Power Programming/powerprogramming1994.iso/progtool/c/crcbbs.arc/CRC002.DOC

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Hello Craig,


I was very pleased to hear you are interested in CRC-PC.  Well, here's how it
works.  Since you have a hard disk, do the following.  From the root
directory, create three directories called USERS, USERINFO, and MESSAGES.  Put
the batch files SYSOP.BAT and BBS.BAT on the root directory of the hard disk
also.  Now, put the floppy disk marked "CRC-PC floppy" in the floppy drive and
go to the hard disk and either type SYSOP or BBS.  SYSOP to go into the system
by yourself and BBS to start up the BBS at 1200 baud only.  Oh, sorry, you can
find SYSOP.BAT and BBS.BAT on "CRC-PC floppy".

Now, the help file (SYSTEM.HLP) is the old file; I made a new one, but it
seemed to have disappeared.  I've found that the most useful help file is one
where all the commands are explained.  I've already started it for you in the
filed called CRAIG.HLP.  I'm sorry there really isn't any documentation, but
this one's a new one.  This board has been run three times previously.  One by
Marty Ross which was small (2 floppies @ 300 baud) and a private one which may
or may not still be up and then of course my old board.  You're really going
to have to do a lot of experimentation, but you'll get the hang of it pretty
quick.  Try digging around in the source code for possible tricks.  All the
startup options are listed in one of the source code files and there are also
command options in there too.  Here's some stuff you'll need to know.  To
permit access to a directory other than your own, create a file called
ACCESS.USR and then put the user's name in it plus either a W or a R or both
to allow read/write access.  For example, DAVE RW allows user DAVE to read and
write on your directory; JOE R lets JOE read only; * RW lets anyone read &
write.

Now go into the USERINFO directory and create a file called SYSOP.DAT.  Put in
it these words on separate lines:  SYSREAD & SYSWRITE.  They allow you to go
anywhere on the hard disk.

This is about all I can think of now, but feel free to call me ANYTIME at
either [phone] or [phone].  I think I may run FIDO for a couple
weeks on the [phone] line until I leave, but the other number will
always be okay to call on.  Good luck and I hope you like it!


                                Sincerely,

                                     Dave Sims


P.S.  Oh!!!  Almost forgot!  You must run the system under PC-DOS 2.0 or 2.1;
3.0 might work, but I'm not sure.  The only problem with 3.0 would be that the
"L" command may not work properly, but test it out anyways.

There's more.  Go into the USERS sub-directory and create two sub-directories
called PUBLIC and SYSOP.  Then go into the sub-directory USERINFO and create a
file called PUBLIC.DAT.  The program will automatically put the appropriate
information in, but you may want to add one thing:  the maximum amount of time
a user can stay on.   If you want to do this, type the following on the next
available line in the file:

MAXTIME: 60

Now anyone using the PUBLIC account can only stay on for 60 minutes.  You may
want to add USERSYS & SPECIALTY to your dat file like this:

USERSYS: Compaq Desk Pro
SPECIALTY: C programmer

pretty self-explanatory I think.  Now, when people request an account (A
command), a file will be put on your directory (SYSOP) called JOE.REQ or
PUCK.REQ.  You can t)ype the file out.  If you decide to grant that user an
account, you must rename PUCK.REQ to PUCK.DAT and tranfer it to USERINFO.  You
can then delete the file from your personal directory.  To copy the file to
USERINFO, you will have to do it manually in DOS.

Sorry this is fragmented, but I write things down as I think of them.  I think
you will like this system and if you can fix it up and make it available for
downloading, I think that when a lot of people get a look at it, it will
become better and better just like RBBS-PC.  This is an exciting prospect.
If you decide to put it up, I'd appreciate it if you could give me your number
so I could try it out.  By the way, the batch files are configured for 1200
baud only.  If you want it to go 300 baud only, check out the batch file
called DEF300.BAT.

When you try to fork new sub-directories or new message boards on the hard
disk, you will get an error message.  I don't know why that happens, but
whatever you tried to do still worked.  The error message doesn't mean
anything.

I hope that with the source codes you can figure some things about the board
out.  The mail system isn't all that great.  There are many things which can
be put into the .DAT files.  UCTRANS (upper case translation) doesn't seem to
have a purpose, but CLASS could be great.  CLASS assigns the user a class
number like 10.  For instance, to use certain commands, you need a class of 5
or higher and some others you need a class of 15 or higher so a user with
class 10 could use some functions, but not others.  CLASS is available only on
the new version.  The new version requires that you use a host program called
NEW14H.COM or some other like it.  I don't have it...sorry.  Marty Ross wrote
so it may be easy to find.  But then again, the command file is missing so the
commands don't work on the new system, but I hope you can figure it all out.
I couldn't, but I've never even heard of C before I started the board.

A couple things about the command structure.  As in RBBS, a semi-colon
separates commands; well, in CRC-PC, a space separates commands so you can
stack commands.  With each command, there are options.  Every command has a
quiet option.  Some other commands have additional options.  For instance, to
buzz the sysop, the user types [B].  To use the quiet option, the user would
type [B -Q].  One of the options with the copy command ("), is the A (append)
option.  The user would type [" -A].  To find out about all the options, as
always, check the source code.  The only one I can think of now is the -D and
the -K option with the SEND command.  -D is to delete the file after it is read
and -K is to keep the file after it is read.