SFVEGAS v1.2 -      The Spitfire Gambling Door
                     from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe


 (Revision History can be found at the back of this document)

 DEDICATION
 ----------

 This door is dedicated to PSA. PSA, the Phoenix Spitfire Alliance are a
 group of sysops in the Arizona area that meet monthly. They are dedicated
 to putting together some of the BEST BBSes around. They meet to discuss
 different issues and problems and help each other out.

 I had the opportunity to meet with them and found them to be a very
 exciting group. During our evening, we started discussing ideas for new
 utilities and doors.

 Out of this discussion came some excellent ideas! This door was one of
 them. So this door, SFVEGAS is dedicated to those hard working, nose
 grinding, finger typing sysops of PSA!




 OVERVIEW
 --------

 Basically, this door is a door where callers can gamble their logon time.
 The defaults are setup so that they gamble 5 minutes and can win back 20
 minutes (for an actual gain of 15 minutes - the 20 minus 5).

 When callers choose to gamble, 5 minutes is deducted from their logon
 time. They then roll an imaginary set of dice. After that, the BBS rolls
 an imaginary set of dice.

 If the numbers match, they win!

 The default is that the dice won't roll a number higher then 5! This
 means, that only 1 thru 5 can show up (total between the 2 dice). This
 makes it about 1 to 5 that they win (for every 5 attempts).

 You have the ability to adjust ALL of these factors, bet amount, how much
 they win, and the difficulty of the game.











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 SFVEGAS v1.2 -      The Spitfire Gambling Door
                     from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe




 INSTALLATION
 ------------

 1)   Create a directory for SFVEGAS

 2)   Update SF.BAT and place the following code after the correct door
      label in the BAT file:

      COPY SFDOORS.DAT   C:\SFVEGAS    (or wherever SFVEGAS is installed)
      C:
      CD\SFVEGAS
      SFVEGAS    /CALLER /MIN:5 /RATIO:4 /ODDS:5
      GOTO LOOP


 You may not run this from a "sysop configurable option" until version 2.8
 of Spitfire. You also may not run this from Wildfire. I have tried several
 times to get ahold of its author to see if he could make change to
 Wildfire so that it will check for "updated" logon time - but so far I
 have been unable to contact him.

 The command line parameters are:

      /CALLER   requests that SFVEGAS update the normal CALLER.LOG with the
                status of the caller (wins/losses).

                Omitting /CALLER causes SFVEGAS to write the log data to a
                file called PRIVATE.LOG in the SFVEGAS directory.

      /NOLOG    requests no log at all

      /MIN:     specifies how much time the user gambles every time he
                plays

      /RATIO:   specifies how much time the user wins when he wins the
                gamble... This is NOT MINUTES, but a number that multiplies
                against MIN:. For example, if /MIN: is 5, and /RATIO: is 4
                (the defaults), then he losses 5 and can win 4 multiply 5
                (or 20).

      /ODDS:    specifies how hard to make the game. This will be the
                highest number that the BBS and caller can roll. Specify
                from 1 to 12. The default is 5. Specifying 1 will have the
                user win every time etc...





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 SFVEGAS v1.2 -      The Spitfire Gambling Door
                     from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe



 Registration
 ------------
 All questions should be directed to:


                     Bob Zimmerman
                     Sysop - The Mainframe BBS
                     312-364-0425    2400/1200/0300
                     use area code 708 after 11/14/89

                     The Mainframe
                     PO Box 1387
                     Arlington Heights, IL 60006

                     MCI Mail:
                     R. Zimmerman 386-4706

                     Compuserv 72371,1700

 The above mailing address should be used for the registration fee. For the
 current version (1.0), registration is $15.00. When this is received, a
 ZIP file will be created on my BBS and made available for you to download.
 If you want me to send you the disk and this manual printed, add $5 for 5
 1/4 disk or $7 for 3 1/2 disk.

 If you prefer, your package can be delivered via EASYPLEX of Compuserv.
 Registration plus Easyplex delivery will cost an additional $5.

 Registration will get you a specially compiled version that eliminates the
 front end "unregistered copy" message.

 You are granted 30 days to evaluate this program. After that 30 day
 period, if you choose to continue running this program, you should
 register the product!
















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 SFVEGAS v1.2 -      The Spitfire Gambling Door
                     from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe


 Revision
 --------

 V1.1      The original version was generating numbers based on the seconds
           and hundredths of seconds on the pc clock. It turns out that XT
           pcs don't have hundredths of seconds...

           This has been corrected. This program now runs fine on XT
           machines. (I need to get an XT for this type of testing, I test
           on a 286...)

 V1.2      Fixed a problem running SFVEGAS from the Extend A Menu program
           (SFMNUEXT)... This now works fine.






































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