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Copyright 1993, Vince Jacobs, Lone Wolf SoftWare Released March 20th, 1993 Written In Borland C++ 3.1 Also Using Open Doors 4.20b And Registration Key 2.20 TABLE OF CONTENTS ■───────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Title Page # Introduction........................................1 Installing Robo Tape................................2 Hard Ware Configuration.............................3 Configuring Tape / File Areas.......................4 Robo Tape Main Menu................................10 Restore Functions..................................11 File Transfer Functions............................13 File And Text Searching............................15 Archive Contents, Registration.....................16 Legal Matters......................................17 Credits............................................18 INTRODUCTION PAGE 1 ■───────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Robo-Tape 2.00 is a full featured Tape Door for the Colorado Memory System's 125 or 250 meg tape drive. Up to 150 Tape and File or CD Rom areas may be defined. Each area's access is controllable with access security levels. I've tried to make Robo Tape as flexible as possible to allow it almost infinite configurability. Some of it's features include file queing and tagging for both the restoring and downloading of files. Up to 3 files can be added to the restore and download ques all in one easy step. Lets say you tagged three files from any of the available areas and restored them, they would automatically be added to the download que and ready for download after the restore process was complete. File areas can also be designated as upload areas to allow uploads into them. Robo-Tape uses a generic FILES.BBS format to control file access, listings, security, and dupe checking. Due to the highly flexible ways that Robo Tape handles the FILES.XXX, it can even be used as a CD Rom or other read only type medium. Robo Tape will work with any BBS system that will produce a DORINFO1.DEF, DOOR.SYS, CALLINFO.BBS, CHAIN.TXT, or SFDOORS.DAT type of door info drop file. Running under DOS 3.3 or higher and OS/2 2.x. NOTICE, Functions with a [+] (plus) beside them, are Registered Only Features. Please read the section on registering Robo Tape and look at the REGIST.FRM file for further information. INSTALLING ROBO TAPE PAGE 2 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────────■ To install Robo Tape on your BBS, first make a directory and unzip all the files from the ROBOT200.ZIP archive into it. Two very IMPORTANT facts should be discussed before you go any further. The first is to make certain the the Colorado Memory Systems Tape Software DIRECTORY is in your PATH statement of your autoexec.bat file. Something like PATH C:\TAPE;C:\DOS would work fine. Also Robo Tape uses DSZ (or GSZ renamed to DSZ) from Omen Technology to accomplish the file transfers. Make CERTAIN that DSZ is also in a directory that is in your PATH statement. Failing to do the above will result in Robo Tape not functioning properly. Please make SURE that you have the above requirements set up properly. The program ROBOTCFG.EXE is the setup utility you will use to configure Robo Tape for your system. From the opening screen hit ALT-F1 to go to the general system config screen below. This screen is pretty self explanatory and easy to understand. The top line asks for the directory in which your tape software resides. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION PAGE 3 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────────■ ≡ F1 Hardware Cfg F2 Cfg Tape Areas F3 Registration ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░┌──────────────────────┤ Hardware├────┐░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Tape Directory Path C:\TAPE\ │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Use DSZ On D/U Load Y │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Write Log File Y/N Y │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Path To Log File C:\ROBOBBS\ │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Name Of Log File ROBO1.LOG │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Limit Restore Hrs. Y/N Y │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Turn Restore On..... @ 0800 Hours │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ Turn Restore Off.....