8bitfiles.net/archives

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ 8bitfiles.net/archives / archives.tar / archives / genie-commodore-file-library / C64-128BBS / ST-R3.9DOC.ARC / EDITOR 3.9 DOCS

Wrap

Text File | 2019-04-13 | 28.1 KB | 613 lines

─OCUMENTATION FOR ╙╘/╥ V3.9 ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR ╘HIS IS A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THE ITEMS A NEW SYSOP NEEDS TO ENTER INTO THE BBS EDITOR. ┬EFORE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU MUST FORMAT A BLANK DISK AND PLACE IT IN EACH OF THE DISK DRIVES YOU WILL BE USING FOR THE BOARD. ┘OU MUST PLACE INFORMATION AT EVERY POINT IN THE EDITOR OR THE ┬┬╙ WILL CRASH WITH A ╞ILE ─ATA ┼RROR OR SOME OTHER CRYPTIC MESSAGE. ╔F YOU OWN AN ┼PYX ╞ASTLOAD OR ═ACH 5/128 CARTRIDGE, YOU MIGHT WISH TO DISABLE THE CARTRIDGE WHILE CREATING THE ╥┼╠ FILES. ╘HE ┬┬╙ WILL RUN JUST FINE WITH JUST ABOUT ANY SPEED-UP CARTRIDGE. ╘HE ┬┬╙ IS SPECIALLY MODIFIED TO WORK WITH ├═─ ╩IFFYDOS. ╘HIS WILL HAVE NO AFFECT ON THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ╩IFFYDOS. ╘HE FOLLOWING IS A DESCRIPTION OF ALL ITEMS SEEN WHEN THE EDITOR IS FIRST RUN. 1. ╘HIS IS THE SYSOP'S NAME AS IT IS SEEN AT LOG-ON, DURING CALLS FOR CHAT, AND DURING THE LOG-OFF SEQUENCE. 2. ╘HIS IS THE NAME OF THE ┬┬╙ CHOSEN BY THE SYSOP. ╔T IS SEEN ON THE MAIN MENU OF THE ┬┬╙ ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMAND '╥'. 3. ╘HIS NUMBER SIGNIFIES THE TYPE OF MODEM YOU WILL BE USING TO RUN THE BBS WITH. 4. ╘HIS IS THE DATA GIVEN TO ALL ╬┼╫ USERS. 5. ╘HIS IS THE USERFILE (THE RELATIVE FILE WHICH HOLDS ┴╠╠ USERS STATISTICS) DEVICE AND DRIVE NUMBER ON WHICH IT WILL RESIDE. 6. ╘HIS IS THE NUMBER OF CALLS MADE TO THE BOARD. ├HANGING THIS NUMBER IS NOT NECCESSARY AND IS JUST AN EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION. 7. ╘HIS IS THE ┬LOCKS PER ╨OST AMOUNT. ╫HEN A USER ╨OSTS A MESSAGE, HE/SHE WILL RECEIVE THIS MANY BLOCK CREDITS. ╫HEN ╥ESPONDING TO A MESSAGE, HE/SHE WILL RECEIVE HALF THIS AMOUNT. 8. ╘HIS IS THE PASSWORD WHICH IS ASKED FOR WHEN THE ╥EMOTE ╙YSOP ═ENU IS ACCESSED FROM THE MAIN MENU BY PRESSING '%'. 9. ╘HIS IS THE THREE LETTER CODE USED TO SEND ─╧╙ COMMANDS. ╘HIS IS EXPLAINED IN THE ┬┬╙ DOCUMENTATION. ┴. ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU CREATE ALL THE SUB-BOARDS. ┬. ╘HIS IS WHERE THE FILENAMES FOR ALL ╟ENERAL ╞ILES ARE ENTERED FOR ┬┬╙ USE. ╘HIS IS EXPLAINED FULLY IN THE BBS DOCUMENTATION. ├. ╘HIS MENU ALLOWS THE CREATION AND EDITING OF THE USERFILE. ─. ┴LL DRIVES USED FOR THE BBS ARE LOGGED HERE. ┴S WELL AS THE ╙┼╤ MENUS TOGGLE AND DEFAULT DEVICE FOR THE ┬┬╙ AND ╒─/╟╞ SECTION. ┼. ╘HE TWO MESSAGES STATING THE SYSOP IS IN OR NOT ARE CREATED HERE. ╞. ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU CREATE THE TRIVIA QUESTIONS FOR (ST/R.TRIVIA. ╟. ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU CREATE YOUR ╨FILES SECTION. ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 2. ╚. ╤UITS PROGRAM. ┴SKS TO SAVE ALL CHANGES MADE, IF ANY. ╔F YOU MADE CHANGES TO ANY OF THE UPPER HALF OF THE SCREEN (EXCEPT MODEM COMMANDS, OR THE ╙UB-BOARDS, ╒SERFILES, ─EVICE, AND ╙YSOP ┴VAILABLE SECTIONS, THEN YOU SHOULD ANSWER ┘ES TO THIS PROMPT. ╬EW ╒SER'S ╙TATS ╬OW FOR A DETAILED EXPLAINATION OF HOW TO WORK WITH AND COME UP WITH USER ACCESS LEVELS. ┴LL OF THE BINARY ACCESS LEVELS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO ╒SER ─EFINED. ╘HIS MEANS THAT EVERYTHING IN THE ┬┬╙ IS NOW BASED ON A GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO SYSTEM. ╘HIS MEANS THAT SYSOP ACCESS IS NOW 65535, AND THE DOWNLOADS SECTION ACCESS LEVEL IS NOW SET IN THE BBS EDITOR AND WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER ON HERE. ┴S SYSOP, YOU SHOULD, OF COURSE, HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING ON THE BOARD. ╘HIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY GIVING YOURSELF THE HIGHEST NUMBER ALLOWED OF 65535. ╘HIS IS MANDATORY BECAUSE THE BBS AND MANY OF THE PFILES DO CHECKS ON THE ACCESS LEVEL BY CHECKING FOR SYSOP ACCESS WITH A VALUE OF 65535. ┴LTERNATELY, IF YOU GIVE A USER WHO HAS ALREADY SIGNED ON TO THE BOARD AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 0, THE USER WILL ╬╧╘ BE ALLOWED ON THE BOARD. ╚E/╙HE WILL SEE THE MESSAGE: '┘OU ARE DENIED ACCESS.' ┴ND WILL BE LOGGED OFF THE SYSTEM. ┬Y TAKING OUT THE BINARY CHECKS FROM THE ACCESS LEVEL SYSTEM BUT STILL LEAVING THE FULL VALUE OF 0-65535 INTACT GIVES YOU A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITIES. ┘OU COULD GIVE ALL NEW USERS A LEVEL OF 1 AND NORMAL ASCII CALLERS A 2 AND C/G CALLERS A LEVEL OF 3 WHILE GIVING YOUR ELITE CALLERS A LEVEL OF 4 ETC. ┼SSENTIALLY YOUR RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES ARE UNLIMITED. ╔ CAN'T SEE ANYONE USING ALL 65535 DIFFERENT LEVELS. ╩UST REMEMBER THAT THE ACCESS LEVELS ARE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL. ┴ 4 ACCESS LEVEL WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING A 1, 2, AND 3 DOES. ┴ 3 WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING A 2 AND 1 WOULD HAVE. ╘HERE HAVE BEEN SOME RUMORS GOING AROUND THAT THE BBS ACTUALLY CANNOT HANDLE ACCESS LEVELS ABOVE 32767, BUT IN THIS VERSION ALL BINARY CHECKS ARE ELIMINATED, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT CRASHING. ╘HE OTHER THREE ITEMS IN THIS MENU ARE FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY. ╙IMPLY PUT THE VALUES THAT YOU WANT YOUR NEW USERS TO HAVE WHEN THEY FIRST LOG-ON TO THE ┬┬╙. ╙UB-BOARDS ├REATION ╬OW A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SUBS CREATION MENU. ╘HE FIRST TIME YOU SEE THIS SCREEN, IT WILL SAY, '╬O SUBS CREATED.' ╫HEN YOU PRESS '┴' TO CREATE A SUB, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY FILL IN THE SPACES TO CREATE THE ╞EEDBACK SUB. ╔T DOES NOT MATTER WHAT NAME YOU GIVE IT BESIDES ╞EEDBACK OR ON WHICH DEVICE YOU PUT IT, BUT ╔ SUGGEST AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 65535 TO AVOID ANYONE SEEING YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES. ┴LL MESSAGES LEFT WITH THE ╞ COMMAND FROM THE MAIN MENU OF THE ┬┬╙ WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE SAVED IN ╙UB-SET 0, ╙UB-BOARD 0. ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 3. ╫HEN CREATING THE SUB-BOARDS, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE UP TO 100 OF THEM. ╘HERE ARE 10 SUB-SETS NUMBERED 0-9 AND 10 SUB-BOARDS PER SUB-SET WHICH ARE ALSO NUMBERED 0-9. ╙UB-SET #9 IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. ╘HE BBS WILL NOT USE A USER'S HANDLE WHEN POSTING A MESSAGE IN THIS SET. ╔NSTEAD, IT WILL ASK FOR THE USER'S ├HARACTER ╬AME AND WILL USE THIS AT THE ╞ROM PORTION OF THE MESSAGE. ╘HIS IS FOR PLAYING ╥OLE ╨LAYING ╟AMES IN THE MESSAGE BASE FORMAT. ┘OU CAN CREATE MESSAGES RANDOMLY IN ANY OF THE SUB-SETS. ╞OR INSTANCE, YOU CAN HAVE 3 SUB-BOARDS IN SET #0 AND 5 SUB-BOARDS IN SET #2 AND 1 SUB-BOARD IN SET #9. ╔T DOESN'T MATTER. ╚OWEVER, WHEN CREATING THE SUB-BOARDS, THEY