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HISTORY FILE FOR QUIZARD'S MOUNTAIN
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Version 4.4
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(05-25-92)
If you are running under Wildcat!, this door now returns an Error Level
of 1 when exiting and an Error Level of 62 for all other systems. Hopefully
some of you can utilize these Error Levels when returning to the BBS.
(05-15-92)
We now have support for GT Power systems. The .CNF file is a little
different for GT. The COM port goes on line 5 and the Node number goes on
line 6. If you are a registered user of Quizard's then your registration
number goes on line 7.
Version 4.3
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(04-18-92)
If you are using a non-standard IRQ, you may use an environment variable
instead of specifying the actual IRQ number. Syntax is:
QUIZARD QUIZARD.CNF /%IRQ%
Version 4.2
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(03-19-92)
The door will now recognize the PCBoard %PCBDRIVE% and %PCBDIR%
environment variables. For example, if your path to PCBOARD.SYS is
C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS, you can use %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\PCBOARD.SYS instead
and the door will substitute the drive and directory. This allows multi-
node systems to use just one .CNF even if the paths are different
for each node!
Version 4.1
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(03-07-92)
A problem in determining the correct path to the ANSI bulletin has been
fixed.
Added routines to check for the existance of CATEGORY.DAT and at least
one Question file (which should have been in there in the first place!)
Inadvertantly left the two Question files out of v4.0. Included in the
.ZIP now.
Version 4.0
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(02-16-92)
Well, the long-awaited and long-overdue conversion from the old DoorPch
library is finally completed. About the only significant changes are in the
configuration file. The first 4 lines stay the same. The category filenames
and display names now go in a separate file called CATEGORY.DAT (see the
enclosed file for the format). You do not need to specify the number of
categories on the first line and do not put the / at the end of each entry.
There are 2 entries on each line of the CATEGORY.DAT file. The first is the
actual DOS filename and the second is the name of the Category you want
displayed on the screen. For example: GENERAL.DAT/General Topics
Note the / in between!
For those of you who have registered before, you will need to call MicroNet
for your new registration number. The old QUIZARD.REG file will no longer
work.
WARNING: Make sure you back up your old files before installing this new
version.
CHANGES AND UPGRADES IN QUIZARD'S MOUNTAIN V. 3.0+
==================================================
01-13-89
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Recompiled with DoorPch 3.4. No changes were made to Quizard's itself.
This version of DoorPch allows for a bug in the IBM BIOS c. 1982 which
would lock up under previous versions of DoorPch. Changed version number
to avoid confusion with 3.0 compiled under DoorPch 3.3.
10-2-88
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Recompiled with DoorPch 3.3. According to the authors, DoorPch 3.2 had a
bug in figuring the users remaining time. Although I have not experienced
it on my system, I did the recompile just to be on the safe side. No other
changes were made.
9-26-88
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Recompiled with DoorPch 3.2 to provide compatibility with PCBoard 14.0.
Both the ANSI and non-ANSI versions have been combined so it is no longer
necessary to run two doors. The program will first check to see if the user
is in graphics mode and if so will continue on. If not, he is given the
option to switch to graphics mode.
Removed requirement that the Demo version use my name and BBS name. You may
now use your own, however, it will still say 'Evaluation Copy' until the
program is registered.
CHANGES AND UPGRADES IN QUIZARD'S MOUNTAIN V. 1.7 AND 2.1
=========================================================
6-29-88
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Version 1.7 is now totally compatible with version 2.1. In fact it is
exactly the same except it doesn't require an ANSI compatible system. You may
run both versions from the same directory and they will access the same
Question databases, WIZARDS.DAT, QUIZARDx.CFG and use the same QUIZARD2.SYS
file. However, you must still have two DOORS on the menu since one batch
file must run QUIZARD.EXE and the other runs QUIZARD2.EXE.
Both versions now use the internal bulletin function of DOORPCH31. Therefore
the Bulletin path is no longer used in the .CFG files. In it's place you must
enter the number of Categories available. Hopefully this will eliminate those
nasty Error 52 messages!
I recommend you run both programs before any of your users since you must
answer some questions pertaining to number of names to be listed, Bulletin
path, etc. The program will create two bulletin files: QUIZARD.BUL and
QUIZARD2.BUL. If you would like to have only one Bulletin, I suggest you add
a line in the Door batch file to copy one .BUL file over the other.
For example:
For 1.7 For 2.1
======= =======
ECHO OFF ECHO OFF
CD\PCB\DOORS CD\PCB\DOORS
QUIZARD QUIZARD.CFG QUIZARD2 QUIZARD.CFG
COPY QUIZARD.BUL QUIZARD2.BUL COPY QUIZARD2.BUL QUIZARD.BUL
CD\PCB CD\PCB
BOARD BOARD
Quizard's now detects when a player has answered all available questions
in a particular Category and instead of resetting all pointers then, it will
switch to another Category. The pointers are not reset until all questions in
every Category have been answered. This will prevent a user learning all the
questions in one Category and answering them over and over. Especially useful
for Categories that have only a few questions in them!
The Observe Spell now prompts for a date instead of displaying the whole
log. The default is the date he last played the game or today's date if he is
a new player.
CHANGES AND UPGRADES IN QUIZARD'S MOUNTAIN V. 2.0
=================================================
5-30-88
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This version of QM has finally removed the necessity to run the daily
maintenance utility thru the Event.sys! It now runs itself when the first
player of the day logs on.
QM2 is compiled using Doorpch 3.1 so you must have the file DORPCH31.EXE
in the default directory or in your path. Put it in the same directory as
BRUN30.EXE and you should be ok. You also need to add a system variable to
your AUTOEXEC.BAT. Add: SET DOORPCH=PCB
You may now use punctuation in the answers. Periods, commas, hyphens etc.
will be inserted in the hint line (which has changed from dots to down arrows)
however, they are not automatically entered in the answer so the player must
include them himself.
QM2 uses cursor addressing which requires the player have an ANSI
compatible system. You might want to consider keeping version 1.6 online if
you have a number of users with Commodores, Atari's, etc.
The player's Status, Time and available Spells are now kept on-screen at
all times so the Status and Time spells have been removed. The Refresh Spell
has been added to redraw the screen in case the screen gets messed up due to
line noise, etc.
IMPORTANT! The COM port number formerly in line 1 of the .CFG file is no
longer used. It must be removed or you will get an error. The /NETWORK
parameter in multi-node systems is no longer needed and must also be removed.
Last and best. QM2 now allows multiple Question files!! You may call these
databases anything you want, such as GENERAL.DAT, SPORTS.QST, etc. You must
put the filenames in your QUIZARDx.CFG file.
The Question database filenames start on line 6 and you may have up to 30
databases. Make sure they are valid DOS filenames since the program uses
these to create the answer files for each database i.e. GENERAL.ANS,
SPORTS.ANS, etc.
Since the filenames are entered in each .CFG file, multi-node systems
could have entirely different questions for each Node!
Example QUIZARD.CFG:
C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS
MicroNet PCBoard <- Must not
Ted <- be changed
Freeman <- in Demo version!
4 <- Number of Categories that follow.
GENERAL.DAT/GENERAL KNOWLEDGE/ <- Doesn't matter what you call them as long
SPORTS.DAT/SPORTS TRIVIA/ <- as the database filename comes first and
SCIENCE.QST/SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY/ <- the Category names have slashes before
MOVIES.FIL/TELEVISION & MOVIES/ <- and after.