Category : BBS Programs+Doors
Archive   : RBBS-MRG.ZIP
Filename : RSB51028.MRG
Output of file : RSB51028.MRG contained in archive : RBBS-MRG.ZIP
* Merge this against 17.3A\RBBSSUB5.BAS to produce 17.3B\RBBSSUB5.BAS
* 17.3A\RBBSSUB5.BAS: Date 9-25-1990 Size 92565 bytes
* ------------[ Created 10-28-1990 12:00:01 ]------------
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' $title: 'RBBSSUB5.BAS 17.3B, Copyright 1986 - 90 by D. Thomas Mack' ' DA081003
' Copyright 1990 by D. Thomas Mack, all rights reserved.
' Name ...............: RBBSSUB5.BAS
' First Released .....: February 11, 1990
' Subsequent Releases.: August 26, 1990; October 28, 1990
' Copyright ..........: 1986 - 1990
' Purpose.............: The Remote Bulletin Board System for the IBM PC,
' RBBS-PC.BAS utilizes a lot of common subroutines. Those that do not
' require error trapping are incorporated within RBBSSUB 2-5 as
' separately callable subroutines in order to free up as much
' code as possible within the 64K code segment used by RBBS-PC.BAS.
' Parameters..........: Most parameters are passed via a COMMON statement.
'
' Subroutine Line Function of Subroutine
' Name Number
' BinSearch 63520 Binary searches sorted file for a key value
' BreakFileName 63300 Break file name into component parts
' BufAsUnit 63500 Buffer out a string with CR's
' SetPrompt 63470 Set prompts based on the user's security
' DoorReturn 63100 Process door requests
' FdMacExe 63462 Executes a found macro
' FileSystem 20117 File System for RBBS-PC
' FindIt 63490 Check whether file exists and if so open as #2
' FormRead 63420 Read from file into a form
' LockAppend 63400 Prepare for a file append
' MacroExe 63460 Execute internal macro rather than user
' MsgNameMatch 63540 Match name to one in msg header
' NoPath 63480 Detects whether string has a path in it
' RestoreCom 63310 Restore comm port after external program
' ReadMacro 63330 Read and process macro
' ShellExit 63320 Exit RBBS via shell
' TakeOffHook 63530 Take modem off hook
' UnLockAppend 63410 Clean up after file append
' VerifyAns 63510 Verify that string passes edits
' WildCard 63200 Match string to a pattern
'
' $INCLUDE: 'RBBS-VAR.BAS'
'
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20163 ZFileName$ = ZFileNameHold$
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CALL BadName (BadFileNameIndex,ZTrue) ' KG101201
ON BadFileNameIndex GOTO 20164,20176
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20235 CALL BadName (BadFileNameIndex,ZTrue) ' KG101201
ON BadFileNameIndex GOTO 20236,20245
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63520 ' $SUBTITLE: 'BinSearch - binary search a file'
' $PAGE
'
' NAME -- BinSearch
' MEANING
' INPUTS -- PassedSearchFor$ Value you are looking for
' StartPos Starting position of sort key
' NumChars # of characters in sort key
' LenRec Length of record of data file searching
' High Record # of last record
' ZFastTabs$ In a binary integer subfield (2 bytes)
' holds 1st record when might find
' a key beginning with a particular
' character (0-9,A-Z). Empty if
' no Fast Tab exists for the file.
'
' OUTPUTS -- RecFoundAt Record # value found at (0 if none)
' RecFound$ Full data record when found
'
' PURPOSE -- Binary searches work file #2 for a key value in a
' data file that is sorted on a key field
'
SUB BinSearch (PassedSearchFor$,StartPos, NumChars, LenRec, High, RecFoundAt, RecFound$) STATIC
SearchFor$ = LEFT$(PassedSearchFor$,NumChars)
SearchFor$ = SearchFor$ + SPACE$(NumChars-LEN(SearchFor$))
FIELD #2, LenRec AS SearchRec$
Low = 0
IF LEN(ZFastTabs$) < 72 THEN _
GOTO 63522
WasX$ = LEFT$(SearchFor$,1)
WasX = INSTR("0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",WasX$)
IF WasX > 0 THEN _
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Low = CVI(MID$(ZFastTabs$,1+2*(WasX-1),2)) - 1 : _ ' KG102701
IF WasX < 36 THEN _ ' KG102701
High = CVI(MID$(ZFastTabs$,1+2*WasX,2)) ' KG102701
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/