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- NodeView 1.0c
- (C) 1993, William J. Dykstra
- Online NodeList Viewer
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- NodeView: What is it?
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- NodeView is a program that will allow users to view a Fidonet style
- nodelist while online. Users can search for any text that may be found
- in the nodelist, such as sysop's names, cities, phone numbers, BBS
- names, and system addresses.
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- NodeView supports up to 10 nodelists.
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- NodeView will run on any BBS that can pass the following parameters to
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- - Graphics setting (0=ASCII, 1=ANSI)
- - Current BAUD rate
- - User's time remaining
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- You must also pass the COM port number to the program. Both Maximus
- and RemoteAccess can easily pass these parameters to external programs,
- and ANY BBS package worth more than 10ยข should also be able to pass
- these parameters.
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- NodeView requires a fossil driver to be installed. It may not work
- properly if you use BNU.COM. X00.SYS and BNU.SYS should work fine.
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- Setting up NodeView
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- Setting up NodeView is quite easy. First you must edit the
- configuration file, NODEVIEW.CFG, to contain the name(s) and filename(s)
- of your nodelist(s). A sample NODEVIEW.CFG is included.
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- Each nodelist requires TWO lines in NODEVIEW.CFG. The first line is
- the nodelist name, or title, that will be displayed to users. The
- second line is the FULL PATH AND FILENAME of the raw nodelist. NOTE:
- Do *NOT* include an extension with your nodelist filename! Nodelists
- are always changing, with the extension ranging from .001 to .365.
- The highest numbered nodelist is the most current. NodeView will
- find all the nodelists with the specified filenames, and it will
- determine the most recent version based on the extension.
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- For example: (NODEVIEW.CFG file)
- Fidonet Nodelist
- D:\FD\NODELIST\FIDONET
- GalukoNet Nodelist
- D:\FD\NODELIST\GALUKO
- QuinteNet Nodelist
- D:\FD\NODELIST\QUINTE
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- My D:\FD\NODELIST directory contains these nodelist files:
- FIDONET.007
- FIDONET.057
- FIDONET.071
- GALUKO.008
- GALUKO.015
- QUINTE.078
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- In the above sample, NodeView will use these two nodelists:
- D:\FD\NODELIST\FIDONET.071 and
- D:\FD\NODELIST\GALUKO.015 and
- D:\FD\NODELIST\QUINTE.078
- because those are the two latest versions! SO, do NOT supply
- a filename extension when listing the path and filename of your
- nodelist(s)!
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- COMMAND LINE USAGE:
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- NODEVIEW <COMPORT> <BAUD RATE> <GRAPHICS> <TIMELEFT>
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- For RemoteAccess, you would setup the program as a TYPE 7 external
- program, with the following optional data field:
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- D:\RA\NODEVIEW.EXE 2 *B *G *T
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- Replace the '2' with your COM port number, and of course use the
- path to YOUR copy of NODEVIEW.EXE.
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- NODEVIEW.EXE must be run from the current directory, and the .CFG file
- must be located in the current directory as well. It is easiest to
- simply place both NODEVIEW files in your main BBS directory.
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- If you use another BBS package (heaven forbid <G>!) then you'll have
- to set the program up using your own BBS's methods.
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- Using NodeView
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- NodeView will present the user with a menu, showing all the available
- nodelists. The user must first choose a nodelist to view. If there
- is only one nodelist available it will automatically be selected.
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- After selecting a nodelist, the user will have the option of searching
- for text within the nodelist, searching for a specific network address,
- getting help, choosing another nodelist, or exiting the program.
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- Systems that are private or down will not be shown, and HUBS are not
- shown, since they are always listed twice anyways.
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- When searching for a Network Address, ALL systems will be shown, HUBS
- included. If a system is down the word DOWN will replace the phone
- number.
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- That's about all I have to say! I hope you find this program useful!
- For comments or suggestions I may be reached at:
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- Bill Dykstra (SysOp)
- The BillBoard BBS
- Newmarket, Ontario. Canada.
- (416) 898-2443
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- Fidonet 1:250/932
- Galukonet 27:416/105
- Quintenet 20:905/104
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- NodeView is FREEWARE. Here is a list of other quality FREEWARE
- programs by myself:
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- Name: FREQ: Description
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- INSTAbank DEPOSIT Online INSTAbank 5.0. RemoteAccess 2.00 time and
- byte bank. FREQ 111BANK if you want the
- RemoteAccess 1.11 version.
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- ViewFile VIEWFILE Online text file viewer, with searching.
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- Story Door STORY Online Story Door. Users read/write/add to
- stories by other users.
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- Online ARCMAST Online Archive Master is a RemoteAccess 1.11
- Archive archive viewer. Supports ZIP, ARJ, LZH, LHA,
- Master ARC, and PAK. A RemoteAccess 2.00 version is
- planned...
- This program allows users to read files within
- archives, and extract files for separate
- downloading.
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- Enjoy!
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- --Bill