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Hello There, Fellow SysOp!
This disc was designed with BBS usage very heavily in mind. Because of
this, I put in several advantages for BBS usage:
[ 1] All File areas are only one sub-directory deep, and have a
consistent nomenclature making it easier to configure for your
BBS.
[ 2] All File listings are available in the file areas themselves AND in
a separate sub-directory. The File Listings in the file areas are
intended for those that run the disc "native" with their BBS software,
and the ones in the separate section are put there for the convenience
of those that run Doorware on their board to control their CD-ROM
usage. If you are running multiple CD's, such as the Pioneer unit,
or multiple nodes (or both!), then such doorware is usually a
necessity of life.
[ 3] File listings are provided in several different formats for your
convenience. This should make file format conversions either
unnecessary for you, or very easy to do.
[ 4] A database of the complete file listings has been provided for those
that need a format that I do not support here. If you or someone you
know can work with a DBF style database program, then it's a very
simple matter to output exactly the file listing you need!
[ 5] All Files have been checked with the latest Shareware Anti-Viral Scanners
to find any unwanted buggies. Everything checked out with what was
available as of this date. Also, no files with any sort of CRC corruption
were allowed to stay here.
[ 6] All file listings have been checked (and double, and triple checked!) to
insure that all the files that are listed here ACTUALLY exist, and
ACTUALLY named what the file listing states they are named. Nothing
annoys me more than to have file listings that don't seem to have a
clue as to what is really there.
[ 7] Filename duplication has been carefully screened. I'm not going to say
that there are NO file duplications by name, because I know that there
are. However, these were deliberatly left in there, because they are
situations where the same name was applied to two totally different
files, or else the file has good cause to be in both sections. For
example, one very common thread was to find a source code or utility
program that would apply equally to either C, Pascal, or BASIC, so it
was left in all three sections, rather than having people interested
in only one section left in the dark about the program. Needless to
say, this is a very rare occurance, and it does not eat up a significant
portion of the CD-ROM.
[ 8] Where possible, all files that are consecutive versions have been
eliminated, and only the latest version left. The only exception to
this is some of the drivers. I've found that "newer" doesn't always
mean "better," and I have had to use older drivers myself in order
to get things to work properly, so older drivers were left in here.
[ 9] I have screened these files to be as topical as we can get for the
subject matter at hand. All too often, a shareware disc tries to
be everything to everyone, and if you are like most SysOps, who
are starting to run more than one CD-ROM on their board, then you
will find that such repetition gets rather boring after while.
Lets face it, how many "shareware collections to end all shareware
collections" can your callers stomach? <smile!>
[10] I have endeavored to remove any annoying BBS ad files from these
files. I have a large list of the pervasive R&E file names, and
have scanned for and removed them, as well as any other known annoying
items that can get in your way. Why should you be advertising for
other boards on your system? Heck if I know, and I won't force you
to do that here. The only thing that was inserted here on this
disc was a legal disclaimer, and it doesn't sit there and tell you
to call our BBS in any way, shape, or form.
[11] If you find a FILE_ID.DIZ file here, you can be reasonably sure
that it's from the author of the file. I have seen a disc recently
that made heavy advertising copy about it's claim to have a
FILE_ID.DIZ in every archive... and when I examined it, I found that
the CD-ROM publisher had put it in there, complete with a two line
advertisement for themselves. So, if you actually used that feature,
you would end up with dedicating 2/3 of your file listings to
advertising for these guys. Give me a break!
And so it goes. You will find everything in sub-directories named for
their ease of "figuring out," whenever possible. I don't think that you
will have much trouble in getting this set up on your board. Everything
has been done to make this disc as painless a proposition as possible,
and I hope that this works out to making your life a bit easier.