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WWIV2PCB
Version .1
Written by Ray Novino
RunWay BBS (215) 623-6203
┌─────────────┐
──────────────────────────────┤ Description ├──────────────────────────────
└─────────────┘
This is a simple utility to convert a WWIV ascii master file listing to
PCBoard file format.
┌────────────┐
───────────────────────────────┤ Quick Start├──────────────────────────────
└────────────┘
1. WWIV2PCB <filename> Where filename is the WWIV master.lst to be converted.
Your WWIV listing will remain unchanged and a new file will be created
in the current directory called PCBDIR.
┌─────────────┐
──────────────────────────────┤ Other Stuff ├──────────────────────────────
└─────────────┘
1. Because WWIV's master list doesn't include the date of the file all files
will be stamped with "01-01-92". You can use the "verify" option from
within PCBFiler to obtain the correct date from disk.
2. In order to word wrap the lines at 79 characters I'm running a second
pass on the formatted output. Please be sure you have enough disk space
to handle it.
3. This isn't the fastest utility but it should get the job done for you.
Hopefully you will only have to run it once.
4. Problems, questions or suggestions? I can be reached at RunWay BBS
SaltAir or the Sysop conference on most of the echo mail networks.
5. The sample WWIV Master.LST I was given looked like this:
2372B .ZIP: 21k :Adaptec manual for the Adaptec 2372B controller
2KCLUSTR.ZIP: 6k :Use 2K clusters instead of 4K on hard disk
400KDISK.ZIP: 8k :Format floppy disks to 400K
4HDISKS .ZIP: 4k :How to add up to 4 hard disks to XT class machine
ABOVE .ZIP: 55k :AboveDisk adjustable Ram-disk
ACACHE .ZIP: 10k :A Disk Caching Program
ADCACH12.ZIP: 11k :Quick disk cache utility
ALLOCATE.ZIP: 6k :Allocate/Reserve space across single disk partition
The newly created PCBDIR file will look like this:
2372B.ZIP 21504 01-01-92 Adaptec manual for the Adaptec 2372B
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2KCLUSTR.ZIP 6144 01-01-92 Use 2K clusters instead of 4K on hard disk
400KDISK.ZIP 8192 01-01-92 Format floppy disks to 400K
4HDISKS.ZIP 4096 01-01-92 How to add up to 4 hard disks to XT class
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ABOVE.ZIP 56320 01-01-92 AboveDisk adjustable Ram-disk
ACACHE.ZIP 10240 01-01-92 A Disk Caching Program
ADCACH12.ZIP 11264 01-01-92 Quick disk cache utility
ALLOCATE.ZIP 6144 01-01-92 Allocate/Reserve space across single disk
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┌─────────────┐
──────────────────────────────┤ Registration├──────────────────────────────
└─────────────┘
WWIV2PCB is offered free to all registered PCBoard sysops. If you find that
it has saved you time let me know so I won't spend the rest of my life feeling
that the time spent writing these docs was a complete waste.
┌─────────┐
────────────────────────────────┤ History ├────────────────────────────────
└─────────┘
04-23-92 v1.0
Initial public release.