Subj : FastLst 2.02
To : Bob Jones
From : Andy Roberts
Date : Sun Jul 22 2001 06:32 pm
Bob Jones,
22-Jul-01 17:55:56, Bob Jones wrote to Andy Roberts
Subject: FastLst 2.02
BJ>> Is anyone using the OS/2 version of Fastlst?
BJ>> Is version 2.02 the latest?
AR>> Flst202P.Zip 09-25-99 120,048
BJ> Hmmm.... Mine shows FLST202P.ZIP 10-15-99 120639 . I wonder if
BJ> one of ours got re-packed with a system advertisement.... I think
BJ> mine came in on one of the filebone areas.
The IFDC requires a Zip comment. After awhile I strip all Zip files of
comments and re-Touch the dates to the latest contained file. Besides
some of those old files gave credit to USR, which is no longer part of the
system and IMO makes a great modem but doesn't deserve credit for what is
history as far as the IFDC is concerned.
Sorry I strayed off your subject, but your original msg did leave an
alternative open.
AR>> Works for me using AdeptXBBS with:
AR>> --- Excerpt QNODE.CFG ---
AR>> Dialcost
AR>> ; VModem IP address substitution
AR>> ; Chuck Robinson
AR>> 1-770-614-7791 207.120.200.4 00
AR>> ; VModem URL address substitution
AR>> ; Mark Lewis
AR>> 1-919-774-5930 bbs.wpusa.dynip.com 00
BJ> Interesting..... You are using Qnode and not Fastlst. [I'm also
BJ> using Qnode.]
Yes. I can't see much purpose to making any major changes to my BBS
anymore.
BJ> You are doing it down in the Dial translation tables instead of in
BJ> the phone number override section. Both work in qnode, but you have
BJ> to manually set up each and every system that you want to connect to
BJ> via TCP/IP.
I never call out to anywhere without knowing exactly where I'm calling.
The years of huge phone bills are long gone for me. Considering the
rather small quantity of Telnet nodes available, it would probably take me
less time to manually setup all those in the current nodelist, than it
does for me to reply to this msg.
BJ> I was looking for something more automated.
Seems to me someone possibly you raised that issue before, and I
appropriately did not reply, keeping my nose out of other's bee's wax.
IMO it wouldn't take much to write a REXX CMD to read a raw nodelist
(looking for "000-") and output a short list of Telnet nodes then append
that to QNode.cfg
BJ> On the other hand, I do recall I normally "include" my cost and
BJ> dial translation tables.... So with PERL or something similar, I
BJ> could probably build the needed dial translation table prior to
BJ> running QNode.... Interesting thought.... Now, where is perl for
BJ> OS/2.... (and a good perl book....
---
Perl560.Zip 03-22-00 5,298,642
PERL v5.60 language interpreter.
---
Author: Ilya Zakharevich,
[email protected]
BJ> Baseically, what you are doing is what I'm already doing, except
BJ> in a different spot of the config file.
BJ> The real catch is having that translation automatically generated
BJ> based on information currently contained in the nodelist.
If it were me I'd just manually rearrange those dozen or so lines and edit
qnode.cfg manually. Otherwise I'd use REXX to automate the job.
BJ> Hmmmm....
BJ> Thanks for the thought.....
Welcome to the confusion too. <g>
Thanks and Good Luck, Andy Roberts
[email protected]
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* Origin: OS/2 & Old age are better than the alternatives. (1:109/921.1)
