- Impulse v5 FYI Sheet -


Here's just a few things for your information only.

Please don't msg me on IRC telling me you found bugs.  If i wanted to hear it
then, i wouldn't have put my email address in the docs.  Not to say i don't
want to hear it, but being as i work all day, you're infringing on my very few
times of nothing to do.

Don't msg me saying you've got a crack.  #1, i don't care.  #2, they're good
for business.  #3, don't cry when something fucks up ;)

If you have bug reports, or suggestions, make them into a textfile so i'll
remember what to do, and who sent it (so i can give you some credit!).  This
comes back to the problems on IRC.  Don't /msg me with this stuff.  EMAIL it.

Impulse *IS* copyrighted software.  Unlike most bbs authors, mine is the real
thing, and i WILL protect it.  Hex editing and reverse engineering are not
allowed and will be dealt with.

All ansi's that come with Impulse BBS are expected to be used with Impulse.
Not to say i don't want you using them on your obv setup, but if you're a bbs
author, don't go sticking impulse ansi's in your distribution zip.

Being the very opinionated person that i am, i thought i'd give you my very
biased opinions on good software, and things too look for.

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Nivenh's Choice of BBS Software - Check these out! They're good too!
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Software     Author         AC  How to contact him         Niv's Rating (1-10)
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Dementia     Midnight Sun   908 ??????????????????         ******     6
Axis/2       Zip Code       908 BBS: The Secret Ingredient ********   8
Pipeline     Net Distortion 314 BBS: Elec. Frontier        ********   8
Iniquity     Fiend          ??? IRC is the best place      *******    8
Renegade     Cott Lang      ??? FidoNet                    *********  9
Oblivion/2   Eric Katz (DE) 619 The Fringes                ***        3
Vision/2     ??????????     ??? BBS: ???                   *****      5
Impulse      Nivenh         214 BBS: Termite Terrace       *******    7
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Impulse was added just to let you know on how i stand. :)

Sure, that's not all the bbs's out there, but those are the majority that
people run, or will be running in the future.  In case your wondering where
impulse fits in that list, its definitely a 9 in my opinion. :)  If you're
wondering why i gave them the ratings they got, email me at nivenh@crl.com :)

Thanks for reading this.  Its just a few things i needed to clear up in this
release.  Again, thank you for your time spent with Impulse.

