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- ║ GT-HELP ║ Setting GT up for a LAN network
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- Up to 10 copies of GT can be run on a network. It is probably best
- to get a node running stand-alone first, then add the network capability
- when you are satisfied with the general operation.
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- I will assume this is not the first program you have configured to run
- across the network - if it is, you have some other reading to do first.
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- ┌───────────────────┐
- │ DOS configuration │
- └───────────────────┘
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- The suggested configuration should include :
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- In config.sys: fcbs=24,12 (min)
- stacks=62,512 (min)
- buffers=25 (max)
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- In autoexec.bat: share /F:6144 /L:70 (min)
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- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Each station running GT should have a separate copy of the GT.CNF file.│
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- Normally they are all called GT.CNF, but each station needs a slightly
- different configuration - so GTPATH must point to a different directory on
- each station.
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Choose one of the stations to be station 0 (PID 0 in GT's terms). │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- Station 0 is the one that manages the user records.
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- a) Set its GTPATH in the environment to a local directory, copy your
- existing GT.CNF there (I assume its mostly correct already), start
- GT, execute ALT-I and find the LAN parameters (37).
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- b) Set PID number to 0, and assign an arbitrary name to it.
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- c) Set the LAN path to a drive and directory that can also be accessed
- from the other stations. This is where GT will store the user
- files. A new (empty) directory is probably best.
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- d) Set some path names (ALT-I 26) :
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- i) Unique local directories: Download
- Capture
- Log
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- ii) Shareable directories: Dflt File Area
- Dflt Msg Base
- Sys Msg Path
- BBS/CBS file path
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- The shareable directories can be on remote stations if you wish.
- You are not obliged to share them between all copies of GT, but you
- would usually want to.
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- ┌────────────────────┐
- │ Set other stations │
- └────────────────────┘
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- Set the other stations similarly, noting that :
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- a) their PIDs should be unique numbers in the range 1 to 9
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- b) their LAN paths should all point to the same directory as station 0
- (though its path will probably be referred to differently when
- accessed remotely).
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- c) their GTPATHs should all be local directories with no sharing
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- d) If you want it to start up with the same defaults as station 0, use
- the same 'shareable' directories as station 0.
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- ┌────────────────────────┐
- │ Install the text files │
- └────────────────────────┘
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- a) For the moment, put all your BBS and CBS files into the shared
- BBS/CBS file path. The result of this will be that all stations
- should look the same to callers.
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- Except that if you intend to run netmail:
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- Nodelist.bbs, routing.bbs, schedule.bbs - the netmail
- software does not presently use the BBS/CBS path. These
- must go in the GTPATH directory on whichever station you
- intend to run netmail.
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- GTMDIR.BBS - if running netmail, you will need a GTPATH
- copy of this on the netmail station.
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- Note: If you later wish one of the stations to look different to
- the others, you can place a copy of any of these files in
- the GTPATH and edit it there. That will then take
- precedence over the shared copy in the BBS/CBS path
- directory.
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- In the case of the GTMDIR and GTDIR files, this assumes that you can
- 'address' the file area and message base directories uniformally
- across the network. The easiest way to do this is to assign unused
- drive letters to the appropriate drives :
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- lastdrive=z (in config.sys)
- subst m: c:\msgs (autoexec.bat on station 1)
- subst m: j:\msgs (autoexec.bat on station 1)
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- This allows the message base directories to be referred to as
- m: even though the individual stations may address them differently.
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- ##MMR 2.16ß !link JP 8-09-90 8:24
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