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* EZ-ROM 2.20 Public Release January 14, 1996
* Copyright 1992 - 1996 by Michael Robinson, all rights reserved.
WHAT'S NEW IN EZ-ROM 2.20
This is a drop-in replacement. Just use the new EZROM.EXE. This version
honors all the old file formats and commands. Many of the improvements
are automatic. Some do require configuration changes, but only if you
wish to activate the new feature. This version uses about 2K more
memory. EZ-ROM now requires a total of about 300K of free conventional
DOS low memory. Maximum limits increased to 228 disks and up to 700 file
areas per disk.
This version includes these improvements:
1. Added direct support for many more BBS types. EZ-ROM can now read and
write BBS specific files for these BBS types:
Wildcat 3.x *Maximus 2.x (* = Added in this version)
Wildcat 4.x *Maximus 3.x
PCBoard *TAG
TriBBS 10.x *RemoteAccess
*ProBoard
If you use one of the BBS specific commands, then EZ-ROM will write the
number of files/bytes downloaded in EZ-ROM to the BBS specific file. The
BBS then reads back the file and updates the number of files/bytes
downloaded in the BBS caller database.
EZ-ROM reads and writes the caller download statistics in these files.
It does not read or write any of the other information. EZ-ROM still
requires DOOR.SYS or DORINFOx.DEF to get the rest of the information
(such as com port number) even when a BBS specific file is used. The
DOOR.SYS or DORINFOx.DEF to use is specified as the second parameter on
the command line in the batch file that runs EZ-ROM.
The BBS specific files are only updated when the door is used by a
remote caller. They are NOT updated when run in either local mode in the
BBS, or local mode from the DOS command line.
If the file does not exist, or if it is the wrong size, or if it
contains the wrong user name, it will not be read or written and an
error message will be written to ERROR.LOG.
If you use one of the BBS specific commands, then EZ-ROM always WRITES
the download statistics to the BBS specific files when the caller exits
EZ-ROM and returns to the BBS. If you want EZ-ROM to also READ the BBS
specific file when EZ-ROM starts, then you must also use the DATABASE
BBSFILE command. (See DataBase command defined in EZROM.DOC).
Here are the fields read/written in each BBS specific file type:
Wildcat3 Wildcat4 PCBoard RA/ProBoard
USERINFO.DAT USERREC.BIN USERS.SYS EXITINFO.BBS
Files Downloaded Today ... NO YES NO NO
Bytes Downloaded Today ... NO YES YES YES
Files Downloaded Total ... YES YES YES YES
Bytes Downloaded Total ... YES YES YES YES
Files Uploaded Total ..... NO YES YES YES
Bytes Uploaded Total ..... NO YES YES YES
Maximus 2 Maximus 3 TAG TRiBBS 10.x
LASTUSXX.BBS LASTUSXX.BBS USER.LST DOOR.SYS
Files Downloaded Today ... NO YES NO YES
Bytes Downloaded Today ... YES YES NO YES
Files Downloaded Total ... NO YES YES YES
Bytes Downloaded Total ... YES YES YES YES
Files Uploaded Total ..... NO YES YES YES
Bytes Uploaded Total ..... YES YES YES YES
Here are examples of the BBS specific commands used in EZROM.MAS:
WILDCAT4 C:\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE1\USERREC.BIN
( Command was renamed. The old command name USERREC can still be used. )
WILDCAT3 C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1\USERINFO.DAT
( Command was renamed. The old command name USERINFO can still be used. )
PCBOARD C:\PCB\USERS.SYS
( Command was renamed. The old command name USERSSYS can still be used. )
EXITINFO C:\RA\NODE1\EXITINFO.BBS
( For RemoteAccess and ProBoard. )
MAXIMUS C:\MAX\NODE1\LASTUS01.BBS
( For Maximus 2.xx and Maximus 3.xx )
TAG27 C:\TAG\USER.LST
( For TAG BBS. WARNING! EZ-ROM writes directly to the TAG user file. )
TriBBS 10.x reads back DOOR.SYS. This is the file format that EZ-ROM
has always supported, so there is no BBS specific command for TriBBS.
2. New options added to disk sensing and the VOLUME command. EZ-ROM can now
scan multiple disks (optional) and it can scan for a specific marker
file instead of a volume label (optional).
The format of the VOLUME command has been extended. The old format will
still work exactly as it has in the past.
