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╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ┐ ║ NEXTCALL Version 1.2 - 1992 ║ │ ▀▀▀▀ ║ ║ │▀▀▀▀ ║ Leave A Message Or Thought For Next Caller Utility ║ │ ▀▀▀▀ ║ ║ │▀▀▀▀ ║ Who Cares Ware By Ken Rucker - All Rights Reserved! ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ <DISCLAIMER> By Using this utility, you, the user agree to hold the author, Who Cares BBS, and Who Cares Ware harmless from any claim that may arise from the use thereof. This software is offered as is with no warranty expressed or implied. <WHO CARES WARE> "Who Cares Ware" is basically as it sounds. Who Cares about large hype, large fees, large rigamorole. Who Cares Ware is usually either free or, cost very little money. As Sysops, we would die of starvation if we payed the overwelming price that some authors charge for some simple little utilities like this. Why be greedy. I am a novice and did ok on this one and better on others in a few hours and only charge a few bucks yet, I have seen very simular utilities go for around 15 dollars. WHY? Ya may call Who Cares Ware, "Gimme A Break Ware" <NOTICE AND THANKS> This door was written with the help of the BBS Onliner interface. Special Thanks to Andrew Mead for this NICE toolkit! BBS Onliner Interface version 1.20 Copyright (C) 1990 Andrew J. Mead All Rights Reserved. <WHAT DOES IT DO> NEXTCALL is a simple little door that you can put in a logon batch file or run as a door to allow your users to leave a clever message or comment to the next caller. Once loaded, it will show the current message (if one) and then prompt his/her if they would like to leave a new message. If so, they will be allowed to enter 10 lines of text and from there, view, save or, abort the message. Can be kinda phun. <SETTING IT UP> Copy NEXTCALL into a directory of its own and edit the appropriate batch file on your BBS to run the thing. A sample SPITFIRE BBS SFLOGON.BAT would be this: DOOR_A CD\SF COPY SFDOORS.DAT D:\NEXTCALL CD\NEXTCALL NEXTCALL /6 IF EXIST SFDOORS.DAT DEL SDOORS.DAT CD\SF GOTO LOOP Here is an explaination of the command line parameters: SysOp Control - who's playing this game anyway Current User Line F-10 SysOp Abort Key F-9 Line Noise Disconnect Key Specific BBS Installation 2 A.M. BBS Notes - /2 Jumper.Dat installation Auntie BBS Notes - /7 Auntie.Sys installation Force, GAP Notes - /S Door.Sys (long) installation Forum Notes - /F UserInfo.Txt installation Genesis Notes - /G CallInfo.BBS installation GT, DoorWay Notes - /D Door.Sys (short) installation ModuleX Notes - /M Number.Txt installation Opus-CBCS 1.13 Notes - /3 LastUser.BBS installation Opus-CBCS 1.14 Notes - /O LastUsXX.Dat installation PCBoard 12.x Notes - /1 PCBoard.Sys installation PCBoard 14.x Notes - /P PCBoard.Sys installation Phoenix Notes - /H Info.BBS installation RyBBS Notes - /5 CurrUser.BBS installation Sapphire Notes - /8 Sapphire.Dat installation Search Light Notes - /9 Search Light installation Spitfire Notes - /6 SFDoors.Dat installation WildCat Notes - /W CallInfo.BBS installation WWIV Notes - /4 Chain.Txt installation DoorInfo Notes - /R# DorInfo#.Def Installation EIS-PC, FoReM, OLEcom, QuickBBS, RBBS, Remote Access, TAG, TP-Board - General Info - This file includes specific notes and examples for most BBS systems that this game runs under. A few basic recomendations: - Command Line Directives - /j points to the path and filename of the configuration file (if needed or used by the door). This feature was added by Who Cares Ware. example /j:c:\bbs\door\door.cfg /a will allow players to play multiple games at one time. If they have more than x minutes left (/a:x), they will be asked if they want to play again. This option carries no recommendation. -NOTE: This option does not work with all games (i.e Galactic Empires). /n this switch is only necessary for use with the /9 SearchLight switch or other BBS systems that run the game with command line directives instead of using drop files. It also can be used if you run the game locally from DOS. /q will keep the game from beeping on the host computer. This enables the SysOp to get a good nights sleep. /z sets a maximum time limit. Normally the game will allow the player as much time as he has left to play. This allows the SysOp to encourage players not to fall asleep during games. The game will execute an inactivity time-out at approximately 2 minutes. It will beep at the halfway point and then