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Tournament BBS Backgammon SysOp Instructions
Welcome to Tournament BBS Backgammon
written by Joe W Mahurin
using door routines by Scott Baker
Disclaimer:
Joe W Mahurin shall in no way be held responsible for any
damage incurred from the use or misuse of Tournament BBS
Backgammon. By using Tournament BBS Backgammon the user
assumes ALL responsibility for damage incurred. No
warranty, either assumed or implied is given.
Registration Benefits:
If this is an unregistered version of Tournament BBS Backgammon
then the maximum games that can be played is 10 games. In the
registered version up to 99 games can be played. Please support
shareware and register this game!
List of files:
Backgame.exe The door program.
Backgame.ctl Created by Setup. Door control file.
Make sure you only edit this file with
the SETUP utility.
Setup.exe Fast and easy setup utility, writes all the
control and configuration files.
Sysop.txt This file.
Brules.txt List of Backgammon rules for users.
Bnstruct.txt Tournament BBS Backgammon Door Instructions.
History.txt List of bug fixes and revision history.
Register.frm Registration form.
Backgame.gam Created by SETUP. Contains a master list of
games being played. DO NOT edit this file.
Backgame.sco Created by SETUP. Contains all player scores.
BgameX.gam The individual games. DO NOT edit this file.
Backgame.key The Tournament BBS Backgammon registration file
recieved from the author.
Installing Tournament BBS Backgammon:
1...Create a directory for your backgammon game. Unarchive
your copy into your newly created directory.
2...Enter your newly created directory and type SETUP at the
DOS prompt.
3...Follow the SETUP instructions. When finished enter a
'Q' to exit SETUP and save the information that you
entered.
4...The installation process in now complete.
Tournament BBS Backgammon SysOp Instructions - 4
Parameters:
/L Run Backgammon in local mode.
/S Run Backgammon in sysop fast mode. Only difference
between this and local mode is that /S does not
ask the SysOp for his name.
/M Run system maintenance.
/Nx Where x is the node number Backgammon is run from.
At this point Tournament BBS Backgammon does not
support multi node.
/Pn Where n is the path to your BBS. This is where
Backgammon will look for your file to tell it
the name of the caller.
Tournament BBS Backgammon SysOp Instructions - 5
Running Tournament BBS Backgammon:
Most Bulletin Board Systems call the door game up
from a batch file. You may create a batch file
to call up this door game. Include the following
lines:
Backgame /p c:\bbs
Where c:\bbs is the path to your BBS.
System Maintenace:
I highly recommend that you run system maintenance once a
day. System maintence can be run by the following
command:
Backgame /m
Tournament BBS Backgammon SysOp Instructions - 6
Registration:
Registration fee is $15.00. As Tounament BBS Backgammon
gets more and more complicated and more features are
added the price will probably go up.
Fill out the registration form and mail to:
Joe W Mahurin
2403 Bruce Avenue NBU #99
Tucson AZ 85708-1313
Possible future features:
Multi-Node operation.
An actual tournament module that allows the sysop to
run hands off tournaments.
InterBBS play.