell
FOSSIL can now be specified in WWIV.INI as a valid flag for spawn
options.
BBS.EXE -k command line to pack all message bases
-k # # # will pack the massage bases with those IDs.
New WWIV.INI Parameters
EXEC_LOGSYNCFOSS = [ 1 | 0 ] - If non-zero then
wwivsync.log will be generated. The default setting is
1 and this is currently ignored.
EXEC_CHILDWAITTIME = (time to wait in milliseconds, this
parameter is only used on Win9X unless EXEC_USEWAITFORIDLE is
set to 0. The default value is 500 (1/2 second).
NEW_SCAN_AT_LOGIN= [Y|N] - If Y when a user logs in they will be
asked to scan all message areas for new messages.
TEMP_DIRECTORY = temp%n - The name of the Temp directory relative
to the wwiv root directory. %n specifies the instance number.
BATCH_DIRECTORY = batch%n - The name of the Batch directory
relative to the wwiv root directory. %n specifies the instance
number.
NUM_INSTANCES = 4 - The Number of Instances to allow.
NOTE: Directories are created on demand by the bbs on startup and
config.ovr will be created by legacy tools when you run init.
NO_NEWUSER_FEEDBACK = [Y|N] - If set to Y no newuser messages will
be sent at all.
2 new pipe color codes:
|#<wwiv color code 0-9> as an alternative to the "heart" codes
|@<macro character> as an alternative to ^O^O<macro char>
Existing pipe codes are: |B<background char>, and |<2 digit code>
for foreground colors.
WWIV Message Editor Commands
'/A' - Abort Message
'/H' & '/?' - Help
!!! Many Bug fixes !!!
What has been deprecated in WWIV 5.0?
Windows XP No Longer supported
Support for Modems has been removed
SPAWNOPT[FSED] is now unused and no longer supported
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WWIV and WWIVNet Update From The New NC
By Weatherman 1@1
As many know, lots of things have been happening with WWIV BBS and
WWIVnet over the past few years. When Weather Station BBS came back
online as a virtual machine around three years ago, the only networks
that were available were FTN based. About 7-8 months later, I was
approached by Eli Sanford to join WWIVSN (the early beginnings of the
resurrected WWIVnet). Eli spent lots of time helping others and
leading the path so that we could have a functional WWIV network like
years ago.
On a very sad day (October 26, 2015), our WWIVnet leader Eli Sanford
passed from leukemia. We were in shock and upset from the news. A few
weeks went by as we were mourning the loss of Eli and then later,
figuring out plans to keep WWIVnet alive.
We agreed to meet in the WWIV chat room on Monday evening to decide
how to move forward. The first item of business was determining the
new @1 node for WWIVnet. Rushfan suggested myself and the rest of
the group was on-board with that change. I was very humbled by the
votes of support and encouragement. It has been my passion to keep
WWIV and WWIVnet alive in the most resiliant way possible. My hardware
setup is robust for a home environment and offers a good deal
redundancy. I will always do my best to make sure WWIVnet is running
the best way possible.
That same night, we decided to make a historic change for WWIVnet.
We switched the entire network from using WINS (PPP Project) to
NetworkB (BinkP) written by Rushfan. Given the magnatude of changes
that we made that night, I think it went fantastic! We have been
running completely using BinkP for WWIVnet ever since. It has proved
to be a major step forward! I can't thank Rushfan enough for writing
that program, as that was a HUGE step forward!
In more recent news, we now have the ability to send out network
updates using NetUp just like the legacy WWIVnet. WSS provided a
new version of NetUp for WWIVnet which has been working
perfectly sending out network updates, subs listings, and even this
WWIVnet news. This brings us back to the functionality that we had
with the legacy WWIVnet. It has been well over a decade since this was
possible.
I am completely honored to be a part of such an excellent group of
people that have done so much for WWIV and WWIVnet in the past few
years. Highlighting the past few months as just nothing short of
incredible with the move to NetworkB (BinkP). That was as huge of a
change for WWIVnet as when we started moving network packets using
Frank Reid's PPP Project (SMTP).
This has been a very fun road for our hobby and I'm very excited for
what the future holds. I'm sure as more people discover our
milestones, additional people will re-connect and join our fantastic
group. We will also not forget Eli and all the hard work he did to
start the WWIVnet comeback.
Here is a toast to the bright future of WWIV and WWIVnet!
- Weatherman (Mark)
[email protected]
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WWIV 5.1 Release Goals
By Rushfan 1@514
Main Themes
~~~~~~~~~~~
Messages and WWIVNet have always been at the heart of WWIV. For 5.1, I
plan on modernizing and improving the internal code quality of the
messaging code, making it easier to embed into new tools. Included in
this will be support for the JAM Message Base format to broaden the
range of tools available for exposing message bases.
More on JAM:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAM_Message_Base_Format
Net38 will be finalized [currently Beta 6] and released supporting any
new changes to get WWIVNet functioning in the Internet era.
See all of the work targeted to Milestone 5.1 on GitHub:
http://git.io/vRrOM
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WWIV Links and Information
WWIC 5.0 Team Site
http://www.wwivbbs.org
WWIV BBS List
http://wwivbbs.rtfd.org/en/latest/WWIV_BBS_list
WWIV 5.0 Documentation
http://wwivbbs.readthedocs.org
WWIVNews Archive
http://wwivbbs.rtfd.org/en/latest/WWIVNews
WWIV IRC irc://irc.ospreynet.info:6667/wwiv
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