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- *** BYE-PC Version 3.00 ***
-
- by
- Robert Starr,Jr.
- 5760 Villas Lane Apt. D
- Montgomery, Alabama 36116
- (205) 244-7230
-
- Well here it is! This is the first release of BYE-PC to the
- public domain. I hope that it will provide some utility to as many
- people as possible to further my programming efforts. This program
- was originally distributed as a demo package of compiled versions in
- hopes of generating a small profit.
-
- Unfortunatly I only sold two copies in a years time after a one and
- a half year development time. Please do not abuse the priveledge of
- access to the source code.
- The file COPYRGHT.DOC contains the copyright notice. If I find out
- someone is taking advantage of the copyright agreement, I will take
- action to prevent it. If you use this program on a regular basis and
- it provides some utility, a user donation is recomended for support.
- A donation of $30 dollars would greatly be appreciated.
-
-
- ** Setting Up the AUTOEXEC.BAT file **
-
- * The AUTOEXEC.BAT file included on this disk is the proper way to
- set up a system using BYE-PC. This will load the SHELL.EXE after
- exiting to DOS to prevent unauthorized commands.
-
- * Use DR (IBM Disk Repair or other disk editor) to modify the file
- directory of this AUTOEXEC.BAT. You will need to change the attribute
- from a 20h to a 27h for this file. This will prevent the AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file from appearing in the directory when using the DIR command. The
- DOS utility ATTRIB will not work here, since it only sets files to
- read or write permission mode.
-
- * Note the SHELL.EXE will not load unless you warm boot the system
- and continue execution from the AUTOEXEC file. Use Alt-Ctrl-Del to
- start call waiting, and to ensure the SHELL.EXE will load when
- entering DOS.
-
- * To compile BYExxx.ASM with the IBM Assembler, Linker, and EXE2BIN in
- the current directory pathname, use the following command and provided
- batch file to link with:
-
- C>masm bye204;
- C>com bye204;
- C>ren bye204.COM BYE.COM
-
- {for use with MASM 4.00 simply type}
-
- C>MAKE BYE
-
- BYE.COM is now ready for use and will load automatically after
- booting provided the AUTOEXEC.BAT file is configured correctly
-
- * Normally you will need to set up a XBBS system all within one
- major subdirectory that SHELL.EXE prohibits access to. This prevents
- users from entering the SYTEM and XBBS directories. A sample
- disk directory structure should look as follows:
-
- root a:\system\xbbs
- |
- |-- system --|
- | |
- xbbs dos
-
- All XBBS system files should be placed in the \SYSTEM\XBBS directory
- to prevent unauthorized access. Any DOS utilities should be placed
- in the \SYSTEM\DOS directory prevent user access, but allow certain
- DOS utilities to reside here (ADIR, ARC, Etc...).
-