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╚══════ ╚╕ ╚══════╝ ╚══════ ╘═════╝ ╨ IBM(tm)
version 1.4
Copyright(c)1993 - 94 by:
Bush Programs Limited
Written by:
Cassandra & Robert S. Quackenbush
Special thanks to
Alpha / Beta Tested by:
Joe (Phoenix) Colbeth
On
Phoenix Lair
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│░▒▓ █ Index █ ▓▒░│
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└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
i <-----<--------<----< Index
1 >---------->--------> Disclaimer!
2 <-----<--------<----< Why Register?
3 >---------->--------> Installing Trivia Quest
4 <-----<--------<----< Command line options
4.a --------------------> Category types and how to add questions
5 >---------->--------> Bug Reports
6 <-----<--------<----< Comment/Registration form
7 >---------->--------> About B.P.L.
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╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
│░▒▓ █ Disclaimer! █ ▓▒░│
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└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Use of this program is at your own risk. We, at Bush
Programs Limited, will NOT claim any responsibility
for anything wierd that may happen when you run this
program. We have made every effort to get all the
bug's out of it but as with most all programs, there
isn't any way for us to be able to determine how our
program will run on all computer types.
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│░▒▓ █ Why Register? █ ▓▒░│
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└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Good question. Why register this program? Well for
starters it will allow you to brag to all the other
sysops that run this program on thier board. It also
allows us to continue to write other programs and put
out new updates and bug fixes. But the main reason you
would want to register this program is the neat options
it will allow you when registered. Such as chat mode,
shell to dos, and boot commands. All of which are nice
to have when using a program on a bulletin board.
Also, your user's will be allowed to answer up to 20
questions instead of only 10.
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│░▒▓ █ Installing Trivia Quest █ ▓▒░│
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All the examples I will show here will be for Remote -
Access Bbs and FeatherNet PRO! Bbs. If you are able to
set this program up on something other than these two
then please drop me a not leting me know and also what
the installation procedure was so I can tell everyone
else that has your Bbs type.
Ok, First off make a directory with your door games and
unarchive ' TRIV100.ZIP ' in that directory. That's it
for the hard stuff!! :) Now you will need to create a
batch file to run Trivia Quest. I have included 2
sample batch files, one for Remote Access (Triv.bat)
and one for FeatherNet PRO! (Trivbat), these should be
edited to suit your need's and the Bbs program should
call one of these files to run Trivia Quest. You will
note that the 'DOOR.SYS' drop file "MUST" be copied to
Trivia Quests directory, this is so Trivia Quest can
get the information about your user, if this file isn't
in the game's directory it will NOT run.
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│░▒▓ █ Command Line █ ▓▒░│
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There are three command line options, all of which are
for telling Trivia Quest which Door.SYS file you are
using, they are 'RBBS, QBBS and FNET'. RBBS is for RA
all versions and other Bbs' compatable with RA. QBBS
is for all Quick Bbs 'DOOR.SYS' compatable Bbs' and
FNET is used for all FeatherNet/PCBoard compatable Bbs'
, the proper use's for these command line options are:
TRIVIA RBBS <-Remote Access and Compatable
TRIVIA QBBS <-Quick Bbs and Compatable
TRIVIA FNET <-FeatherNet and PCBoard Comp.
No '- or /' needed.
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│░▒▓ █ Adding Questions █ ▓▒░│
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Ok, so you want to add question's!! No problem, just
follow these few guide lines and everything will go
fine. First off, at the top of TRIVQ&A.DAT there is
a number, this is the total # of questions in the file
and you will need to change this accordingly for the
number of questions you are going to add. Second,
each question has a special character in front of it,
this tells Trivia Quest what type of question it is.
The characters and categories are:
! Animals & Plants
@ Space & Science
# Religion
$ Music & Radio
% History
^ Geography
& Television
* Movies
~ Food & Drink
\ Sports
Ok, say you wanted to add a question to the History
category , the layout of the question is as follows:
%Question,Answer
%Who's Picture is on the Penny,Lincoln
So, the first item in the list is the (%) percent sign
this tells the program that this question is going to
be under the History category and then comes the ques-
tion, there shouldn't be any spaces after the first
character. Then comes a "," comma, this tells the
program that it's at the end of the question and shou-
ld now read the Answer which is everything after the
comma ",". Note that due to the type of screen used
to display the question's and answers you will be
limited to the length of the questions and answers.
they can't be longer than 48 characters in length. So
you can have a question that is 48 characters and an
answer that is 48 characters also for a total of 96
characters. Note that the "," comma is not part of
the question or answer and that you may NOT include
a comma in your question or answer.
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│░▒▓ █ Bug Reports █ ▓▒░│
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If you should happen to find a bug in this program or
any program written by B.P.L. please let us know about
it. Write to:
Bush Programs Limited
1810 44th Ave. No.
Mpls., Mn. 55412
Or call voice at (612)529-7716 or data (612)529-5696
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│░▒▓ █ Comment's / Registration █ ▓▒░│
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When filling out the form the registration name is the
name you want the program to display. It must be at least
5 characters in length. Also the BBS or site name must be
at least 4 characters in length. Also, you can buy a
B.P.L. Master key code for $50.00 which will work on all
B.P.L. programs.
Send your Registration form and $10.00 to:
Robert Quackenbush
1810 44th Ave. N.
Minneapolis, Mn. 55412-1208
Full (real) name_________________________________________
Registration name________________________________________
BBS/site name____________________________________________
Street address___________________________________________
City, State, Zip_________________________________________
Apartment #______________________________________________
Voice #_________________ Data #_______________________
Do you want [3.5] or [5.25] disk:___________
Comments_________________________________________________
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│░▒▓ █ About B.P.L. █ ▓▒░│
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Bush Programs Limited was started over 7 years ago, I
have just recently started puting out my programs via
shareware and hope that you find any/all the programs
that I write usefull. I have been programming for about
10 years but only recently for the IBM computer. I have
had extensive experiance on the Apple //c and the Atari
and now I am working on a Unisys 486. Every program I
write is by request of someone or another, I try to make
the programs that i write as user friendly as I possibly
can and as bug free as I can before I release them but
as I cannot forsee all instances and configurations of my
programs that it is almost impossible to get every bug
for every type of setup. I hope that you find this game
for and usefull for your Bbs and also I hope that you
register this program as it will encourage me to keep
writing programs for the Bbs comunity and also to keep
them as shareware so you will have access to them. Well
that is about all I have to say other than goodbye! :-)
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