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Dementia Wall V1.41
Copyright 1993, 1996
Written by: Galen Barnes
Written for IBM PC's & compatibles(gee what a surprise)
Supported by InterBBS Net - Contact Tom Barstow at 1:271/290 for info
WHAT IS DEMENTIA WALL:
Dementia Wall is simple little program designed to allow your users to write
short mini-messages in their choice of colors and special characters. It
may seem like a silly concept but it's a popular one, many of my users who
wouldn't get caught dead in regular message areas use it regularly to say
whatever is on their minds. A program like this doesn't really even belong
with other games, so install it from you main menu and have fun!!!!
DISCLAIMER:
The author of Dementia Wall in no way warantees or claims liability for
damage that this program may cause to your system. The program was working
when it left my system and should not do any damage to your system. So, if
your Monitor sprouts legs and goes running off with your toaster then
that's your problem & you can't sue me for it. So THERE!!!!
LEGAL JUNK:
Dementia Wall and all it's files are the property of Galen Barnes and as such
are protected by U.S. & International Copyright laws. Dementia Wall may not
be re-released in any modified form without written permission of the
author. The author gives permission to anyone to supply unmodified copies
of this program in any medium you wish so long as you are not making a
profit directly from it. In other words, if you are selling it as a part of
a shareware package or charging the user directly for the download(instead
of charging for online time) then you must have direct written permission
from the author.
UPGRADING:
With this version there were some changes made in the data formats so if you
have version 1.30+ run the UPGRADE program in your DWALL directory before
attempting to run the new version.
CHANGES:
I Added INTER-BBS functionality so Grafitti can be echoed to other BBS's in
your area or even Nationwide. I Added Signatures for the BBS's so that your
system's name can be as fancy as you want. I fixed a bug with the clock so
users get the correct ammount of time when they enter the program. I Fixed a
bug with word-wrapping so that it works right with a non-black background,
and Backspace no longers kills a change in color.
INTER-BBS:
Once you've installed DWALL and have it running you may want to try out the
new INTER-BBS function. All of the information you will need to make your
copy of DWALL INTER-BBS is included in the file IBBSDWL.DOC. So just load it
up and follow the directions and pretty soon you'll be sharing grafitti with
systems all over town.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Dementia Wall is a game designed with simplicity of installation & use in
mind. Dementia Wall requires about 200K of disk space and less than 200K
of memory to run, and is fully DesqView aware. Dementia Wall watches files
carefully and will work simultaneously in several windows at once as long as
share is installed. Dementia Wall NO LONGER requires that your system use a
fossil, by default it will auto-detect the fossil and if it doesn't find one
it will use the COM port. To install Dementia Wall simply decompress it
into the directory you want it in & run it from the command line by entering
DWALL Local. At this point the program will ask you for your name, enter
the same name that your BBS will be passing to the program when you run it
so that you can use the sysop functions directly from the BBS. Dementia Wall
requires that you be the first person to run it, if you do not do this then
the first player to use it will have sysop privledges and you'll have to
reset it. All it needs now is a standard dropfile file to run. You can use
either DORINFOx.DEF, DOOR.SYS, CHAIN.TXT, or CALLINFO.BBS. Doorinfo is the
default and needs only a task number to run, but you can include a command
line parameter of RBBS if you want to play it safe. The rest of the drop
files can also be called by command line parameter. Examples are included
below:
Example:
If your system creates Dorinfo2.def then you would call it like this:
Dwall 2 RBBS <- The RBBS is optional and is a default.
If you want Dwall to use Dorinfo1.Def in you BBS directory try this:
Dwall 1 C:\BBS
For a Door.Sys system use:
Dwall GAP
For a CHAIN.TXT system use:
DWALL WWIV <ComPort> <- You must have this for a WWIV system since
CHAIN.TXT doesn't provide it.
and for a CALLINFO.BBS file use:
DWALL WILDCAT
Should you want to run it locally from the command line simply enter:
Dwall Local
and the computer will ask you for all the info it needs to let you run it
locally.
Should the Fossil Auto-detect fail for some reason you can force the program
to use the direct Com port by calling it with a parameter of
-COM<PortNum>,IRQ<IRQnum> The IRQ number is optional and only needs to be
used if your system uses a NON-Standard IRQ for one of the ports. At this
time only COM1-4 are supported in this mode.
Finally, if your system cannot create a Dorinfo file I have added 3
parameters to let you run it without using Dorinfo at all. These
parameters are:
-F<FirstName> The User's First Name
-L<LastName> The User's Last Name
-T<TimeLeft> The User's time left in minutes.
Therefore Dwall can be run without a dorinfo file by calling it like this:
Dwall 1 -FGalen -LBarnes -T100
That should start the program for a user named Galen Barnes on COM1 with 100
minutes left. Good luck and have fun!!!
MAINTENANCE:
DWALL keeps track of the date internally and requires no external
maintenance. Everything is done automatically each night. However, you may
want to delete INUSE.DAT periodically(when nobody is online) to assure that
DWALL's self maintenance continues to run properly.
USING DEMENTIA WALL:
This program should be pretty easy to use and quite straight-forward in it's
presentation. Still, questions are bound to pop up so I thought I'd include
a complete set of instructions to help answer those questions.
Main Menu:
N - New Postings - This will display a list of the postings since the
user's last logon.
R - Read All the Posts - This allows the user to read all the postings
starting with any one they choose.
W - Write Something - When chosen this will give the user a prompt
allowing them to write some grafitti. They will be able to write
between 1 and 10 lines depending on the sysops setup(see sysop
options for more info). These lines can be edited using the
standard commands offered in most full-page editors. Alternately a
user can press Ctrl-N and turn his Num-Lock on and be able to use
his numeric keypad to move the cursor around, to enter numbeers
under this they will have to press Ctrl-N again. To Change
Foreground and Background colors and display special characters,
they need only press the keys indicated by the instructions at the
top of their screen. A user does not have to fill all the lines
offered by Dementia Wall, if they press return at the beginning of
any line the computer will assume that they have completed entering
their grafitti.
U - User Preferences - Choosing this will give the user a list of the
keys that they use to select Foreground & Background Colors and the
key to use to add Special Characters to their Posts. It also lets
them choose whether they want to see the date that grafitti was
posted and which system the grafitti came from(if IBBS is enabled).
Users may select any standard(non-function & non-ctrl) key as a
control key(to bring up Foreground, Background, and Special
Charac