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Announce!
A GREAT Announcement Door/Logon Event
Version v1.0
Copyright (c)1993 By Andy Stewart
ALWAYS READ the file WHATS.NEW !!!!!!
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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Announce! is a copyrighted program being distributed under the
shareware concept. As such you may use Announce! for a period of
30 days without registering the software. After the 30 day evaluation
period, you must register your copy of Announce! or must stop using
it. By your not doing so you will be in violation of United States and
International copyright laws.
As a shareware program, Announce! may be freely distributed through a
BBS. Shareware distributors may distribute copies of Announce! on disk
for a modest disk duplication charge not to exceed $4 per disk.
WARRANTY
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Announce! is distributed without warranty. In no event will Andy
Stewart or DreamWARE Communications be liable to you for damages,
including any loss of profits, lost savings, or other incidental or
consequential damages arising out of your use of or inability to use the
program, even if Andy Stewart, DreamWARE Communications or an authorized
representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Andy
Stewart and DreamWARE Communications will not be liable for any such
claim by any other party.
INTRODUCTION
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Announce! has the following built-in features ...
Assembly language serial input/output routines for maximum
speed.
Fully supports high speed modems: 16550 FIFO buffering and
locked serial ports.
Built in ANSI terminal emulator. No need to have ANSI.SYS
loaded in memory.
Supports all of the most popular door data file formats:
TriBBS, PCBoard, GAP, Spitfire, WildCat, RBBS, and WWIV.
RUNNING DREAMSLOTS
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Announce! is run by entering a command similar to the following:
announce announce.cfg
In the above command line, "announce" is the name of your door's EXE file
and the "announce.cfg" parameter is the name of the door's configuration
file. The configuration file can have any name the sysop chooses, but
it must reside in the same directory as the door. The configuration
file is an ASCII text file with the following format:
Line 1: Door data file type.
Line 2: Path to the door data file(s).
Line 3: BBS name.
Line 4: Sysop's name.
Line 5: Locked baud rate.
As illustrated above, the door's data file type is specified in line 1
and can be PCB for PCBoard, GAP for GAP (DOOR.SYS), SF for Spitfire,
RBBS for RBBS, WC for WildCat!, TRIBBS for TriBBS, or WWIV for WWIV.
The locked baud rate is specified in line 5. If the sysop doesn't
lock his serial port, he must specify 0 for the locked baud rate.
NOTE: Although many door formats do pass the locked baud rate in the
door data files, some older formats such as RBBS do not. For
conformity, it is required that you specify the locked baud rate in
line 5 and ignores any value passed in the door data files.
The following is a sample door configuration file:
WWIV
C:\WWIV\
DreamNET
Unca Scrooge
38400
A file called SETUP.EXE is included to aid with writing this config.
file. Run it, answer the questions, and let the program do the rest.
THIS MUST BE RUN BEFORE RUNNING Announce! !!
Announce! can be run locally without a door data file (handy for the
sysop to use the door without logging on to the BBS) by specifying
/L after the configuration file parameter in the DOS command line.
Announce! will request the user to enter his name before running the
door.
SPECIAL KEYS
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While a door is running, the sysop can press certain special keys to
perform a variety of functions. The following is a list of the
functions that the Announce! special keys perform:
Key(s) Function
HOME Toggles between the user status window and a help
display that lists the special keys.
F6 Takes 5 minutes away from the caller.
NOTE: This will NOT be returned to BBS.
F7 Gives 5 minutes to the caller.
NOTE: This will NOT be returned to the BBS.
F9 Quit the door and return the caller to the BBS.
F10 Enter chat mode. Pressing the ESC key exits the
chat mode.
Alt+D Drop to DOS.
SUPPORT
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You may obtain assistance with a DreamWARE Communication programs and
related problems by calling DreamNET at ITS-TMP-DOWN. You may also
find the latest versions of DreamWARE Communications doors here, which
are downloadable on the first call. Also, they can be found on the
support boards found in DISTRIB.TXT. I can also be reached at 1@3759
WWIVnet.
REGISTRATION
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Registration of Announce! is only $10.00. Please use the form in the
file REGISTER.TXT. When you register Announce!, you will receive a
keyfile to turn your copy of Announce! into a registered version. More
information on this is in REGISTER.TXT
REGISTRATION NOTES
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I have dropped the prices on ALL of my doors to $10. The reason for
this is I believe that $10 is a fair price for BBS Doors! I believe
that $25 for a BBS Door is a bit much, not to MENTION $45-60 that
SOME of the Door registrations cost. You can get an EXCELLENT,
multi_disk COMMERCIAL game for these prices! Therefore, all of my
BBS Doors registrations will be $10. There MAY be, at a later date,
a door/pgm that will cost slightly more, depending on the complexity
of the coding, but that is unlikely. If you have another of my
doors that was written before this and you wish to register it/them,
only send $10 for each registration. This decision covers ALL previous
doors. I am planning on releasing new versions of ALL my doors soon
with the information. Thank You!
Thank you for using Announce!
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