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STATES
v3.0
by
Al Lawrence
Sunrise Door Software
Sunrise-80 BBS
(404) 256-9525 (BBS.. v.everything)
(404) 705-9104 (BBS.. v.everything)
(404) 256-9518 (Voice, 9am-9:30pm EST)
(EMAIL) al_lawre@ix.netcom.com
OVERVIEW
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STATES is an educational game whereby you select one of the 50 United
States and the computer askes you a series of questions in an attempt
to guess the State you selected.
NOTE: Most errors will be logged to a file called DFRAME.ERR, which is
created in the directory you run the door from.
INSTALLATION
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Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
are described.
1) Create a directory to hold all STATES files
2) Unzip STATESxx.ZIP into the the above directory
^^^ ^^
3) Create a configuration file, with a name of your choice, or
modify the supplied STATES.CFG file. A description follows:
C:\PCB\ ** Location of System File
SUNRISE-80 BBS Your BBS Name
Al Sysop's First Name
Lawrence Sysop's Last Name
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| READ! 1 CommPort \ These 2 lines are required |
| READ! 1 Node # / ONLY for GTUSER.BBS |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
25 Maximum # of Games
** Replace With ONE of the Following:
C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using PCBOARD.SYS only
C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <- For Wildcat! systems (prior to v3.0)
C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <- For ANY systems that support DOOR.SYS
C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <- For ANY systems that support DORINFOx.DEF
C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <- For Spitfire systems.
c:\bbs\TRUBBS.SYS <- For TriBBS systems.
C:\BBS\CHAIN.TXT <- For WWIV systems
C:\BBS\GTUSER.BBS <- For GT Power
* if using this option you must put the
ComPort # on line 5 and the Node # on
line 6 of the configuration file
4) Create a batch file or modify the STATES file supplied. A
description of this file follows:
ECHO off
cd\PCB\DOORS\STATES Location of States files
STATES STATES.CFG EXE filename and CFG filename (Name
used in creating file in #3 above)
CD\PCB
BOARD
5) When running in more than one node, be sure to supply a
different configuration name for each node (your choice of name).
6) If running with Fossil-based multi-port boards add
/FD to the line containing the CFG name as follows:
STATES STATES.CFG /FD
NON-STANDARD COM SUPPORT
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Support for COM 1-4 on the standard IRQ's - COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and
COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ
number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your Door is
called FOOBAR and you want to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line
passed to your Door would be:
FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /5
The /5 tells FOOBAR to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that is
normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard
IRQ's.
As an alternative, you may use an environmental variable on the command
line. To use the variable (following the example above), place a
SET IRQ=5 in the batch file used to bring up your BBS (you would need a
different IRQ number for each node). The command line would now look
like this:
FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /%IRQ%
This, in combination with the use of the environmental variables
described in the MULTI-NODE SETUP section will allow you to use one
batch file and one config file to run this door on all nodes.
MULTI-NODE SETUP
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All Sunrise Doors are Multi-Node capable. Each node must have the
ability to access a configuration file which will have its own system
file (DORINFOx.DEF, PCBOARD.SYS, DOOR.SYS, etc) defined on the first
line. There are 2 ways to accomplish this:
(1) Create a separate configuration file for each node. The only
difference between each file would be the location of the system
file for that particular node. For example, on my system there are 2
nodes and the first line of the config files would look like this:
NODE1: H:\PCB1\DOOR.SYS
NODE2: H:\PCB2\DOOR.SYS
Thus, if you have a 4 node BBS, you will need 4 configuration files.
(2) Use ONE configuration file for ALL nodes. This Door will recognize
the following PCBoard environmental variables:
PCBDIR (Directory containing the System file)
PCBDRIVE (Drive containing the System file)
Thus, the first line of the SINGLE configuration file, for this Door
would look like this:
%PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
NOTE: This option, as described, assumes that you are running PCBoard
14.5a software. The environmental variables are automatically
created by the software for each node.
HOWEVER, if you are running other BBS software you should be able
to set the variables EXACTLY as described below, for EACH node
(more than likely in each batch file you use to bring up EACH node):
PCBDRIVE=C:
^^^^^^^^^
PCBDIR=\NODE2
^^^^^^^^
Info with a carat (^) under it, MUST be typed as is. The rest
depends on your naming conventions.
This, in combination with the use of the optional environmental
variable described in the NON-STANDARD COM SUPPORT section, will
allow you to use one batch file and one config file to run this
door on all nodes.
LEGALITIES
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THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
DISTRIBUTION
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You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
REGISTRATION
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There is NO registration required for this program. This is FREEWARE!
Hopefully this program will serve to enhance your caller's knowledge
of the 50 United States. All I ask is that you promote its availability
on your BBS. Who knows, maybe we can help educate a small part of the
population.
MISC
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The latest version of STATES and other fine SUNRISE DOOR programs
are always available for download from SUNRISE-80 BBS and/or SALTAIR BBS.
Remember, should you have any problems, questions or suggestions, be sure
to drop me a message on either of the aforementioned BBS' or thru the
DOORS conference in the PCREALY/RIME network. NODE=SUNRISE