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v120qldp@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (PATRICK FERREL) writes:

>Complex Answer: WWIV is not multi-line.  However, Arc Angel, who reads this
>newsgroup, wrote a gigantic mod which supposedly alters EACH module.  


>I don't have the guts (or perhaps the stupidity) to install it myself because I
>have never heard from anyone who has done it.  I'm not going to be the first, 
>nor the second to try something that big.  I wouldn't even if I weren't 
>starting school.  No one knows how to implement something that major into 
>Wayne's code except Wayne himself.  I've seen fix after fix after fix for most 
>large, and even some small, mods.

>It seems as if people want WWIV to be more like VBBS.  I personally don't like
>the way VBBS works, and am more than happy with one phone line, so I use WWIV.


>Patrick A. Ferrel - Scholar. Helpless romantic. Modem geek.  | Disaster Area
>v120qldp@ubvms.buffalo.edu  | WWIVnet 1@7659 | IceNET 1@7659 | (716)683-6657

More on the multiline modification:

Yes, the mod is too big for most people to contemplate. I don't think I'd agree
that Wayne is the only one capable of making a major change to WWIV, as a lot of
people can read and write c. Yes, there will be fixes, but my changes are rather
uniform, and fixes should be minor. I've seen quite a number of fixes for the
released versions of stock WWIV code. There are slight incompatibilties with the
WWIV net software possible, and I am speaking to Wayne about changes to network2
so it can operate concurrently with active nodes. Yes, most of the files have 
changes, but most of the files have dos file commands, and the bulk of the mod
is rewriting all the file access of WWIV. I don't think adding multiple lines is 
simply being more like VBBS. It is offering an option for those sysops who do
want to expand their BBS, as they otherwise have had to stop using WWIV.

I know a mod for such a major change is a difficult method of getting multiple
nodes in WWIV (for most sysops). I am perfectly willing to let wayne look at, 
copy, and use this code to make stock WWIV multiline (as long as he continues 
to release the code). I imagine this is the case for most people who release 
mods for WWIV.

Andrew