The IFX Group TBBS File Collection
The Bread Board System (TBBS) was one of the top commercial bulletin board system (BBS) software packages available in the world from 1981 through the official end of life in 1999 with the eSoft release of the last Y2K patches. A large and loyal following was built in the two decades it was available. The following tools are made available for those system operators (SYSOP) that still use this robust software.
The TBBS.org web site has quite a few other resources for the TBBS operator in addition to the tools listed here.
Sort by Date  | Download: Size: Updated: | bholder.prg 19,827 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This is a utility to allow users
to save tagged file queue from one call to the next. It shows
several advanced features including file transfer calls from TBBS
and file renaming. It also shows how to pass information from TBBS
to a TDBS program.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | coldboot.zip 415 bytes January 03, 1988 |
This is the smallest program I
have ever written. It will reboot a DOS machine from a command
prompt or batch file. On most Windows machines it will just exit
the command prompt window without much fanfare. It is only 5 bytes,
but since most web browsers don't know how to deal with the file in
binary form, it had to be zipped to a file size over 5 times larger.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | create.prg 4,050 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This is a program to show how to create a
.DBF (database) file from inside a TDBS program. It is designed as
a procedure that you can include in other programs. The database
that it creates is a fixed or hard coded structure that means that
each time you run the program it will create the same database file
without user input. It would be a fairly minor change to add an
interactive part to allow the user to create a custom database file
using the structure in this program.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | daywatch.zip 41,532 bytes September 22, 1996 |
A DOS utility to read TBBS log files
(dayfile.lst) and simulate the local console screen. An excellent
tool for demonstrating activity on the TBBS local console without a
live system. This tool also generates reports useful to keep an
interested SYSOP informed.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | dupefind.zip 42,416 bytes March 24, 2008 |
This tool helps
locate duplicate files on your hard drive. This is a true binary
file comparison able to detect duplicate files even if they have
very different file names or are located in different
subdirectories under the same parent directory. The complete
PowerBasic/CC source code for this utility is included. The source
code is made available to help promote the awareness of the whole
line of compilers and other programming tools available from the
fine people at PowerBasic. Tell them you saw their name on the IFX
Group web site. Featured download for August 2004.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | farclean.zip 26,297 bytes October 04, 1995 |
A utility to walk through all FAR and
DIR files and remove unavailable files from the listing.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | free.prg 12,354 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This program shows a display of the free
storage space on your TBBS system. It has a sysop mode that
will allow the sysop to add drives to the list on-line while other
users are accessing the display. In this program you will learn how
to find available drive space and build graphs (using IBM graphic
characters and ANSI codes if the user has that ability) from the
information available.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | howtime.prg 4,715 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This is a replacement program
for the TBBS Type 11 (Time Left) menu command. It uses full text to
display the information to the user along with the location of the
BBS. If the user requests the number format then the real TBBS Type
11 is called. It also shows how to pass information from TBBS to a
TDBS program.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | location.prg 4,155 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This allows the user to change the
location field in their record. It shows how you can access and
change information in the user account as well as a custom input
routine that will only accept a limited number of characters.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | longname.prg 5,383 bytes August 24, 1995 |
A long filename upload
wrapper for TBBS. This is a replacement for the TBBS Type 47
command. It adds a bar above the input prompt to show the user how
long the filename can be as well as beeping when the user tries to
enter the 31st character. This program is designed to work equally
well for ANSI or ASCII BBS users.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | mailman.prg 17,697 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This is a replacement for the TBBS Type 7
(message write) command. It allows the user to type only part of a
user name and have a list of possible matches displayed. After a
name is selected it is passed to TBBS with a real Type 7 command
call. This program shows text file access and direct access to the
USERLOG.BBS file with the TDBS flat file routines. It also shows
how to pass information from TBBS to a TDBS program.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | off.zip 5,107 bytes June 22, 2002 |
A program to send the power off
signal to ATX motherboards. This is a one-way trip, so be careful
using this on a production router or server. The COLDBOOT.ZIP
utility is suggested if a reboot is desired.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | password.prg 6,690 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This is a replacement for the TBBS
Type 25 (password change) command. It adds a bar above the password
input prompt to show the user how long the password can be as well
as beeping when the user tries to enter the 9th character. This
program shows custom input routines that have a limited length and
echo stars instead of the key the user pressed.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | pcb2tbbs.zip 26,936 bytes May 12, 1995 |
A tool to translate PCBoard BBS
file description listings into TBBS .DIR format.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | qsochk.zip 30,037 bytes March 15, 1996 |
Diagnose common QSO, the TBBS offline
mail gateway option module, problems with this tool. This is the
same tool used by eSoft TBBS technical support staff to locate and
solve setup problems with the QSO option module.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | rbb2tbbs.zip 24,667 bytes October 10, 1995 |
A tool to translate RBBS format file
description listings into TBBS .DIR format.