WILL ALWAYS START AT 0 AND MOVE UP FROM THERE AS YOU CREATE THEM. ╘HE FIRST SUB-BOARD YOU CREATE WILL BE #0 AND THE SECOND ONE WILL BE #1 AND SO ON. ╘O EDIT A SUB-BOARD YOU HAVE ALREADY ENTERED, SIMPLY PRESS THE NUMBER KEY 0-9 TO EDIT THE ASSOCIATED SUB. ╨RESSING '┬' WILL ASK FOR THE NUMBER OF A SUB TO DELETE, BUT WON'T DELETE SUB #0 IN SET #0, THE ╞EEDBACK SUB. ┴LL OTHER MESSAGE BASES NUMBERED HIGHER THAN THE ONE YOU DELETED WILL MOVE DOWN TO REPLACE IT. ╥ENUMBER MESSAGES, '├', RENUMBERS ALL MESSAGES FROM 1-20. ╘HERE MUST BE OVER 20 MESSAGES OR THIS WON'T WORK. ┘OU SHOULD DO THIS WHENEVER YOUR MESSAGE NUMBERS APPROACH 1000, 999 IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER ALLOWED. ╔F YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, ├╧╬╟╥┴╘╒╠┴╘╔╧╬╙!!! ╥ENUMBERING A MESSAGE BASE WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE ╬EW ═ESSAGE ╥EAD FUNCTION. ╨RESSING '─' WILL LET YOU DELETE A MESSAGE NUMBER AND ALL MESSAGES WILL BE RENUMBERED SO THERE WON'T BE A 'BLANK' MESSAGE ON THAT SUB. ┬E CAREFUL WITH THIS AND VERSION 3.9, BECAUSE THE ╬EW ═ESSAGE ╥EAD FUNCTION DEPENDS ON A CERTAIN MESSAGE BEING A CERTAIN NUMBER. ╔F YOU DELETE A MESSAGE, THEN ALL THE ╬┼╫ MESSAGES WILL BE ONE MESSAGE NUMBER OFF, IF A USER HAD NOT CALLED SINCE BEFORE YOU DELETED THE MESSAGE. ╚OWEVER, ANY POST OR RESPONSE ACTIVITY AFTER YOU DELETE A MESSAGE WILL OPERATE NORMALLY. ╒NDERSTAND? ╨RESSING ┼ WILL ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE BETWEEN THE 10 SUB-SETS NUMBERED 0-9. ╬╧╘┼: ─UE TO A LIMITATION OF THE 1541/71 DISK DRIVE, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE 144 FILES ON THE DISK AT ONE TIME. ╬O MATTER HOW MUCH PHYSICAL SPACE IS LEFT ON THE DISK. ╙INCE EACH SUB-BOARD MAINTAINS 20 MESSAGES, ╔ SUGGEST NO MORE THAN 3 OR 4 SUB-BOARDS PER 1541/71. ╘HE 1581 CAN ONLY HAVE 296 FILES PER DISK, SO ╔ SUGGEST NO MORE THAN 10 SUB-BOARDS PER 1581. ╘HE ╔┼┼┼ DEVICES 8250, 8050, ╙╞─-1001 CAN ONLY HAVE 224 FILES PER DISK, SO ╔ SUGGEST NO MORE THAN 8 SUB-BOARDS PER ╔┼┼┼ DEVICE. ╙INCE THE ╔┼┼┼ DEVICES 8050 AND 8250 ARE DUAL, THIS APPLIES INDIVIDUALLY TO DRIVE 0 AND 1 (IE. 8 FOR DRIVE 0; 8 FOR DRIVE 1.) ╧N THE ├═─ ╚─, ALL THE EMULATION PARTITIONS WILL OBSERVE THE SAME RESTRICTIONS AS THEIR ACTUAL COUNTERPARTS. ┬EST, ╘HOUGH, ARE THE ╬ATIVE ═ODE PARTITIONS. ╙INCE THE DIRECTORY GROWS DYNAMICALLY, YOU CAN HAVE PRETTY MUCH AN UNLIMITIED AMOUNT OF SUB-BOARDS (UP TO 100 OF COURSE.) ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 4. ╠OGGING ┘OUR ─ISK ─RIVES ╞OR THE DRIVE CONFIGURATION, YOU ═╒╙╘ ENTER ┴╠╠ DRIVES THAT WILL BE USED BY THE SYSTEM. ┘OU CANNOT HAVE TWO DRIVES WITH THE SAME DEVICE NUMBERS. ┴FTER ENTERING A VALID DEVICE #, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF THAT DRIVE IS DUAL WITH DRIVE 1. ┴NSWER YES ╧╬╠┘ IF THAT DEVICE HAS A DRIVE 0 AND DRIVE 1 SUCH AS THE ═╙─ ─UAL ─RIVE, ├┬═ 4040, 8050, AND 8250. ╥EAD THE DOCUMENTATION FOR (ST/R.UDEDIT FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO USE THE ├═─ ╚─ AS A DUAL DRIVE. ╬EXT YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WISH TO PROTECT THIS DEVICE NUMBER. ╘HIS CAN BE USED WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE DRIVE AND YOU WISH TO DEDICATE ONE DRIVE ENTIRELY TO SYSTEM FILES, ETC. ╨ROTECTING A DEVICE IS KIND OF OUT-DATED SINCE THE CREATION OF ╒/─ ╠IBRARIES, BUT THE FUNCTION IS STILL AVAILABLE. ╨ROTECTING ALL OF YOUR DEVICES IS STILL AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO CLOSE OUT THE DOWNLOAD