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4DOS BBS Sysop Documentation
Version 3.03, 4/12/91
Copyright 1988 - 1991, JP Software Inc., All Rights Reserved. Published
by JP Software Inc., P.O. Box 1470, E. Arlington, MA 02174 USA, (617)
646-3975.
This file provides information for bulletin board sysops on the distri-
bution of 4DOS via BBS systems.
We do explicitly permit uploads of the shareware version of 4DOS to BBS
systems. (Obviously uploads of the registered version are not permit-
ted). If you have any question as to whether the version which has been
uploaded to your BBS is shareware, simply uncompress the 4DOS88.EXE file
and run it. The signon message will tell you which version you have,
and the serial number. (When done, an EXIT command will return you to
COMMAND.COM).
If your BBS is associated with a commercial or user group shareware
library which distributes disks for a fee, you must meet our require-
ments BEFORE placing 4DOS in the library. See the file VENDOR.DOC for
details. This restriction does not affect your permission to place 4DOS
on the BBS as long as you are not charging a fee for its distribution
(other than the usual user fees for general use of the board).
If you want software which will allow you to "brand" 4DOS for your BBS
(when the user starts the program it will say "uploaded to [your BBS
name]" in the signon message), send us a note and we will send it to
you, along with a 4DOS ZIP file designed for BBS upload. Please indi-
cate whether you want 5.25" or 3.5" disks.
If you have any questions about 4DOS please contact us in any of the
following places:
CompuServe JP Software section of the PC Vendor B forum (GO
PCVENB), or CompuServe Mail to 75300,210
Bix Bixmail to "trawson"
BBS Channel 1, Boston, 617-354-8873, (this board is used as
a home base for 4DOS support thanks to sysops Brian
Miller and Tess Heder; it is independent, and is not
operated by JP Software)
InterLink via the 4DOS Conference
PCRelay via the 4DOS Conference
FidoNet via the 4DOS Conference
SmartNet via the 4DOS Conference
Voice (617) 646-3975, days Eastern US time
Fax (617) 646-0904
US Mail JP Software
P.O. Box 1470
E. Arlington, MA 02174, USA
An uploaded copy of 4DOS should normally include the following
files once everything is uncompressed:
4DOS.DOC Complete 4DOS manual
4DOS.COM 4DOS loader for EMS or disk swapping
4DOS.PIF PIF file for running 4DOS under Windows 3.0
4DOS.ICO Icon file for running 4DOS under Windows 3.0
4DOSM.ICO Same as 4DOS.ICO but for monochrome systems
4DOS88.EXE 4DOS program file for any PC-compatible system
4DOS286.EXE 4DOS program file for 186/286/386/486 systems
ALIASES Sample aliases
COMPAT.DOC Information on using 4DOS with other products
DOS.HLP 4DOS help text
HELP.EXE 4DOS help program
HELPCFG.EXE Color configuration program for HELP.EXE
KEYSTACK.SYS 4DOS KEYSTACK driver
ORDER.FRM 4DOS license agreement, order form, and upgrade
order form
README.DOC 4DOS recent changes and installation instructions
SHELL2E.COM Program to allow software using INT 2E for command
execution to work with 4DOS
SHELL2E.DOC Documentation for SHELL2E.COM
SUPPORT.BBS Information on Channel One, the independent BBS
used for 4DOS support
SYSOP.DOC This file
UPDATE30.DOC Information on changes in versions 3.01 through
3.03; manual corrections
VENDOR.DOC 4DOS information for shareware disk vendors
In addition the following files are distributed on our shareware
disks and may have been uploaded, but are not required for 4DOS to
work:
INSTALL.BAT Startup installation batch file
INSTALL.BTM Additional installation batch file
PKUNZIP.EXE Unzip (decompression) program for 4DOS
README.1ST Shareware disk README file and startup instruc-
tions
If you are cleaning up 4DOS files on your board please delete any old
copies prior to version 3.03; they are all now obsolete. If you are
looking at an uploaded copy, note that the INSTALL.BAT, INSTALL.BTM, and
README.1ST files are meaningful for diskette installations only, and
will only confuse users if placed on a BBS, so you can delete them.
Also PKUNZIP.EXE is already carried on most boards, and it won't do much
good inside a ZIP file anyway!