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ASR Shareware Registration Tool
| | Download: Size: Updated: | reg_asr.zip 27,360 bytes July 09, 1994 |
In the early 1990's
there was a company named Advanced System Research (ASR) that
published many shareware programs for the TBBS platform. It appears
that the company has been out of business for over a decade now and
all of the authors that made products for ASR are also out of the
business, but their fine TBBS and TDBS shareware programs still
remain. This is a tool that the IFX Group wrote for authorized ASR
distributors to imprint the shareware files with the customer
information. It has the effect of unlocking extra features and
abilities in most of the programs. There are no instructions
included with this file other than the command line syntax help
included in the program itself. Make a backup of your shareware
file before using this tool. If you can locate the author of the
shareware program you are registering, please send them some money
to thank them for their efforts.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | sbschat.prg 18,206 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This is a replacement for
the TBBS Type 23 (sysop chat request) command. It shows a fake menu
of different sounds that the user can select from to use as a sysop
page request. The sound on the sysop side is always the same, but
the user does not need to know that. It shows how to change the
look of internal TBBS functions and how to pass information from
TBBS to a TDBS program.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | sdldiag.zip 28,324 bytes October 13, 1995 |
Diagnostic tool for TBBS menu SDL
files that reports flag usage and broken links. This is a must-have
tool for managing any TBBS system that has more than a hand full of
menus especially if any combination of MEDIT, SDLDC and SDL are
used.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | setup.prg 21,080 bytes September 13, 1995 |
This program checks new user accounts
for valid (first and last) name. It erases accounts with bad words
and wrong looking info. It also allows new user to define settings
of ANSI color, IBM graphic characters and length of screen. It
shows low level user account control including marking a user
account deleted as well as how to pass information from TBBS to a
TDBS program. This program requires passed information.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | tbbsbusy.zip 28,435 bytes November 06, 1995 |
Reads the TBBS DAYFILE.LST and
reports number of calls on each line. This tool was used to monitor
the number of actively used lines on the eSoft TBBS site to warn
when more lines were needed or when unused lines could be removed
to lower costs.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | testset.prg 17,608 bytes May 30, 1995 |
This program checks new user
accounts for valid (first and last) name. It erases accounts with
bad words and wrong looking info. It also allows new user to define
settings of ANSI color, IBM graphic characters and length of
screen. It shows low level user account control including marking a
user account deleted as well as how to pass information from TBBS
to a TDBS program. This program requires passed information.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | tigerchk.zip 33,676 bytes April 10, 1996 |
Diagnostic tool to check the
TIGER.CFG file for common setup errors. This is the tool used by
eSoft TBBS tech support to locate Internet email errors with TIGER.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | tipx.zip 19,528 bytes August 13, 2006 |
The complete TIPX virtual
serial port drivers for use with DOS programs that wish to connect
to an IPAD 1.5 or higher and TBBS 2.3 or higher. Complete assembler
source code is included and is released by Philip L. Becker, the
author, into the public domain.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | today.prg 24,572 bytes May 30, 1995 |
A utility to display a different
text file for each day. The sysop may upload any number of text
files into future dates with a calendar to display that days have
text files for display or not. This program shows forced name
uploads and date functions. It also shows how to pass information
from TBBS to a TDBS program.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | ulchk.zip 24,299 bytes November 02, 1995 |
TBBS User log validity tool.
Reports flags used and SYSOP level users. This tool allows you to
find all of the accounts that have been set to sysop privilege
level, even those you didn't know about. The flag report at the end
shows a combination of all of the flags set in all user accounts.
This is very useful in cleaning out menu flags that are either
never used or impossible for anyone to reach.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | ulmerge.zip 28,780 bytes October 31, 1995 |
Merge two TBBS userlog files into
one. This detects duplicate accounts and marks all but first as
deleted. The delete flag on any included account may be manually
reversed by the SYSOP.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | userdiag.zip 31,230 bytes October 13, 1997 |
A simple diagnostic tool to
read a TBBS format USERLOG.BBS file and show all user permissions
and access levels.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | userlist.zip 25,076 bytes June 02, 1994 |
Create distribution lists of all
users on a TBBS system. Easy to make and manage.
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| | Download: Size: Updated: | wc2dir.zip 24,228 bytes October 10, 1995 |
Wildcat! file description listing to
TBBS FILES.DIR format conversion tool.
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