TAG Utilities
Third-party utilities, doors, mail tools and sysop guides written for the TAG bulletin board system: TagMail add-ons, callback verifiers, file-area and message-base managers, log analysers, menu editors, offline mail doors, DESQview and modem configuration notes. The official TAG Team releases (TAGS/TAGM/TAGD/TAGR/TAGC/TAGU packages) are in the parent TAG category.
81 archives
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| How To Use a TAG BBS (HOWTOTAG) | 1989 | 2 | 2.5 KB | TAG user guide |
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New-user guide to the TAG menus by Raistlin Majere of The Tower of HIGH Sorcery BBS, November 1989. Walks callers through the main commands, newscanning, uploading and downloading, and how to obtain TAG 2.5c.
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| TAG Ideas v1.01 (TAGID101) | 1989 | 1 | 4 KB | Jim Golec sysop tips TAG TRAN-Net BBS |
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Sysop tips for TAG collected by Jim Golec of TRAN-Net BBS (Detroit), December 1989: building a shuttle menu, using ANSI screens as menus, a bulletin system built from menus, and putting the guest account to work.
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| MailWait v3.10 for TagMail (MW_310C) | 1990 | 2 | 15 KB | Michael VanderVeer TAG tagmail |
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MailWait version 3.10 by Michael VanderVeer, 1990: shows TAG callers at logon how much TagMail mail is waiting for them in each message area, using per-area indexes for speed.
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| TAG Callback Door v1.6 (CALLBK16) | 1990 | 5 | 21.9 KB | callback verifier doors TAG W. Brian DeSiro |
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Callback door for TAG by W. Brian DeSiro, April 1990. Validates new users by calling them back to confirm their phone number and password before raising their access, with restrictions on long-distance numbers and area codes.
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| USRobotics HST Modem Settings for TAG (HSTMODEM) | 1990 | 1 | 2 KB | modem TAG USRobotics Victor Capton |
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Victor Capton's modem configuration for running TAG on a USRobotics Courier HST 14.4k, March 1990: TAG's modem settings screen, DIP switch positions and the modem's own NRAM profile.
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| CALL-LOG 3.0 (CLOG30) | 1991 | 5 | 7 KB | last callers logs TAG |
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CALL-LOG 3.0 by Anonymous Enterprises, October 1991: logs each caller's name, baud rate and time from LOGON.BAT, catching callers TAG failed to record when they hung up early.
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| File Lister v2.1 for TAG 2.5g (DIRTOTXT) | 1991 | 5 | 16.1 KB | file lists Scott Stevelinck TAG |
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File Lister version 2.1 by Scott C. Stevelinck, October 1991: builds a text file list of everything on a TAG 2.5g board with a simple prompt per file base.
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| Introduction Menu Kit (INTRODOC) | 1991 | 6 | 3.2 KB | menus sysop tips TAG |
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INTRODOC from The Lyme Light BBS, December 1991: instructions and sample menus for adding an 'Introduce Yourself' section to a TAG board.
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| ROM2TAG v2 CD-ROM to TAG Directory Converter (ROM2TAG2) | 1991 | 6 | 15.2 KB | CD-ROM file areas TAG |
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ROM2TAG version 2 by Estelle Software, August 1991: converts a CD-ROM directory listing into a TAG file listing so CD titles can be offered without re-entering descriptions. Shareware.
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| Running TAG under DESQview (DVTAG) | 1991 | 21 | 25.7 KB | BinkleyTerm Deb Ackley desqview multinode TAG |
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Deb Ackley's working DESQview configuration for a three-line TAG board with BinkleyTerm as the FidoNet mailer, from The Abacus BBS, December 1991. Covers memory setup, per-node batch files and PIF settings from the days before TAG had native multinode support.
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| TAG_ARJ ARJ Archive Viewer Door (TAG_ARJ1) | 1991 | 3 | 23.1 KB | ARJ file areas Mark McKay TAG |
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TAG_ARJ by Mark McKay, October 1991: lets callers view the contents of ARJ archives from a TAG file listing.
