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- CLOCK CHECK Version 1.0
- March 14, 1989
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- (C) Copyright 1989 Todd Bolitho & Martin Pollard
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- CLOCK CHECK Disclaimer:
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- CLOCK CHECK is provided "as is". We make no claim that it is
- suitable for any particular purpose. It may, in fact, not work
- at all. We use it on our BBS all the time, but we don't know
- what it will do on your system, and we promise NOTHING, so tell
- your lawyer not to bother!
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- CLOCK CHECK Raison D'Etre:
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- We run a very slick little "part time" BBS called WARP SPEED.
- Since the computer is used for business during the day, and this
- requires a nice menu system to run all the various applications
- used, the menu call is in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The problem
- was: When and if WARP SPEED should go down (i.e. - the user
- hangs up the phone in the middle of a DSZ transfer), WATCHDOG [or
- other similar program] would then take control of the system and
- reboot it for us. This all works fine and dandy, but upon
- rebooting, WARP SPEED would not come back online because the
- system would boot to the main menu. Putting CLOCK CHECK in the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file right before the menu call allows the computer
- to look at the system time, and then make a decision whether or
- not to run the BBS or call the main menu. In either case
- CLOCK CHECK does not remain in memory. It simply uses
- COMMAND.COM to call the BBS program or quits with no action at
- all, and returns control to the batch file which executes the
- main menu.
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- The following AUTOEXEC.BAT provides an example:
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- @echo off
- path c:\;c:\dos;d:\ut;d:\tc;e:\com\zip
- prompt $p$g
- print /d: Lpt1
- SET TELIX=E:\COM\TELIX
- SET DSZPORT=2
- SET 2ZIP=E:\COM\ZIP
- D:\UT\SPEEDUP\QUICKCRT/F
- D:\UT\SPEEDUP\CED150
- D:\UT\CARDFILE D:\FRIENDS
- C:\CLOCKCHK
- D:
- CD\AAA
- MENU
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- Paying for CLOCK CHECK:
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- This one is on us. There is no charge...
- You also have our permission to share this with others.
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- DOS Version:
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- CLOCK CHECK runs with our MSDOS 3.3.
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- Using CLOCK CHECK:
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- CLOCK CHECK requires a simple configuration file to operate. The
- first line of the file contains the filename that operates the
- BBS. Line two contains the time that the board opens, and line
- three contains board's closing time. The times specified must be
- in military time format. In other words, 10pm becomes 22:00. Do
- not include seconds in the time strings.
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- Sample CLOCK CHECK configuration file:
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- WARP - (The BBS batch file)
- 22:00 - (Time board opens)
- 06:00 - (Time board closes)
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- If you wish, you may use a simple ASCII text editor to alter the
- supplied config file to call your board at the appropriate times.
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- Remember: CLOCK CHECK only operates when called on the command
- line (for test purposes) or in a batch file. It will NOT auto-
- matically turn on a BBS at the right time. It is only useful
- during the rebooting of a system during the board's operating
- hours. If you don't understand this, you should probably recon-
- sider being a sysop...
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- Questions and comments may be left to the sysops of:
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- WARP SPEED
- (313) 544-0405
- 10pm-6am.
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