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- Concord vO.O1 Public Gamma-4 May, 1996
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- README.DOC [1/4]
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- This is the fourth public gamma release of the Concord BBS
- software. Though this still is a gamma test release, there
- should not be that many bugs left anymore. The biggest
- inconvencies are described in GAMMA-4.BUG file. Because this
- release was put out months later than the original plans
- suggested, I have considered releasing new versions (patches)
- much more often in the future. The official version (v1.00)
- is about to be released in 3rd quarter of 1996, with the rest
- of the bug fixes and full documents. Yes, there are no new
- documents in this gamma release; the newest up-to-date
- documents are currently for Gamma-2 and any newer features or
- changes have been described in *.NEW files.
-
- Concord is released under Shareware concept which means that
- you can test the software for limited time period (3 months
- in this case) before making your decision to buy the
- software. All features can fully be used without limitations
- already in this evaluation copy. Support, however, cannot be
- guaranteed for unregistered users. Also the OS/2 version of
- Concord is only available to registered users. Please see
- files HOWTOREG.TXT and SUPPORT.LST for registration and
- support information.
-
- Concord support team information : SUPPORT.LST
- Concord registration information : HOWTOREG.TXT
- Concord documents : CONCORD.DOC
- Concord what's new : GAMMA-4.NEW
- Concord known bugs list : GAMMA-4.BUG
-
- EVALUATION NOTE!
- This version requires a key file (*.KEY) to operate. The
- evaluation key file has to be renewed from time to time
- in order to keep the software working. The key file that
- is included with this Gamma package, is valid until
- January 1st 1997 when it expires and stops working. You
- can obtain a new key file from any of the registration
- sites listed in the Concord documents. Registering
- Concord will get you a key that does not expire until
- version 1.99 is released, which is still long time ahead,
- and will reduce your efforts always searching for a new
- evaluation key.
-
- Concord vO.O1 Public Gamma-4 May, 1996
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- README.DOC [2/4]
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- GAMMA WARNING!
- Because the software itself and the documents are still
- somewhat unfinished, this Gamma test version may not be the
- best choice for a beginning Sysop. However, the whole support
- team is willing to help you with installation, configuration
- and any other problems you may have. We are doing our outmost
- to make the software more user friendly and better in all
- possible ways, and you can help us to do that. We do not want
- to scare you away, just the opposite.
-
- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
- Concord requires at least AT 286 processor, 500 KB free
- conventional memory, about 10 MB disk space and a Hayes
- compatible modem to operate. However, it is suggested to run
- Concord in a 386SX or preferable better with at least 2 MB
- total memory to have a disk cache to speed up operations.
-
- SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
- MS-DOS 3.3 or later, or 100% compatible, or OS/2 2.1 or
- later. SHARE must be loaded and FILES= setting needs to be at
- least 40. Fossil driver (X00, BNU, SIO, etc.) Compression
- utility software (PKZIP, ARJ, etc.) External transfer
- protocol software (DSZ, HS/LINK, SMODEM, etc.) It is also
- suggested to have an external message editor software
- (QUICKED, GEDIT, etc.) To join your BBS system to echo and
- net mail networks such as FidoNet, you will also need a
- mailer (FrontDoor, Portal of Power, etc.) and tosser software
- (Gecho, Fastecho, etc.) The rest is completely up to you.
-
- SOFTWARE INFORMATION
- Concord was compiled with Borland Pascal v7.01 (DOS-versions)
- and Virtual Pascal pre-release EEP version (OS/2-version).
- The source code consists of about 100.000 lines, divided to
- over 200 files taking up about 4 MB of disk space. About 3
- years have been spent developing Concord so far and this is
- just the beginning. The version number has been kept as O.O1
- for the reason that the software is still under major
- development and no official version of Concord has been
- released yet.
-
- VERSION DIFFERENCES REAL PROT OS/2
- Can use system memory up to 640K 16M 4G
- Bits 16 ~32 32
- Run-time error checking vs. standard errors √ √ √
- Run-time error checking vs. GPF - √ √
- DPMI driver required - √ -
- DOS √ √ -
- Windows √ √ -
- OS/2 √ √ √
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- Concord vO.O1 Public Gamma-4 May, 1996
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- README.DOC [3/4]
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- ECHO MAIL MESSAGE AREAS
- Concord support echo mail area is connected to Fidonet
- backbone, you can ask for CONCORD from your mail feed. In
- Finland, there is a local echo mail area named FIN.CONCORD.
- In other countries, please consult your local registration
- site for any local Concord echos.
-
- FILE ECHOS
- Concord file echos CONCORD and CONCTOOL/CBBSTOOL are
- available at least from all Concord support sites around the
- world. Concord files can also be received via IFDC file
- distribution network.
-
- * * *
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- The following installation steps always need to be done
- manually because they modify your system bootup files
- CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
-
- - SHARE must be loaded either in CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT.
- CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
- AUTOEXEC.BAT: C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
- (C:\DOS\ is assumed for DOS files storage.) OS/2 and
- Windows-95 users can skip this one because SHARE is
- automatically loaded in these environments.
-
- - Check your CONFIG.SYS file that FILES= setting is at least
- 40 (preferably more in multitasking and network systems).
- CONFIG.SYS: FILES=40
-
- - Add Concord environment variable to AUTOEXEC.BAT to point
- to Concord system path (where Concord is about to be
- installed).
- AUTOEXEC.BAT: SET CONCORD=C:\CONCORD\
- (C:\CONCORD\ is default installation destination; spaces
- are not allowed around "=" char on this line.)
-
- Gamma-3 installed earlier :
-
- You can just unpack the files over the old files. Please
- take backups before proceeding! Especially if you have
- made some changes to any of your files. Gamma-3 language
- files need to be updated with the language editor. If you
- have registered Concord, you will not need new evaluation
- key file 6FE0981E.KEY. Otherwise you will need to erase
- old evaluation key file.
-
- New install :
-
- Run INSTALL.EXE to install Concord and follow the
- instructions. IF the installation utility fails for some
- reason, you can try installing Concord manually.
-
- Concord vO.O1 Public Gamma-4 May, 1996
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- README.DOC [4/4]
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- Manual installation steps :
-
- - Add line "SET CONCORD=C:\CONCORD\" to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- - Add line "SHARE" to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- - Change FILES= to "FILES=40" in CONFIG.SYS if it is less
- - Unpack archive files (RAR format) to correct paths
- - Compile language files (eg. "CSETUP GEN LNG *.LNG")
- - Create default setup file (eg. "CSETUP CFG -CREATE")
- - Create empty user files (eg. "CSETUP USER -CREATE")
- - Installation should be finished. You can try Concord
- locally by running TESTRUN.BAT.
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- Take care,
- Pasi
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- ===============================================================
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- Pasi Talliniemi E-mail :
- Paimenhuilunpolku 3 B 21 pasi.talliniemi@helsinki.fi
- FIN-00420 Helsinki WWW :
- FINLAND http://www.helsinki.fi/~tallinie
-
- BBS node #1 : +358-0-2903463, 24H, V.34 (2:220/297)
- #2 : +358-0-87893089, 24H, V.32BIS
- #3 : +358-0-87893069, 24H, ISDN X.75/V.110 (2:220/298)
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