@ 2200 Hours │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░└───┤ ESC ├─────────┤ ENTER = Edit ├──┘░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ALT-X Exit TAPE DIRECTORY PATH, should be pointing to where your CMS Tape Software is located (TAPE.EXE), remember this directory also MUST be in your Path statement. You only need to give the path and not the filename, if you don't use a trailing back slash, one will be appended. USE DSZ ON D/U LOADS, if you wish to allow your users to download or upload from Robo Tape, set this to Yes. Also be sure that DSZ is in a directory that is in your PATH statement as well. [+] WRITE LOG FILE, if this option is set to Yes, Robo Tape will append info to a definable log file. Robo Tape will log user's activities such as, entering and exiting, Restoring, Uploading and Downloading of files. PATH TO LOG FILE, again you should only put the path to the log file that will be appended to. NAME OF LOG FILE, this is the file name of the log you want Robo Tape to append it's activities to. If this file does not exist, it will be created. [+] LIMIT RESTORE HOURS, if you wish to limit the hours when user's can restore files from the Tape Drive, answer Yes to this question. My computer is in the bedroom, and having the tape drive whirling away in the middle of the night, kinda makes the wife a little upset. :) TURN RESTORE ON, the time in 24 hour format, when users will begin having access to the Restore Functions. TURN RESTORE OFF, the time in 24 hour format, when you want to disable the Restore Functions. CONFIGURING TAPE DRIVE AREAS PAGE 4 ■───────────────────────────────────────────────────■ The next illustration is a screen shot of the Tape Area Config window. This is where you set up each file and tape area available to your users. F1 Hardware Cfg F2 Cfg Tape Areas F3 Reg Window ░░░░░┌──────────────────────────┤ File Areas ├─┐░░░░░ ░░░░░│ 1 . AREA NOT IN USE │░░░░░ ░░░░░│ 2 . AREA NOT IN USE │░░░░░ ░░░░░│ 3 . AREA NOT IN USE │░░░░░ ░░░░░│ 4 . AREA NOT IN USE │░░░░░ ░░░░░│ 5 . AREA NOT IN USE │░░░░░ ░░░░░│ ┌──────────────────────────┤ AREA 1 ├───┐░░░ ░░░░░│ │ File Area Name VGA BBS Software │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Path To FILES.BBS C:\FILELIST\ │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Name Of FILES.BBS FILES.BBS │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Tape Volumn Number 1 │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Tape Path To Files C:\FILES\ONTAPE\ │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Restore Files To Path C:\FILES\RESTORED\│▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Update FILES.BBS Y/N Y │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ File Name To Update FILES.BBS │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Uploads Allowed Y/N Y │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ Access Security Level 10 │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ │ │▒▒░ ░░░░░│ └─┤ ESC ├───┤ DEL ├─────┤ ENTER = Edit ├──┘▒▒░ ░░░░░│ 19 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░ ░░░░░│ 20 . AREA NOT IN USE │░░░░░ ░░░░░└─────────────────────────────────┤ Esc ├─┘░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ALT-X Exit Use the F2 function key to pop open the Area window. Highlight the area number you wish to configure and hit the Enter key. You will now be presented a screen to configure the chosen area. This is the most important screen of the Robo Tape setup program. Here is where you will define how Robo Tape will handle each area, on an area by area basis. Robo Tape is highly flexible and can be configured to handle each area as just a Tape Area, a Tape and File Area with Upload capability, CD Rom Area and so on. FILE AREA NAME PAGE 5 ■─────────────────────────────────────────────────────■ This is where you define the Area Name that the user will see. This field is limited to a 32 charactor field length. Also if the user's Access Security Level is lower than what is defined for this area, the File Area Name won't be shown to the user. Up to 150 areas may be defined. PATH TO FILES.BBS ■─────────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Define the path to the file that contains a listing of all files available for restore or download in this area. The file should be in the standard FILES.BBS format which consists of..... FILENAME.EXT [0003] DESCRIPTION OF FILE Robo Tape will display filename, download counter (if present) and the description. Also if you use a utility that adds comments to your FILES.BBS, Robo Tape will display them in a seperate color. NAME OF FILES.BBS ■─────────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Define the name of the FILES.BBS file here. It can be any qualified dos filename that you desire. It is possible to have all of your files.bbs type files in one directory if you wish. This will allow for a cd rom to be used along with your hard disks and tape drive. TAPE VOLUMN NUMBER ■─────────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Define the tape volumn number that files for this area were saved to on tape. Valid numbers are 1 through 999. If this area is not a tape dependent area just leave it at it's default zero (0) setting. TAPE PATH TO FILES PAGE 6 ■─────────────────────────────────────────────────────■ This option should be pointed to the path from which the files were backed up from. Example, if you had a directory on your C: drive called DOORS, from which you performed the backup from to volumn 1. Then the volumn number would be set to 1 and the path TO THIS VOLUMN AREA would be.... C:\DOORS\ All files in a Tape Area, MUST have been backed up to tape from the SAME DIRECTORY. That is, all files in TAPE AREA 1 should have come from the same directory on the hard drive. This is not to say that you can't divide them up by defining