Hello Steve.

Thursday October 29 1998 19:38, Steve Baird wrote to Matt Bedynek:

 SB> Still running Max 2.01b here, and this works well here:

 SB> % in EXEBBS.bat prior to the start of each call to MAX: if exist
 SB> \max\baud.bbs del \max\baud.bbs

 SB> % at the top of LOGO.MEC:

 SB> [log];Caller at %b bps [open]\max\baud.bbs [write]Your connect speed
 SB> was detected as %b bps. [open]\nul

 SB> % Then in WELCOME.MEC, include this line, whereever you'd like the
 SB> message:

 SB> [link]baud

 SB> Thus, the first part writes a message to disk containing the user's
 SB> baud rate. Then the message is read back from disk and displayed to
 SB> the caller.  What's interesting is that sometimes the modem on one end
 SB> claims to connect at a slightly higher or lower rate than the one the
 SB> other end.

I'll have to do without... Find it kinda silly that you need to open a text
file and close and open again to display the users baud rate.  I do
appreciate your suggestion, however.  I just like to keep things simple,
and easy to deal with.  The KISS rule .

Later,

   Matt (mbedynek{at}cisvcs.net)

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