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Dirty Wall v2.4 Documentation
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Welcome to Dirty Wall v2.4
What is Dirty Wall?: Totally FREE Wall door! It's the only one that looks
like a real wall!
Why is it free?: Why should i charge for a program i wrote in a cpl of hours
What's new from v2.3?: read whatsnew.doc
I wrote the first part of this door (the poster routine) in power basic about
one and a half year ago. It used RA questionares as interface. I took that
part and changed it sligtly. then I remade the interface in C and dirty wall
v2.0 came out ... i never released the first version ...
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FEATURES!
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Looks like real wall
User chooses a color
left right and center aligment
you can start the door and not let the users tag .... for exemple you can
let unverified users use the door but they can only see the wall
you can have the door use handles or real names
up to 100(sysop defined) lines of wall space, up to 3 lines per post, posts
are 1 line apart plus one line per name so that makes it about 10 3-lined
posts on the wall before it takes the first one out, on the default 50 line
wall.
You can now define the maximum length of teh wall to be from 20 up to a 100
lines
no nightly maintanance, posts are deleted if wall is larger then the maximum
lines, set by the sysop, during each posting procedure!
multinode aware ... it locks files so two, or more, nodes can run at the
same time without anything bad happening.
Multitasker aware, it releases time slices.
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FREEWARE!
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This program is freeeware which means ya should not charge for it, unless the
cost covers your distribution charges. I accept donations but Ya don't need
to send no money .. the software is FREE!!!! Ya got too much to pay just
running a board!
This software is the copyright (c)1995 of George Lebl.
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DISCLAIMER!
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I think it would be really lame to blame anything on me since this is
freeware. So this means I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you
by the use of any of the files in this package. This means if Freevote erases
your hd and the monitor blows up and your house burns down and the russians
drop an A-bomb on yer city ... I ain't responsible, You as a user are!
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Other legal stuff
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This package should not be altered, unless you ask my permission and i say
yes ... it should contain these files:
SYSOP.DOC
DWALL.EXE (run this one)
WALL.EXE (don't run this one!)
DWALL.CFG
RESET.BAT
FILE_ID.DIZ
DWALL.BAT
DIRTY.A??
WHATSNEW.DOC (What's new!)
NOACC.FLG (not needed, will be created if necessary, just a flag file)
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Getting newer versions!
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Ok If you got WWW go to
http://www.azstarnet.com/~franz/
If ya only got ftp the files should be usually on
ftp.uniserve.com /pub/bbs_doors
or
ftp.wustl.edu /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/bbs/doors
if ya only got internet e-mail use the e-mail freq site (it should work)
TO: getfile@peacebbs.org
SUBJECT: <the file name goes here>
put anything in the body
FIDO FREQing should be available at 1:300/705. by filename only.
or you can call my bbs and ask for verification! [520] 297-0889
The File naming covention since v2.0 is
DWALL_??.ZIP
^^
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+--- the version number ... (e.g. "24" for 2.4)
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Installation!
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Well to get you up and running fast, let's get to the instalation. Copy all
files into a directory (e.g. C:\DWALL) and edit the DWALL.CFG file to your
systems specifications. You can also use the example dwall.bat and edit it
to your system specifications and then run the program from that! The .CFG
file contains the sysop settings like the wall length, max posts etc ... as
well as modem and bbs information.
Notice that DWALL.EXE is the file you want to run .... leave WALL.EXE alone
it is the poster routine. And make sure you run dwall exe in the same
directory as wall.exe is in, just change to the directory where you have
all the Dirty Wall files before running the exe file!!!!
If your bbs software cannot pass the comport information through the door
file, then edit the comport options in the .CFG file. If you run a multiple
nodes on such a system create more .CFG files (e.g. DW1.CFG, DW2.CFG) edit
these ... (You have to put all the settins in both af them!) and start the
DWALL.EXE with the -C option (e.g. DWALL.EXE -Cdw1.cfg)
If you have a bbs software that passes the comport information leave the
comport settings in the .CFG file commented out. Even on a multinode system.
You can edit the DIRTY.ANS, DIRTY.ASC, DIRTY.AVT and DIRTY.RIP files if
you want to change the main menu. If you only create ansi and ascii files
and you want avatar people to get the ansi menu, just delete the DIRTY.AVT
file. Same with RIP.
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Sample batch files:
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Let's say your bbs system is in c:\bbs your dropfiles for node 1 are in
c:\bbs\node1, and in c:\bbs\node2 for node2 .. etc... Dirty Wall is installed
in c:\doors\dwall. This is example batch file which would be called with
one command line argument which would be the node number (e.g.
"DWALL.BAT 2" for node 2)
DWALL.BAT
@echo off
c:
cd \doors\dwall
REM change to the dirty wall dir
dwall -n%1 -pc:\bbs\node%1
REM call dirty wall with -n<node number> and -p<dropfile path> arguments
cd \bbs\node%1
REM get back to you bbs\node<node number> directory
This setup should work for most systems. Just change the path to your
specifications.