again when it returns control to the BBS. The door will auto-detect local play, so you can safely play the same door locally that the remote users play. /i allows for customization of your serial communications. If you are using a PS/2 on Com3 or above, or if you are using any non-standard IRQ/port address set-up, this option will allow you to get the game playing. This option will not interfere with the game auto-detecting local play. This option (or the /c or /l options) should not be used unless absolutely necessary. NOTE : If you think the door is being forced into local play, check the following. If a remote user is playing the game, the bottom line of the host computer will say 'Current User : User's Name or Alias here'. If the line is there, then the game is not locked into local mode. In local mode, the game never displays the 'Current User' line. /b - Locked BAUD Rate : These programs use RTS handshaking. If you are using a modem with the baud rate locked, then you will want to use this switch. '/B' implements RTS/CTS handshaking, and prevents the game from overrunning the modems internal buffer. /k turns of the games carrier detect routines. This option is a 'last resort' option. If your modem does not properly maintain a Carrier Detect' signal, the game will automatically abort. This option supresses this activity. If the user does drop carrier, the game will still do an inactivity timeout after 2 minutes. If you are forced to use this option, you probably are having hardware problems with the modem or RS-232 connector (bad pin or broken wire). - SysOp Control - Current User Line - The bottom line (line 25) on the BBSs monitor will display the name of the player currently logged on. This will not display if the game is being played locally. F-10 - SysOp abort. Pressing this key on the host keyboard will abort the game in progress, and return control to the batch file, or BBS. The user will be notified that the SysOp has terminated the session. F-9 - Line Noise. Pressing this key on the host keyboard will simulate line noise, then hang up the phone. It will appear to the user as if the connection was trashed. - 2 A.M. BBS Notes - - The /2 option reads a 'Jumper.Dat' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - Auntie BBS Notes - - This option is currently in the BETA stage. - The /7 option reads a 'Auntie.Sys' file. You will need to include the /c or /i directive with this set-up. Auntie.Sys does not tell which communications port is being used. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. If you have documentation on this file, or possibly other files that Auntie BBS creates, please let me know. - Force, Gap Notes - - The /S option reads a 'Door.Sys' file. This is the new proposed standard for doors. This format is currently used by Force and GAP. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - Forum Notes - - The /F option reads a 'UserInfo.Txt' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - Genesis Notes - - The /G option does not currently work. I do not have sufficient information on Genesis' CallInfo.BBS. It seems to match WildCat's upto line 28. Line 29 should contain communication port information. If it does, use the /W directive instead. I would really appreciate some more complete documentation on Genesis. - GT, DoorWay Notes - - The /D option reads a 'Door.Sys' file. This is the same Door.Sys that is used by Marshall Dudley's DoorWay to Unlimited Doors Program. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - ModuleX Notes - - The /M option reads a 'Number.Txt' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - OPUS-CBCS 1.13 Notes - - This option does not currently work. - The /3 option reads a 'LastUser.BBS' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. If you have documentation on this file, please let me know. - OPUS-CBCS 1.14 Notes - - The /OXX option reads a 'LastUsXX.Dat' file. The 'XX' is the OPUS task number; if it is absent the program will attempt to read a file called 'LastUser.Dat'. an example with a task number (hexadecimal) of 'e' would be madness /o0e:c:\opus\ ... the c:\opus\ tells it to look for 'LastUs0E.Dat' in the C:\OPUS\ directory. The '...' is the other command line options (check the WWIV example for a more thorough example). - PCBoard 12.x Notes - - This option is currently in the BETA stage.. - The /1 option reads a 'PCBoard.Sys' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. If you have