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- Lasso!
- ============================
- COPYRIGHT 1993,92 T&J Software
-
- One of the T&J Software Collection of multi-BBS door programs.
-
- VERSION 1.40 09/07/93
-
- By
-
- Tom & Jane Wildoner
- 397 West Broadway
- Jim Thorpe, PA
- 18229
- VOICE (717)325-9480
- *between 5:30 & 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time
-
- From
-
- The T&J BBS
- (717)325-9481
- 1200/2400/9600/19200/38400
- 24 Hours/Day
-
- LATEST VERSION:
- ===============
-
- Please call the T&J BBS for the latest version of this program.
-
- LEGALITIES:
- ===========
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
- WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS
- PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING
- OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
-
- DISTRIBUTION:
- =============
-
- You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
- upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
- changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
- individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
- whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
- ====================
-
- Lasso! is a "take off" of the popular hangman game. The door comes with
- OVER 27,000 words in its word listing (your users should not get bored very
- easily with this one)!
-
- The registered version allows you to set the number of words per play a
- user may guess at, and will also allow you to set the number of times a
- person may play per day.
-
- Lasso! will keep track of how many times the door was opened, how many
- "hangin's" there were, and the date of the last entry.
-
- NOTE:
- =====
-
- The LASSO!.KEY file that is distributed with this door does NOT expire!
- This is simply here so the door has a KEY to read. When you register,
- you will receive a new LASSO!.KEY file.
-
- The user is limited to ONE play per day and only THREE words per play
- until registered.
-
- FEATURES:
- =========
- --- Desqview Aware.
- --- COM1-15 support and non-standard IRQ's.
- --- Colorful ANSI screens.
- --- Chat function.
- --- NO BRUN module needed for play.
- --- BETA tested on many different boards.
- --- Will return to BBS on dropped carrier.
- --- Will TIMEOUT a player after 5 minutes of no activity.
- --- Use of HOT KEYS while in the door.
- --- Handy statistics presented to user on door usage.
- --- Support BBS available.
- --- Easily RESET the entire program.
- --- Over 27,000 words in it's dictionary!
- --- ANSI/ASCII Bulletin Creation!
- --- Fossil driver support
-
- INSTALLATION:
- =============
-
- Lasso can be easily configured by running LASSO! with the command line
- UTILITY.
-
- Example: LASSO! UTILITY
-
-
- CONFIGURATION:
- =============
-
- Example configuration file for PCBOARD.SYS
- ------------------------------------------
-
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERS.SYS
- ----------------------------------------
-
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DOOR.SYS
- ---------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERINFO.DAT
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
- NOTE: DOOR.SYS must be in the SAME directory as USERINFO.DAT
-
- Example configuration file for CALLINFO.BBS
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DORINFOx.DEF
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
- where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for SFDOORS.DAT
- ------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for CHAIN.TXT
- ----------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\CHAIN.TXT <=- (Full pathname of your CHAIN.TXT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for GTUSER.BBS
- -----------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\GTUSER.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your GTUSER.BBS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
- 1 <=- (COM port number - defaults to 1)
- 1 <=- (Node number - defaults to 1)
-
- Example Batch File
- ==================
-
- A sample batch file is included and is similer to the following:
- ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\LEMON <=- Switch to the door's Directory.
- LASSO! LASSO!.CFG <=- Execute the door program and pass the
- configuration filename to the program.
- CD\PCB <=- Go back to PCB DIR when user exits door.
- BOARD <=- Restart BBS.
-
- This Door is multi-node compatible so you may run more than 1 node from
- the same .CFG file provided the path to your system file (DORINFOx.DEF,
- CALLINFO.BBS, etc) is exactly the same unless you are using environment
- variables, (q.v.)
-
- Environment Variables
- =====================
-
- PCBoard automatically creates the %PCBDRIVE% & %PCBDIR% environment
- variables. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including
- the following in either your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT
- SET PCBDRIVE=C: <- Drive letter of your BBS files
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR <- Path to your BBS files
- Then in your Door .CFG file instead of putting C:\BBSDIR\DOOR.SYS, you
- would put %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS. This allows you to use just one
- .CFG file for multi-node operation!
