Hi John,
 > Trev, this is probably an oft'asked question, but with 1.79, what 
 > exactly does one do if one already has a fully operational BBS with 
 > 1.73?  Obviously, one would not want to use the files in OMAK for 
 > that.  Is Opus 1.79 a simple dropin?  I tried looking for a readme 
 > file which would explain how to upgrade existing 1.73 boards, but 
 > didn't see it in any of the new files.
Sorry, not Trev, but I hope the answer's as good. In the INSTALL.TXT file in 
the OMAKE package is a guide for upgrading an existing 1.73a system to 1.79. 
Look at page 13, it should work in most cases. And remember, keep them mirror 
shades and nerf bat handy...
 > I was also looking for a file that would be tantamount to a "new 
 > features" list for 1.79, for experienced 1.73 sysops, but can't find 
 > one of those, either...  Would be nice to find such a list, and 
 > brief descriptions how to impliment those features to an existing 
 > 1.73 setup (once the 1.79 opus.exe is in place, of course.)
I think the 1.79 Feature list describes most of the new features. It should 
be available (still?) at the sites Trev described in his message announcing 
the 1.79 release. There are no brief descriptions as to how to install them, 
although the feature list would be a good starting point for that search in 
the docs... (ducking)...
 > Also, has the userfile changed in *any* way?  I have to know this 
As far as I can tell from the structures distributed in the Opus API of 1.73a 
and the structures distributed with 1.79, nothing has changed in the user 
file definition structure. The only things that changed were the data type 
keywords used in some places, and a reference to a section "New for Opus 
1.20" was changed to "New for Opus 1.70"... I think the only sure way to test 
if the utility works with 1.79 however is to see if it still works on the 
user base after converting. But I'm fairly confident it will still work, as 
there is no mention in the INSTALL.TXT in the OMAKE archive of running a 
conversion utility on the user database.
Cheese,
# Ronald #
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