旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � 瀘� 爐� � � � � � he � 쿮twork � 쿾dater � � � � � 聃� � � 靈� � 靈� 靈� 靈� � � � opyright � 聃� 聃� 聃� � � 聃� � 聃� 聃� 컴� � � 爐� 靈� 靈� � � 픔큮 聃퓇ft聃퓎pp � � 懃� 聃� 聃� � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Version 0.65 Created by: Mat Butler (The Duke Of Eral) and Fox Cutter (Foxeris) Copyright 1995 by SoftSupp Welcome to one of the first sharewere WWIV-type network updaters. Called The Network Updater (TNU). This program, currently in version 0.65, is made to send an update to any board on a WWIV-type network at the push of a button (at times not even that!). 1.0 The Idea: TNU was made as a solution to the problems of running a WWIV-type network. The authors both where the NC's of 2 separate networks, with requests from several others to create a low-cost network updating software that supported VBBS boards also (This is still in the works). As you may know, Wayne Bell (the author of WWIV and NC of WWIVNet) sells a commercial network updating software, NETUP. However, the cost of that is $100, which is much to high. The only other software that the author knows about the updates WWIV networks is called The Network Coordinator. Even though TNC costs $35, it does not yet support VBBS. However, you can not get a shareware version of either of these two programs that sends updates through the network, to see how it runs. Enter TNU. As far as the authors know, there is no shareware updater that, when unregistered, will send updates through the network. The authors felt the need for one, considering that there are any number of small WWIV-type networks through out the country, a shareware program that has the ability to do this, plus the ability to send source-verified e-mail to other boards, and all so send out pings (get networked sub information from your board) and use the pongs (the returns from pings) to make and send SUBS.LST over the net. 2.0 System Requirements: WWIV 4.22+ NET31+ DOS 3.3+ or Windows 3.0+ and Dos 3.3+ or OS/2 Dos 2.1+ 3.0 CONFIG.SYS: TNU needs for you to have a line in your config.sys file like the one shown belore, (40 is sugested, it can be higher): FILES=40 4.0 Important Information: If you are upgrading form an old version of TNU, you will need to have all your boards get an updated copy of de42.exe. This version of TNU will only send the first 30k of any file. 5.0 Registration: As of version 0.60 TNU now uses registration codes. While TNU is unregestered some options will not be able to be used. The list of commands will tell you which ones these are. 5.1 Why Register? When you register (Right now $20) you will receive a registration code that will unlock disabled items in later versions. To register fill out TNUREG.TXT that came with the TNU065.ZIP file. 6.0 Files: TNU065.ZIP file includes the following files. TNU.EXE : The main TNU file DE42.EXE : Encryption file for updates MENUS.TNU : TNU menus TNU.STR : TNU external Strings TNU.TXT : This file TNUREG.TXT : Registration form DISTRIB.TXT : Application to become a release sight RELEASE.TXT : Release sights FILE_ID.DIZ : File information HELP.TNU : TNU help file HISTORY.TXT : History of TNU 7.0 Installation: The installation of TNU is very easy: Step 1. Copy TNU.EXE to your main WWIV directory. Step 2. Copy DE42.EXE to either your main WWIV directory or the network directory (Network Recemended). Step 3. Copy TNU.STR into your gfiles directory. Step 4. Copy MENUS.TNU into your gfiles directory. Step 5. Copy HELP.TNU into your gfiles directory. Step 6. Call every node and upload DE42.EXE or have them call you and download DE42.EXE (you may want to set up a guest sysop accont on your bbs.) 8.0 Commands: 8.1 Global Commands: Global commands work every place in TNU, with the exception of the options section. 8.1.1 Esc: When you press Escape at any prompt in TNU, TNU will ask you if you want to quit. If you press 'Y' you will exit to dos. If you press N you will be returned to the prompt where you pressed Escape at. 8.1.2 '+': When you press the plus key at any menu in TNU you will go up one network as thay are listed in init. If TNU gets to the last network it will automaticly go to the first network. 8.1.3 '-': When you press the dash key at any menu in TNU you will go down one network as thay are listed in init. If TNU gets to the first network it will automaticly go to the last network. 8.1.4 Ctrl-O: This will display help. 8.2 Main Menu: 8.2.1 'N' NC Functions: 8.2.1.1 'F' Send Full Update to net: When you select this option TNU will automaticly send out BBSLIST.NET, CONNECT.NET and FBACKHDR.NET (if it is there) to every node in the network. When TNU sends a file to a node, it will show a dot (.) unless you have fast send on, then it will say: "Quick Sending to net" TNU will also send out a SSM that tells the sysop he got that file. This also includes the network name. There is and example shown below: "TNU: Scifi-Net: Recived BBSLIST.NET" 8.2.1.2 'S' Send FBACKHFR.NET to net: When you select this option TNU will send out the FBACKHDR.NET file to the network. When TNU sends a file to a node, it will show a dot (.) unless you have fast send on, then it will say: "Quick Sending to net" TNU will also send out a SSM that tells the sysop he got the SUBS.LST file. This also includes the network name. There is and example shown below: "TNU: Scifi-Net: Recived FBACKHDR.NET" 8.2.2 'G' GC Functions: Coming Soon. 8.2.3 'A' AC Functions: Coming Soon. 8.2.4 'S' SUBS.