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▒▒▒▒▒ Board Master v2.0 ▒▒▒▒▒
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Copyright (c)1995, 1996 Heavenware Software │
│ All Rights Reserved! │
└───────────┬─────────────────────┬───────────┘
│ Main Documentation │
└─────────────────────┘
Author: Tom Wiseman
Released on: July 12th, 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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i.............. General Overview
ii............. Special Thanks
iii............ New Features
iv............. Beta Testing
I.............. Copyrights
II............. Warranty
III.............Shareware Concept
IV............. License Agreement
V.............. Upgrading
VI............. Tech Support
VII............ Features
VIII........... Registered Features
IX............. Scenario
X.............. Installation/Setup
XI............. Executables Defined
XII............ Inter-BBS Specifics
XIII........... League Coordinator
XIV............ Contacting Us
XV............. Function Keys
i - GENERAL OVERVIEW
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Board Master is a BBS simulation doorgame, in which your users will have
the chance to try thier hand at being a sysop. They will operate and
control all aspects of their BBS, including advertising decisions.
We have tried to duplicate the life of a Sysop in as much detail as we could
without sacrificing playability or the overall objective.... Having fun!
ii - SPECIAL THANKS
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I want to take a little space here to thank the specific individuals
who took the time and energy to BETA test v2.0. Thanks to them we have
a stable and noteworthy product.
Bryan Turner, Sysop: Rabbitland
Glen O'Gorman, Sysop: Apollo
Steve Newman, Sysop: Columbia Spitfire
Roy Stephens, Sysop: House of Keys
Thanks ever so much for your efforts guys! I couldn't of done it without
you.
iii - NEW FEATURES:
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Inter-BBS
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With this release comes many exciting new features. Board Master now
supports Inter-BBS game play. This means that you can attach your BBS to a
Board Master league and play against all the other players on other BBS's.
This is accomplished by using your front end mailer. By creating
packets and file attach messages, we send the data over to other
systems and in return you'll be receiving packets. In this fashion the
game is no longer limited to the confines of your BBS.
Playing in an Inter-BBS league should not only be fun but challenging as
well. With a seemingly endless number of systems attached to a league, you
could have thousands upon thousands of players in just one game, and all
without ever leaving the comfort of your own BBS.
Multi-node/tasking:
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Board Master also now supports multi-node game play, meaning more than
one user can be playing at the same time. This is an important step for
any game if your running a multi-node BBS.
Along with Multi-node support, we have also added Multi-tasking support.
Board Master will automatically detect some multi-tasking systems and
in turn release time slices so no one node will hog your CPU resources.
This is critical if your running your BBS under a multi-tasking system
like Windows, DESQview or OS/2.
Special Features:
----------------
There have been several other changes and bug fixes as well. We have added
several new options for players like Advertising, Payboard feature, and
virus uploading and scanning. All of which make the game more intriging
and interesting to play.
iv - BETA TESTING:
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As the chief programmer for Board Master I am very proud indeed to
release v2.0 into the general public. After 4 months of BETA testing,
several hundred extra hours on this version alone and alot of thinking
and modifying, Board Master now moves up to the next level of game play.
Board Master now has a total of over 1000 hours of work into it and over
8000 lines of code. A tremendous amount of work to say the least.
If your asking why the BETA test took so long the answer is simple.
I wanted a rock solid product before releasing it so you would have
less worries when running it.
We succesfully tested Board Master on many types of systems and under
several different platforms and circumstances. The list below indicates
what we tested on or under:
CPU's: Pentium 133 w/16 megs, 486DX 100 w/32 megs, 486DX2 66 w/8 megs,
486DX 40 w/4 megs, 486sx 33 w/8 megs, 386 w/4 megs.
Mailers: Front Door 2.12 & Intermail
BBS Platforms: Shotgun Pro, Spitfire, ProBoard, Remote Access
OS's: MS-DOS 6.0-6.22, LANtastic 6.0, Novell 4.01, DESQview, Windows 3.1
Modems: USRobotics, Zoom, Hayes, Maxtech
Memory Managers: DOS Memaker, QEMM 7.04 / 7.50 / 8
I - COPYRIGHTS:
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Board Master is Copyright, (c)1995,1996 Heavenware Software.
All rights reserved.
Written in Turbo Pascal 7.0, Copyright (c)1992 Borland International
Compiled using RMdoor 4.5, Copyright (c)1991-1994 By Mark Goodwin and
Randy Hunt.
II - WARRANTY:
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Board Master is distributed without warranty. In no event will
Heavenware Software be liable to you for damages, including any loss of
profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising
out of your use of or inability to use this program. Even if Heavenware
Software, or an authorized representative have been advised of the
possibility of such damages. Heavenware Software will not be liable for
any such claim by any other party.
III - SHAREWARE CONCEPT:
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Board Master is distributed as shareware. Shareware is a marketing
method. This program is NOT free. Shareware simply means that the
author(s) have given permission for you to try out the product before
actually purchasing it. Our policy is that you may use Board Master
for up to 30 days, after which, you must either register Board Master
by sending $15.00 U.S. dollars (+ any state Tax due) to Heavenware
Software at our address listed in the registration docs or stop using it.
IV - LICENSE:
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When you purchase a registration key, you will be purchasing a license
to use our software under the terms outlined below. Heavenware Software
maintains exclusive rights to the software itself, and does not give up
any rights, expressed or implied, to you by selling a registration key.
The license gives you the right to use Board Master for as long as you
want under one (1) bulletin board platform. If you are running multiple
platforms, registration of additional keys is required.
The registration key is unique for your system. It is not transferrable
or resellable to any other party, for any reason.
Board Master and/or the file archive (BMSTR14.ZIP) cannot be sold by
vendors, with the exception of shareware cd manufacturers, for more than
a small disk copying fee (not to exceed $2.00), without express written
permission from Heavenware Software.
Use of Board Master indicates your agreement to the license agreement
and policies outlined here and any other documentation contained in
the original archive BMSTR14.ZIP.
V - UPGRADING:
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Heavenware Software upgrades are usually free to registered users.
This means that if you have already registered a product from us
that any new version of that product will not cost you anything.
In order for you to receive any new version for any of Heavenware
Software's products, you must call our support BBS to download it,
or you may visit our web page (URL listed