SECTION. ╫HEN ENTERING ALL THE DEVICE NUMBERS OF THE DISK DRIVES YOU WILL BE USING, NOTE THAT YOU CAN LEAVE OUT A DEVICE NUMBER. ╘HAT MEANS YOU CAN USE DEVICE NUMBERS 8, 10, AND 11. ┬Y LEAVING OUT DEVICE 9, THE ┬┬╙ WILL NEVER ACCESS IT. ┴LL DEVICES USED FOR SUB-BOARDS, AND THE USERFILE ═╒╙╘ BE LOGGED. ┴LSO, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE DEVICE 8. ╘HE ┬┬╙ PLACES ALL THE TEXT FILES AND CONFIGURATION FILES ON DEVICE 8 ╧╬╠┘. ╙EE THE LIST AT THE END OF THIS DOC. ╨RESSING ─ WILL TAKE YOU TO A MENU THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO SEVERAL THINGS. ╞IRST, YOU WILL NEED TO SET THE DEVICE AND DRIVE THAT THE SUB-PROGRAMS WILL FIND THE MAIN ┬┬╙ "(ST/R 3.9)" AND ON WHICH DEVICE AND DRIVE THE ┬┬╙ WILL FIND THE DOWNLOADS AND GENERAL FILES SUB-PROGRAM. ╫HEN ENTERING THE DEVICE; DRIVE FOR THE DOWNLOAD SUB-PROGRAM, YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE ACCESS LEVEL FOR THE DOWNLOAD SECTION. ╥EMEMBER THAT A USER WILL HAVE ACCESS ONLY IF THEIR ACCESS LEVEL IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN WHAT YOU PUT HERE (╦EEP IN MIND THE ACCESS LEVEL YOU GAVE TO ╬EW ╒SERS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ╒/─ SECTION ON THE FIRST CALL.) ╘HIS ONLY AFFECTS THE ╒/─ SECTION OF THE SUB-PROGRAM, THE GENERAL FILES SECTION WILL BE UNAFFECTED. ┘OU WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED TO TOGGLE ON AND OFF WHETHER OR NOT THE BBS WILL LOOK FOR THE ╙┼╤ MENUS (IE. "(M.MAIN)") BEFORE DISPLAYING THE DEFAULT MENU IN THE PROGRAM. (╚╔╬╘: ╔F YOU ARE A PROGRAMMER AND WISH TO TRIM DOWN THE SIZE OF THE ┬┬╙, YOU CAN TURN THIS OPTION ON AND REMOVE THE CG CHECK SO THAT ╙┼╤ MENUS FOR ALL USERS WILL ALWAYS BE DISPLAYED. ╘HIS WILL SAVE SOME MEMORY FOR VARIABLES.) ╘HE ╒SERFILE ╧PTION 5 FROM THE MAIN SCREEN OF THE EDITOR MUST FIRST BE SET IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THIS SECTION. ╙INCE IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE DEVICE 8 A ╥┴═ DISK, YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOSE YOUR VALUABLE DATA WHEN YOU LOOSE PWOER. ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO PLACE THE ALL IMPORTANT ╥┼╠ FILE ON A REAL DISK DRIVE. ╔ WOULD NOT SUGGEST PUTTING IT ON A 1581, BECAUSE ╔'VE HEARD THAT IT MISTREATS ╥┼╠ FILES. ╬OW, ON TO THE USERFILE MENU. PRESSING '┴' WILL CREATE THE FILE ON THE SYSTEM DISK CALLED '(USERFILE)'. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED FOR AN EXPECTED NUMBER OF USERS. ╘HIS NUMBER CAN BE INCREASED LATER ON BY USING '╞' IF NEEDED. ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 5. '┬' LETS YOU EDIT A USERS STATS THE SAME WAY AS IN THE BBS. '├' ADDS A NEW USER BY LETTING YOU CREATE THE NEW USER'S STATS FROM SCRATCH. '─' DELETES A USER BY CHANGING THE USER'S NAME TO '-DELETED-'. ╘HAT PERSON CAN NO LONGER LOG-ON TO THE SYSTEM. '┼' PRINTS ┴╠╠ USERS STATS FROM A RANGE YOU SPECIFY. ╘HE PRINTOUT IS FORMATTED INTO TWO COLUMNS, BUT DOES ╬╧╘ PAY ATTENTION TO PAGE BREAKS. ╨RESSING '╟' WILL ALLOW YOU TO DELETE ALL USERS WHO HAVE NOT CALLED SINCE A DATE THAT YOU SPECIFY. ╔F YOU SPECIFY THE CUTOFF DATE AS ╩UN 25TH, A USER WHO LAST CALLED ON ╩UN 24TH WILL BE DELETED. ╘HE SAME APPLIES TO ALL USERS WHO HAVE NOT CALLED SINCE ┬┼╞╧╥┼ THE DATE YOU SPECIFY. ┴LSO, NOTE THAT YOU CANNOT DELETE CALLERS WHEN YOU ARE GOING BACK OVER ╩AN 1 INTO ─EC. ╔F TODAY IS ╩AN 5, AND YOU ENTER A CUTOFF DATE OF ─EC 5, IT WILL DELETE ┼╓┼╥┘┬╧─┘ WHO HAS NOT CALLED SINCE ─EC 5. ╘HIS MEANS THAT ANYONE CALLING IN ╩AN WILL