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PATCH300.EXE - Patch For RBBS-PC's DORINFOx.DEF Door Interface
Copyright (C) 1993 By Lightning Software, All Rights Reserved
THE MICROSOFT RUN-TIME MODULE BRUN45.EXE IS REQUIRED FOR OPERATION!
Warranty
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PATCH300.EXE is distributed without warranty. In no event will Lightning
Software be liable to you for any damages from running this program. Including
any loss of profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential
damages arising out of your use of or inability to use the program, even if
Lightning Software or a authorized representative has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
Lightning Software will not be liable for any such claim by any other party.
All risk associated with using this program are the complete responsibility of
the user.
Files you should have
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PATCH300.EXE - The main PATCH300 program
PATCH300.DOC - Installation documentation
What PATCH300.EXE is
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The enclosed program PATCH300.EXE is designed to patch RBBS-PC's DORINFOx.DEF
format interface files, to allow users calling at 300 baud to use various
doors which will not read the baud rate properly. RBBS-PC places a space
before the baud rate when a user is online at 300 BPS, this causes some doors
to not read the baud rate properly, examples of doors which require this
patch is Mini-Ad's and RBBS-Verify also from Lightning Software.
This patch was written for use with Lightning Software's doors, although it
should work fine with other doors, there is no gurantee that it will.
Setup
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Setup is very simple, all that's required is to simply place a line in your
door batch file before execution of the door program, an example batch file
is as follows:
@ECHO OFF
CLS
PATCH300 C:\RBBS\DORINFO1.DEF
DOOR
CD\RBBS
As shown above, all you have to do is place the PATCH300.EXE program before
execution of the door, passing it the full path and filename of your
DORINFOx.DEF file (where x represents the node number). You will see
PATCH300.EXE load and patch the desired door interface file (if patching is
required).
NOTE: If you will be running multiple doors that require this patch, you might
wish to place PATCH300.EXE in your path for easier use.
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In closing...
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This is a "quick and dirty" utility, it's nothing fancy, but it does get the
job done very well, I decided to write this utility when I determined that
the doors I was writing failed to operate at 300 baud when running using
RBBS-PC, the need for this utility I am sure will vary, 300 baud users come
around once in a blue moon, however running this utility will allow full baud
rate access to your system.
PATCH300.EXE is written in QuickBasic 4.5, the program handles it's own
error trapping routines and will exit cleanly if an error occurs during
execution.
This utility is released as freeware, and may be freely distributed to all
BBS's and online services provided (1.) the program is not modified in ANY
WAY SHAPE OR FORM and (2.) no fee may be charged for the program other than
a modest disk duplication and packaging charge, not to exceed $6.00 per disk.
As long as the above is followed, you may freely copy and share this program.
If you have any comments/suggestions or improvements for PATCH300.EXE, please
let me know! You may contact us at our 24 hour a day support BBS (Software
Express) (404) 941-2822, or by mail at the following address:
Lightning Software
P.O. Box 177
Lithia Springs, Ga 30057
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