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- Walnut Creek CDROM BBS readme
-
- Opus
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- The \_bbs\opus directory contains the tools that created the
- files.bbs file in each subdirectory. These should be usable with
- Remote Access / TubFile / Opus / QuickBbs / Superbbs.
-
- Maximus
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- \_bbs\maxtool contains a utility to copy the files.bbs files to one
- directory on your hard disk and create the hcdareas.ctl file that
- points to the index files. A prebuilt control file is in this
- directory. Thanks to Koos van den Hout.
-
- PC Board
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- The \_bbs\pcbtool directory contains the tools used to create the
- \_bbs\pcb dir??? files. It also has a utility to create the global
- index file. Please make backups on your configuration.
-
- RBBS
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- The \_bbs\rbbstool directory has some tools and hints for installing
- the cdrom on a RBBS board. The file listings are in \_bbs\rbbs.
- Thanks to Bruce Jackson.
-
- Spitfire
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- The \_bbs\sftool directory has some tools and hints for installing
- the cdrom on a spitfire BBS. The file listings are in \_bbs\sf.
-
- RoverBoard
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- The \_bbs\rover directory has instructions for converting the
- \_bbs\pcboard\*.dir files to rOver board format.
-
- Wildcat
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- \_bbs\wc30 contains a setup program for wildcat, version 3.55. this
- is the commercial version, not the shareware version. This works
- with versions up to and including 3.90.
-
- ALL
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- If you want to show me what your bbs requires for a directory area
- display similar to the rbbs display, please send me the exact
- specifications.
-
- I produced these with the program "makemenu" in \_bbs. This produces
- a double column listing of the area descriptions based on
- \_bbs\dirs.txt. There are three versions of the directory menu, a
- plain version (dir.dir), a IBM high-bit version (dirg.dir), and an
- ANSI color version (dirc.dir).
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- A lot of these programs use DOS redirection. This allows a program
- that prints to "standard out" to `redirect' its output to a file or
- another program. If it sends it to another program it goes through a
- `pipe'. For example,
-
- makemenu > out
-
- sends the output of the makemenu program into a file called out.
-
- If I wanted to sort the output of the makemenu command and display it
- to the screen, I'd type
-
- makemenu | sort
-
- If I wanted to sort it and sent it to a file, I'd type
-
- makemenu | sort > out
-
- Most of the batch files use redirection. My utilites write to
- standard out so they can be redirected to a file or piped through
- another program accepts standard in as input.
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-
- If you set the disc up for your board with features or enhancements
- that aren't on the disc, please ftp me a copy to cdrom.com or
- snail-mail me a copy and I'll credit your account toward future
- purchases.
-
- I'm not a sysop. I have tried to create file index files that will
- be useful for sysops. Feedback is appreciated. Prebuilt BBS
- configuration files are greatly appreciated.
-
-
- -jack 1 800 786 9907
- Walnut Creek CDROM +1 510 674 0783
- 1547 Palos Verdes, Ste 260 +1 510 674 0821 (fax)
- Walnut Creek CA 94596 velte@cdrom.com (internet)
- USA 72147,3425 (compuserve)
-