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                     The Illusion Bulletin Board Software
                                 Version 1.93

                                  March 1995

                Copyright 1992-1995 Illusion Development Team
                             All rights reserved

                  Programmed by Kyle Oppenheim and Billy Ma

              Main documentation by Jeff Christman and Sam Evans
           Various ANSI and ASCII artwork by Steve Henry and others


The following lists are by no means comprehensive.  They are only a brief
summary for listing everything would take pages and pages of text, and not to
mention a lot of our time. :)

What's new in 1.93 
  +  Center justification MCI code added
  +  Registration system improved
  +  New MCI codes
  +  New ACS codes
  +  Double prompt in file listing fixed
  +  Some other bugs fixed

What's new in 1.92 
    Many many bug fixes
  +  Voting system rewritten from the ground up
  -  System colors removed
  +  Two-digit number pipe codes added
  +  Many new strings added
  +  More MCI codes
    Improved waiting for caller menu
    SysOp function keys partially revamped
  +  New registration system
  +  Improved BBS listings
  +  Improved menu system

In brief, what Illusion has to offer 
    User-friendly interface, not to mention a SysOp-friendly interface
    Fidonet standard echomail support
    Multinode capabilities and gives time slices to Windows, OS/2, and
     DESQview
    Multinode teleconference with configurable actions
    Over 85% of the general outlook of the BBS can be configured via
     an extensive string editor or external ANSI/text files
    Powerful ACS system allows the SysOp to restrict what certain users
     can do
    Extensive MCI code system allows information to be displayed freely
    Extensive menu system that gives the SysOp total control of the menus
    Extensive color system compatible with Celerity (pipe+letter) and other
     popular softwares (pipe+##)
    New voting system gives users the option of adding their own choices
    Configurable logon lets the SysOp configure what is displayed during
     the login process and in what order.
    QWK offline mail support
    New User Voting service allows the SysOp to let users vote on who
     should receive access to more private BBSes
    A rumor listing lets users share some jokes and laughs
    Extensive system editors let the SysOp configure almost everything
    Internal BBS listing lets users share their favorite BBSes with
     others
    Support for DORINFOx.DEF, DOOR.SYS, CHAIN.TXT, CALLINFO.BBS,
     SFDOORS.DAT, and DOORFILE.SR door drop files
    Internal full screen editor and line editor allowing messages of
     virtually unlimited line length
    Support for 10 line FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI file descriptions
    ANSI, Avatar/0+, and RIPscrip autodetection
    Shuttle (Matrix) menu for added security

What is already in development for 2.00 
    Completely rewritten message system with internal JAM, Fidonet *.MSG,
     Hudson, Squish, and Ezycom message type support and also with full
     multinode and file-sharing support
    Complete teleconference with separate rooms
    Improved AVATAR and RIP translation filter

What is being planned for the future 
    Rewritten file system mostly because the code is currently so messy
     that it is hard to add anything without breaking something else
    Rewritten waiting for caller menu for better multinode capabilities

If you wish to get yourself a copy of Illusion, you may either log onto one
of the sites listed below or FREQ Illusion using the magic name "IBBS".

Spectrenet is the official Illusion support network.  The Illusion authors
can be directly contacted via Spectrenet if you need any help with anything.
If you wish to apply for a node number, please contact Archer on Paramnesia.

Alpha sites 

  Paramnesia  1.610.481.9932  SysOp: Archer (Kyle Oppenheim)
    Fidonet 1:2607/109  Spectrenet 50:100/0, 50:100/1

  Infinite Dimensions  1.610.882.4033  SysOp: Synthetic Time (Billy Ma)
    Fidonet 1:2607/206  Spectrenet 50:100/2  Fishnet 21:75/100

-/- Illusion Development Team

