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The TriBBS Bulletin Board System 7
Where "port" is the number of your modem's serial port. For example,
a TriBBS system that will be using a modem hooked up to COM2 would
need to be initialized with the following command:
BBS /C2
You can create a local-only node by specifying a port number of 0 as
follows:
BBS /C0
By creating a local-only node, the TriBBS node doesn't require a
modem. This can be very useful for setting up a node for the sysop to
perform daily maintenance on. You should note that some doors may not
be useable with a local-only node.
IMPORTANT: If your modem can't support at least 2400 baud, you must
start TriBBS with the following command:
BBS /Bbaud
Where "baud" is your modem's highest baud rate. For example, a TriBBS
system that will be using a 1200 baud modem would need to be
initialized with the following command:
BBS /B1200
You can of course combine the /C and /B command line switches. For
example, a system with a 300 baud (YUCK!!!) modem hooked up to COM3
would use one of the following commands:
BBS /C3 /B300 or BBS /B300 /C3
If everything went ok, you should now see TriBBS's Waiting for Caller
screen. This screen presents you with 12 menu options. At this time,
you should use the arrow keys to position the double-lined box around
the "Exit TriBBS" option. Once the double-lined box is around the
"Exit TriBBS" option, simply press <ENTER> (For the rest of this
manual, a keyboard key is indicated by surrounding it with <>.) and
you will be returned to the DOS prompt.
By running TriBBS in this fashion, TriBBS has created two system data
files (SYSDAT1.DAT and SYSDAT2.DAT), a node data file (NODE.DAT), and
five subdirectories off your main TriBBS directory. These five
subdirectories are named MWORK, NWORK, DISPLAY, TRANSFER, and TTTEMP.
If your main TriBBS directory is C:\TRIBBS, you should now have the
following five subdirectories: C:\TRIBBS\MWORK, C:\TRIBBS\NWORK,
C:\TRIBBS\DISPLAY, C:\TRIBBS\TRANSFER, and C:\TRIBBS\TTTEMP. TriBBS
creates these five subdirectories to maintain the BBS. The MWORK
directory holds the user data file, the message conferences,
questionnaires, answers to questionnaires, the callers log, and a few
other data files. The NWORK directory holds the menu configuration