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VBBS/NET 6.00 Archives
Copyright (C) Roland De Graaf 1990-1993
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Welcome to the official release of VBBS 6.00!
600_READ.ME! This file
VBBS600.DOC Main VBBS Documentation (Please Read)
VSCRIPT.DOC Explaination of Vscript commands
MULTINET.DOC VBBS MultiNet Documentation
MODEM.DOC Modem Configuration
VFIDO.DOC VFIDO Documentation
VXY.DOC VXY Documentation
VBBSDOOR.DOC Setting Up Doors Under VBBS
LOCALNET.DOC Local NET Documentation
SUBSLIST.NET Current List of VirtualNET subs
MAIL_REG.TXT Your VBBS/NET Registration form
INSTALL.EXE VBBS Installation Program
BBS.EXE VBBS Start-Up File
VBBS.EXE VBBS Main Program
VBBS-AUX.EXE VBBS Aux Executable
VCONFIG.EXE VBBS Configuration Program
VCOM.EXE VBBS Script Compiler
VLIST.EXE Ascii/Heart Code File Viewer
VXY.EXE VXY Xmodem/Ymodem Transfer Protocol Program
VQWK.EXE VBBS QWK Program
VME.EXE VBBS MultiNet Engine
VFIDO.EXE VBBS FidoNET Mailer/Tosser
VNET.EXE VNET Network Software
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Version 6.00 UPGRADE
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The Virtual BBS/NET ver 6.00 updates versions 5.5x, & 5.6x only!
--> VBBS 6.00 replaces ALL executable files <--
* UPGRADE INSTALLATION FROM VBBS VER 6.00 *
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(New Installations Please read VBBS600.DOC)
UPGRADE Installations for ver 6.00, upgrading from ver 5.5x or 5.6x:
1) Backup:
files in your database directory
files in your data directory
your .cfg files
2) Having extracted the VBBS60-1.ZIP & VBBS60-2.ZIP to a separate dir,
run the "INSTALL" exe as an upgrade existing installation and name
the correct path to your actual VBBS dir.
(your .CFG files will NOT be overwritten)
3) Verify settings in Vconfig and change Channel 1 in CHANNEL.CFG to
reflect your modem port. (Base addresses and IRQ addresses are set
automatically)
4) The INSTALL for 6.00, when used to upgrade existing installations,
copies ONLY the new .EXE files to your VBBS directory.
It does NOT over-write any menus, script files, function blocks,
text files, or network data files.
You may need to copy files or make some changes manually. <--------
File to consider replacing/editing: *.ANS *.ASC *.TXT *.PDM
-> EXISTING INSTALLATIONS MUST USE THE INSTALL PROGRAM TO UPGRADE VBBS. <-
It is recommended that you BACK-UP the files in your Database
Directory, and the files in your Data Directory.
-- Please Read VBBS600.DOC for more information --
What's New for 6.00
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1. Built-In FIDOnet Support
Eliminates the need for external FIDOnet mailers such as FrontDoor.
Easy to configure. Multi-Networks compatible.
Please see VFIDO.DOC/MULTINET.DOC for more info.
2. VXY Xmodem/Ymodem Protocols
VBBS-specific multiuser compatible file transfer protocols.
Please see VXY.DOC for more info.
3. DigiBoard support
4. CDROM support for 'oddly-organized' CD's & Automatic Description "Uploading"
VCDROM.EXE, available separately, can be used to automatically
"upload" the file descriptions from data on the CD itself.
5. New VNET Software
Fully Multinetwork-aware with awesome gating capabilities.
6. VGIX Support
VGIX, available separately, is the graphical front-end for VBBS.
VGIX supports VGA graphics and mouse operation for remote users.
(Note: VGA NOT required on BBS computer.)
Capabilities:
Drawing Commands, like Plot, Line, Circle, etc.
Iconified Menus with Mouse support
List Boxes with Mouse support
...more to come!
The VGIX Support within VBBS is composed of two parts:
-Hard-Coded VGIX support
-VGIX support thru scripting
Using scripts you can "make" VGIX do a great many things --
and most importantly -- do it interactively and quickly.
One of the changes made to 6.00 to better support VGIX
has to do with the way menu files are accessed by the system.
Assume the menu we want to access is called MAIN.
Under VBBS 5.52, the sequence for "finding" a menu was as follows:
Check Text Directory:
If MAIN.MNU exists, display it.
If not, then display either MAIN.ANS or MAIN.ASC depending
on user video preference.
Under VBBS 6.00, the sequence goes like this:
Check Script Directory:
If MAIN.V exists, execute it.
If not, do the following:
Check Text Directory:
If MAIN.MNU exists, display it.
If not, then display either MAIN.ANS or MAIN.ASC depending
on user video preference.
This allows you to activate a script, instead of just simply
displaying a menu, if you wish. The script, then, should check
$videomode and take the appropriate action. If $videomode = 3,
then you are in VGIX mode and can do the VGIX commands which
produce the iconfied menu you desire on the user's screen.
Many interesting uses for this are possible.
The combination of VBBS/VScript & VGIX is very powerful, and
very flexible.