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- OOINFO - Operation: Overkill BBS Converter Program
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- OOINFO.EXE reads in the BBS information of the user (name, time left, baud
- rate, etc.) from the BBS dropfile and creates a separate file called
- BBSINFO.OO in Overkill's data directory. This BBSINFO.OO file contains
- only the necessary information Overkill needs.
-
- When first installing an Overkill game, the configuration program, OOSETUP,
- will create a batch file automatically: OOIIDOOR.BAT. This batch file
- may need editing or changing later.
-
-
-
- [ USING OOINFO ]
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The command line for OOINFO.EXE is:
-
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- C:>OOINFO <optional config file> bbstype \directory\ node
-
-
- The default configuration file is OOCONFIG.DAT and is assumed as so if the
- optional config file field is left blank. This field is primarily used for
- multi-game setups. Please see OOII.DOC for more information on setting up
- multi-games.
-
-
- In the "bbstype" field, you must enter a number for the representing BBS
- systems:
-
- 1 - SpitFire (SFDOORS.DAT)
- 2 - Gap/Wildcat 3.0 (DOOR.SYS)
- 3 - GT Power 16.0 (GTUSER.BBS)
- 4 - PCboard 14.5 (PCBOARD.DAT)
- 5 - RBBS (DORINFOx.DEF) { where x represents the node }
- 6 - WildCat! 2.x (CALLINFO.BBS)
- 7 - WWIV (CHAIN.TXT)
- 8 - Phoenix (INFO.BBS)
- 9 - GT Power 15.1 (GTUSER.BBS)
- 10 - RemoteAccess (DORINFOx.DEF) { where x represents the node }
- 11 - QuickBBS (DORINFOx.DEF) { where x represents the node }
- 12 - SearchLight (CONFIG.SL2)
-
-
- If your BBS software is not listed above, check which drop file that
- your BBS creates when exiting to a door. Then, match that name with
- one of the above settings. For example, VBBS software can create a
- DOOR.SYS file, although VBBS is not directly listed above. You would
- then set OOINFO as a type 2 setting, which tells OOINFO to use the
- DOOR.SYS drop file.
-
-
- For the "directory path", the path must end with a '\'. If not, the
- program will be unable to find the correct dropfile created by the
- BBS software. For example, "\OOII\" is valid, whereas "\OOII" is not.
-
- "Node" numbers are only needed for bbs types of 5,10,11 (RBBS/RA/QuickBBS).
-
-
-
- [ BATCH FILE EXAMPLES ]
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Batch File Examples:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- {PCBoard} {RemoteAccess} {SearchLight}
-
- CD\OOII CD\OOII CD\OOII
- OOINFO 4 \PCBOARD\ OOINFO 10 \RA\ 1 OOINFO 12 \SLIGHT\
- MAINTOO MAINTOO MAINTOO
- OOII OOII OOII
- CD\PCBOARD CD\RA CD\SLIGHT
-
-
- ...more batch files can be listed if you load up OOINFO with a '?'
- parameter, such as "OOINFO ?"
-
-
-
- [ BBSINFO.OO CONTENTS ]
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- BBSINFO.OO (a standard text file created from OOINFO.EXE) contains the
- following information:
-
-
- <Full Name> FIRST LAST
- <Com Port> 0=local, 1=Com1, 2=Com2
- <Baud Rate> 0-38400
- <Time Remaining> 0-999 (in minutes)
- <Color> Y=Yes N=No
-
-
- Example BBSINFO.OO created from OOINFO.EXE:
-
- BRYAN TURNER
- 2
- 19200
- 60
- Y
-
-
- [ NOTES ]
- ~~~~~
-
- *GT Powercomm systems do not provide the ComPort in the data files they
- create. In effect, the node field must be replaced by the Com Port on
- the command line.
-
- For example, GT Powercomm 16.0 running on a Com Port of 2.
-
- OOINFO 3 \GTBBS\ 2
-
- ...or just replace the "2" with "1", whichever setting is your ComPort.
-
-
- Telegard BBS does not create its own drop files but can emulate other
- BBS dropfiles. To emulate a DORINFOx.DEF dropfile, use the 'DD' command
- for Telegard systems. This dropfile is equivalent to QBBS's drop file,
- which is a type 11. See above for setting up QBBS with OOINFO.
-
- In case OOINFO.EXE is incompatible with your BBS software, it may be
- possible to create your own conversion program that works specifically
- for your BBS.
-
- If you would like I will be more than happy to inclose your BBS into the
- Next Release, Please send me all the information that I need and I will
- add it in.