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Wine Review
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Program now uses Door Patch 3.8 and supports the following BBS
drop file formats: DOOR.SYS, PCBOARD.SYS, SFDOORS.DAT, CALLINFO.BBS,
DORINFO1.DEF, DORINFO2.DEF and CHAIN.TXT. Compatible with at least
these BBS systems: PCBoard 14+, GAP 4+, RBBS-PC 17+. WILDCAT 2+ and
Spitfire 3+. Also supports baud rates up to 115,200 BPS.
This program is used to do reviews on Wines and provides for
most vital statistics about any wine. There are various inputs for
origin/region, type of grape, aroma, and more. As entries are made
all you have to do is make menu choices and there is almost always an
"Other" for those entries that are not defined.
My programs may be on various BBSes around the country under
different archive extensions and types. This is the state of all the
BBSes around the country. I personally like LHARC better, slower but
smaller and suggest you give it a try.
The archive file should contain the following files:
WR.EXE..............Actual program
WR.CFG..............Sample configuration file
WR-SORT.EXE.........External sort routine
WR.DOC..............Program documentation
READ.ME.............Update information
SYSOP.DOC...........Door Patch documentation
FILE_ID.DIZ.........BBS descripition file
HUCKABEY.TXT........Current list of James Huckabey software
DOORS.TXT...........Current list of James Huckabey doors
SOFTWARE.TXT........Information on shareware
ARCHIVE.TXT.........This list of files
These files may not be altered in any way. There should not be
any other files in the archive.
My archive files no longer contains DORPCH38.EXE and BRUN30.EXE.
This was done to make the files smaller so that they take up less
space on the host BBS. If you need either of the DORPCH38.EXE files
or the patched BRUN30.EXE library contained in the Door Patch files,
they can be obtained from various BBS systems around the country. The
filename for Door Patch is DORPCH38.ZIP.
This door comes with an example WR.CFG. It is supplied to show
you how to set up the configuration file. The file may be modified to
suit. Please try and limit the limit of your Sysops names to
PCBoard's name length of twenty-seven characters (total length). The
sixth line is for registration serial numbers. If you change the
"Unregistered BBS" name or serial number it will still come up in the
door as "Unregistered BBS" until you get a registration serial
number.
C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS < change to suit your system
Unregistered BBS < changes only take affect with registration
Boss < change to sysop's first name
Dude < change to sysop's last name
Your Sysop < Door Donor's name
0000 < changes only take affect with registration
C:\PCB\DOORS\BLT14 < optional bulletin, requires registration
You also can populate the .CFG file with path and filename for a
bulletin. If not populated, no bulletin is generated. The bulletin
shows the latest ten reviews that have been entered into Wine Review.
It shows Name and date it was entered. As each new review is entered
the tenth one is deleted, the new one becomes number one and other
others are stepped down one position. This shows the newest review as
the first position in the bulletin.
The bulletin, if used, can be called anything you want and saved
to any directory on your drive(s). Leave out line five if you do not
want a bulletin generated. It is suggested that you generate the
bulletin because it does save users from having to go into the door
to see if new reviews have been entered since the last time they used
Wine Review. The bulletin is disabled in non-registered versions.
This program is used to do reviews on most any kind of wine and
has been made as simple as possible for the users to enter the data.
Prompts are used where possible so that single key presses take the
place of typing in data. But, because of the large number of menu
choices many inputs can be a two key entry. It uses a 1 to 20 rating
system for the wine with 1 being low and 20 being high. If you have
any of my other review programs installed as a door, this is
basically the same program and options.
The Sysop has the authority/power/option to delete any record
that they believe is not in good taste. Users can only delete a
record if they have input the original record. Deleted records are
replaced with the next entry starting at record one and looking for
the first deleted (blank) record. If no deleted records are found the
program adds the new record to the end of the database.
There is now an external sort program called WR-SORT.EXE. You
must call the sort program. I am letting the sysops handle when this
routine is called. If there is no data to sort the sort routine
terminates without changing anything. The best way to use this would
be in a nightly event if you have such an operation on your system.
You can also do the sort from a batch file the first thing every
morning. If there are few entries each week you might do this on a
weekly basis. I still do not feel a user should wait while the
program sorts entries. The sort routine is compiled using QuickBASIC
3.0 so you must have BRUN30.EXE somewhere in your path (3.0 is faster
than 4.0 and up). If there are errors they will be logged in a file
called WR-SORT.ERR.
The program, including Door Patch uses nine buffers, one through
nine. Your system must have this many or more (forty buffers and
thirty files is normal for most machines).
Registration provides you with a serial number that will let you
enter your BBS name in the second line of the WR.CFG file. This
number replaces the "0000" in the sixth line of the .CFG file. Please
support Shareware!
If you have comments on the program, please feel free to contact
me. Also, if program errors develope, please contact me at once so
that corrections can be made. Usable ideas for door programs (games
or anything else) will provide the donor BBS with a free, registered,
copy of that particular program. This is my way of saying "Thank you"
for you program ideas, which by the way, are not easy to come by.
At this time the programs are written to work on any computer
with an eighty column screen. For a list of all my software see
HUCKABEY.TXT, for just doors see DOORS.TXT.
You can get all my door software directly from me by sending me
diskette(s), any PC format, to cover one meg of files, and include a
mailer with return postage. You may include postage and label for a
reusable mailer.
J A M E S H U C K A B E Y
software with a heart
Your Version #:____________ DATE:____________
James Huckabey
3621-A Fraser Street
Bellingham, Washington 98226
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QUANTITY| DESCRIPTION | EACH | TOTAL
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| Registration (only) of Wine Review | 10.00 |
| For current copy of software U.S./Canada add | 2.00 |
| Outside U.S./Canada add | 5.00 |
| check disk type below. | |
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| Upgrade from an earlier version to current | FREE |
| version send diskette with return postage. | |
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| 1 set of all door software on your diskettes in | FREE |
| your postage paid mailer. | |
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(prices are subject to change) SUBTOTAL|
(Washington state residents please add 7.6%) SALES TAX|
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(U.S. funds only) GRAND TOTAL |
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FROM:
NAME:
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ADDRESS:
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CITY:
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STATE & ZIP:
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PHONE Voice: Data:
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Please supply name of BBS to be added to program; it may include other data
up to thirty characters. This is to be on one line of code and must be legible
since the serial number is based on exact syntax. I cannot be responsible for
unreadable data. Please print. Case sensitive!
Example: "Jim's Graphics BBS". In program it comes out:
This program is registered to
Jim's Graphics BBS
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