different TAPE FILE AREAS for the same VOLUMN. Let's say you have GIFS, BBS FILES, and DOS UTILS all saved to the same volumn on tape. By defining seperate tape areas for each (GIFS in one, BBS FILES in another). And then pointing each area to a seperate FILES.BBS file for that area (via the PATH TO FILES BBS and NAME OF FILES BBS), you can have all your files backed up to one volumn, but have as many different areas pointing to it as you wish. Like I said, Robo Tape is highly flexible and limited by only your imagination. If this area is not a tape file area, then just leave the default path as it is, since it won't be used any how. RESTORE FILES TO PATH ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ IMPORTANT! This path must be set to point to where files are to be downloaded from and/or uploaded to, or restored to. It cannot be left at it's default setting. This is the path to which files on tape are RESTORED to on the hard drive. It is possible to have all tape areas restore the files to the same directory, and then in nightly maintinance, do a del *.* of that directory. There by keeping disk space at a maximum. One note, in order to by pass DOS's prompting you if your sure you want to delete all files in a directory, make sure your commandline in your batch file looks like this.... echo y| del *.* (this may not work under OS/2). PAGE 7 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ NOTE! This is also the path where Robo Tape looks for the File DownLoad Functions for this area. This path is also where Robo Tape looks to see if the files listed in the FILES.BBS for this area physically exist in this path. If they do, then Robo Tape will report to the user that the file is on DISK or else it will report that the file is on TAPE when the user hits [L]ist Files On Tape. Or if the user hits the [B]rowse Files For Download, then Robo Tape will report the file size in kilo bytes if the file exists in this path or else it will report that the file is on TAPE. Robo Tape is intelligent enough to know not to restore a file if it already exists in the restore directory for that area, and also not to allow a user to attempt to download a file that hasn't been restored yet. If Robo Tape only displays a blank screen when you want to do a listing of files to restore or download, you don't have the path to the files.bbs for this area pointing to the right directory. :) UPDATE FILES.BBS Y/N ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Robo Tape will optionally update the files.bbs located in the above (RESTORE FILES TO PATH) directory if you wish. This would come in handy if you had this area set to restore to a directory (area) which contained a files.bbs that this files was not listed in. Robo Tape would append the filename, ext., download counter, and description to the files.bbs type file for this area. If you had all files being restored to the same directory, you must set this option to yes if the files.bbs type file does not contain entries for files in this area. Else the file could not be downloaded since the file is not listed in the files.bbs type file, which must be the case before a file is approved and shown to the user for download by Robo Tape (or any bbs software). You would NOT want to use this option if you were restoring to a directory that already had a files.bbs type file that contained a listing for the files to be restored into that area. Example... the PATH TO FILES.BBS and RESTORE FILE TO PATH both pointed to the same directory that contained a files.bbs type file that listed all the files for restore in that area. You would want to set this option to "N" to keep from getting dupes in your files.bbs type file. FILE NAME TO UPDATE PAGE 8 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ This is the filename of the files.bbs type file you would want Robo Tape to append the filename, ext., download counter, and description to, in the RESTORE FILE TO PATH directory for this area. This is for the updating of the files.bbs type file, to reflect the restore of a file in this area so the user would be able to see it when doing a file listing for this area. If you have the UPDATE FILES.BBS for this area set to "No", then just leave this option set to the default, since it is not used. Again Robo Tape's seemingly endless flexibility shines through with almost infinite control over what files are available to users for download. Let's say you had an area that you allow users to upload to. But you don't want to allow users to download files from this area until you've checked them for virus. Simply set the Update FILES.BBS to "Y", and set the FILENAME TO UPDATE to a different file name than what is pointed to in the NAME OF FILES.BBS path. Therefore the user can not see the file being in the uploads directory and Robo Tape will refuse to allow the user to download it, but you will have a list of files uploaded to scan with your virus checker. Also if the filename you have defined to update does not exist, it will be created and appended to. UPLOADS ALLOWED Y/N ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ If you