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Riverboat Blackjack(RBBJ)(tm) Copyright(C) 1994 Steven R. Lorenz
An Exdx Systems Development
DISCLAIMER
The author of RBBJ has taken every precaution to insure that no harm
or damage will occur on computer systems operating the RBBJ package.
Nevertheless, the author of RBBJ shall NOT be held liable for what-
ever may happen on your computer system or to any computer systems
which connect to your own as a result of operating the RBBJ package.
The user assumes full responsibility for the correct operation of
this software package, whether harm or damage results from software
error, hardware malfunction, or operator error. NO warranties are
offered, expressly stated or implied, including without limitation
or restriction any warranties of operation for a particular purpose
and/or merchantability.
License Agreement:
The RBBJ game program, utility program, icons and documentation are
copyrighted products of Steven R. Lorenz. Steven R. Lorenz reserves
all rights to these products. This is protected by the United States
of America (USA) and International Copyright Laws. In no way shall the
components of the RBBJ software package be reproduced or modified in
any form or method without prior expressly written permission from
Steven R. Lorenz.
Tampering with or altering the contents or integrity of the RBBJ soft-
ware package is prohibited. No fee may be charged by any agency other
than Steven R. Lorenz or Exdx Systems beyond the cost of distributing
unregistered copies without prior expressly written permission from
Steven R. Lorenz.
A major portion of this software was written by Scott Baker. Mr.
Baker's Doordriver kit is used for the communications and interrupt
handling and this part of the software remains copyrighted by him.
RBBJ is distributed under the Shareware concept. You are allowed to
operate RBBJ for a trial period of thirty (30) days. After this trial
period, you must register RBBJ or discontinue its usage.
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REGISTRATION
Registration of RBBJ is mandatory if you wish to continue using RBBJ past the
thirty day trial period. This version allows one table of up to 5 players at
a time to use the door. The id systems allows up to 9,999 different players
to play the game.
Restrictions:
Without registration players may not save more than 2000 game dollars.
Certain other minor features are restricted to registered games.
Sysop Instructions:
Riverboat Blackjack supports a multitude of different BBS systems.
Riverboat Blackjack supports time slice management in Desqview and Dos Boxes
in OS/2, Windows 3.xx and Windows/NT.
To insure proper multi-node operation DOS SHARE must be loaded. If using
Desqview, Share must be loaded prior to Desqview.
Setup:
Step 1: Create a Sub-Directory called RBBJ.
Move RBBJ1.zip to this directory.
Once there type <path>pkunzip -d RBBJ1.zip
This will create and load the correct sub-directories with the proper
data base files.
Step 2. If you did not use the -d switch then you will have to create 3 sub-
directories of RBBJ; called DATA and HELP.
The .exe, .bat, and .ctl RBBJ directory.
All .dat and ix files will be in DATA and all helpX.txt should be put
into HELP.
C:-- RBBJ
|-- DATA
|__ HELP
Step 3. Customize the RBBJ.CTL file. This is a file that contains crucial
information that RBBJ needs to run. The RBBJ.CTL file itself explains
what information it needs. If you have fossil drivers be sure to
uncomment the 'fossil' option. If you have a modem set to a non-std
IRQ be sure to use the PORT# option for that com port.
Where to put this file?
Put this file wherever you are running RBBJACK.exe from. If you are
running multi-node you could put a copy in each node directory and
run from there. If you change directory to the RBBJ directory put
the file here. See the example door#.bat files. If you only need
one copy of this file but you want to run from a directory other than
RBBJ you can use the /C parm. This tells RBBJACK to use the RBBJ.ctl
file in the game directory.
Step 4. In order to run the (online) RBBJACK.exe program the following
parameters may be used.
"/Bxxxxx" This tells RBBJACK.exe to lock its baud rate
at xxxxx. This will lock the baud rate at the same value for
all nodes that use this command line. If you perfer a more
selective way to lock baud use 'LOCKBAUD' command in the
RBBJ.ctl file.
"/C" This tells RBBJACK.exe to look for the RBBJ.CTL
file in the RBBJ directory and not the local directory. Normally
RBBJACK will look for the RBBJ.ctl file locally, thus if it is
run with the /Z parm in say C:\BBS\Node2 directory it will look in
the Node2 dir for the .ctl file. When this is used RBBJACK will
look for the .ctl file in the RBBJ directory while running from the
node2 dir.
"/L" This tells RBBJACK.exe to load up in LOCAL
mode. This is good for testing or when a sysop just wants
to "try out" the door without messing with his BBS setup.
The "/L" mode will ask the user for his name and run the
door in local mode.
"/Nx" (where x is 1..9) This specifies a "node
number". Some bbs software support multinode environments
in which you must know the node number of the drop file to
use. For example, RBBS-PC uses DORINFOx.DEF. If you
specified "/N2" then RBBJACK.exe would use DORINFO2.DEF.
"/Pyyy" This specifies the PATH to the drop files.
For example, "/PC:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1" would tell RBBJACK.exe
to look for the drop files in C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1.
Two sample .bat files are included --> Door1.bat.
--> Door2.bat.
"/Wx" (where x is 5..9) This specifies a "wait period".
To allow slower systems to run the door, sysops can set the time
for the step intervals. The default is 5. Note the game will
reduce this dynamically by several seconds depending on the number
of players. Also, some steps consist of several waitperiods.
