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Alley-Wall Readme First File -- (c) David Pabst 1991
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This file is just tells about any changes, what you should do first, and
a run down of Alley-Wall features.
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Features
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Alley-Wall is the most advanced, easiest to use, friendliest, and
most direct way to post public bulletins to the rest of the
bulletin board system. These are some of the advantages of using
Alley-Wall over the next "graffiti" wall competitor:
Ansi and ASCII Visual Support
Alley-Wall uses both ANSI and ASCII menus, bulletins, help
files, etc... Alley-Wall generates an ANSI bulletin for color
users and an ASCII bulletin for non-IBM computers or slow
modem users.
Easy To Use Menus
Alley-Wall has friendly, delightful menus. These menus can be
interrupted by the user by typing ^K at any time. Just as
easy it was interrupted they can be displayed again using the
? key.
An Advanced Setup Program
A new interface was designed solely for programs written by
me. I incorporated the new interface in the setup program
for Alley-Wall.
Ease Of Use
Just hit a key, and the Alley-Wall does its thing. No hard
commands to learn, no cryptic ancient languages, and rapid
learning time.
Flexibility
Any of the bulletins can be edited using a text editor or an
ANSI editor such as TheDraw.
SysOp Commands
System Operators have special commands just for them to use.
Such as Kill Alley-Wall File, See Who Posted What, etc...
Special Lock Out System
For trouble makers. The SysOp can lock them out of the door
using a special utility that is included with Alley-Wall.
This lock out system can also shut down the door for
temporary purposes.
Support
When you register Alley-Wall, you get:
A) on-line support through Compuserve E-Mail and IBMBBS forum,
B) a formatted, Near Letter Quality Printed copy of the latest
documentation,
C) support through RelayNet ShareWare (unofficial support
base) message base,
D) bulletin board support (names and numbers are listed
further in the documentation),
E) A reduced upgrade price for all major upgrades,
F) notification of all future releases,
G) A disk with the latest version of Alley-Wall, and
H) free bug fixes for all current versions of Alley-Wall.
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What You Should Do First
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You should print out LAYOUT.DOC, ALLYWALL.DOC, HISTORY.DOC, README.1ST,
ORDER.FRM, VENDORS.DOC, and SHAREWRE.DOC.
Then READ README.1ST, and ALLYWALL.DOC.
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Changes and Hints
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Any references to ORDER.DOC or INVOICE.DOC that may be in the documentation
are incorrect. Keep it in mind that it is ORDER.FRM.
If you cannot get AWSETUP.EXE to work, refer to LAYOUT.DOC.
There have been some additions to the file list that is in
the documentation. Here are the added files:
If you have a problem getting the sysop functions to work, and the sysop
security level is over 255, select 255. Alley-Wall 1.54 also scans for
Sysop, System Operator, three other names(which can be selected using
AWSETUP), and sysop name which you enter in AWSETUP.
File Name Description
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SHAREWRE.DOC A text file that describes Shareware.
README.1ST A text file containing changes in Alley-Wall.
HISTORY.DOC A text file containing the history of Alley-Wall.
VENDORS.DOC A text file containing decriptions of Alley-Wall for
Sharware vendors.
ORDER.FRM The order form for Alley-Wall.