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|    Daniel Path to Travis Mehrer    |
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|    21 Dec 25 18:07:01    |
      REPLY: 1:134/303 248e3882       MSGID: 2:371/52@fidonet 69482988       PID: GED+2 1.1.4.7       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0100       Hello Travis,              20 Dec 25 19:24, you wrote to All:               TM> My apologies for asking such a basic question but I just can't seem to        TM> figure this one out.               TM> I'm running Maximus on the latest ArcaOS and have got it running and        TM> am able to connect via telnet.               TM> From reading max.doc I've gathered that my first step would be to        TM> convert my ANSI file with ANS2BBSP and ANS2MECP. I quickly discovered        TM> that TheDraw seems to add in control sequences that this tool doesn't        TM> like.               TM> But now I seem to have the .BBS and .MEC files created correctly.               TM> I've edited the menus.ctl. Under the main menu section I've added:        TM> MenuFile Misc\MHMAIN               TM> MenuLength 24               TM> MenuColor 15               TM> After this I recompiled everything:        TM> SILTP max               TM> But when I sign into the BBS, nothing is displayed.               TM> I'm sure I'm missing something silly but I just can't figure out what.               TM> Any pointers or help troubleshooting would be extremely welcome.              in your MHMAIN.MEC you should have something like this to display the ansi       file:              [link]c:\max\ansis\mainmenuansi.bbs              ByEbYe       --       Daniel              -=>> telnet://bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 <<=-              ... Uptime: 2d 7h 1m 45s       --- GoldED/2 1.1.4.7+EMX        * Origin: Roon's BBS - Budapest, HUNGARY (2:371/52)       SEEN-BY: 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14 153/757 7715       SEEN-BY: 154/30 110 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110 112       SEEN-BY: 229/134 206 307 317 400 426 428 470 664 700 705 240/12 1120       SEEN-BY: 240/1634 5832 8001 8002 8005 8050 266/512 280/464 5003 5006       SEEN-BY: 291/111 292/854 8125 301/1 310/31 313/41 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 362/6 371/0 52 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 460/58 256 1124 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 8912       SEEN-BY: 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 371/52 0 240/1120 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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