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Upgrading
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From v2.x:
==========
just unzip this archive in the dirty wall directory and yer done ....
From v1:
========
I didn't release v1 so no upgrades ...
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COMMAND LINE
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Options:
-C = Run the door with config file different from DWALL.CFG
(e.g. -Cdwalt.cfg = run Dirty Wall with the DWALT.CFG file)
-L = Force local operation. Does not read the drop file and ask for
your name.
-P = Use drop file in dir specified after this option. You can also
specify a drop file to use. (e.g. -Pc:\ra\doorinfo1.def)
-NT = Do not let the user tag the wall .... this is useful if you have
the wall set up on an unverified menu .. then the unverified
people can go to the wall view it but not tag it.
-H = Use handles instead of real names. This overides the option in
the .cfg file.
-N = Set node #. This does NOT override the Node statement in .cfg
file so if you use this make sure that node is commented out in
the .cfg file! Make sure there will never be two nodes using
the same node number.
-NAD = Do NOT autodetect the terminal type!
-SN = If you have a single node bbs only and want faster processing
use this option. It eliminates falgs and multinode stuff which
slows down parts of the program. USE THIS ONLY IF YOU HAVE ONE
NODE BBS ONLY!!!
-RDBPS = Forces the game to read the locked port rate. This was default in
the past and had caused problems!. This argument is only used for
solving problems with locked bps fossil driver setups!
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Problems, Special Setups!
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If you have problems with reading the dropfile. You might try editting the
BBSDir parameter in the .cfg file. then you would call freevote without
any parameters.
If you have this problem on a multinode system, create a .cfg file for every
node (e.g. DW1.CFG, DW2.CFG ...) then call dirty wall with just the -C
parameter.
for example for node 2:
dwall -Cdw2.cfg
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That's IT!!!
You've done it ....
run DWALL -L to test it local, and enjoy the wall
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REGISTRATION:
What ... Ya wanna register a freeware ... oh well if u really needta send me
some beer money ...
If you have some money that you really have to send me, ok sure, please do!
Or you just wanna bitch about something regarding the software!
Franz
12460 n granville cyn way
tucson,az 85737
USA
Donations should be cash or money order only!!!! I don't wanna deal with
returned checks or stuff like that. But remember it's not a shareware and you
don't have to pay .. but it will prolly make me make the door better than it
is.
anywayz ... just enjoy .. ya don't heftta pay ... oh yeah if ya want to send
me comments about it send it to
franz@azstarnet.com
and look at my page (will have the newest ver of dirty wall!)
http://www.azstarnet.com/~franz/
new files are usually on
ftp.uniserve.com /pub/bbs_doors
or
ftp.wustl.edu /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/bbs/doors
if ya wanna call my bbs call (you can d/l all my stuff on fisrt call!):
Franz's BBS [520] 297-0889
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SUGGESTIONS:
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I enjoy suggestions and bug reports for my doors so if you have anything to
tell me, please do so ...
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Other software I wrote:
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New York 2008: RPG Door Game .. LORD alike but a bit more complicated and
certainly different setting! (shareware $15)
(newest version as of this v0.05a)
Dirty Wall: This little program (freeware)
(newest version as of this v2.4)
FrEevOtE: One of the best voting doors out there and it's freeware (freeware)
(newest version as of this v3.1)
KeWlcHaT: Sysop chatting/paging door, pretty kewl but simple. (freeware)
(newest version as of this v1.2)
BULLS: ANSI, ASCII bulletin maker, very simple but I use it all the time!
(freeware) (newest version as of this v1.2)
Jackpot: New York 2008 IGM. (freeware, source released for v1.0)
(lost the source to the latest version in an HD crash)
(newest version as of this v1.2 development stopped!)
Franz's Bar: New York 2008 IGM. ($1-donation-ware) (lost the sourcein a crash)
(newest version as of this v1.3 development stopped!)
Shoot Em: New York 2008 IGM. ($1-donation-ware) (lost the sourcein a crash)
(newest version as of this v1.1 development stopped!)
HIDET: Encryption program (almost shareware, I require a $10 payment, but
there is no crippling and i released the source) Unbeatable but slow
Latest version is v2.2 which is stable and probably the last version
anybody interested i will e-mail the source or encryption algorithm.
It has a few neat things to it! I might rewrite the algorithm in C
and make a cross platform encryption program. I'd consider it freeware!
Battle: MARS Type programming game. For Windows 3.1. (wanted $10) but it again
ain't crippled and ain't really good, and does not follow standards
and i haven't received a single reg nor feedback in 3 years:)
(newest version as of this v1)
Things: REALLY STUPID program for Win3.1 If you find it DON't D/l it ... hehehe
You migth laugh yourself to death by it's stupidity. but it's 300k
long! (newest version as of this v1)