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The TriBBS Bulletin Board System 151
Q. I have a monochrome VGA system and when I run TriBBS, I either
can't see anything or can only see what I think is a small part
of the Waiting for Callers screen. What's wrong?
A. Some monochrome VGA systems don't use the area of video RAM that
TriBBS expects it to be using. Simply run the DOS commands MODE
BW80 or MODE CO80 before running BOARD.BAT. Probably the best
thing is to just put the appropriate MODE command in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
Q. When I try to run a door, TriBBS tries to run an event, or try to
configure my system from the Waiting for Caller screen, it stops
running and just sits there at the DOS prompt. What's wrong?
A. You are running TriBBS through BBS.EXE and not through BOARD.BAT.
You must run it through BOARD.BAT for TriBBS to be able to
perform these operations.
Q. I'm running a multinode system and when I configure the system
from node 1's Waiting for Caller screen everything works fine,
but when I try configuring the board from another node TriMan
runs fine but when I'm returned to the Waiting for Caller screen
I'm returned to node 1's Waiting for Caller screen. What's
wrong?
A. In order to run TriMan from the Waiting for Caller screen, TriBBS
creates a dummy event batch file and in the batch file is a call
to BOARD.BAT to restart the node. You are probably calling your
BOARD.BAT file for node 2 something like BOARD2.BAT and node 1's
BOARD.BAT file is called BOARD.BAT and is somewhere in your DOS
PATH. Simply do all configuration from node 1 or rename your
BOARD.BAT files for the other nodes to BOARD.BAT.
Q. The manual says that TriBBS can run PCBoard doors, but I can't
for the life of me get a PCBoard callback verification door to
work with TriBBS. What am I doing wrong?
A. Although, TriBBS can create the necessary door data files for
many other BBS systems, such as PCBoard, some doors are very
specific to a certain brand of BBS software. For example, a
callback verification door needs to be able to access the PCBoard
user files. TriBBS and PCBoard have a totally different file
structure for their user files so the callback door can't
possibly be forced to run on a TriBBS system. So although you
can run most doors that are written for other systems, there are
a few that you can only run if you are running the BBS software
they were originally written for.