ALSO BE DELETED! ╥EALIZE THE CUTOFF STARTS AT WHEN YOU SET IT, AND GOES BACK UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ╩AN 1. ╫HEN ENTERING THE '╠AST CALL ON' DATE, WHILE EDITING A USER'S STATS, THE DATE MUST BE 5 CHARACTERS LONG. ╙UCH AS: ╩UN28, ╩UL4, ╞EB14, ─EC9, ETC. ╘HERE SHOULD BE ╬╧ SPACE BETWEEN THE MONTH AND DATE. ┴LSO, WHEN ENTERING THE DATE ON THE BBS, THE MONTH ═╒╙╘ BE THE FIRST THREE CHARACTERS OF THE CURRENT MONTH, FIRST LETTER CAPITALIZED AS ABOVE. ╨RESSING ╚ WILL ALLOW YOU TO EDIT THE NUMBERS STORED BY THE ╘RIVIA PROGRAM AND ├ASINO. ╘HE FIRST 16 NUMBERS ARE FLAGS USED BY THE ╘RIVIA SECTION TO DETERMINE IF A USER HAS ANSWERED A QUESTION TODAY. ╘HEY ARE BINARY IN NATURE, 16 QUESTIONS PER CATAGORY AND 16 BITS. ╠O BIT (0) IS QUESTION #1 AND HI BIT (15) IS QUESTION # 16. ╨RODUCING A VALUE FROM 0-65535. ╘HE 17TH VALUE IS THE USER'S ACTUAL TRIVIA SCORE. ╘HE 18TH VALUE IS THE USER'S SCORE IN THE ├ASINO PROGRAM. ╨RESSING ┴ WILL ALLOW YOU TO EDIT/CHANGE ANY OF THE ENTRIES. ╨RESSING ┬ WILL FORCE ALL ENTRIES TO 0. ╨RESSING ├ WILL ADD AN ENTRY TO THE LIST. ╔F YOU EDIT A USER'S SCORE FILE AND IT IS EMPTY (IE. THE USER HAS NOT PLAYED TRIVIA OR THE CASINO) YOU CAN ADD ENTRIES TO THE TABLE. ╔F YOU WISH TO GIVE THE USER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE CASINO SECTION, HIT ├ UNTIL THERE ARE 18 ENTRIES (AS EXPLAINED ABOUT THE 18TH ENTRY ABOVE.) ╘HEN YOU CAN USE ┴ TO GIVE THE USER WHATEVER AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU WISH. ├REATING ╘RIVIA ╤UESTIONS ╘HE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO IS HIT ┼ TO CREATE A NEW CATAGORY. ╧THERWISE, IT WON'T CORRECTLY HANDLE THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT ENTER. ┴FTER PRESSING ┼ YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE CATAGORY'S NAME AND THE DATE/TIME CREATED. ┼NTER A DATE LIKE THIS: ═ARCH 6, 10:58 PM ╧R ANY OTHER FORM YOU CHOOSE. ┘OU CAN USE COMMAS AND COLONS BECAUSE THE PRG WILL INSERT A QUOTATION MARK IN THE INPUT TO ALLOW THAT. ╧NCE YOU HAVE CREATED A CATAGORY, YOU CAN START ENTERING YOUR QUESTIONS. ┴FTER PRESSING ┴, YOU CAN ENTER THE ACTUAL QUESTION AND THE ANSWER (CHECK YOUR SPELLING!!!!) ╘HE THIRD ENTRY IS THE NAME OF THE USER WHO ANSWERED THE QUESTION CORRECTLY. ╔F YOU REMOVE THE NAME AND MAKE THIS A BLANK ENTRY, THE TRIVIA SECTION WILL ALLOW A GUESS. ╧NCE A ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 6. QUESTION IS ANSWERED, NO MORE ATTEMPTS ARE ALLOWED. ╙O THE FIRST TIME YOU ENTER A QUESTION, YOU SHOULD LEAVE THIS BLANK. ╬OTE: YOU CAN ONLY HAVE 16 QUESTIONS PER CATAGORY, AND ONLY 16 CATAGORIES ARE SUPPORTED. ╘HIS IS A TOTAL OF 256 QUESTIONS. ╬╧╘┼: ╙INCE THE ┬┴╙╔├ ╔╬╨╒╘ STATEMENT IS USED, YOU CAN ONLY ENTER TWO LINES OF TEXT FOR THE QUESTION AND ANSWER. ┴ QUOTATION MARK IS AUTOMATICALLY INSERTED TO ALLOW THE USE OF COMMAS AND COLONS. (╘HIS ALSO ALLOWS THE USE OF COLOR CODES, INCLUDING ═├╔ COMMANDS.) ┴LSO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN LENGTH AND THE FORMAT OF YOUR QUESTION: 0.........1.........2.........3.......39 ╤UESTION:? "╚OW LONG DID IT TAKE ME TO C REATE THE DOCS FOR THIS BBS? ╫OULD LOOK LIKE THIS ON THE SCREEN: 0.........1.........2.........3.......39 1. ╚OW LONG DID IT TAKE ME TO CREATE THE DOCS FOR THIS BBS? --->FOREVER --->╬OT ANSWERED YET! ╞OR YOUR ANSWERS, TRY TO FOLLOW A SET PATTERN. ╠IKE ALWAYS IN LOWERCASE AND HAVING AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE. ╙INCE THE BBS IS SPECIFIC AND DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWERCASE, A USER CAN ANSWER A QUESTION CORRECTLY BUT MISS IT BECAUSE OF THE CAPITALAZATION OF WHAT HE/SHE TYPED IN. ╥EMEMBER A USER ONLY GETS ONE ATTEMPT PER DAY TO ANSWER A QUESTION. ┬ WILL ALLOW YOU TO DELETE ONE CERTAIN QUESTION. ╫HILE ├ WILL DELETE ALL QUESTION IN THE CATAGORY. ╘HIS IS HELPFUL WHEN ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND YOU NEED TO ENTER NEW ONES. ─ WILL ALLOW YOU TO EDIT A QUESTION YOU HAVE ALREADY ENTERED. ╚INT: FOR THE QUESTIONS 1-9, SIMPLY PRESS THAT NUMBER KEY TO EDIT THE QUESTION. ╞ ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE WHICH CATAGORY YOU ARE WORKING IN. ╘HERE ARE 16 CATAGORIES ALLOWED AND THEY ARE CREATED IN NUMERICAL ORDER. ╘O CREATE A SECOND CATAGORY, WHILE IN THE FIRST, PRESS ┼ AND ENTER THE INFORMATION OF THE SECOND CATAGORY, YOU WILL THEN BE PLACED INTO THAT CATAGORY. ╟ WILL ALLOW YOU TO DELETE AN ENTIRE CATAGORY. ╔F THERE ARE CATAGORIES WITH HIGHER NUMBERS, THEY WILL MOVE DOWN TO REPLACE THE ONE YOU DELETED. ╚ ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE YOUR WORK AND RETURN TO THE MAIN EDITING SCREEN. ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 7. ┼NTERING ╨ROGRAM ╞ILES ╔F YOU DO NOT PLAN ON HAVING ANY PFILES ON THE BBS, YOU MUST STILL ENTER THIS MENU AND PRESS ┼ TO QUIT AND BE SURE TO SAY YES TO SAVE CHANGES. ╘HIS CREATES THE "(PFILES)" ╙┼╤ ON DISK. ╫ITHOUT IT, THE BBS WILL LOCK UP AND NOT RUN. ╨RESSING ┴ WILL LET YOU ENTER A PROGRAM FILE'S NAME, DEVICE AND DRIVE, AND ACCESS LEVEL. ┼ACH INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM FILE CAN BE ON ANY DEVICE; DRIVE YOU CHOOSE AND HAS ITS OWN ACCESS LEVEL. ╫HEN ENTERING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM, BE SURE TO ENTER IT EXACTLY LIKE ITS SPELLED ON YOUR DIRECTORY, WITHOUT THE (. ╘HIS IS EXPLAINED MORE FULLY IN THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE BBS ITSELF. ╬OTE: ┘OU CAN HAVE UP TO 99 PROGRAM FILES ENTERED. ┬ WILL LET YOU EDIT A PROGRAM FILE'S NAME, DEVICE; DRIVE, AND ACCESS LEVEL THAT YOU HAVE ALREDY ENTERED. ╚INT: ╞OR THE ENTRIES 1-9, PRESSING THE NUMBER KEY WILL ALLOW YOU TO EDIT THAT ENTRY. ├ DELETES AN ENTRY THAT YOU SPECIFY. ┴LL ENTRIES NUMERICALLY HIGHER WILL MOVE DOWN TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE ONE YOU DELETED. ╨RESSING ┼ ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE YOUR WORK AND RETURN TO THE MAIN EDITING SCREEN. ╘O GET TO THE ┴UTO ╥UN ╨FILES SECTION, PRESS ─. ╚ERE YOU WILL HAVE THREE OPTIONS. ┴ TO MAKE A PFILE AUTORUNNING. ╘HIS IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL IN THE DOCS FOR THE BBS ITSELF. ┬ WILL DELETE A PFILE FROM THE LIST. ┴LL OTHERS ABOVE IT WILL TAKE ITS PLACE. ╤ ALLOWS YOU TO QUIT AND SAVE YOUR WORK. ┘OU WILL RETURN TO THE ╨FILES MENU. ╘HE ╟ENERAL ╞ILES ╙ECTION ╔F YOU DO NOT PLAN ON HAVING ANY GENERAL FILES, YOU MUST STILL ENTER THIS MENU ┴╬─ CREATE A LIBRARY WITH AT LEAST ONE DUMMY FILENAME. ┘OU CAN MAKE THE ACCESS LEVEL OF THE LIBRARY 65535 SO THAT ╬O ONE WILL ENTER IT. ╔F THIS IS NOT DONE, BOTH THE BBS AND THE DOWNLOADS SECTION WILL CRASH! ╘HE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO IS PRESS ─ TO CREATE A LIBRARY. ╚OW YOU NAME A LIBRARY IS IMPORTANT. ╔F YOUR LIBRARY NAME ENDS WITH A DASH (IE. "─OCUMENTATION-",) MEANS THAT THE FILENAMES OF THE FILES IN THIS LIBRARY DO NOT REQUIRE THE ( AS THE FIRST CHARACTER. ╘HIS IS EXPLAINED IN THE CHART IN THE DOCS FOR THE MAIN BBS. ╔F YOUR LIBRARY NAME ENDS WITH .CG (IE. "┴NIMATION.CG",) MEANS