The OLD format looks like this:
VOLUME NOPV11_194
Here is an example of the NEW format:
VOLUME NOPV11_194 /SCAN EF
This means EZ-ROM will look for the volume name NOPV11_194 on both
drives E and F. You can scan up to 26 drive letters from A to Z. The
drives are always scanned in order from A to Z. It will stop scanning
drives when it reaches the first matching volume name. Once a drive
letter has been assigned to a disk, that drive letter will not be
scanned again. If you do not use the /SCAN command, then it will only
scan the drive letter indicated in the first entry in the left column
in the AREAS section of EZROM.CFG. The drive letter specified in the
AREAS section will also be scanned in addition to any drives
specified using the /SCAN command. If you use the optional CDDRIVE
command, this drive letter will also be scanned. If the same drive
letter is specified more than once, it will only be scanned once.
If the CD-ROM disk does not have a volume label, you may want to
use the option to scan for a specific marker file like this:
VOLUME E:\GAMES\DOOM2.ZIP
The backslash character "\" must be used. It indicates that EZ-ROM is
to scan for a specific file and NOT scan for a volume label. If no
backslash character is used, EZ-ROM will assume that it is a volume
label. Here is another form of this command:
VOLUME E:\GAMES\DOOM2.ZIP /SCAN EF
In this case, EZ-ROM will look for file E:\GAMES\DOOM2.ZIP and if it
is not there, it will then look for file F:\GAMES\DOOM2.ZIP. The
scanning operation is exactly the same except that a specific file
name is used instead of a volume label. All of the previously defined
scanning rules apply.
The backslash "\" indicates a specific file name.
The forward slash "/SCAN" indicates multiple disk scanning.
Please do not confuse forward slash and backslash.
If you have problems with disk scanning, see command DebugVol.
Setting this command ON will cause EZ-ROM to log all scanning operations
and results to file ERROR.LOG.
3. Maximum number of disks increased from 152 to 228 disks.
4. Zmodem now sends the total batch download statistics to the remote.
So programs such as GSZ on the remote will show both status bars;
one status bar for the file, and one status bar for the total
download. As far as I know, no other BBS or door offers this feature.
5. New commands. See EZROM.DOC.
DebugVol ON (Writes scanned disk volume labels to ERROR.LOG.)
DataBase BBSFile (New option in existing DataBase command.)
TagSizeCheck ON (For TAG BBS only.)
6. Improved file copy routine to gracefully recover from an incomplete copy
operation. No runtime errors, cleaner error messages, clean-up of
partial files. File transfer of all files in the batch that are
successfully copied will proceed even if one or more files fail to copy.
7. Fixed bugs:
Sometimes failed to pause during search when a match was found.
Tag letters not always incremented properly in some cases.
Double continue prompt in list download.
Failure to view text files in some cases.
8. Updated and improved low-level comm routines.
*****************************************************************
REGISTRATION: Print REGISTER.DOC and send it with $30 check to:
MICHAEL ROBINSON
PO BOX 831
SHELTON, CT. 06484-4386
Or call either BBS node for fast online registration using
Visa, Mastercard, Diners' Club, Carte Blanche.
You can also register on CompuServe using GO SWREG and selecting
registration of program number 6580. The charge will be added to your
CompuServe bill.
The latest versions of all my programs can be downloaded from either
node of my BBS or any of the following locations:
America Online .... Computing, TeleCom Forum, BBS Doors library
CompuServe ........ GO PCBBS, BBS Doors
Internet .......... users.aol.com ( directory TheMikeRob/pub )
Internet .......... ftp.coast.net ( directory Simtel/msdos/bbsdoor )
Both Internet sites allow anonymous ftp file transfer.
The Simtel site is "mirrored" at dozens of sites around the world.
The file names are ezromxxx.zip, sfromxxx.zip, mcallxxx.zip,
mmenuxxx.zip. The "xxx" symbolizes the version number.
* The Soft Parade BBS - Shelton Connecticut USA
* Home of the EZ-ROM, SF-ROM, Multi-CALL and Multi-MENU Doors.
* Node 1 203-924-5603 FidoNet 1:141/485 General Public Access
* Node 2 203-922-1794 FidoNet 1:141/486 Shareware Support Only
* File Request EZROM, SFROM, MCALL, or MMENU for latest versions.
* File Request EZROM.NEW, SFROM.NEW, MCALL.NEW, MMENU.NEW text file.
Internet ......... TheMikeRob@aol.com
America Online ... TheMikeRob
CompuServe........ 102363.2051