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- Maximus 3.0 Manual Upgrade Procedure
- ====================================
-
- This document describes the MANUAL conversion procedure for
- upgrading a Maximus 2.0 system to Maximus 3.0.
-
- In almost all cases, you will want to use the AUTOMATIC conversion
- procedure to do the upgrade. Only use the MANUAL conversion procedure
- if your Maximus control files are extremely complex and the automatic
- conversion procedure does not convert the control files properly.
-
- Please see the README.1ST file for information on the AUTOMATIC
- upgrade procedure.
-
- Manual upgrade steps
- --------------------
-
- - MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM.
-
- - Run the install program. Select "upgrade", but in the upgrade
- screen, DESELECT all options except for the "Extract 3.0 files"
- and "convert tag file" options.
-
- * Convert EVENTS file to the new format. (See the system
- documentation.)
-
- * MAX.CTL: Remove "Area Data" and "Area Index"; add "MessageData
- MAREA" and "FileData FAREA". Change "File Password User.Bbs" to
- "File Password User".
-
- * Convert msgarea.ctl / filearea.ctl to the new control file format.
- See the program documentation for more details on the new syntax.
-
- * Edit menus.ctl to change:
-
- Area_Change File -> File_Area
- Contents -> File_Contents
- Download -> File_Download
- Locate -> File_Locate
- NewFiles -> File_NewFiles
- Upload -> File_Upload
- Type -> File_View
- Raw -> File_Raw
- Override_Path -> File_Override
- Area_Change Message -> Msg_Area
- Enter_Message -> Msg_Enter
- Forward -> Msg_Forward
- Xport -> Msg_Xport
- Statistics -> MEX m\stats
-
- Remember that "Area_Change File" becomes just "File_Area",
- and similarly with "Area_Change Message". The new commands
- need no arguments. The final line should look something
- like this:
-
- Msg_Area Twit "Area Change"
-
- Also, the replacement for the old Statistics command should
- look something like this:
-
- MEX m\stats Twit "Statistics"
-
- * Add the following to MENU MESSAGE:
-
- NoDsp Msg_Change Twit "`46" ; alt-c
- NoDsp Read_Previous Twit "`75" ; left
- NoDsp Read_Original Twit "`115" ; ctrl-left
- NoDsp Read_Next Twit "`77" ; right
- NoDsp Read_Reply Twit "`116" ; ctrl-right
- NoDsp Msg_Reply Twit "`16" ; alt-q
- NoDsp Msg_Reply Twit "`19" ; alt-r
- NoDsp Msg_Kill Twit "`37" "="; alt-k
- %Msg_Download_Attach Disgrace "!Download Attaches"
- %Msg_Reply_Area . Disgrace "&Reply Elsewhere"
-
- * Remove all "MenuHeader" lines from MENUS.CTL.
-
- * Add the following to the MESSAGE, FILE, CHAT and CHANGE menus
- (respectively):
-
- HeaderFile :m\headmsg
- HeaderFile :m\headfile
- HeaderFile :m\headchat
- HeaderFile :m\headchg
-
- * In MAX.CTL, revise "Format {Msg/File}Format" to use "%-20"
- instead of "%-9.9".
-
- * Add to the SYSTEM section of MAX.CTL:
- %File Callers Callers
- MCP Pipe \pipe\maximus\mcp
- MCP Sessions 16
- File Access Access
-
- * Remove these statements from the SESSION section of MAX.CTL:
- Userlist Minimum
- Userlist Maximum
- Ratio Threshold
- Upload Reward
- Define <priv> <keyword>
-
- * Add these statements to the SESSION section of MAX.CTL:
-
- Check RIP
- MaxMsgSize 8192
- Min RIP Baud 65535
- RIP Path RIP
- Track Base Trk
- Track View Sysop
- Track Modify Sysop
- Uses EntryHelp Misc\Msgentry
- Uses HeaderHelp Misc\Hdrentry
- Attach Base Att
- Attach Path Attaches
- Attach Archiver ZIP
- Kill Attach Ask Normal
-
- * Add this statement to the MATRIX section of MAX.CTL:
-
- Message Edit Ask LocalAttach Normal
-
- * Add "Include Access.Ctl" immediately after the "End System
- Section" line in MAX.CTL.
-
- * Add to the READER menu in menus.ctl:
-
- Msg_Restrict Disgrace "Restrict Date"
-
- * Remove all of the following lines from colours.ctl:
-
- Menu {Name,Highlight,Text}
- Hotflash {Bar,More,Clear}
- File {Name,Size,Date,Desc,Find,Offline,New}
- Message {From,FromTxt,To,ToTxt,Subj,SubjTxt,Attrib,Date,
- Address,Locus,Body,Quote,Kludge}
- FSR {MsgNum,MsgLinks,Attribute,MsgInfo,Date,Address,Static,
- Border}
-
- * Add "set maximus=d:\path\max.prm" to autoexec.bat (DOS) or
- config.sys (OS/2).
-
- * Remove all "Define xxx" statements from the SESSION section of
- max.ctl.
-
- * Change to your \max\olr\dats directory and run "del *.*". This
- will cause a one-time loss of the users' off-line reader area
- mappings. Users who upload packets which are replies to messages
- created by Max 2.x will be prompted to enter a new area when
- uploading those packets.
-
- * Change to your \max directory and run "cvtusr -p".
-
- * Change to your \max\rip directory, "mecca *.mec" and "mecca
- *.mer".
-
- * Change to your \max\misc directory, and "mecca *.mec".
-
- * Change to your \max\hlp directory, and "mecca *.mec".
-
- * Change to your \max\lang directory, and "maid english".
-
- * Change to your \max\m directory, and enter at the command prompt:
-
- for %f in (*.mex) do mex %f
-
- (If you run this from a .bat or .cmd file, replace "%f" with
- "%%f".)
-
- * Change to your \max directory and run:
-
- silt max -u
-
- * Change to your \max directory and run:
-
- fb -a
-
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