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RECONFIG Version 17.1A DOCUMENTATION
RECONFIG is a conversion utility for RBBS-PC systems. This version is ONLY
for SYSOP's of RBBS-PC version 14, 15 or 16.1A who are upgrading to RBBS-PC
version 17.1A. It should NOT be used to convert from/to ANY other versions!
What it does:
RECONFIG reads the RBBS-PC configuration file (RBBSnPC.DEF) and extracts as
much information as possible in order to create a working .DEF file for
RBBS-PC version 17.1A. Your existing 14, 15 or 16.1A DEF file WILL NOT WORK
with version 17.1A. Instead of re-typing all your custom settings, run
RECONFIG before setting up your new 17.1A system.
How to use it:
RECONFIG.EXE will prompt you for the necessary input, or it will accept
input on the command line in the form:
RECONFIG [drive:\path\]input-file version [drive:\path\]output-file
input-file is the name of your existing RBBS-PC configuration
version is the version of your file (14.1D, 15.1A,B,C or 16.1A only!)
output-file is the name of your desired RBBS-PC version 17.1A file
If you do not specify an input file and version, and an output file,
RECONFIG will prompt you for the proper input. You COULD specify the same
name for both input and output (so RECONFIG will write the new .DEF file in
place of the old one), but this is NOT recommended! You will be left
WITHOUT your original .DEF file!
If the command line is specified correctly, you will be shown your options
one more time to make sure. Since RECONFIG will write the output file even
if a file already exists with the same name, be careful in your choice of
output file names!
Once you run RECONFIG, You should inspect your new .DEF file with CONFIG.EXE
for 17.1A. There are MANY new changes to RBBS-PC and CONFIG that you will
want to know about. Where possible, RECONFIG uses your existing settings to
choose values for settings that are new to version 17.1A. You can view
these new settings by selecting CONFIG option 190.
NOTICE:
This program was conceived and written by:
Doug Azzarito
of TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS of the Palm Beaches, Inc.
P.O. Box 31024
Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 33410
VOICE: (407) 627-9767 DATA: (407) 627-6969 or 627-6862
The purpose of this program is to ease the migration to RBBS-PC version
17.1A. Since most of the code was taken directly from RBBS-PC and CONFIG
code, PLEASE respect the RBBS-PC copyright! You may use this program,
distribute it freely in unmodified form, but do NOT accept any payment or
other consideration for copying or distributing this program. Do NOT use
portions of this code in another program without first getting permission
from the copyright owner of RBBS-PC!
NOTE: due to space limitations, you may not receive source code to
RECONFIG. Feel free to call my RBBS and download the source.