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PID: GED+2 1.1.4.7
CHRS: IBMPC 2
TZUTC: 0100
Hello Travis,

20 Dec 25 19:24, you wrote to All:

 TM> My apologies for asking such a basic question but I just can't seem to
 TM> figure this one out.

 TM> I'm running Maximus on the latest ArcaOS and have got it running and
 TM> am able to connect via telnet.

 TM> From reading max.doc I've gathered that my first step would be to
 TM> convert my ANSI file with ANS2BBSP and ANS2MECP. I quickly discovered
 TM> that TheDraw seems to add in control sequences that this tool doesn't
 TM> like.

 TM> But now I seem to have the .BBS and .MEC files created correctly.

 TM> I've edited the menus.ctl. Under the main menu section I've added:
 TM>     MenuFile       Misc\MHMAIN

 TM>     MenuLength     24

 TM>     MenuColor      15

 TM> After this I recompiled everything:
 TM> SILTP max

 TM> But when I sign into the BBS, nothing is displayed.

 TM> I'm sure I'm missing something silly but I just can't figure out what.

 TM> Any pointers or help troubleshooting would be extremely welcome.

in your MHMAIN.MEC you should have something like this to display the ansi
file:

[link]c:\max\ansis\mainmenuansi.bbs

ByEbYe
--
Daniel

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