тHIS иS рEALITY сOFTWARE PRESENTS : пROGRAMMING пROJECT - пRO бASE ббс ёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёё дESCRIPTION ёёёёёёёёёёё тHIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES A PROJECT FOR A NEW цOMMODORE 64 бULLETIN бOARD сYSTEM SOFTWARE. иNCLUDED ARE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF пRO бASE, DESCRIPTIONS OF MAJOR ROUTINES, AND INFORMATION ON JOINING THE PROJECT. тHIS DOCUMENT IS FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE AS LONG AS IT IS DISTRIBUTED IN IT'S ENTIRETY OR IF BROKEN INTO PORTIONS MAINTAINING REFERENCE TO THIS DOCUMENT. пRO бASE WILL BE A MODULAR ббс SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO AN OVERLAY SYSTEM. мODULES WILL BE CODED IN басиц AND COMPILED WITHOUT RUNTIME CODE UTILIZING EITHER бLITZ! OR аUSTRO-сPEED COMPILATION. пRO бASE WILL BE DESIGNED WITH MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION WHICH ARE: сWIFTлINK RS-232 INTERFACE 2MB рамлINK (OR EQUIV реу WITH рам DISK CAPABILITY) 40MB хARDдRIVE (цмд OR лT. кERNAL) 1541/1581/фдXXXX дRIVE FOR SOFTWARE INSTALLATION. пRO бASE IS DESIGNED TO BE A LARGE SYSTEM WITH THE ABILITY TO DEFINE 75% OF THE SYSTEM YOURSELF. иN ADDITION IT'S MODULAR DESIGN ALLOWS FOR SYSTEM UPGRADES AND PLUG-AND-PLAY MODULES FOR YOUR SYSTEM. иN ADDITION, RESEARCH INTO тцп/ип PROTOCOLS AND EMULATION THEREOF ARE IN PROGRESS AS WELL AS A CLIENT/SERVER ENGINE. иMPLEMENTATIONS: тцп/ип - RESEARCH STAGE, EMULATION OF тцп/ип WILL ALLOW FOR INBOUND/OUTBOUND TELNET, фтп, AND смтп MAIL. цLIENT/ сERVER - R&D STAGE, CLIENT/SERVER MODE MODULES WILL ALLOW USERS TO NAVIGATE еNGINE пRO бASE WITH IMPRESSIVE GRAPHICAL MENUS (.SR?) AND MUSIC (.JCH .MOD .WAV .RAW .SID) AND SOUND FILES. цLIENT PROVIDES OFFLINE MAIL, QUICKTAG FILE TAGGING, FULL SCREEN EDITOR, ETC. фRONT дOOR - а уNIX STYLE LOGIN ENVIROMENT OPTION FOR пRO бASE. пROVIDES SECURITY AND UTILIZES DEFINEABLE KEYS FOR LOGIN ACCESS OTHER THAN USER (I.E. ANONYMOUS фтп LOGINS). пROVIDES OPTIONS FOR ACCESSING ANY MODULE YOU DEFINE (I.E. фтп LIBRARIES, NETWORKING, E-MAIL, ETC.). цAN BE UTILIZED FOR DRIVE DIFFERENT ббс SYSTEMS ON THE SAME HARDWARE. нETWORK - аN INTERGRATED иNTERNET е-MAIL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND INTRANETWORKING FOR пRO бASE SYSTEMS WITH OPTIONS FOR NETWORKING VIA INTERNET E-MAIL (DIRECT OR SECONDARY ACCESS) иNCLUDES INTRANETWORKED FILE LIBRARIES, NET-MODULE FILES, AND USER TO USER FILE TRANSFERS. фORUM NETWORKING, ETC. фILE рETRIEVE- а NET-MODULE DESIGNED TO PROCESS FILE REQUESTS FROM USERS VIA E-MAIL OR NETMAIL WHICH PROVIDES FOR QUICKTAG SUPPORT, UTILIZES NETWORK DATABASE TO LOCATE FILES. дEPENDING UPON SIZE OF NETWORK, SYSTEMS WISHING TO UTILIZE THIS MODULE MAY NEED TO RUN A SERVER SYSTEM FOR FILE-RETRIEVES ONLY. фтп лIBRARIES- аN фтп EMULATION MODULE WHICH UTILIZES UNIX COMMANDS FOR FILE TRANSFERS. уSERS (CD) TO CHANGE DIRECTORIES, (DIR) TO GET A DIRECTORY, (DIR *?) WILDCARDS FOR PATTERN MATCH DIRECTORY, ETC. иN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, STANDARD AND OPTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION MODULES INCLUDE: MAIN BBS MODULE FORUM MODULE CRSR-FORUM MODULE (OPTIONAL) FILE LIBRARY MODULE CRSR-LIBRARY MODULE (OPTIONAL) GLOBAL COMMANDS MODULE е-MAIL MODULE (LOCAL, INTERNET, & INTRANET) OFFLINE EMAIL ENGINE (USER NETWORKING; OPTIONAL) OUTBOUND TERMINAL REMOTE MAINTENANCE днс SEARCH (DYNAMIC NETWORK SEARCH; INTRANET; OPTIONAL) USER REGISTRY (OPTIONAL) GAMES PACK (CONVERTED MODULES FROM OTHER ббс'S; OPTIONAL) оTHER MODULES WILL NO DOUBT ARISE AS WE GO ALONG. ёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёё мAJOR рOUTINES ёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёё мOST OF THE MAJOR ROUTINES ARE ALREADY WRITTEN, THIS INCLUDES I/O ROUTINES FOR DISK, SCREEN AND MODEM. рOUTINES STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN ASSEMBLY ARE: PROGRAM COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION WITH FILE LINKING CAPABILITIES FOR NETWORK AND OFFLINE E-MAIL TRANSFERS. тцп/ип PACKET EMULATION ROUTINES FOR INPUT/OUTPUT THROUGH 28.8 DIRECT LINE. оTHER ASSEMBLY ROUTINES MAY BE REQUIRED AS WE GO ALONG. мOST OF THE MAJOR басиц ROUTINES (REFFERING TO THOSE ROUTINES WHICH ACCESS DISK, MODEM, ETC.) ARE BEING WRITTEN NOW. рOUTINES FOR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS STILL NEED TO BE CODED. аLL CODE IS IN A STAGE OF DISARRAY AT THE MOMENT. а BASE ML CODE NEEDS TO BE BUILT BEFORE THE BASE басиц CAN BE BUILT (FOR SYS'S, ETC.). фROM THERE ALL MODULES WILL BE BUILT AS REQUIRED. ёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёёё тHIS IS A PROGRAMMING PROJECT FOR A MARKETABLE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. иNTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD HAVE SRONG басиц AND ASSEMBLY BACKGROUNDS AND HAVE THE DESIRE TO WORK AS A TEAM IN WRITING THIS CODE. тHERE ARE онлы FIVE POSITIONS OPEN FOR THIS PROJECT. иNTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD SEND E-MAIL TO MALIBU@THEDEN.COM WITH "инфо" IN THE FIRST LINE OF TEXT: тO: мALIBU@THEDEN.COM сUBJ: иNFORMATION ------BODY OF TEXT----------------------- инфо иN THE BODY OF TEXT PLEASE INCLUDE ANY INPUT YOU HAVE ABOUT пRO бASE, A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS AN ANONYMOUS FTP SITE AND PATH TO A FILE WHICH INCLUDES DEMONSTARATIONS OF YOUR ABILITIES (INCLUDE басиц CODE, PROGRAMMING DATA, ETC) WITH THE FILENAME: BBSєPROJECTєYOURNAME WHERE YOURNAME IS YOUR NAME OR ALIAS (INCLUDE) INCLUDE YOUR NAME, SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS, ETC. аLL PARTIES WILL GET A RESPONSE DOCUMENT WHICH DEFINES IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WHAT THE PROJECT IS ABOUT. иF YOU DON'T RECIEVE ANOTHER MAILING FROM ME WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS THEN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CHOSEN TO JOIN THE TEAM. рEMEMBER THE TYPE OF PROGRAM WE ARE WRITING... PLEASE TRY TO KEEP YOUR SUBMISSIONS IN CONTEXT WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, HOWEVER, DEMONSTATIONS OF ABILITIES IN COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION, HI-RESOLUTION GRAPHICS, SOUND FILES, AND PROTOCOLS ARE ALSO DESIREABLE. иF YOU HAVE NOTHING THAT FITS IN ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES, THEN SEND US THE BEST YOU'VE GOT AND CROSS YOUR FINGERS. иF YOU ARE CHOSEN TO JOIN THE PROJECT TEAM, YOU WILL RECIEVE A PERCENTAGE OF ROYALTIES SHOULD THE PROGRAM MAKE IT TO MARKET иF YOU ARE NOT CHOSEN FOR THE TEAM, BE PATIENT AND и WILL SEND YOU COPIES OF THE CODE REQUIRED TO DESIGN YOUR OWN MODULES AND POSSIBLY CLIENT/SERVER MODULES. аT THAT TIME YOU CAN BECOME AN иNDEPENDANT сOFTWARE жENDOR (исж) FOR YOUR MODULES. дEADLINE FOR RESPONDING TO THIS PROJECT IS йUNE 30,1996 пROJECT COMPLETION SCHEDULED FOR нOVEMBER 30,1996 тHANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. мALIBU@THEDEN.COM тир сOFTWARE 8205 бIRCH сTREET мANASSAS, жа 22111