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| Alterwho v1.0 Beta (ALTER1) | 1992 | 2 | 9.1 KB | Melanie Meyer multinode TAG |
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Alterwho beta 1.0 by Melanie A. Meyer of The Snooze Button BBS (Maryland), October 1992: changes the line-status text shown for each node on a multiuser TAG 2.6c board.
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| Bimodem Deluxe v0.83 Beta for TAG 2.6 (BETA83) | 1992 | 5 | 43.5 KB | BiModem Peter Yao protocols TAG |
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Bimodem Deluxe beta 0.83 by Peter Yao, April 1992: an enhanced interface between TAG 2.6 and the BiModem two-way transfer protocol that handles transfer credits and file descriptions.
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| CD_ADD v1.0 CD-ROM List Importer (CD_ADD1) | 1992 | 3 | 7.2 KB | CD-ROM file areas Mark McKay TAG |
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CD_ADD by Mark McKay, June 1992: imports the ASCII file lists from a shareware CD-ROM into TAG's file areas in one pass.
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| CDROMDIR FILES.BBS to TAG Converter (CDROMDIR) | 1992 | 3 | 9.2 KB | CD-ROM file areas Paul Williams TAG |
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CDROMDIR by TAG author Paul Williams, October 1992: converts a FILES.BBS description file from a CD-ROM directory into a TAG file listing. Freeware.
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| Check Logon v1 New User Dupe Scanner (CKLOGON1) | 1992 | 4 | 31.5 KB | Mark McKay security TAG users |
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Check Logon version 1 by Mark McKay, February 1992: a new-user door for TAG 2.6 that scans applications for duplicate accounts and bad information.
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| Colorize Callers Log (CCALLER) | 1992 | 3 | 5.1 KB | ANSI last callers TAG |
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CCALLER from The Deep Sea BBS, January 1992: colourises a TAG callers log for display as a bulletin.
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| DCQwk/TAG v1.3 QWK Offline Mail Door (DCQWK13) | 1992 | 11 | 116.1 KB | Daniel Corbeau doors offline mail QWK TAG |
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DCQwk/TAG version 1.3 by Daniel Corbeau, June 1992: a QWK offline mail door written for TAG 2.6c that reads the TAG system files directly, so all message areas can be packed and tossed with normal security in force. Shareware.
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| DISP v1.6 User Display (DISP16) | 1992 | 3 | 18.5 KB | Peter Yao TAG |
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DISP version 1.6 by Peter Yao, February 1992: displays any TAG user record from the DOS prompt, searches by real name, and shows two users side by side to compare suspected duplicate accounts.
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| FILE102 All-Files List Generator (FILE102) | 1992 | 4 | 10.2 KB | TAG |
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FILE102, July 1992: produces a downloadable all-files list for a TAG 2.6c board, including areas whose listings live in the MULTI or GFILES directories.
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| FOCHANGE v2.0 File Owner Changer (FOCHNG20) | 1992 | 3 | 15.5 KB | Dragon Software file areas TAG |
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FOCHANGE version 2.0 by Dragon Software, July 1992: globally changes the uploader name recorded on files in TAG listings after a user changes name or accounts are merged. Shareware.
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| FPOINTS v3.0 File Points System (FPOINTS3) | 1992 | 13 | 70.6 KB | Dragon Software TAG |
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Dragon Software's file-points suite for TAG, July 1992: assigns file points automatically, sets them across all or individual directories, and converts kilobyte credits to points. Shareware.
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| Hall of Fame Bulletin Generator (HALLFAME) | 1992 | 3 | 11.5 KB | David Mitchell TAG |
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HALLFAME by David Mitchell of Player's Choice Software, February 1992: generates a statistics hall-of-fame bulletin for a TAG 2.6 board.
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| HAT v1.5 Hatch Interface (HAT14) | 1992 | 2 | 11.5 KB | Peter Yao TAG TIC |
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HAT by Peter Yao, May 1992: hatches files from TAG 2.6c file listings into FidoNet file echoes through the Hatch utility.
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| MATCH v1.4 Duplicate Account Finder (MATCH14) | 1992 | 2 | 12.4 KB | Peter Yao security TAG users |
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MATCH version 1.4 by Peter Yao, February 1992: scans a TAG 2.6 user list for duplicate accounts by real name, phone, birthday and address, and flags invalid state and ZIP entries.
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