documentation on this file, please send it to me. - PCBoard 14.x Notes - - The /P option reads a 'PCBoard.Sys' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - Phoenix Notes - - The /H option reads a 'Info.BBS' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - RyBBS Notes - - The /5 option reads a 'CurrUser.BBS' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - Sapphire Notes - - This option does not currently work. - The /8 option reads a 'Sapphire.Dat' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. If you have documentation on this file, or possibly other files that Sapphire BBS creates, please let me know. - Search Light Notes - - The /9 option is the reverse of the rest of these BBS switches. Since the program is being run directly by SLBBS instead of from a batch file, the current directory is the same as the BBS's directory. /9 will tell the game to get the path from the command line. c:\slbbs\games\stars\starsbbs /9 This will tell the game to get 'c:\slbbs\games\stars\' from memory. You will need to pass more information to make the game run. I have added a /n switch to read the users name. You should use the %U switch so that SearchLight passes the complete name like Andy_Mead. It should look something like /n:%U or /n%U. The next switch you should use is the /z directive to get the user's time remaining. I believe the SL switch is %M, so you should have /z:%M or optionally you can set a specific time limit (i.e. /z:20). The final piece of information need is communication port. My games use /c and SL uses %P. Therefore /c:%P should fit the bill. A final example (check elsewhere for descriptions of /a, /q, and /y) would be c:\slbbs\games\mad\madness /9 /n:%U /c:%P /z:%M /a:15 /y:c:\slbbs\text\ /q The spaces between switches is mandatory. - Spitfire Notes - - The /6 option reads a 'SFDoors.Dat' file. For actual installation, follow the WWIV example. - WildCat Notes - - use the /y command to rename the text hall of fame for your bulletins menu. /y:c:\wildcat\bull34.bbs will rename the Hall of Fame 'Bull34.BBS' and place it in the c:\wildcat directory. - WWIV Notes - - sample WWIV installation (using Star Traders - starsbbs.exe) WWIV,chain.txt directory - C:\WWIV batch file - stars.bat stars.bat directory - C:\WWIV\GAMES starsbbs.exe directory - C:\WWIV\GAMES\STARS hall of fames directory - C:\WWIV\GFILES\HOFSDIR stars.bat listing echo off cd c:\wwiv\games\stars starsbbs /4:c:\wwiv\ /q /x:2 /z:20 /y:c:\wwiv\gfiles\hofsdir\ cd c:\wwiv chainedit setting file - c:\wwiv\games\stars.bat dos interrupts - off, this game handles it's own communications shrink - doesn't matter - recommend NO ansi - required allow 300 bps users - recommend NO - If you are NOT using WWIV then substitute your BBSs switch for '/4'. - In WWIV mode, the current user line will also display user's number and real name. - DoorInfo Notes - - EIS-PC, FoReM, Professional OLEcom, QuickBBS, RBBS, Remote Access, TAG, and TP-Board. - If you use RBBS (or another DorInfo generating BBS), you will need to let the program know what node the program is on. If you use /R by itself, the program will look for a file called DoorInfo.Def. /R1 will look for DorInfo1.Def, /R2 will look for DorInfo2.Def, etc... A sample command line for node 1 (using OilField.exe) would be oilfield /r1:c:\rbbs\ /x:2 /z:35 /y:c:\rbbs\bulletn\ /q /a:25 where the program looks for DorInfo1.Def in c:\rbbs and when the game is over it places OilHOF.Txt in c:\rbbs\bulletn <REGISTRATION> To Register NEXTCALL, please send check or money order (in U.S. Dollars) For 2$ to: Ken Rucker c/o Who Cares Ware 1133 S. Edwards Wichita, Ks 67213 Also, send the following information: Name:_______________________________ Address:____________________________ City:___________________ State:_____ Zip:_________ Voice Phone:(____) _____-________ BBS Phone :(____) _____-________ BBS Software Running:_______________ - Information To Use When Downloading Your Registered Copy From My BBS - Date Of Birth: ___/___/___ Password:_________________ Upon reciept of your order, I will make the latest version of NEXTCALL available for YOU to download from my BBS. If for some reason the BBS has moved, changed numbers, or been struck by lightening, I will mail you the needed information for you to contact my BBS to gain your registered copy of NEXTCALL. I hope that you enjoy NEXTCALL! I am reachable via FidoNet 1:291/2 or, at my BBS : 316-942-4460 Happy Sysoping, Ken Rucker!