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News Reader Door
by Jeff Bisson
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Copy Right 1993 by Infinite Data Source
-USA Door 1.0 Page 1-
WHAT IS USA DOOR?
USA Door is a USA Today on-line news magazine reader for PCBoard 14.5
and Wildcat 3.x. This BBS door allows a SysOp to place the daily USA Today
news files into the door directory and read the news file on-line.
This door will support COM 1-8 and will work properly with a
non-standard IRQ and Combase.
USA Door has a capability of detecting where your DOOR.SYS file is
located for both PCBoard 14.5 and Wildcat 3.x. In other words, you won't
have to go through the tedious process of creating a .CFG file (saves
valuable time, especially for multi-node BBS operators)
COPYRIGHT
USA Door (Version 1.00) is distributed under the Shareware concept.
You are granted a limited license to use and share it under the following
conditions:
* USA Door is not distributed in a modified form
* All references to the copyright and author are retained
* You are given a 30-day trial period for this software; after 30 days
of trial usage, you must either delete this program from your
system or register this program.
This program and ALL FILES included in the archive are:
Copyright (c) 1993, Infinite Data Source, All Rights reserved
Programmed by Jeff Bisson
LIABILITY
Infinite Data Source & Jeff Bisson make no warranty of ANY kind,
expressed or implied, including without limitation, any warranties of
merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. Infinite Data
Source & Jeff Bisson will not be liable for any damages, whether
direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure of this
program to operate in the manner desired by the user. Infinite Data
Source & Jeff Bisson will not be liable for any damage to data which
may be caused directly or indirectly by use of this program
FILES INCLUDED IN THE ARCHIVES
USADOOR.DOC - USA Door documentation you are reading now
USADOOR.EXE - USA Door executable file
USADOOR.SCR - Sample menu. Note that the unregistered version of USA
Door Will not Support an ANSI menu. Once registered, you
may edit this ANSI menu screen or use your own.
USADOOR.BAT - Sample Batch File to run USA Door
REGISTER.DOC- Registration form
SETTING UP USA DOOR
For Wildcat 3.X IM Version
It takes less than 2 minutes to successfully install USA Door to
your BBS.
1. Create a directory for USA Door
2. Copy the archive USADR100.ZIP into the directory you just created
3. Extract USADR100.ZIP within the directory
4. Copy today's issue of USATODAY.ZIP
5. Extract today's issue of USATODAY.ZIP
6. Create a batch file to execute USA Door which includes ONLY ONE LINE
C:\DOORS\USADOOR\USADOOR.EXE (note that you may have named your
directory differently)
THAT'S IT! No .CFG file(s) needed! It will automatically detect
DOOR.SYS for PCBoard 14.5 and WildCat! 3.x systems.
For PCBoard Multi-Port Version
1. Edit your batch file for each node, include the following lines;
SET WCBASEID=03F8 (for Com 1, This may vary depending on your
Com Base, i.e.) for Com 3, it would be 03E8)
SET WCIRQID=4 (for COM 1, This may vary depending on your
IRQ set up. EVEN IF you are using ONE IRQ
for all of your nodes, this parameter must
reside in your batch file to call up the node)
2. Rest is same as Wildcat set up.
* Note: This program has not been tested on PCBoard 15.X multi-port
version. If you can't get it working on PCBoard 15.x M,
please contact us.
To run the door locally, just type USADOOR LOCAL
LOCAL CONSOLE AND SYSOP FEATURES
F6 = Chat Mode
by pressing F6, you bring the user currently in USA Door into chat
mode. The chat mode has word wrapping and uses different colors
for the user and SysOp text. To exit the chat, press F6 again.
F7 = Give Time
by pressing F7, you can increase the user's on-line time by 5 minutes
F8 = Reduce Time
by pressing F8, you can reduce the user's on-line time by 5 minutes
F10 = Force Exit
by pressing F10, you can force users out of the USA Door
REGISTERING USA DOOR
If you DO NOT REGISTER USA DOOR;
* Your users WILL NOT be able to download the USATODAY archive within
the door
* You WILL NOT be able to use or modify USADOOR.SCR ANSI menu screens
* Your users will be able to use the door for ONLY 8 minutes per day
* 15 second pause at the end of the program will remain
Register USA Door to get the full features of the program
To register USA Door, just fill out the registration form called
REGISTER.DOC and send it to
Infinite Data Source
6397 Little River Tnpk
Alexandria, VA, 22312
To contact us,
Voice: 703-642-5121
FAX : 703-642-5122
23 Line Wildcat BBS; Fido Address 1:109:618
2400 Baud : 703-642-8704
CompuCom 9600/MNP5 : 703-642-9883
9600 V.32/ V.42bis : 703-642-9891
14,400 V.32bis/V.42bis : 703-642-3612
14,400 V.32bis/HST Dual : 703-642-3616
9600 Hayes V-Series : 703-642-5123
* Where to get today's issue of USA Today
You need to contact Board Watch Magazine, the official release point
for USA Today. Their voice number is 303-973-6038 (Ask for Gary Funk)
They also have a bbs at 303-973-4222 (USR Dual Standard)
The cost of getting USA Today is $25 per month. Some restrictions and price
variation may reply depending on your bbss size.