Re: Starting a BBS

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From: Matt Hucke
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 14:54

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In article <Bsrs42.Hvu@acsu.buffalo.edu> v120qldp@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (PATRICK FERREL) writes:
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>Argh...I take back every nice thing I said about WWIV.  It's a bitch and a half
>to upgrade.  I couldn't get the damn new version to use the older version's
>user list...I'm going to have to use a text editor to read the data, and then
>type in everyone's account by hand...<sigh>

No need to do this... it's simple to convert the userlist.  Simply rename your
old "vardec.h" to "old.h", change the name of the struct userrec within, and
run the "convert.c" program, which is distributed with many mods...  five 
minutes, max.
-- 
   And thither came Conan, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, to tread the jeweled 
   thrones of the Earth beneath his sandaled feet.  --THE NEMEDIAN CHRONICLES 
hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu             _V_a_l_h_a_l_l_a BBS, 217-352-3682, WWIV4.21, 14.4k

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Subject: Re: Starting a BBS
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