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- Suncoast System Software's R S C R E E N Multipurpose Utility
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- RScreen Version 2.0
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- INTRODUCTION: RScreen enables the sequential choice of files to be re-named
- and moved (if chosen) to another directory. It can be used to choose a
- different "Hello" message each time your computer is turned on. RScreen
- was originally designed to enable a BBS System Operator ("SysOp") to
- cycle through any number of "welcome" screens - one per day, or even one
- per caller! RScreen is easy to set up, easy to use, and livens up any
- BBS! RScreen may be used for welcome screens, "goodbye" screens, and both
- ANSI and ascii text files. In fact, most any group of files can be
- sequentially copied to any drive and directory. RScreen is compatible with
- multiline/multitasking BBS's. DesqView(tm) users should be aware that
- RScreen is written in QuickBasic 4.5 utilizing direct screen writes.
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- SHAREWARE AND REGISTRATION STATEMENT: RScreen is marketed as shareware.
- After a reasonable trial period, if you choose to continue to use RScreen
- you should pay for it; it's cheap enough ($5!), and registration insures
- full and friendly support. Re Warranty, there is NO warranty with RScreen:
- you use it entirely at your own risk (we gotta say that). Registration also
- removes the nasty-looking "Not Registered" notice and associated sounds.
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- USES: The primary purpose of RScreen is to enable BBS's to show a series of
- welcome and/or goodbye screens, one each day. It may also be used to
- generate multiline quotations or bulletins (if each is in a separate file).
- For example, you may have in your \rscreen directory such files as
- first.blt second.blt other.blt news.txt and hello.asc; you may set up
- RScreen to copy each one sequentially, and send it to the d:\bbs\blts
- directory under the name of "news.txt" (or any other name)!
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- SETUP: Create a directory for rscreen.exe and the group of files
- you want to use as welcome screens (or goodbye screens, etc.) in the SAME
- directory. You may name these files any standard DOS name, but be sure to
- include a three character extension (for example, 1.blt, 2.blt, gdby.asc,
- gdby2.asc, etc.) Add the lines to your daily maintenance batch file to
- 1) change directory (and drive, if necessary) to the one where rscreen
- resides, 2) call RScreen, and 3) change directory (and drive, if necessary)
- back to the bbs directory. The "call to RScreen" line tells RScreen the
- path (or drive and path) to where you want the files copied to, as well
- as the name of the file. Use the following calling procedure:
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- cd\rscrndir <- change directory
- rscreen \senddir\sendfilename
- cd\bbsdir <- change dir back to bbs
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- Here are some examples (with explanations):
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- rscreen d:\bbs\news.asc <-sends "news.asc" to d:\bbs directory
- rscreen \bbs\blts\hello.blt <-sends "hello.blt" to \bbs\blts dir.
- rscreen \ra\blts\news.ans <-sends "news.ans" to \ra\blts dir.
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- You can set up two RScreen directories: one for ascii files and one for ANSI
- files. You would then put TWO lines in your daily batch file: one for each
- RScreen call.
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- To provide a different "welcome" each time your PC in booted, create a series
- of quotations using a plain text editor, and place them in a directory with
- rscreen.exe (say, "\rscreen"). Then add the following lines to your
- autoexec.bat file:
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- cd\rscreen
- rscreen c:\message.txt
- cd\
- type message.txt
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- You could add a "pause" after the message (for instance, if the last line
- of your autoexec.bat file calls a menu program or a network login). Uses
- of RScreen are limited only by your imagination!! Unique uses for RScreen
- are solicited by the author.
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- NEW IN VERSION 2.0: If using QuarterDeck's DesQView, add " DV" to the
- end of your command line, as: rscreen c:\txt\message.txt dv
- and no output will be sent to the screen.
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- SUPPORT: Call Suncoast City BBS, 813-953-5505 (12/2400 baud) for assistance.
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- HISTORY:
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- 5/23/92 Vers 2.0: made RScreen DesQView-aware
- 8/18/91 Vers 1.1: improved sequential selection alorithm and documentation
- 7/24/91 Version 1.0 Released.
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- Another Fine Product From Suncoast Software Systems
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