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NewsMaker v1.0 - The Freeware Spitfire BBS NewsLetter Creator
(c) 1996 by Robert G. Schiele
Setup:
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Simple enough. Copy NWSMKR.COM into whatever directory
you like. Then create NWSMKR.CFG in the same directory. (Yes, it
has to be that name!) NWSMKR.CFG has to contain the following
information, in this precise order:
BBSNAME
SYSOPNAME
PATH TO SF DISPLAY FILES
NAME OF SF DISPLAY FILE (without extender)
What follows is my own NWSMKR.CFG file as an example. You can
edit it, and use it if you want to, just don't change the order
things are listed, or how they're listed.
The Programmer's Corner BBS
Robert Schiele
C:\SF\DISPLAY
SFNWSLTR
That's all there is to setting it up. Be sure NOT to put
the trailing backslash on the path to your SF display files, and
be sure NOT to put any extender on the display file you want
NewsMaker to create. It'll automatically create both .CLR and
.BBS versions of whatever SF display file you name on that last
line.
Finally, create your news file itself, using your
favorite text editor. Any one will do, so long as it's capable
of producing plain, ASCII text. Keep your text less than 65
columns in width, or NewsMaker will truncate it to keep the
display from looking crummy. The only other limitation is that
your news file can't be more than 99 lines in length. If it is,
you'll get a run-time error for sure. After you've created your
news file, which HAS to be named NEWS.TMP, copy it into the same
directory you had NewsMaker installed in, then run NewsMaker by
changing to that directory, and simply typing NWSMKR or nwsmkr
on the DOS command line. It'll run without any further input
from you, and can, if you want, be run as part of an event.
Licensing Information:
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You are hereby granted a license to operate NewsMaker on
as many computers as you want, for as long as you want. It's
freeware. The only thing you can't do is to try to decompile it
or reverse-engineer it in some way.
Disclaimer:
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I make no representations whatever about the fitness of
NewsMaker for any particular task, nor do I accept any
liability whatever. If you choose to run it, you do so entirely
at your own risk. Setup as directed, it works fine for me, but
I can't be sure that it'll do so for you. NewsMaker is provided
to you as freeware, so if you like it and can use it, feel free
to do so. If you don't or can't, then don't.
Support:
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You can reach me in case you have a comment or would like
to ask a question, via Internet email at:
<schiele@inetdirect.net> or write to me via US Mail at:
Robert Schiele
927 N. Pennsylvania St.
Indianapolis, IN., 46204
Or, you're free to call my BBS, The Programmer's Corner BBS, at
(317) 639-6796, which operates from 3:00PM (E.S.T.) until 12:00
Midnight, seven days a week.
Credits:
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NewsMaker was written entirely in Microsoft's QuickBasic
4.5, then compiled and linked using Ethan Winer's PDQ library.
It also uses some routines generously provided as freeware by
Garry Spencer of Spencer Technologies, Memphis, TN. Thanks Ethan
and Garry!
"Spitfire" is (c) Mike Woltz and Buffalo Creek Software
"QuickBasic 4.5" is (c) Microsoft Corporation
"PDQ" is (c) Ethan Winer and Full Moon Software