-=> Quoting Peter Knapper to Paula Pelletier <=-

Hi Peter -

 PP> Problems arose when I tried to run FB -a   It said something about 
 PP> putting a line into my autoexec.bat file which reads 
 PP> SET MAXIMUS=C:\MAX\MAX.PRM which I already had there.  

 PK> Had you rebooted (so the SET had been actioned) before 
 PK> running FB? Is the MAX.PRM file actually in that location?

The problem was that I had SET MAX as opposed to SET MAXIMUS.  Such a simple
thing, but I it caused enough of a problem.  Anyhow, that is one more out
of the way now.

 PP> Then I noticed something funny with the FSE.  WHen I 
 PP> would use the quoting in a reply, the moment I would 
 PP> actually copy 4 lines, the next 4 would appear without 
 PP> my having to use the ^C to go to the next 4 lines.  

 PK> Yes, that change was implemented between Maximus V2 and V3. 
 PK> Dont panic, thats the way it now works. This change 
 PK> confused me at first too, but it actually makes sense 
 PK> because less keystrokes are needed to quote multiple lots 
 PK> of 4 lines........;-)

That one is a pain, and I am still wondering if the module from Max 2 can
be extracted and put into Max 3.1?

 PP> Last but not least, and I am not sure if this one has 
 PP> to do with my modem, my INIT string or what - but I 
 PP> managed to download the latest F-PROT from the net onto 
 PP> my other computer, and when I went to transfer it by 
 PP> modem to the actual BBS, I had CRC errors like you would not believe.  

 PK> I highly doubt this is anything to do with Maximus, under 
 PK> DOS (which I assume you are using), the Fossil takes care 
 PK> of all serial port control. I would suspect possible H/W 
 PK> changes/settings the most likely cause of this. Are you 
 PK> sure nothing has changed int his area?

I found this not to be a part of Max also - it was something in the
settings I had for my other mdoem that were not compatible with the one
on the BBS for some reason.  I fixed that one too, with the help of a
good friend.  It had to do with the hardware and software flow controls.

 PP> Not being very technically minded, and definitely not 
 PP> knowing what all the terminology in the DOC fiels 
 PP> means, I guess you can say that RTFM is NOT working for 
 PP> me.  All help and advice will be more than appreciated.

 PK> It sounds like most Maximus related things are running fine 
 PK> (as I would expect), and yes, Maximus 3 does seem to run 
 PK> SMOOTHER than Maximus 2 did, however that is rather 
 PK> subjective.

There are a few little things - like I never had the Kill feature made
available, since I seem to have a few callers who love killing off any
messages they can.  When I ran the upgrade, the one place that it reappeared
was in the option line after you read your own mail - Next message, yes, no,
again,kill, reply?  That took me a few moments to come across in the menus.ctl
file, but I happened upon it only by accident.  I was actually looking for a
few of the supposed new feature, to see how they worked.  I guess I will have
to do some reading after all. 

 PK> I hope some of this helps..........pk.

Thank you very much for taking the time to write....

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