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- The Super Scanner
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- Documentation
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- The Super Scanner was written to provide folks who like listening to
- scanner frequencies with a way to exchange information about frequencies
- and enjoy listening even more! As a sysop of a BBS and a scanner user, I
- knew there was a perfect marriage of the technologies to accomplish the
- goal.
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- All you really need to do with the super scanner is to bring it up
- from the DOS command line by typing "sc"
- and the rest is just following the menu prompts. You can add new
- frequencies to the database, scan for existing frequencies in the
- database, set colors for your screen, produce an ASCII text file of the
- current information in the database files, or add new frequencies from
- another database that has been renamed "scan-db.dbf".
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- All you need to ensure is that the "sc.exe" and the "sc.dbf" files are
- in the same sub-directory and your on your way! If you want to share your
- database with others, then simply rename your "sc.dbf" (be sure you keep a
- copy of the original with its original name) to a new file name called
- "scan-db.dbf", and give it to whoever or upload it to a BBS with the super
- scanner software available. If you get a copy of the "sc.dbf" database
- from whereever, then virus check it, rename it "scan-db.dbf" and place it
- in your sub-directory with the other Super Scanner files and run menu
- option "I" and watch the new frequencies roll in automatically!
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- Sysops running the program in a doorway should use a doors program
- like "Doorway.exe" which is contained in a file usually called
- "drwy212.zip" on the PC-Board support BBS, or on others that have had the
- file uploaded to them.
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- If you run into problems running the software or need a demo copy of
- "doorway.exe" then call the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind BBS at
- area (617)-451-5327 (8,n,1) and leave a message for the sysop and I'll get
- back to you. You can download "drwy212.zip" from the MCB BBS as well.
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- If you have expanded memory and find the program not working, then
- place "Set clipper=e000" in your autoexec.bat file. This tells clipper
- that there is no expanded memory for it. There seems to be a conflict with
- a small number of expanded memory managers with program compiled in
- clipper that this line fixes.
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- that's about it! You can upload frequencies you've received in the
- database by renaming it "scan-db.dbf", zipping the database, giving it a
- zip name and uploading it to other BBS systems.
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- The next version of the Super Scanner will have an editor program for
- sysops and those currently using the program can edit with DBASE or any
- other database manager that can handle DBASE files.
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- Enjoy the Super scanner and here's wishing you and your callers all
- the fun of great frequencies.
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- Charles H. Crawford
- March 16, 1991.
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