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Category: General Discussion

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Open space for all GBBS Pro and Apple II talk that doesn’t fit elsewhere — questions, ideas, nostalgia, or anything off-topic but worth sharing.

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    ACOS Math

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    Author: Darryl Ellingson—————————————————————————————————————————–Numb ->54 Sub ->ACOS MathFrom ->DARRYL ELLINGSON (#2)Date ->08/13/86 02:10:07If any of you are installing your own modifications to your system that requireeven simple math, watch out for this one:If you have the variable x=10 and the variable y=5 and you use the followingformula:a=x-y+10I am sure many of you would say the value…

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    ACOS Device List

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    Author: Unknown——————————————————————————————– File:ACOS.DEVICES As most of you are aware, the GBBS ‘Pro’ manual leaves a lot to be desired.However, after several all-nighters and a few 6-packs of Mtn. Dew, Iuncovered a few tidbits of information on the ACOS device # drivers that youmay want to try out if you feel ambiious. Device# Device——- ———————–#0 Local…

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    Midnight Call Counter Fix

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    Bug at Midnight I keep count of the number of calls per day and limit callers to 2 calls. This info on number of calls is stored in nibble(2). I had a couple of complaints from users that if they called just before midnight and then logged off after midnight, then they did not have…

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    Crash Proofing GBBS Systems

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    How to Crash GBBS Systems The following is a text file that I downloaded from the O.S.B. Systems In Allentown.  I think it is a very interesting file for all to look over see what we can use for our own systems After all that is what this SysOp board is all about, keeping the…

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    Apple II RoundTable – Lance Taylor-Warren

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    I would like to introduce our guest for tonight. Lance Taylor-Warren is the chief executive officer of L & L Productions. They are best known for their ever-popular GBBS Pro bulletin board system which includes its own programming language, ACOS BASIC. But Lance has some other topics that I am sure he will also talk…

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    Legacy GBBS Pro System Software

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    More versions of GBBS Pro System software will be available in the future, however at this point, only GBBS Pro Version 1.2 for DOS 3.3, Gbbs Pro 1.3 and GBBS Pro 1.3j are available on this website at this time. The system has been announced as a GPL product, however the copyright remains with the…

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    Welcome to the GBBS Pro Archive

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    Welcome to the GBBS Pro Official Archive.  GBBS Pro is a user-friendly, highly-modifiable Bulletin Board System (BBS) for communications and entertainment, originally released between 1980 and 1993 for Apple II computers.  It has advanced features that can be configured by a novice, yet challenge advanced programmers. This site was born out of the need for…

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