MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL FIELD INFORMATION BULLETIN
SERVICE GROUP(S): MICRO,MINI,LARGE     MFG: BASIS (BBX)

 NACS  TYPE(S): N150                   MFG. MODEL(S): BASIC

CATEGORY: SOFTWARE                     DESC: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

                   *** TABLE OF CONTENTS AS OF 09/23/96 ***                     

FIB 00001.BBx utility problems on NOVELL/DOS..........................08/24/95
FIB 00002.'fs load error 30' when logging in .........................08/24/95
FIB 00003.how to determine number of licensed users...................08/26/95
FIB 00004.configuring a slave printer on PC using PROCOMM.............12/24/95


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                   *** BBx utility problems on NOVELL/DOS ***

Subject: BBx Utilities on Novell/DOS

Please be aware that the programs "_fix" and "_fixmkey" will not
always work correctly with BBx in a DOS (Novell) environment.

The problem is when the program tries to rename the "good" file, it
tries to rename it with an extension of FID(0)+"a"; if the terminal
is three digits, this makes a four character extension which is not
allowed in DOS.  (ie, rename temp.T26 to temp.T26a).

To fix the problem, you will get an error=12 message during the fix.
Get the program and line number.  Load the program that generates the
error (ie _fixkey) and put in a SETERR 0 at a statement just before
the line where the error occurs. Save this change.  Perform the fix
again and you will drop to a CARAT when the error 12 occurs.  You can
then to a manual rename of the file to something else and continue to
step thru the process until complete.

In the future, I've asked the systems department to make sure that
the modem is a two character terminal id (ie T0-T9).

If there are any questions, feel free to ask.

ORIGINATOR: Bob Hamilton

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                  *** 'fs load error 30' when logging in  ***

When logging on a unix system using bbx, and you get a fs load error 30, this
indicates 2 problems:

1.     another user has logged on system using the same bbx basic T? device
       (ex: T3)

        only one user can be the bbx basic T? device

2.     the term environment does not match config.bbx

       check /etc/ttytype and  config.bbx to make sure they match.

ORIGINATOR: Fred Chiuppi

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               *** how to determine number of licensed users ***

Subject: How to identify # of BBx User License

To identify # of users license for BBx, enter the following:

From the CLS menu, get to the basic prompt (you should know how by now).

From basic type the following:    >PRINT DEC (INFO(2,0))

This will display the number of users.

This works for Progression 4 - Progression 3 did not have a users license.

ORIGINATOR: Fred Chiuppi

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            *** configuring a slave printer on PC using PROCOMM ***

To configure a PC using PROCOMM with slave printer in BBX add the following
to /usr/fqp/bbx_p4/config.bbx:

alias P? /dev? "slave" cr,lock=/tmp/P?.lck,slon=18,sloff=14

Note: The ? indicates the terminal number that the slave will be attached to.
      Also be aware of the /dev type - it could be 'dev'tty? or /dev/term?
      etc. The wrong specification will cause an error 12.

ORIGINATOR: Fred Chiuppi


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