Downloaded from BBS++ RoboBOARD HQ USA - 619-793-8360 / 619-793-8361 DATE: 06/20/93 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º ÜÜÜÜÛßßÛÜÜÜÜ º º ÛßßÛ ÛßßÛ ÛÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÛ ÛßßßßßßßßÛ º º Û Û Û Û ÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜ Û ÜÜÜÜ Û º º Û Û Û Û ÛÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÛ Û Û ÛÜÜÛ º º Û ßßßß Û Û Û Û Û º º Û ÜÜÜÜ Û Û Û Û Û ÛßßßßÛ º º Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ßÛ Ûß º º Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ßßßß Û º º ÛÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ º º Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. º ºÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĺ º Bus: (819)682-6670 P.O. BOX 633 º º Fax: (819)685-0994 Aylmer Quebec. º º BBS: (819)685-0957 J9H-6L1 º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ***** OFFICIAL RELEASE FROM HAMILTON TELEGRAPHICS INC. ***** JUNE, 1993 We are approaching the scheduled release date for our new BBS product, which we have named RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 (TM). We are not providing an exact date for release but we have started beta testing and things are going well. We have made some changes in our company and in the ROBO-BOARD Pro and Plus. Please read this letter to find out how these changes may affect you. Seth Hamilton Graphics Inc. has undergone some major changes since the original ROBO-BOARD was first marketed in August of 1992. The most obvious is the name change, we are now called Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. This restructuring has been done in order to give us the organization required to release future RoboBOARDs more quickly and soundly. - Seth Hamilton Graphics Inc. wholly owned by Seth A. Hamilton has been disolved. - Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. is a new company with shareholders. - Seth Hamilton is President of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. In order to serve you better we have changed the way that Robo BOARDs will be marketed. As of RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 we will no longer be a shareware product. It is our opinion and the general opinion of our customers that people would rather pay a nominal update fee to receive professional support and quality, not possible from a small shareware company. This is within our rights as explained in the licence agreement included with the ROBO-BOARD PRO and PLUS series. After much thought we chose to make this change as a balance between peoples expectations and the financial necessities of running a successful company. - RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 will not be a shareware product. - ROBO-BOARD Pro and Plus will be discontinued when RoboBOARD/FX is officially released. - RoboBOARD/FX is being rewritten using 100% new code, owned entirely by Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc., and will be a new product. Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. holds trademarks on RoboBOARD and Tel-FX; Seth Hamilton Graphics Inc. held no such trademarks. - People who paid and are in our database will receive RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 in the mail at no extra cost, providing we have correct mailing information. They will receive the 1 to 8 line version. - The 5 UPDATES plan is no longer available to purchase. - People who purchased the 5 UPDATES plan and are in our database will receive their 5 updates in the mail as well as RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 at no extra cost, providing we have the correct mailing address. - Professional level support will begin with the official release of RoboBOARD/FX 1.00. - FREE, our high quality Tel-FX Terminal package, for you and your users to enjoy. - FREE, our easy to use, stand alone Tel-FX Drawing drawing package, for you and your users to enjoy. We have had a ROBO-BOARD BBS sporting a true Graphical User Interface on the market since August of 1992. We have learned much about Graphical Protocols, their weaknesses and strengths, and are bringing our knowledge together into what is going to be a powerful and innovative new product. ***** Uses DOS - no expensive operating systems required ***** BBS - ANSI or VGA or SVGA support - multinode operation - robust DESQview support - multi-language - bullet proof security - unique security tags - enhanced CD-ROM support - Fossil support - Digi support - enhanced logging - virus scanning - File manager allows for marking, copying, moving, editing and deleting files. - forums - mouse driven, windowed configuration - sound card support - 5 minute installation - 100% configurable FILES - Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem file protocols - super fast Database File System - supports popular FILES.BBS format - unlimited areas - high speed user configurable queries MAIL - Hudson support - Full screen message editor - message uploads & downloads CHAT - multinode chat - multichannel chat - private chat TEMPLATES - 100% configurable - control input fields, numeric, alpha, length, colour - create questionaires - do online marketing - make templates to accept credit cards - automatically creates ANSI and Graphics version - write data to ASCII file or printer or both. Allows developers to integrate with BBS. MOUSE - Microsoft or Compatible mouse support GRAPHICS - 16 colour VGA or 256 colour SVGA or Mono VGA - 640 x 480 or 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 resolutions - real realtime vector and BIT Mapped graphics - realtime compression/decompression - adheres to industry standard Graphical User Interface - dragging windows, buttons, scrollers, dialogue boxes - realtime 24 BIT colour JPEG Photographic images. - display JPEGs in 256 or 16 colour modes - realtime lightning fast GreyPEG Photographic images - do cataloguing - do online publication FXphoto - GIF management - Image scaling and cropping - conversion from GIF to JPEG - colour to GreyPEG conversion FXdraw - create Bulletins, Art, Menus, assign buttons - accepts 24 bit images - 256 SVGA colour - creates 64 colour pallette in 16 colour VGA mode - automatic colour conversion from 256 to 16/64 colour - context sensitive icon driven interface - fast flyout menus, and pop up dialogues with scroller bars - polygon based, like Corel, Windows, Harvard, and Postscript. - draw in a configurable sizeable window - giant to tiny Mondo fonts; stretch, flip, warp, twist, & colour fill, multilanguage character set, math symbols. - BIT Map text, multilanguage character set. - morphing ellipse, stretch into any elliptical shape - intuitive 3 point arc - pop up state of the art icon editor and manager, visually merge files, rotate, mirror, copy and delete - powerful intuitive edit mode function, pick and drag, no spilled flood fills FXterm - light weight yet powerful - point and shoot icon driven interface - ANSI emulation - auto conversion from 24 BIT colour to 256/16 colour - maintenance free icon management - no icon duplication Tel-FX - the definative graphical protocol - easy implementation - 7 bit transfers - plain english source files, easy for developers to work with. - compiled picture files contain only necessary data, for high speed transmission - colour depth independent (24 BIT input). - resolution independent. - realtime high ratio compression/decompression on special entities such as icons. - support for multiple pointer devices ie: mouse - independent dragging layered windows, scrollers, buttons, and dialogue boxes. - realtime JPEG and GreyPEG support. - realtime icons. Icons never duplicated even if named differently. Icons are not overwritten if named the same but are visually different. - polygon vector graphics can be scaled, clipped, rotated shifted, mirrored, flipped, stretched and morphed. - protocol designed to be portable between operating systems. We thank you for your patience, and understanding as we finish the new RoboBOARD/FX. We will post notices in the echoes and on support systems when the beta boards are up. Above all else our intention is to bring you and your users a superior BBS package! Thank you very much. Seth Hamilton. President of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. --- RoboBOARD is a trademark of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. Tel-FX is a trademark of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. The features we listed, are based on existing technology, we have developed in house. We reserve the right to change, add to, or remove from the RoboBOARD/FX list of features, without notice. --- FMail 0.92 * Origin: The ROBO-BOARD EGA/VGA BBS! 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