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- THANKS to David Finster, system operator of the "OPUSinfo Here"
- bulletin board in Dallas. He put together the installation
- kit and most of the archives in the Opus system.
-
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-
- You should already have a basic OPUS system on your computer.
- If you do not, please go read oKIT_000.DOC to find out how
- to do it.
-
- The following material is only for those who have already
- installed OPUS.
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-
-
- INSTALLATION FINAL STEPS:
-
-
- Step 1:
- Un-Arc OCOMM_???.ARC, and place the file OPUSCOMM.COM
- in your root directory. This is the Memory-Resident
- I/O driver for Opus. Opus WILL NOT run without this
- driver. It only needs to be run once, at Boot time.
- Your AutoExec batch file is a good place to place a
- statement to run it, like this:
-
- OpusComm
-
- Step 2:
- Make sure that you have ample FILES and BUFFERS in your
- CONFIG.SYS. I recommend:
-
- FILES=30
- BUFFERS=60
-
- Step 3:
- Set the Time Zone variable. This is a DOS variable used
- by Opus to determine what time zone you are in.
- In your AutoExec batch file, you would include a line:
-
- SET TZ=[time zone]
-
- Some of the possible time zones are:
-
- EASTERN
- ----------------------------------------------
- For standard time......... SET TZ=EST+05
- For daylight time......... SET TZ=EDT+04
-
- CENTRAL
- ----------------------------------------------
- For standard time......... SET TZ=CST+06
- For daylight time......... SET TZ=CDT+05
-
- MOUNTAIN
- ----------------------------------------------
- For standard time......... SET TZ=MST+07
- For daylight time......... SET TZ=MDT+06
-
- PACIFIC
- ----------------------------------------------
- For standard time......... SET TZ=PST+08
- For daylight time......... SET TZ=PDT+07
-
- OTHER TIME ZONES
- ----------------------------------------------
- Yukon standard time....... SET TZ=YST+09
- Alaska standard time...... SET TZ=AST+10
- Bering standard time...... SET TZ=BST+11
-
- The system defaults to CENTRAL STANDARD time with a deviation
- of +06 hours from Universal time.
-
- For a more detailed discussion about time, please refer to
- the Opus Sysop Manual.
-
- For a more detailed discussion about the Dos SET command,
- please refer to your DOS manual.
-
-
- Step 4:
- Look at and edit your Opus Control File. It will be in
- the Opus Root directory, named OPUS.CTL.
- You WILL need to Edit the following things:
-
- Sysop's Name
- Modem Init String
-
- You MAY need to Edit these things:
-
- Comm Port
- Max Baud Rate
- User settings (time limits, download limits, etc.)
-
- Please take the time to look over the Control File, and
- become more familiar with it. If you used the "Stock"
- MAKEOPUS.BAT, then you will not have to worry about all
- the various paths to different files, those were done
- automatically.
-
- Step 5:
- Compile the Control File. Opus does not understand the
- Control file in "User Friendly" form, it has to be
- compiled into a "Parameter" file. The compiler is named
- OPUS_CTL.EXE. If your Control file was named OPUS.CTL,
- then you would use the command:
-
- OPUS_CTL OPUS
-
- OPUS_CTL will take the OPUS.CTL file, and create OPUS.PRM.
- OPUS.PRM is the actual file that Opus reads on start-up.
-
- Step 6:
- Did you re-boot? You will need to re-boot to activate
- OPUSCOMM, set the time zone variable, etc.
-
- Step 7:
- Start Opus. Make sure you are in the Opus Root directory,
- and start Opus with the command string:
-
- OPUS [Control File Name]
-
- If your control file was named OPUS.CTL, then your command
- string would look like this:
-
- OPUS OPUS
-
-
- ------------------- If you have problems...............
-
- * Verify that your control file is set up correctly,
- and edit and re-compile it if needed.
-
- * Read the Sysop Documentation for further help.
-
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