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* * * * * * * * * * * * BIG Rollers * * * * * * * * * * *
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> ---- Installation for PCBoard Systems ---- <
Put the following files in a directory (like: C:\PCB\DOORS\BIG).
BIGROL.EXE ..... The executable file.
BIGROL.CFG ..... The configuration file.
BIGROL.SC1 ..... Introductory ANSI Screen.
The program will make three other files the first time it is run, if they
are not already present:
BIGROL.BUL ..... A file that holds information for scores bulletins.
BIGROL.BLT ..... High scores bulletin - ASCII.
BIGROLG.BLT ..... High scores bulletin - ANSI.
A key file is made available when you register the game.
BIGROL.KEY ..... The registration key is available from Pleasant
Hill BBS, 615-334-9800. The Beta test version
of Big Rollers will not operate after 03-01-93
unless the key file is present.
Of course you will need a batch file so PCBoard can run the program.
BIGROL ..... The command line is: BIGROL BIGROL.CFG
The first line in BIGROL.CFG tells the game where to find PCBOARD.SYS.
This line should be something like: C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS
The second line of BIGROL.CFG gives your BBS name, and the third line
is the SysOp's name.
The game writes two high scores bulletins which give the names and scores
of the top ten players. (One bulletin is ANSI and the other is ASCII.)
The first line of BIGROL.BUL determines the name of the two .BLT files
that are made. For example, if you want to display these high scores
in Bulletin 5 on your board, then put "C:\PCB\GEN\BLT5" as the first line
in BIGROL.BUL. Then the program will write two BLT files: BLT5 and BLT5G
The name of the .BLT files should be no more than 7 letters (the program
adds a G to one of them).
Your batch file will look something like this:
CD C:\PCB\DOORS\BIG
BIGROL BIGROL.CFG
CD C:\PCB
Name the batch file "BIGROL" and put it where PCB can find it.
LOCAL MODE: The game can be played in local mode (with no BBS
present). To play in local mode type: BIGROL LOCAL
OTHER NOTES: DOS 3.0 or later is required. The game accesses
PCBOARD.SYS, PCBOARD.DAT and the USERS file. In some configurations
the game will access DOOR.SYS, PCBOARD.DAT, and USERS.SYS. The DOOR.SYS
referred to here is the standard 52 line GAP (tm) file.
COM Ports 1-4 are supported on the standard IRQ's. If you have
changed the IRQ setting for your COM port to a non standard value,
then you may give Big Rollers that information on the command line.
For example, if you want to use COM1 and IRQ5, then your batch file
would have the command line: BIGROL BIGROL.CFG /5
or: BIGROL BIGROL.CFG /%IRQ%
The player must have ANSI.SYS loaded because the game uses cursor
positioning. The game checks for ANSI and color capability and
will not let the player in unless those capabilities are present.
Big Rollers has been tested and run successfully on a multinode
system running under DESQview and QEMM.
BIG Rollers was designed and programmed by Joel Dunlap using
Microsoft QuickBasic4.5. Development of the game was facilitated
by the use of DOORFRAME, A BBS Doors Development Library by
Ted Freeman. Some of the input\output routines were based on the
work of Randy Benson. Testing in the PCBoard environment was
conducted by Danny Carter, SysOp of Pleasant Hill BBS.