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 SA> I use Maximus IPC Creator in my binkley.bat as below:

 SA> rem Copy IPC to Virtual Drive P & activate "Waiting for caller"
 SA> Copy D:\IPC\IPC.EXE P:\
 SA> P:
 SA> IPC 1 "Dial-up Line" "Waiting for caller"
 SA> IPC 2 "Maximus" "Waiting for caller"

Wow a ramdrive user (!). :)

 SA> Can be any text you want, & you might invoke it with a flag
 SA> ------------------------------------------------------------------

 SA> Maximus IPC Creator
 SA> Copyright 1991 by Peter G. Zion.  All rights reserved.

 SA> Maximus IPC Creator is a quick hack I wrote for multi-node Maximus
 SA> systems.  It makes it appear as there is someone (whose name and action

Thanks Steve ! Your tip led me to find ipcen26.zip:

  IPC Enhanced: Maximus BBS IPC Editor
  Allows you to manipulate IPC files in
  a variety of ways. Edit them wholly or
  partially, send messages to any node,
  see who is currently online. DESQview
  aware. For DOS. Works with Max 2.x and
  3.x . Written by Nev Varghese

It works great. 

Woohoo ! One step closer to having a perfect BBS.

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 SA> NOTE #1: this utility has been tested ONLY with Maximus 2.00.  It
 SA> probably will work with 1.02, but I haven't bothered to test it.
 SA> Besides, you would have to have a real good reason to NOT upgrade to
 SA> 2.00...

Nev Varghese's IPC editor also does colours and mecca tokens.

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