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WORDPLAY 2.1
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One of The Livewire BBS PCBoard(TM) multi-BBS Doorware programs.
Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS,
Remote Access, SpitFire, WWIV and many others.
By
Richard Paquette
PO Box 416
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
(C) Copyright 1990
All Rights Reserved
DOOR DESCRIPTION!
================
This door is rather simple but difficult.. You will be given a large word
taken directly from a Webster Dictionary. The word consists of 8 or more
letters. Hopefully, you will register this door, get the utility to add words
and make them as large as you can find.
When given the word, you are asked to match 10 smaller words that we have
already entered into the worddata.dat file via the utility I just mentioned.
If the caller matchs a word, they are given 50 points. BUT; they are only
allowed TWO mistakes, then out they go... at that time they have the chance to
view what TEN smaller words where associated with the Large word.. of course,
only for TWO seconds.. even a print screen would probably be very hard to do.
The ten smaller words are made up of letters in the large word.. get the
idea right, well.. get it set up and try it out yourself.. after you register,
you will have access to a "wordutil.exe" which will allow you to add words to
your worddata.dat file BUT; please DO NOT ALTER worddata.dat file with any
kind of editor..
FILES
=====
The following files are packaged with WRDPLAY1.ZIP
wrdplay.exe <--- executable program must be in directory at all times
wrdplay.cfg <--- sample configuration file, must have one for each node
worddata.dat <--- question and answer file, must be in directory
wrdplay <--- sample batch file
wrdplay.doc <--- what you are now reading
history.doc <--- what's new in each upgrade
order.frm <--- Order form for all Livewire Doors
CONFIGURATION
-------------
My suggestion to any PCBoard Sysop running Ver 14.5+ is to call
USERS.SYS in your CFG file.. .... the registration numbers go on
line 5!
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR PCBOARD.SYS
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C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR USERS.SYS
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C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR NEW WILDCAT
------------------------------------------
C:\CAT\USERINFO.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR DOOR.SYS
---------------------------------------
C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR CALLINFO.BBS
-------------------------------------------
C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR DORINFOx.DEF
-------------------------------------------
C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR SFDOORS.DAT
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C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR CHAIN.TXT
----------------------------------------
C:\BBS\CHAIN.TXT <=- (Full pathname of your CHAIN.TXT file)
The Livewire BBS <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
Richard <=- (The Sysop's first name)
Paquette <=- (The Sysop's last name)
==============
WORDPLAY BATCH FILE
This is the batch file whose name is entered in PCBSETUP. It should reside in
your default PCB directory. Leave this as is except for changing the paths.
ECHO OFF
E:
CD\WRDPLAY
WRDPLAY WRDPLAY.CFG <--- Please read NOTE below
C:
CD\PCB
BOARD
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR DIGIBOARD USERS:
Wordplay now includes support for FOSSIL drivers!!! This means your Doors
will work with Digiboard (e.g. Wildcat!'s M version) and other multi-port
boards. To activate the Fossil driver support, just include /FD on the
command line when running the Door. For example:
WRDPLAY WRDPLAY.CFG /FD
If no Fossil driver is available, WordPlay will display a message to that
effect and exit gracefully.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR NON STANDARD IRQ's:
Supports COM 1 to 4 on the standard IRQ's
Com1/Com3 = IRQ4 and Com2/Com4 = IRQ3
You can make use of the IRQ environment variable
If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ number after the
configuration filename. For example the program is STORE and you want to use
Com1 and IRQ5. The command line passed to your door would be:
STORE STORE.CFG /5
or
STORE STORE.CFG /%IRQ% using the environment variable
The /5 tells STORE to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that is
normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard IRQ's.
You can also make use of the Drive and Directory environment variable
such as %PCBDRIVE% and %PCBDIR% in the first line of you cfg file so that you
can use one file for all nodes..
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BULLETINS
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WordPlay creates three additional files called:
wrdplay.blt <--- ascii bulletin
wrdplayg.blt <--- ansi bulletin
wrdplay.bul <--- bulletin control file
These are created in the default directory where the door is being
run from.. if you would like to redirect the *.blt files, then edit
"WRDPLAY.BUL" on the first line. Enter the path you would like to
have the *.blt files go etc...
Example: Wrdplay.blt
0,noname
0,noname
etc.....
Edit: c:\pcb\gen\blt1 <--- DO NOT add the G
0,noname
0,noname
etc.....
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DOOR OPERATION
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F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off.
Value is passed to PCBoard.
F4 - Toggles the Page Bell On/Off.
Value is passed to PCBoard.
F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off.
Value is passed to PCBoard.
F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to PCBoard.
Without letting them know that the sysop called them back!
F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off.
Value is passed to PCBoard.
F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
HOME - HELP key for status line options.
UP - Allows the SysOp to temporarily give the caller extra time
while in the DOOR. This time is NOT passed to PCBoard.
DN - Allows the SysOp to temporarily subtract time from the
caller while in the DOOR. This time is NOT passed to PCBoard.
ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle.
Value is passed to PCBoard.
ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off.
Value is passed to PCBoard.
WATCHDOG/CTTY/ANSI.SYS
----------------------
CTTY and WATCHDOG are not required and should not be used with
this program. WORDPLAY contains its own communication routines
which monitor the COM port. If carrier is lost, it will return
to PCBoard where the BBS will log the user off the system.
ANSI.SYS, or something similar, is required for WORDPLAY to
function properly!
DISTRIBUTION
------------
WORDPLAY is COPYRIGHTED by Richard Paquette, with all rights reserved.
This program is being distributed via the SHAREWARE concept and as
such, may be copied freely with the following restrictions:
* The program must be supplied in it's original
unmodified form, including documentation.
* WORDPLAY may not be distributed as part of any
commercial application or service without the
express, written consent of the author.
* Vendors of Shareware/Public Domain software may
not distribute this program without the express,
written consent of the author.
REGISTRATION
------------
WORDPLAY represents many hours of programming and the author
deserves just compensation for his time, efforts and expertise.
If you find this program to be of some value and you continue
to use it on your BBS system, you must return the registration
form provided along with the registration fee. Registration
entitles you to free upgrades via modem from The Livewire's Support
Additional upgrades/support to the BBS are available at $15.00 per
year. Payments should be made in the form of a check or money order
(do NOT send cash!). Foreign orders must be in U.S. funds drawn on a
U.S. bank.
********** REGISTER ONLINE ***********
You may also call The Livewire BBS and register online via
Visa or Mastercard using our online Credit Card door which will
produce your registration number on the spot! At the main board
prompt just type REGISTER and presto..
Suggestions and/or comments may be sent to the address below or
via electronic mail:
HUBSNJ for RelayNet and Node ID is: LIVEWIRE
HUBNJ for Intelec and Node ID is: LIVEWIRE
HUBNJ for AFter Dark and Node ID is: LIVEWIRE
Richard Paquette
The Livewire BBS
Public Free Access Node 1 (609) 235-5297 MNP/5 - 300/1200/2400