* Functions: 8.2.4.1 'S' Send SUBS.LST to net: When you select this option TNU will automaticly send out the SUBS.LST file (If you have one) to every node on the net. While TNU is sending this it will show a dot (.) for each node, unless you have fast send on, then it will say: "Quick Sending to net" TNU will also send out a SSM that tells the sysop he got the SUBS.LST file. This also includes the network name. There is and example shown below: "TNU: Scifi-Net: Recived SUBS.LST" 8.2.4.2 'P' Send Ping to net: When you select this option TNU will send a Ping to every node on the net (NOTE: A Ping is a request for information about the subs that the board hosts). When TNU sends a file to a node, it will show a dot (.) unless you have fast send on, then it will say: "Quick Sending to net" NOTE: Only Available in Regestered Version 8.2.5 'I' Information on current net. When you select this option TNU will display a list of informaton about the current net. An example of what this output looks like follows: Network Type : WWIV Net Name : Scifi-Net Net Dir : C:\WWIV\NET\SCIFI\ Net Node : @1 Total Systems : 4 BBS Name : The Fox Hole BBS Phone : 509-921-0805 Group : 1 Area : 509 NC : Yes GC : Yes AC : Yes 8.2.6 'R' Enter Registration Information 8.2.6.1 'E' Enter Registration Information When you select this (and you are unregestered) TNU will ask you for your Name and Regcode. MAKE SURE that you type it in as it is shown on the registration sheet that you got in the mail. TNU will then prosess the information and tell you if it worked. If it still says that you are unregestered re-enter the information. If after this it still doesn't work send the regsheet back to SoftSupp and we will send you a new code. 8.2.6.2 'V' View Registration Informtion When you select this TNU will tell you the name of the person that regestered it. 8.2.7 'O' Setup Options 8.2.7.1 'C' Change TNU's Colors (if used) This section is exacly like WWIV's edit color option. It can only be used if you have "Use TNU colors" on in the options section. 8.2.7.2 'O' Options This will goto an INIT style options menu, allowing you to change how TNU acts. In the unregester version you can only change the options: "Use TNU Colors" "Black and White" "Send SSM with update" This will default on Yes. "Super fast on Full Net" When you regester you have 3 more options: "Send FBACKHDR.NET on updates" This defaults to Yes. "Send FBACKHDR.NET with subs.*" "Expert Mode" 8.2.8 'P' Print TNU Information (credits) When you select this TNU will print out information about the current version of TNU. 8.2.9 'Q' Quit TNU When you sellect this option TNU will ask you if you want to quit. If you press 'Y' you will exit to dos. If you press N you will be returned to the main menu. 9.0 Command Line Parameters: 9.1 .net_num: Will set the dafault network to net_num. If this pramater is not used TNU will default to the network number in the environmentle varible WWIV_NET. If WWIV_NET is blank TNU will go to the first network. 9.2 /F: Will do a full update to the default network. 9.3 /S: Send SUBS.LST to the default network. 9.4 /P: Send Ping to net. 9.5 /B: Sets TNU to use black and white 9.6 /C: Sets TNU to use Color 10.0 Eniviromentle varibles: 10.1 WWIV_NET: TNU will set the default network to the value of this eniviromentle varible. NOTE: If the .net_num command line pramater is used TNU will ignore this. 11.0 Coming Soon: GC Menu AC Menu Group Support Partial updates send changes to NC (For AC or GC) send changes to GC (For AC only) Send DE files over net Source-Verified mail WWIVNEWS.TXT And lots more 12.0 Coming in version 0.70: TNU 0.70 is in the works even as this is being typed, and many new features will be added, some of which are: Encryption VBBS suport WWIVNEWS.TXT 13.0 Notes: Each new version of TNU as a new DE42.EXE file, all the boards in your need NEED the current version of this file. 14.0 Support: Due to the fact that both writers have had to shut down there BBS's there currently no Support groups. But Foxeris can be e-mailed at: lmb@comtch.iea.com on the internet and 5@14128 15.0 Release Sights: Were looking for boards around the country that are willing to volunteer to be a releases sight for TNU. If you want to apply fill out DISTRIB.TXT The Network Updater Release sights: Name Phone Baud Notes The Gamer (509)-276-2910 14.4 Internet Release Sights: Address Dir yiff.stu.rpi.edu /pub/softsupp 16.0 Thanks: Thanks to Wayne Bell for making WWIV, the WWIV-type network software and for letting us use the WWIV heart codes so we could use the sysops colors. Kipper (1@14128 WWIVNet) for redoing the menus.