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v1.03 - Released 16/7-1994.

All user changes
  - Changed name to: Frog Online Services System, Frog OSS or FOSS.
  - User name no longer limited to 2 words, but still a upper limit of
    30 characters.
  - Incoming comm-buffer flushed before and after file-transfers and
    executing of doors.

SysOp changes
  - The setup-procedure scan's for the CEXYZ2.EXE files instead of DSZ.COM
    for external file protocols. (Delete your old MAIN\B&BPROT.CFG file, take
    up a node one time and run the "SETUP drives").
  - Toggle to let new users be able to register or not added.
  - Added API-calls:
      FOSS16.fioReadNetUsr
      FOSS16.fioFindNetUsr
  - Script variable added: &$n for current node number.
  - Script function @if: added support for <= and =>.
  - Added script variables:
      &asl - Last message in area
      &asr - Last message read by user
      &asu - Unread messages
      &asy - Unread messages to user   
      &uof - User online first time (string)
      &uol - User online last recorded (string)
      &uo# - User times online count
      &!#0 - Toggle off 1000-separator
      &!#1 - Toggle on 1000-separator
  - Added script commands:
      @Case, @CASE, @getfirst, @ifcommand, @send, @receive.
      (see documentation for more)
      @set 1000sep [ON|OFF]
      @set output [ON|OFF]
      @exit [command] ... {command}
  - Files may be delete from disk as well as from the internal database.
  - Added possibility to black-list spesific user names, a file named
    MAIN\DENYUSER.LST should list all users not accepted on your BBS,
    normal FOSS-wildchars accepted. A script named SCRIPTS\A!DNYUSR.*
    are executed if user access denied.
  - File moved and changed to scripts:
      BULLETS\PRELOGON -> SCRIPTS\B!LOGIN
      BULLETS\WELCOME  -> SCRIPTS\I!LOGIN
  - Scripts changed names:
      PREREG   -> B!REG
      PREUP    -> B!UP
      PREDOWN  -> B!DOWN
      PREOPEN  -> B!OPEN
      GOODBYE  -> B!BYE
      POSTREG  -> A!REG
      POSTUP   -> A!UP
      POSTDOWN -> A!DOWN
      POSTOPEN -> A!OPEN
      LOGIN    -> A!LOGIN

  - Added scripts:
      A!SELECT - Executed after area changed.
      A!WHO    - Executed after display of who status.
      B!WHO    - Executed before display of who status.

Bugs fixed
  - Hang while viewing log files from the SysOp menu fixed.
  - Problem with date/message pointer which was reset sometime probably
    fixed. (Tell me if not).
  - Minor error in the LOCAMENU.* file fixed (Alt+O and Alt+P) had
    switched place.
  - Some bugs in the L(ist users) function fixed.
  - Some old problems with login hopefully fixed.
  - "Enter description" for uploaded files will again be shown.
  - F(ile) K(eyword) now searches both lines of description instead of
    the first line twice :-)
  - Forgotten inactivity timeout in ReadKey function added.
  - System will start even if previously used RAM-disk is removed.
  - bNet export and import updated and now supports Info-ZIP's utils and
    the new file format of the messagebase.
  - System should now work well with COM.SYS (and compatibles) as well
    as with SIO.SYS.

Utility collection
  - TOPTEN rewritten to work under OS/2, no longer used redirection and
    does also use the FOSS-DLL instead of the B&BSYS one!

Other news
  - eta-versions of a QWK "door" for B&BSYS available.
