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- Program: Quoter.com
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- Purpose: To display a "Quote for the Day" using the Fido(tm) Quote.bbs file.
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- How it works: Quoter.com uses Quotes.bbs as it's input, you may add, delete
- or change any of the quotes in the file. Quotes.bbs is an
- ASCII file and can be edited with (almost) any word processor.
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- Requirements: Quoter.com and Quotes.bbs must reside in the same subdirectory.
- Dos 3.0 or higher, Ibm or compatible machine.
- A small amount of memory.
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- Work file used: Pointer.bbs - This is a 2 byte file that is used to keep track
- of the next quote to display. If it does not
- exits, Quoter will create one. Upon creation
- of Pointer.bbs, the first quote in the file
- will be displayed, and then the next sequential
- quote.....and so on.
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- Limitaions: If you modify the Quotes.bbs file and add your own quotes,
- each line of your quote may be only 79 characters long.
- This will avoid a space being displayed between the lines.
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- Length of the Quotes (max lines) is 50.
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- Sample of autoexec.bat with Quoter.com and Quotes.bbs in a subdirectory other
- than the Root Directory:
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- Autoexec.bat:
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- TIME
- DATE
- command /c quote ; "command /c" tells the batch file to return
- CHKDSK/F ; to AUTOEXEC.BAT when finished and continue
- ... ; execution. "quote" is a batch file set up
- ... ; in your PATH. See your dos manual for PATH.
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- Quote.bat:
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- echo off ; Turn ECHO OFF
- cd\quotes ; Change Directories to "quotes" <----------+
- quoter <------+ |
- cd\ | This is a subdirectory that you set up }-+
- | to contain Quoter.com and Quotes.bbs }-+
- |
- +- ; Execute Quoter.com
- ; and return to the root directory
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- Author: Scott W. Saltz
- Date: 06-05-86
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- Send comments and or hate mail to:
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- Twilight Productions
- P.O. Box 94215
- Des Moines, Iowa
- 50394
- co. FM Software
- Scott Saltz
-
- or call:
- (515) 280-3271 300/1200/2400 24hr.
- Crystal Palace [Fido(tm)]
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