have DSZ file transfers activated, then you may also allow Uploads into any area. Robo Tape will check the "Restore Files To Path" for all areas, which is the path used for all File Transfers for each area, to see if the file being uploaded is already present in one of the defined areas. The upload will be denied if already present also Robo Tape will refuse to allow a file with the filename FILES.BBS to be uploaded. ACCESS SECURITY LEVEL PAGE 9 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ This is where you define the access level needed to access this area. A user must have this security level or above to enter this area. This area will not be shown in the area choice listing if the users sec. level is below the level defined for this area. The user's security level is obtained from the door drop file (DORINFO1.DEF, CHAIN.TXT, SFDOORS.DAT, DOOR.SYS, CALLINFO.BBS). SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND SET UP TIPS ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Robo Tape requires that the PATH to the door information drop file (DORINFO1.DEF, CHAIN.TXT, SFDOORS.DAT, DOOR.SYS, CALLINFO.BBS) be passed as a commandline parameter unless the drop file resides or is copied into the same directory that Robo Tape resides in. An example is........ ROBOT200.EXE C:\ROBOBBS Noticed I only gave the PATH and not the actual filename of the door drop file, Robo Tape will automatically search for the drop file that matches one of the above with the latest time stamp. If Robo tape fails to find a drop file in the path passed to it on the commandline, it will exit with a critical error and report that a door info file was not found. Here is a sample batch file showing the proper way to call Robo Tape..... @echo off cd\robobbs\robotape robot200 c:\robobbs cd\robobbs IMPORTANT NOTE! When using Robo Tape with Remote Access, you must put the *M on the optional data line in the ramenu configuration. The *M instructs RA to swap itself out of memory. If the BBS software your using also has a switch to swap the BBS Software out, you SHOULD use it. Failing to do so will cause Robo Tape to not be able to execute CMS's Tape Software to do a restore from tape. Colorado Memory System's Tape Software requires approximately 450k to operate, if memory is not available it will either refuse to load, or it will search the tape infinitly for a file. Also when attempting a Restore without sufficient memory, Robo Tape will blank the screen for a second then report that the file was restored, when in actuality there was insufficient memory to spawn the CMS Tape Software. ROBO TAPE'S MAIN USER SCREEN PAGE 10 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Below is a screen shot of what the Robo Tape user screen looks like. If the Use DSZ option in ROPBOTCFG.EXE was set to "No" then the file transfer options would not be listed and the box would close together to eliminate the gap. Also if this were not an upload area, the..... [U] Upload Files option would not be shown. ROBO TAPE v2.00 (c) JACOBS R&D Time: 015 mins ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │[C] Change File Area [Q] Quit And Exit To BBS │ ├────────────┤ Restore Functions ├───────────────┤ │[L] List REST FILES [A] Add Files To REST Que │ │[S] Show RESTORE Que [E] Edit The RESTORE Que │ │[P] Purge RESTORE Que [R] RESTORE Files To DL │ ├───────────┤ File Trans Functions ├─────────────┤ │[B] Browse Files DL [Z] Edit DOWN LOAD Que │ │[T] Purge DL Que [V] View Files In DL Que │ │[D] DL Files In Que [I] Insert Files In DL Que│ │[U] Upload Files │ ├─────────────┤ Search Utilities ├───────────────┤ │[F] Fuzzy Name Search [K] Key Text Searching │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ CURRENT FILE AREA -> Big Bob's BBS Files MAIN MENU HOT KEYS ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Here is a run down of all the hot keys available on Robo Tape's Main Menu. [C] Change File Area This command will list available file areas and allow the user to chose between them. Again the user's Access Security Level must be equal to or greater than the Access Security Level defined for an area to be shown. This is also displayed to the user after the opening screen. PAGE 11 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ [Q] Quit And Exit To BBS This is pretty self-explanatory, the user should select this option when they're ready to return to the BBS. RESTORE FUNCTIONS ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ [L] List File To Restore This key will display the FILES.BBS type file that is defined for this area in ROBOTCFG under the Path To Files.BBS and Files.BBS. Robo Tape will also search the Restore Files To Path, to see if a file physically exist on disk. If the file exists on disk, then the word DISK will be displayed next to the filename, else the word TAPE will be displayed. If Robo Tape displays a blank screen when doing a listing, then you don't have the path and filename to the files.bbs type file setup correctly in ROBOTCFG.EXE for this area. [A] Add Files To Restore Que There's two ways to add files to the built in Restore Que. You can either