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Program : Sickpage. _______/ __/\______/ _/____/ _/
Version : 0.2. ___/___ /___/\____/ /______ / ___/____
Coder : Beau Barker. _/ \__ \__ / / /
Released : 20th January 97. /___ / / /_/ /fl
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Introduction
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· Sickpage allows users to page the Sysop. If the Sysop answers the page,
Sickpage loads the Chat program of your choice.
· Sickpage requires Clark Development Company's PCBoard v15.22 or higher.
Sickchat, Flax Software's chat package is recommended, but not required.
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Disclaimer
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In no event will Flax Software be held liable for any damages, including
any loss of profits, or other incidental or consequential damages arising
out of the use of this program.
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Installing Sickpage
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1. Decompress the archive into a directory. You should restore the
subdirectories stored in the ZIP file.
eg. UNZIP -D SPAGExxx.ZIP
2. Configure Sickpage to suit your system. All configuration files can be
modified with your favorite text editor.
3. Run PCBSETUP, go into File Locations (B), select Configuration Files (B),
and edit a CMD.LST entry to look something like this:
Command Security PPE/MNU File or Keystroke Replacement
------- -------- -------------------------------------
O 10 C:\PCB\PPE\SICKPAGE\PAGE.PPE
Of course, your path may not be the same.
4. If you want to use Sickpage's ability to limit the amount of times a
user may page you per call, you must install the Statistic PSA onto
your system. Please see your PCBoard documentation for information on
how to do this.
Sickpage is now installed! Users can page by pressing O at the main prompt.
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Files In The Archive
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General Files
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PAGE PPE · The paging PPE.
SICKPAGE CFG · Configuration file.
SICKPAGE DOC · This document.
Display Files
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S-PAGE PCB · The paging screen.
S-EXCEED PCB · Displayed when the user has paged too many times.
S-BLIST PCB · Displayed to users listed in BADNAMES.LST.
S-TIMES PCB · Displayed when the user pages you outside paging
hours. The paging hours are defined in PCBSETUP.
S-BUSY PCB · Displayed:
a) when you dont answer a page.
b) when you abort a user's page by hitting escape.
c) when the user aborts their own paging with ESC.
Control Files
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BADNAMES LST · A list of all users who cannot page.
SILENT LST · If the user is in this list, no sound is made locally.
VIP LST · When a user pages who is listed in here, the
SPAGEVIP.SIK page tune is played rather than the
regular page tune.
Other Files
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FILE_ID DIZ · File identification.
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Page Tunes
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Three External page tunes are included in S-TUNES.ZIP, along with a
conversion table which tells you what frequencies make what notes.
The format of the SPAGE-xx.SIK tune file is:
Lines 1-3 : Comments on this page tune..
Line 4 : Amount of notes
Lines 5+ : Each note, and the length (in milliseconds) to play it. So to
play the note C-Sharp (3rd octave) for half a second, the line
would be "284 50".
The SPAGEVIP.SIK file takes the same format, but is only played when a
user pages who is listed in the VIP.LST control file.
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Extra Notes
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· You can set the hours that users can page you in PCBSetup > Configuration
Options > Limits > Allow Sysop Page Start/Stop Time. Make sure you change
it for every node.
· The "Max Pages per call" function in Sickpage requires the Statistics PSA
is installed on your system. This can be done in PCBSM.
· A special page tune - "SPAGEVIP.SIK" - is played when a VIP user pages.
· BADNAMES.LST may contain Names or Aliases.
· You might want to execute an Artificial Intelligence Chat PPE from inside
S-TIMES.PCB, so if a user pages after hours, the A.I Chat runs and talks
to your users.
SICKPAGE.CFG, Line 19: "Write the page reason to CMNT fields?"
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Comment1 and Comment2 are small fields which all users have, that can be
viewed by the Sysop by hitting ALT-H a few times. Setting this to YES will
allow Sickpage to overwrite these fields with the user's page reason. This
way, when you switch on the monitor and see the little "p" flashing, and you
want to know why the user has paged you, you can hit ALT-H and read the
Comment1 and Comment2 fields.
SICKPAGE.CFG, Line 20: "(C)omment after failed page attempt?"
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If you set this to YES, Sickpage will stuff the keyboard with C + <enter>
after a failed page attempt. It allows the user to (C)omment to Sysop if
they cannot talk to you for any of the following reasons:
a) you dont answer a page
b) you abort their page
c) they abort their own page
d) they page outside paging hours
e) they are listed in BADNAMES.LST
Set this to YES if you have "C" as (C)omment to Sysop in all confs.
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Contacting the Author
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Feel free to contact me about anything, but please don't call asking about
anti-decompilation systems!!
E-mail : flax@axis.jeack.com.au
Sick Homepage : http://www.jeack.com.au/~flax
Telephone : +613-9571-7456
Postal Address : Flax Software
P.O. Box 123
Caulfield East
Australia 3145
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Credits
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Sickpage (C) Flax Software 1996-97.
Thanks to The Black Assassin [tK] for his timing routines in PLAY.EXE.
DOS Testing by Wizard [Toxic Krystal]
OS2 Testing by Wolverine [Apocalyptic Visions]
Greets : Wizard, TBA, Wolverine, Vejita/Vagina, Stanna, Slasher, Cool,
Kraze, Abyss, Nutbutter, Inferno, Krl, Code-Zero, Black Hole.
Enjoy! -- Beau Barker