31-May-1994

Version 2.20a of the G8NPF Personal Message System  (NPFPMS) is now available
as a self-exploding file 'NPF220A.EXE'.  NPFPMS is designed to be used with
G8BPQ node software (version 4.05 or greater) on PC-AT class (286 and higher)
machines.  New functions since the last Internet release (2.16e) include:-

Support for FBB Unproto broadcasts to maintain message lists. Messages read
from FBB BBS's by the AutoRead function can be read in compressed format.

Archive Message facility added.

Virtual (ram) disk (or a different hard disk) support for temporary files.

Extensions added to YAPP transfer protocol. 
*  Crash recovery. Resume an aborted file download.
*  YappC checksum mode. (as used by FBB)

And many other improvements.

For further information and to register, please contact

    Ted Harrison
    5 Nelson Gardens
    Braintree
    Essex
    England
    CM7 6TG

    Phone     (+44) 0376 342144
    NTS       G8NPF@GB7ESX.#31.GBR.EU
    Internet  tedharrison@cix.compulink.co.uk
    AMPRNet   44.131.185.66  g8npf@g8npf.ampr.org

Please supply a suitable formatted disk, plus packaging/postage.
Suitable disks are MSDOS formatted 3.5" 720K or 1.44M   (1.44M is best)

The PMS code is also available on internet on:
ftp.demon.co.uk (158.152.1.69) as /pub/ham/NPFxxxx.EXE
ftp.funet.fi   (128.214.248.6) as pub/ham/packet/misc/NPFxxxx.EXE
(xxxx = version number), and possibly from other 'Ham Radio' internet
sites. It may also be found on some landline BBS systems. (i.e. Ted Batts's
PACKET BBS on 0815471479)

*** Beware of old, outdated, versions floating around. Check the file date!

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The PMS is written to run as an application under BPQcode (4.05 or greater).
The computer should be a 286/386/486 PC compatible. The PMS code will NOT work
on a XT (8086/8088 cpu) system, sorry!
The PMS requires MSDOS >=3.3 or DRDOS >=5.0, and 640K ram. It will also run as
a DOS application under OS/2, WINDOWS and DESQview. A hard disk is essential
and a reasonably fast PC is advisable. I use a 386SX 25Mhz PC.

The PMS includes virtually all 'BBS' commands, most of which have been modified
to suit a PMS, rather than a BBS, system. It features, among other things;

Multi-user access. 'Simultaneous' operation on all channels.
YAPP binary file transfers and Ascii file transfers.
YAPP 'crash recovery' and YappC checksum protocols.
Automatic message forwarding.
NNA compatible bulk compressed message forwarding.
FBB compatible bulk ascii & compressed message forwarding.
FBB 'ACK:' type messages.
REQDIR, REQFIL, FNDFIL and WP servers.
Automatic date-expired message killing/deleting.
Automatic Listing and Reading of mail on the local NTSBBS.
Automatic message list updating from FBB 'Unproto broadcasts'.
Full function text editor.
Local terminal mode, with all normal terminal functions.
Remote SysOp access.
User database and WP database.
Usage & error Log.
Multi-colour displays.
Automatic password verification when forwarding to/from a BBS using NNA version
          v2.03 (April 93) or later.
FBB password support.

.....plus lots more.