List the files and Tag them, or if you already know what file you want to Restore you can pick this option and type in the filename. Robo Tape will check to see if the filename given is listed in the files.bbs type file for this area, if it isn't, then Robo Tape will advise the user that the filename is not available for restore. Also the filename will be checked to see if it has already restored to the Restore Directory Path, if so then the user will be advised that it is already restored and available for DownLoad. [S] Show Restore Que This function will list the files that are in the Restore Que waiting to be restored. [E] Edit The Restore Que This function allows the user to remove files, one at a time, from the Restore Que. Up to three (3) files can be in the Restore Que at one time, Robo Tape will then instruct the user that they must Restore the que before more files can be added. PAGE 12 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ [P] Purge The Restore Que This will remove ALL files currently in the Restore Que, an alternative to Editing the Que. [R] Restore Files In Que To Download This will Restore to disk, all files that are currently in the Restore Que. Robo Tape will swap itself out of conventional memory (either to EMS or Disk) and Spawn the CMS Tape Software to perform the Restore Operation. Restore times depend on alot of factors, the biggest factor is the amount of memory available to the Colorado Memory Systems Tape Software. I recommend at least 512k of memory available to the Tape Software. If your running DESQview, be sure you have at least this much memory available for this window. Also because of the memory requirements, it is probably not possible to run Robo Tape in more than one window at a time (multi-node). This is a limitation of CMS's Tape Software, and not Robo Tape. Although, if your running OS/2 this may not be a problem, at the end of this document, I have text of a fellow sysop's OS/2 setup for running Front Door or D'Bridge, Remote Access and Robo-Board BBS, with Robo Tape and CMS tape Software. Special thanks to Lloyd Hatley for sharing this info with us. :) Also restore times are based on the location of the files on tape. Tape drives store files in a sequential fashion, one right after another, and also access the files in the same order as they were backed up. The closer to the beginning of the tape, the faster the restore and access time is going to be. FILE TRANSFER FUNCTIONS PAGE 13 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ [B] Browse File To Download This function will display the files.bbs type file for this area that is located in the "Restore Files To Path" defined for this area in Robotcfg.exe. If the files in the files.bbs type file physically exists in this path, then the file size in kilo-bytes, will be display next to the filename. Else the word "TAPE", will be shown. If Robo Tape displays a blank screen when you select this function, then you don't have the path and filename setup correctly in ROBOTCFG.EXE for this area. [Z] Edit DownLoad Que This function will allow the user to edit the files that are in the DownLoad Que. Files may be removed one at a time in any order. [T] Purge DownLoad Que All file in the DownLoad Que will be removed with this function. [V] View Files In DownLoad Que Files currently qued for download will be displayed to the user. [I] Insert Files In DownLoad Que Similiar to the Add Files To Restore Que, this function will allow you to add files to DownLoad Que if you already know the filename. Files can be added to the DownLoad Que in two ways, either by this function, or by [B]rowsing The Files For DownLoad and "Tagging" files, thereby adding them to the DownLoad Que. Up to three files can be added to the DownLoad Que before Robo Tape will request they be downloaded. Robo Tape will check to see if the files physically exists in the "Restore Files To Path" which is also the "Files For DownLoad" path, if the file doesn't exist, Robo Tape will advise the user that it must be restored first before it can be downloaded. PAGE 14 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ [D] DownLoad Files In DownLoad Que You MUST have DSZ in your path for this function to work correctly. The user will be presented the DownLoad Protocol Menu with Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem protocols. The user may choose which protocol to use or they may [A]bort the Transfer, which will remove all files from the DownLoad Que and return them to Robo Tape's main Menu. A user will be advised that the Que is empty if this option is selected and no files have been added to the Que. If a download would exceed the user's time limit Robo Tape will deny the transfer and suggest that the user edit the que. [U] Upload Files If you have uploads turned on for this area, a user will be presented with the Upload Protocol Menu. Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem protocols are available. Before the uploading begins the user will be prompted for the filename of the file being transfered, Robo Tape will search the "Restore Files To Path" for all areas checking for file duplication. If the file is not present on the system, Robo Tape will proceed with the upload, else the transfer will be denied. Also, the filename FILES.BBS will not be allowed for uploading. FILE AND TEXT SEARCHING FUNCTIONS PAGE 15 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Robo tape has two versatile searching functions that will aid users in finding files available for restore and download. [+] [K] Key Word Text Searching This will search the files.bbs type files in all of the areas for text given by the user. Filenames and descriptions will be looked at for possible matches, and if found will be displayed to the user along with what area they were found in. An example would be if the user were to give the word "win" to search for. The words "Windows", Wind", "Winding", "Winsome", "Winwood", would all be displayed to the user, along with the filename and description for the file found. [+] [F] Fuzzy File Name Search This util will match any file found within the current area and display the filename and extension to the user. DOS wildcards (*.*) maybe used. FILE ARCHIVE CONTENTS PAGE 16 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ ROBOT200.ARJ should contain the following files. ROBOTCFG.EXE......The Robo Tape Set Up Util. ROBOT200.EXE......The Door Driver Main Executable ROBOTAPE.DOC......The SysOp Documentation RTSAMPLE.BAT......A Sample Batch File For Robo Tape ROBOTAPE.DAT......Default Configuration Data File ROBOTAPE.KEY......Registration Key File REGIST.FRM........Registration Form For Robo tape ROBOTSET.OS2......Sample Setup For OS/2 2.0 DOOR.LST..........List Of Other Doors By Author SUPPORT.TXT.......ASCII BBS Info File The latest version of Robo Tape is always available from my system, address and phone numbers are listed at the end of this document. REGISTRATION INFORMATION ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Robo Tape is being offered as shareware, you should register, if you continue to use it after a evaluation period of two weeks. It is only $10.00 dollars (US Currency) for full registration. Your registration also entitles you to free upgrades in the future. Also the price will go up in future versions, added features like support for Robo-Board's VGA graphics and Rmodem capability. So now is the time to register as I am already working on the next version. Upon my receiving your registration, I will send your registration code that you will enter into the ROBOTCFG.EXE program (F3 from the menu). This will turn on all the registered features of Robo tape. If you live in FidoNet ZONE 1, and have a FidoNet address, (not a point) I can send the reg. code to you crash mail. If you do not live in zone 1, your registration code will be mailed to you via the postal service. All payments MUST be in either US Currency (CASH) or by an InterNational Money Order imprinted in the amount of $10.00 US Currency. I will NOT accept Canadian Postal Money Orders, my post office charges me $5.00 per money order to cash them :( Included in this archive is a file named REGIST.FRM, send it or a facsimile of it, to the address on the form, which is also listed below, along with your payment. If you are receiving your code by crash netmail, I will send it to you the same day I receive your registration. If you are receiving your code via the postal service, I will mail it back to you (via the option you choose) the following day that I receive it. LEGAL ISSUES PAGE 17 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ Although Robo Tape was tested on several different systems running various software and hardware configurations and operating systems, I will not be held liable for any damage to data, software, hardware, reputation, or the inability to use or not to use such affore mentioned articles. Nor will I be held accountable for loss of income from the use or inability to use this product. Trade Marks and Copyrights of all products mentioned in this document, are property of their respectful owners. CONTACTING THE AUTHOR OF ROBO TAPE ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ I can be reached in one of the following ways. By Netmail sent to........ FidoNet 1:3813/309 WorldNet 62:9600/0 WorldNet 62:9600/1 DoorNet 75:400/0 DoorNet 75:7918/200 DoorNet 75:7918/201 PGNet 80:810/103 Or logging on to my BBS and leaving a message..... Brushy Mountain BBS (918) 687-1612 Or call on my voice line (No Collect Calls :) (918) 687-0274 Vince Jacobs Lone Wolf Software 6710 South 25th Street East Muskogee, Oklahoma USA 74401 THANKS AND CREDITS PAGE 18 ■────────────────────────────────────────────────■ I would like to thank Lloyd Hatley for setting up Robo Tape to run under OS/2 2.0 and sending his settings to me to include in this document. There is a wealth of information to be found in the file ROBOTSET.OS2 which is included in the archive. I would also like to thank Sam McDaniel for setting up Robo Tape and helping me to get the code optimized to run under DOS and Remote Access. Thanks guys, you put your systems at great risk with some of the early alpha and beta versions, we appreciate it!