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- **** STATES.DOC ****
-
- If you have down-loaded these files from a phone BBS system the very
- first thing you should do is, format a floppy disk in your A: drive.
- Once you have done this, create a directory from the A> prompt using
- the DOS command
-
- A>MD FILES.HDR
-
- Now, get back to the directory and drive where you have stored the
- downloaded files and using the copy command, copy the following files
- to the floppy disk.
-
- COPY *.HDR A:\FILES.HDR
- COPY MAKEFILE.EXE A:
- COPY STATES.TXT A:
-
- A quick check of the floppy disk should show that you have 59 files
- in the directory A:\FILES.HDR and two files in the root directory.
-
- MAKEFILE.EXE
-
- The program MAKEFILE.EXE will first ask you what hard disk you want
- your state files installed on. The options are C: D: and E:. Once
- you have input the proper drive information the program will prompt
- you for the type of file you wish to make, your options are:
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- Option 1 - Will make the smallest individual state files. These files will
- contain only information from the header file plus the calls of
- the BBS systems. (Space Saver option)
-
- Option 2 - Will create an individual file for each state, containing all
- the header file information plus Calls, Cities, & Zip Codes as
- well as the SysOps first name.
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- Option 3 - Will create an individual file for each state containing all
- the same information as in option 2 but, will also include the
- User Port frequency's.
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- Option 4 - Will create an individual file for each state containing all
- of the information as in option 3 but, will also include BBS
- only frequency's.
-
- Once you have entered your option the program starts to copy the header
- files to a directory it has created on your hard disk called \STATES. As
- the header files are copied the extension .HDR is removed. After all the
- header files have been copied the program copies the ASCII version of the
- Dbase 3+ file to your hard disk and starts to append the information line
- by line to the individual state files. This process should take about one
- minute on a 286 computer with a 28ms hard drive. Once this operation is
- complete the program will ask you if you have sent in an update on your
- BBS system. If you answer NO to this question, the software will then
- ask you a series of questions about your BBS system. These questions will
- then be written to a ASCII file called MY-INFO and will be stored in the
- root directory of your hard drive in the proper format. You can then simply
- forward this file to the database so your updated information will be
- included in the next STATES.TXT file.
-
- In the future you will not have to down-load the entire package the only
- file you will need is the latest STATES.TXT. These updated files will be
- on phone BBS systems with the title: UDmmddyy.ZIP -- UD(DATE).ZIP
-
- Any new versions of the software will be listed as: STATE-V2.ZIP
-
- All comments and suggestions as well as any updated information you
- might have about your system should be sent to: SP DBASE @ WA2PVV.NY