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| Ami-Express was a BBS System that ran on the Commodore Amiga series of |
| computers and was developed by Lightspeed Technologies in the 1990s. |
| |
| Version 5.6.0 |
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| This is a rewrite of that system written in Amiga E. It is open source |
| and has new features and bug fixes in addition to aiming for near 100% |
| backwards compatibility with the version 4.x releases. |
| |
| I contacted Joe Hodge/LightSpeed Technologies the owner of /X product |
| in December 2018 and he has given his full approval for me to take over |
| this software and to continue using the Ami-Express name. |
| |
| I have also updated the documentation for Ami-Express as many existing |
| features were not properly documented. Some new features included in this |
| release are: |
| * Full MUI Based Configuration / Setup Editor |
| * Installer Script that allows upgrading and initial BBS setup |
| * Improved password encryption. |
| |
| All source code is publicly available at: |
| https://github.com/dmcoles/AmiExpress along with the documentation. |
| |
| The sample bbs configurations included in previous versions of this tool |
| are no longer included. The new install process will create a default |
| minimal (but functional) BBS for you. You can then use the new setup tool |
| to fully configure the BBS and create a system tailored to your needs. |
| The default bbs also contains some useful doors that are typically used |
| on every Ami-Express bbs eg AquaScan and FileDescription. |
| |
| This version of /X comes with both rexxdoor 1.3 and 2.2 - If you have 10 |
| nodes or more you *MUST* use 2.2 - new installations will be configured |
| to use the newer version but upgrades will leave the the setup unaltered. |
| |
| If you are a pre-existing /X4 user, the ACP and Express files can just |
| replace the old versions and should be as close to fully backwards |
| compatible as possible. Please do contact me or raise issues in github if |
| you encounter any problems. |
| |
| Copyright (c)2024 Darren Coles |
| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
| copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),|
| to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation |
| the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, |
| and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the |
| Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
| |
| The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included |
| in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
| |
| THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS |
| OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF |
| MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN |
| NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, |
| DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR |
| OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE |
| USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. |
| |
| Installer and Installer project icon |
| (c) Copyright 1995-96 Escom AG. All Rights Reserved. |
| Reproduced and distributed under license from Escom AG. |
| |
| INSTALLER SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE; |
| NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY |
| OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED. |
| |
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| This release is dedicated to my ex-partner Traci who was taken ill |
| unexpectedly at the end of 2018 and passed away after suffering |
| lung damage caused by Influenza. RIP Traci xx. |
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| Version History |
| |
| 5.6.0 02 Jan 2024 |
| * Improved password encryption, Full Setup Editor, Installer |
| 5.5.0 05 Jun 2022 (Feature parity release) |
| * XMODEM and Hydra support, FTP Direct Server, IEMSI auto login |
| 5.4.0 17 May 2021 |
| * YModem and ZModem 8k support, FTP authentication, shortcut mode |
| 5.3.2 01 September 2020 |
| * Minor bugfix release |
| 5.3.1 07 August 2020 |
| * Minor bugfix release |
| 5.3.0 04 July 2020 |
| * Internal Zmodem, HTTP File Transfers, connect to QWK & FTN |
| 5.2.0 02 Jan 2020 |
| * Native Telnet, FTP File Transfers, some bugfixes. |
| 5.1.0 03 June 2019 |
| * New features and bugfixes. |
| 5.0.0 23 December 2018 |
| * First release of this project |
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