THAT ONLY ├/╟ CALLERS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THIS LIBRARY. ╔F A USER HAS ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY, BUT IS AN ┴╙├╔╔ OR ┴╬╙╔ CALLER, HE/SHE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE LIBRARY. ┘OU CANNOT MIX THE DASH AND .CG ENDINGS TOGETHER, THE BBS WILL ONLY RECOGNIZE THE LAST PART OF THE FILENAME. (IE. "╠IB 1.CG-" WILL NOT NEED THE ( BUT WILL ALLOW C/G CALLERS. "╠IB 2-.CG" WILL STILL REQUIRE THE ( BUT WILL ONLY ALLOW C/G CALLERS.) ╬EXT YOU CAN ENTER THE ACCESS LEVEL OF THE LIBRARY AND THE DEVICE; DRIVE THE BBS WILL SEARCH FOR THE FILES YOU ENTER IN THE LIBRARY. ╬OTE: ┘OU CAN ONLY HAVE 30 LIBRARIES AT A TIME. ╨RESSING ┴ WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADD A FILE TO THE LIST. ┬E SURE TO SPELL IT EXACTLY LIKE YOU HAVE IT ON DISK. ┘OU CAN ONLY HAVE 30 FILES PER LIBRARY. ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 8. ╨RESSING ┬ ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT A FILE YOU HAVE ALREADY ENTERED. ╚INT: ╨RESSING 1-9 ON THE KEYBOARD WILL ALLOW YOU TO EDIT THAT FILE. ├ WILL LET YOU DELETE A FILE. ┴LL NUMERICALLY HIGHER FILES WILL MOVE DOWN TO REPLACE THE ONE YOU DELETED. ┼ ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE BETWEEN THE LIBRARIES YOU HAVE CREATED. ╥EMEMBER THAT THE LIBRARIES ARE CREATED IN NUMERICAL ORDER. ╞ WILL ALLOW YOU TO EDIT THE CURRENT LIBRARIES NAME, ACCESS AND DEVICE; DRIVE. ╟ WILL ALLOW YOU TO DELETE AN ENTIRE LIBRARY. ┴LL LIBRARIES NUMBERED HIGHER WILL MOVE DOWN AND TAKE ITS PLACE. ╤ WILL ALLOW YOU TO SAVE YOUR WORK AND WILL RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN EDITING SCREEN. ═ODEM ├ONFIGURATION ╔F YOU DO NOT HAVE A ╚AYES/1670 MODEM, THEN SIMPLY PRESS THE NUMBER THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOUR MODEM AND ALL IS DONE. ╚AYES/1670 OWNERS WILL SEE A MENU WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO CUSTOMIZE THE COMMAND STRING SENT TO THE MODEM. ╨REVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE BBS WOULD NOT WORK WITH ANY OF THE ┴PROTEK MODEMS, HOWEVER THIS HAS BEEN FIXED IN THIS VERSION AND WILL WORK JUST FINE. ╔T HAS BEEN TESTED ON BOTH THE 1200 AND 2400 MODELS. ╧NE OTHER NOTE, ╔ HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE ╙UPRA 2400 (BBS) AND THE ┴PROTEK 2400 (CALLER) AT 2400 BAUD. ╔T SEEMS TO RANDOMLY CREATE UPPER AND LOWER CASE. ╔ ─O NOT KNOW THE REASON FOR THIS. (╬OTE: ╘HIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ╥╙232 TIMING VALUES BEING SLIGHTY OFF, AND THE REASON WHY ╨UNTER WON'T WORK AT 2400. ╘HE RANDOM UPPER/LOWER CASE HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT ╨UNTER STILL WON'T WORK AT 2400. ╚OWEVER, ╪MODEM AND ╪MODEM 1╦ DO WORK AT 2400.) 1 WILL LET YOU CHANGE THE ESCAPE CODE THE BBS SENDS THE MODEM. ╬OVICE USERS SHOULD NOT CHANGE THIS. ╞OR THOSE THAT KNOW, YOU MUST CHANGE WHAT YOUR MODEM EXPECTS BEFORE RUNNING THE BBS, IF YOU CHANGE THIS. ╬EITHER THE BBS OR EDITOR WILL CHANGE YOUR MODEM FOR YOU. 2 IS THE MAIN PORTION OF THE INITIALIZE CODE SENT TO THE MODEM. ╨RESSING 2 WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THE BBS EXPECTS FROM EACH OF THE COMMANDS. ╘HIS IS WHERE YOU CAN ADD YOUR PARTICULAR MODEM'S CUSTOM COMMANDS, SUCH AS SPEAKER VOLUME ETC. ╚INT: ┘OU CAN TYPE THE COMMANDS IN LOWERCASE, THE PROGRAM WILL CONVERT THEM TO UPPERCASE FOR YOU. ╨RESSING 3 LETS YOU SET WHICH RING YOU WANT YOUR MODEM TO ANSWER ON. 4 TOGGLES THE DEFAULT OF THE MODEM SPEAKER ON AND OFF. ╘HIS CAN BE CHANGED BY THE BBS ITSELF, BUT EACH TIME YOU RUN THE BBS, IT WILL DEFAULT TO WHAT YOU SET IT AT HERE. 5 ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE MAXIMUM BAUD RATE OF YOUR MODEM. ┘OU ═╒╙╘ PUT 2400 HERE IF YOU WANT YOUR 2400 BAUD MODEM TO ANSWER AT 2400. ╔F YOU OWN A 1200 BAUD MODEM SUCH AS A 1670, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU PUT 300 OR 1200 HERE. ╔F YOU PUT 2400 HERE AND YOU ONLY HAVE A 1200 BAUD MODEM, THE BBS WILL NEVER CONNECT AN INCOMING CALL. ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 9. ├ONFIGURATION ╞ILENAMES ╘HIS IS A LIST OF THE FILENAMES THAT ═╒╙╘ BE ON DEVICE 8; DRIVE 0 IN ORDER FOR THE BBS NOT TO LOCK UP, AND WHAT ITS PURPOSE IS. (BBS.CONFIG) : ├ONTAINS ALL INFO FROM MAIN EDITING SCREEN AND DATA FOR THE MESSAGE BASES, USERFILE SECTION, DRIVE CONFIGURATION MENUS, SYSOP AVAILABLE MSGS AND ALL ╬EW ╒SER ╙TATS. (BBS DATA) : ╘OTAL CALLS, ╬UMBER OF USERS, ╠AST CALLER. (BBSS MESS) : ╬UMBER OF MESSAGES POSTED ON EACH SUB-BOARD. (MODEM.CONFIG) : ├OMMAND STRINGS FOR MODEM. (GENERAL) : ─ATA FOR ╟ENERAL ╞ILES ╠IBRARIES. (USERFILE) : ╙AVES ALL USER'S STATS. (HIGH1MESS) : ╙AVES DATE EACH MESSAGE WAS POSTED/RESOPONDED TO. (SCORES) : ╙AVES ╘RIVIA AND ├ASINO DATA. (TRIVIA) : ├ONTAINS ALL THE TRIVIA QUESTIONS. (PFILES) : ├ONTAINS DATA FOR THE ╨ROGRAM FILES. (RUNPFILE) : ├ONTAINS THE ┴UTO-╥UNNING ╨FILES. (USER LOG) : ╠IST OF ALL KEYS HIT BY THE USER. (T.CALLERS) : ╠IST OF CALLERS FOR TODAY. ╥EMEMBER THAT THE TWO FILES (USERFILE) AND (HIGH1MESS) DO NOT HAVE TO BE ON DEVICE 8; DRIVE 0. ╔ INCLUDED THEM IN THE LIST TO SHOW ALL THE FILES CREATED BY THE EDITOR. ╔TS NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION TO EXPLAIN THE FORMAT OF THESE FILES. ╨ERHAPS IF ENOUGH PEOPLE REQUEST IT, ╔ WILL WRITE A DOC SPEFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. ╘HE ┼ND ╨LEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE BBS FOR MORE HELPFUL INFORMATION. ╥EMEMBER TO ALWAYS KEEP BACKUPS!! ┴LSO, THE BBS WON'T RUN WITHOUT FIRST RUNNING THIS PROGRAM! ╥EMEMBER YOU MUST ENTER DATA AT ┼╓┼╥┘ POINT IN THE EDITOR OR THE BBS WILL LOCKUP OR GIVE A ╞ILE ─ATA ┼RROR WHEN RUN. ╔F THE BBS LOCKS UP BEFORE YOU GET A CHANCE TO ENTER THE DATE/TIME, 99% OF THE TIME, THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU LEFT SOMETHING OUT OF THE EDITOR. ╞OR INSTANCE, IF YOU LEAVE THE SYSOP AVAILABILITY MESSAGES BLANK, THE BBS WILL MOST DEFINETLY LOCK UP!!!! ═OST OFTEN IT IS THE FILE (BBS.CONFIG) THAT CAUSES THE BBS TO LOCK UP. ╘HIS SHOULD HELP YOU TO LOCATE THE SPOT YOU FORGOT TO ENTER DATA AT. ╚INT: ╔F AFTER RUNNING THE ┬┬╙ AND IT CRASHES AS JUST MENTIONED, YOU RUN THE ┼DITOR AND IT REFUSES TO RUN AS WELL, YOU MUST START OVER WITH A NEW ┬╠┴╬╦ SYSTEM DISK. ╙INCE BOTH THE ┬┬╙ AND THE EDITOR USE THE SAME ROUTINES TO LOAD THE DATA, THEY CAN BOTH LOCK UP AT THE SAME POINT. ╘HE REASON IS THAT ┬╠╔╘┌! HAS THE BUG OF LOCKING UP WHILE TRYING TO ╔╬╨╒╘ A STRING VARIABLE FROM A ╙┼╤ FILE. ╘HIS IS WHY IF YOU LEAVE SOMETHING BLANK IN THE EDITOR, IT WILL CAUSE THINGS TO LOCK UP! ┬┬╙ ┼DITOR V3.9 ─OCS ╨AGE 10. ╨LEASE SEND ALL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO: ─OUGLAS ╞. ═C╠AUGHLIN ╨╙├ ┬OX 4861 ╫HEELER ┴╞┬, ╚I 96854 ╨╙ - ╔F YOU HAVE WRITTEN OR PARTIALLY WRITTEN A ╨ROGRAM FILE FOR THE ┬┬╙, ╔ ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND IT TO ME. ╘HIS WAY ╔ CAN UPDATE IT SO IT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH LATER VERSIONS OF THE ┬┬╙. ┴ND THERE ╫╔╠╠ BE LATER VERSIONS!