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Printed Especially For: The Greatest SysOp In Town!
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Version 1.0
"A New Way To Impress, Captivate And Generate More Paying BBS Users!"
(C) 1993-1994 by Mario Giordani
All Rights Reserved.
(801) 942-2533
MG MARKETING INTERNATIONAL
SHAREWARE PROGRAM
Mario Giordani
2077 E Royal Farms, Suite 20
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
┌────────────────────┐
│ OVERVIEW │
└────────────────────┘
Forget Postcards, direct mail pieces and begging messages for user
support of your BBS! The BBS Showcase 1.0 is ALL you need!
Showcase 1.0 provides the professional Bulletin Board Operator with the
ability to easily edit screens and sound that will later be downloaded
by users for a better idea and examination of what your system can
offer. While you can do the same thing by proving a simple text file or
a few ansi screens, the combination of visual effects and music, as well
as the entire layout of the program will not only captivate but impress
your potential PAYING users by proving them with a professionally
designed, well thoughtout marketing tool.
Once your screens are edited, you can use this program over and over
again as your best promotional tool, for example, mailing a copy of it
out to potential subscribers or having it as a required download for
"new users". Either way, you win. Users will be impressed and you will
come across as a real pro at marketing and sales.
Just about every successful BBS enterprise, large or small, has a way to
creatively entice more paying users and with the current competition,
including GUI and RIP graphics systems coming on the market, you need
all the marketing advantage you can get your hands on "to be recognized"
or to increase your current user base.
If you register this program today and make it available to every user
that logs on to your BBS, including sending copies out to "inactive"
users, you will tell everybody that you are progressive, successfull and
right up-to-date with BBS marketing and promotion... that you are part
of the "big" BBS scene and what's more, that you care about your users
enough to make this type or program available to them, FREE of charge!
You already know about this rule...
There is never a second chance to make a good first impression! With
BBS Showcase 1.0 you can't go wrong the first time your potential users
see it! Forget postcards and direct mail! Send something entertaining
that they can show "their" friends and pass the word about how nice your
BBS is!
If the tools you have been using are not producing the results you want
for your BBS, then give SHOWCASE 1.0 a try. If you keep doing what
you've been doing in terms of marketing, you will be getting the same
results you've been getting since you started out.
You see, in a sense your BBS is a form of business which provides
entertainment, information and assistance to the people who use it.
Whether you run a BBS for profit or not, doesn't it make sense to
promote it like a pro?
*IMPORTANT NOTE: All of the REPLACEABLE SCREENS, i.e., the only ones
you will need to edit using THEDRAW (TDRAW462.ZIP)
with the bSave option and .SCR extensions are found
in the file SCREENS.ZIP
┌──────────────────┐
│ GETTING STARTED │
└──────────────────┘
A. If you have a SOUND BLASTER COMPATIBLE card:
Start the program with then enclosed Batch File - START.BAT -
This file loads your SB SBFMDRV.COM driver if found. You MUST
have this driver loaded if you to enjoy SHOWCASE 1.0 in all its
glory. If you don't own a Sound Blaster or Sound card, go out
and get one! Multimedia is the wave of the future.
B. If you do not own a Sound Card, see A above! But you can start
the program by simply typing SHOWCASE at your DOS PROMPT or call
it from Windows as a DOS application. Just run it in FULL SCREEN
mode.
┌─────────────┐
│ QUICK SETUP │
└─────────────┘
1. Obtain a copy of TheDraw(tm) and register it. This excellent program
is available on most Bulletin Board Systems. If you can't find one
locally, call SHARE CITY BBS at (801) 569-0897 and download the
latest version.
2. Open up the files contained in SCREENS.ZIP IN A SEPARATE DIRECTORY and
edit them using the draw Load option. All of these files will have
an .SCR extension so you don't get confused.
3. Keep in mind that what you are doing is simply a)editing the sample
files to match your BBS features and then SAVING them WITH THE EXACT
SAME NAME as the samples. In other words, "copying over" the samples.
4. When you are done editing, SHOWCASE 1.0 will now show your edited
screens in place of the old sample files. It's that simple.
5. You can change the music files by simply copying the substitute
files over the sample ones.
┌─────────────────┐
│ LIST OF SCREENS │
└─────────────────┘
BBS-SCR1 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Repleceable BBS Screen No. 1
BBS-SCR2 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > " 2
BBS-SCR3 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > " 3
BBS-SCR4 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > " 4
BBS-SCR5 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > " 5
BBS-SCR6 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > " 6
BBS-SCR7 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > " 7
BLACK SCR 4007 10-30-93 > SYSTEM SCREEN /*DON'T REPLACE! */
BLACK1 SCR 4015 10-30-93 >
BLACK6 SCR 4015 10-30-93 >
CURT1 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > SYSTEM SCREEN /* DON'T REPLACE */
END SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "ENDING SCREEN"
EQUIPMNT SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "EQUIPMENT SCREEN"
FACE SCR 4015 10-30-93 > SYSTEM SCREEN /* SHAREWARE ONLY */
FEATUR-1 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Repleceable "FEATURE OF BBS 1 */
FEATUR-2 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "FEATURE OF BBS 2 */
FEATUR-3 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "FEATURE OF BBS 3 */
MAIN SCR 4015 10-30-93 > SYSTEM SCREEN /* DON'T REPLACE */
MESSAGES SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "MESSAGES"
NUMBERS SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "BBS NUMBER(S)"
PR1 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > SYSTEM /* DON'T REPLACE */
PR2 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > "
PR3 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > "
PR4 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > "
PR5 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > "
PR6 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > "
PR7 SCR 4007 10-30-93 > "
PR8 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > "
SCREEN-1 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > "SAMPLE BBS SCREENS - REPLACEABLE"
SCREEN-2 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > "
SCREEN-3 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > "
SCREEN-4 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > "
SCREEN-5 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > "
SCREEN-6 SCR 4015 10-30-93 > "
SHAREWAR SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "SHAREWARE SCREEN"
SUBS SCR 4015 10-30-93 > Replaceable "SUBSCRIPTION SCREEN"
37 file(s)
DRAW2 FNT 4096 10-30-93 > Replaceable VGA font
FUTURE FNT 4096 10-30-93 > same
2 file(s)
ALLOFUS CMF 6210 10-30-93 > Replaceable .CMF SB Music File
MISSON1 CMF 2889 10-30-93 > same
PRELUDE2 CMF 16754 10-30-93 > same
SOFTIMES CMF 14590 10-30-93 > same
THEWALL CMF 25154 10-30-93 > same
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:IBM PC,XT,AT,PS/2 or compatible, DOS 5.0 or higher,
256K Memory. Printer, EGA,VGA or SVGA monitor and MOUSE are recommended.
BBS SHOWCASE 1.0
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"The smart way to introduce yourself and your BBS to demanding users!"
* ORDERING INFORMATION *
. American Express Card..........................$40.00
. Check Or Money Order ..........................$40.00
. C.O.D. UPS Ground .............................$50.00
. Federal Express Letter.........................$55.00
. Business Customization.........................$ Call
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By Phone: (801) 942-2533. American Express Cards Only At This Time.
By Mail: 2077 East Royal Farms, Suite 20 SLC UT 84121
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