-
- To specify a non-standard IRQ, put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the
- command line. For example:
-
- LASSO! LASSO!.CFG /5
- or using the PCBDRIVE procedure: SET IRQ=5 and use
- LASSO! LASSO!.CFG /%IRQ%
-
- This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ.
-
- Had reports of conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware
- systems. Seems Novell also uses the / character so something went screwy
- somewhere. So I added the * (asterisk) which may be used instead of the /
- in case of a conflict. In other words, /%IRQ% and *%IRQ% will both work
- and are interchangeable.
-
- When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG
- file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
- and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
- PCBoard:
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS
-
- Wildcat!:
- USERINFO.DAT in C:\WC\NODE1 - C:\WC\NODE%wcnodeid%
-
- Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
- in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
- SET PCBDRIVE=C:
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
- SET PCBNODE=1
-
- Fossil Driver Support
- ---------------------
- DoorFrame supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use the
- Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
- line when running the door. For example:
- MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
- indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
- driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit
- the door gracefully.
-
-
- Sysop Keys
- ==========
-
- F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or
- written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F4 - Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
- F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
- F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
- ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
- UP - Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR.
- DN - Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR.
- HOME - HELP key for Status Line options.
- ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only)
- ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is
- passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems.
-
-
- Your SYSOP.CFG file should contain ALL the items listed below. You can use
- your text editor to edit the provided file.
-
- C:\bull1.scr
- c:\bull1.bbs
- 25
- 2
- -1
- 0
- 300
- "09-06-1993"
- 9
- 0
- 0
- "09-06-1993"
- "Nobody"
- 0
- "01-01-1993"
- "Nobody"
- 0
-
- LINE 1: Full path to color bulletin
- LINE 2: Full path to ASCII bulletin
- LINE 3: Words per play
- LINE 4: Plays per day
- LINE 5: Local display on or off during remote play (-1 on, 0 off)
- LINE 6: Sysop status lines on or off (0 on, 1 off)
- LINE 7: Keyboard timeout in seconds
- LINE 8: Maintenance date (don't touch!)
- LINE 9: Maintenance month (don't touch!)
- LINE 10: Total times door was played.
- LINE 11: Total people hung!
- LINE 12: Last time door was played.
- LINE 13: All time high score person.
- LINE 14: All time high score.
- LINE 15: Date of all time high score.
- LINE 16: Last month high score name.
- LINE 17: Last month high score.
-
- The file MUST contain all 17 lines!
-
-
- Local Play:
- ==========
-
- Just run Lasso! with the command line LOCAL.
-
- Example: LASSO! LOCAL
-
- MAINTENANCE!:
- ============
-
- Daily maintenance is taken care of by the door. The door resets with
- the first player of the new month!
-
- FUTURE VERSIONS:
- ================
-
- 1.] Allow users to input their own words into the dictionary.
- 2.] A sysop utility option to make your own word lists.
- 3.] Users picking what catagory or words they want.
-
- Let me know what you would like to see added!
-
- VERSION HISTORY:
- ===============
-
- Version 1.00 ......... First release. 05/11/92
- Version 1.10 ......... Updated to newest routines and fixed small glitch
- that sometimes showed up after larger words were
- picked. 05-15-92
- Version 1.20 ......... Upgraded with newest door routines. 05-24-92
- Version 1.30 ......... Upgraded with the newest routines, supports fossil
- drivers. Now supports the short form of DOOR.SYS.
- Added the UTILITY command line which really makes
- things easier when configuring the door. Also,
- added over 19,000 new words! 12-01-1992
- Version 1.40 ......... Added support for COM 1-15, better support for
- WC! IM and PCB/M versions, got rid of all the
- WORD?.TXT files and combined them into one
- large file, and added better internal error
- controls. Dropped support for CHAIN.TXT.
- 09-05-1993
-
- REGISTERING:
- ============
-
- That's all there is to it! If you have any problems or questions
- please feel free to call the T&J BBS at (717)325-9481 and join the
- T&J Software Conference.
-
- See the enclosed registration form for ordering! (REGISTER.TXT)
-