NOTE - 1 Player Waitperiod-3 seconds
2 Players Waitperiod-2 seconds
3 Players Waitperiod-1 second
4-5 players Waitperiod
NOTE - Step Time Span
1 Shuffle/Start Waitperiod
2 Bet 25 seconds
3 Deal Waitperiod
4 Pickup cards 3 x Waitperiod
5 Insurance 3 x Waitperiod + 15 seconds
6 Each Hit/Stand Play 3 x Waitperiod + 15 seconds
7 Dealers Play 3 x Waitperiod
8 Pay winners Waitperiod
"/Z" This command you can run RBBJACK from anywhere in your
system as long as you include the correct file path. RBBJACK will
derive the file path to the files area from this file path.
Example: G:\BBS\Doors\RBBJ\RBBJACK /Z
'G:\BBS\Doors\RBBJ\' now will be used as the part of the path to the
Data and Help directories.
See Door2.bat for an example of this.
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WC digiboard help. Using the digifos 13 fossil you can run the
game using the following commands:
DF LOCK %WCPORTID%
CD\DOORS\RBBJ
C:\DOORS\RBBJ\RBBJACK /PC:WC30\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID%
CD\WC30\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID%
DF OFF %WCPORTID%
EXIT
Special sysop function. If your logon name matches the sysop name in the .ctl
file you can change the bet limits on a registered game. You must be in ansi
mode and you will be asked if you want to change the limits.
A Rip bulletin can be created by the game. You must define it and its path
in the RBBJ.ctl file. To make this useful for your BBS you may have to do
some editing. The easiest thing to do is to create a seperate .rip file using
your favorite editor. This file will contain the reset or framing rip code
need for your own particular bbs. Then use dos copy to make a joined file as
a bulletin.
Example:
copy bullrbbj.rip+reset.rip <path>bull##.rip
RBBJUTIL - Local program to change the players alias name or picture number.
Also included is a zipped icon file (RBBJICON.zip). This should be put into
your file area for downloading by players. This contains face cards and
player face icons.
COMMON ERRORS
003 File path not found. Check to make sure the game directory is correctly
named as RBBJ.
201 Files not found. Check to make sure that there are files in the Data
subdirectory.
This game uses considerable memory space. The way to gain the greatest
memory space is to shell the bbs software to disk when running doors,
especially when using a front door and fossils.
Crash/Powerfailure.
The worst thing that can happen to the game is to stop in mid process without
a proper cleanup. If the program refuses to run after such a shutdown erase
the jack1.dat, jack1.ix, chat.dat, chat.ix. Then try running again.
HISTORY
1.00 Release date 2.23.1994.
1.02 Now program split into an .exe and .ovr file. Also improved icons and
included leftout card backs.
Future
Professional version with that allows up to 9 tables of Blackjack. Players
scan tables to see who's playing, table limits.
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beta sites:
Threshold of Origin - RBBS/Novell Network (509)248-5478 sysop: Don Rowe
Network Cabling - WC/DV/Digiboard (414)764-6706 sysop: Den Christensen
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Other Rip and Ansi games by Exdx Systems:
Railroad Empires 2 (RRX2) a Railroad Tycoon simulation game.
Romans at War 2 (RAW2) an Ancient warfare strategy conquest game.
Empires at War 2 (EAW2) a Napoleonic warfare strategy conquest game.
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DESQview is a registered trademark of Quarterdeck Office Systems.
Doordriver kit is proprietary software by Scott Baker.
Ripscript & Ripterm are registered trademarks of TeleGrafix Communications.
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Riverboat Blackjack (tm) LICENSE ORDER FORM
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Check
One Description Each Total
--- ----------------------------------- ------ -----------
[ ] Riverboat Blackjack 1.0 $15.00 ___________
[ ] I am already a registered licensee of
EAW2 or RAW2 or RRX2. ($5.00) discount
[ ] DD 5.25" disk
[ ] 750K 3.5" disk
[ ] I will dial into The Officers' Club BBS and download
the files and key and save s/h fees.
(818) 248-9487 14400 v42bis
(818) 249-8579 14400 HST or
** Make check out to: exdx systems
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SHIPPING AND HANDLING:
(Not required on dial in download orders)
Inside U.S. $3.00 ___________
Canada $4.00 ___________
Outside U.S. and Canada $10.00 ___________
TOTAL ___________
Upon registration you will receive a registration key file to be
included in your RBBJ directory which will allow the entry screen
to display both your BBS's name and the sysop's name.
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ENTER SYSOP AND BBS NAME AS YOU WANT THEM TO APPEAR IN THE ENTRY SCREEN:
SYSOP NAME: __.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__
BBS NAME: __.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__.__
(Letters a-z,A-Z,-,/,&,=,>,<)
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SHIP TO: NAME: ________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________
_________________________________________ZIP____________
PHONE: VOICE: (______)_______________ BBS: (______)________________
TYPE OF BBS SOFTWARE: ________________________ Multi-line?___________
HOW YOU HEARD OF THE GAME: ____________________________________________
Mail to:
ATTN: Riverboat Blackjack
exdx systems
4010 Mayfield Ave.
La Crescenta, CA 91214