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- **NOTE: This is my first release. Sorta rushed, but it should work :)
-
- ==============================
- = Sim-BBS Version 2.40 =
- ==============================
-
- By Brian Zhou Of Elysium Software
- Copyright (C) 2000 Brian Zhou
-
- Initial programing & design by Brian Schulteis
-
- DISCLAIMER
- ==========
-
- The author has taken every precaution to insure that no harm
- or damage will occur on computer systems operating this package.
- Nevertheless, the author shall NOT be held liable for whatever
- may happen on your computer system or to any computer systems
- which connects to your own as a result of operating this package.
- The user assumes full responsibility for the correct operation of
- this software package, whether harm or damage results from software
- error, hardware malfunction, or operator error. NO warranties are
- offered, expressly stated or implied, including without limitation
- or restriction any warranties of operation for a particular purpose
- and/or merchantability. If you do not agree with this then do NOT
- use this program.
-
-
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
- =================
-
- The game program, support files, and documentation are
- copyrighted products of Brian Zhou. He reserves all rights to these
- products. This is protected by the United States of America (USA) and
- International Copyright Laws. In no way shall the components of the
- game software package be reproduced or modified in any form or method
- without prior expressly written permission from the author.
-
- Tampering with or altering the contents or integrity of the game
- software package is PROHIBITED. No fee may be charged by any
- agency other than the author beyond the cost of distributing
- unregistered copies without prior expressly written permission from
- the author.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ============
-
- BBS Simulator (Sim-BBS) is a BBS simulator game, your users get their
- own BBS, which they have to take care of, and upgrade as it gets bigger.
- They start with an XT with 1 meg of ram, a 10 meg hard drive, and 10
- non-subscribers. The have to Read their mail, and work on the board
- to increase their number of users. The goal is to be the biggest board,
- and to keep the users happy.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ============
-
- Not sure exactly what it requires. Give it enough RAM to run, make sure
- you have FILES=20 or more in your config.sys, and make sure that you
- have SHARE loaded. Use this game at your own risk on a multi-node board,
- as I haven't gotten any multi-node boards to test this game for me. It
- SHOULD work just fine though. Let me know if you find otherwise.
- This game has been tested in ASCii mode, it works, but I wouldn't
- recommend it. This version requires that you have a 286 or better
- CPU. Sim-BBS will also release time slices properly when multitasking
- under just about any operating system on earth, including OS/2 Warp,
- Windows 95 & NT, Windows 3.1 (does it really multitask?), and Desqview.
- There's some others too, but not sure.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- 1. Create a directory for the game (example: C:\DOORS\SIM-BBS)
-
- 2. Move all the files into that directory.
-
- 3. Run INSTW32.BAT or INSTDOS.BAT to switch to the Win32 or DOS versions
- respectively.
-
- 4. Configure your BBS software to execute SIM-BBS.EXE properly.
-
- 5. Run Sim-Cfg and edit the config file to your likings.
-
- 6. The game should work now, it runs it's own daily maintenance on
- each user.
- _____
- Just incase Sim-Cfg won't work, or you don't like it, here are
- the structures for the config files.
-
-
- SOFTWARE.DAT
- ============
-
- Change this if you want your users to be able to buy different BBS
- software.
-
- Line 1: Number of different BBS softwares
- Then it repeats 3 lines that many times.
- Line 1: BBS Software Name
- Line 2: Number of Nodes that software supports.
- Line 3: Price of that BBS software.
-
- CPUTYPES.DAT
- ============
-
- Change this if you want your users to be able to buy different CPU's.
-
- Line 1: Number of different CPU's
- Then it repeats 3 lines that many times.
- Line 1: CPU Name
- Line 2: Ammount of RAM that CPU supports.
- Line 3: Price of that CPU.
-
- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
- ====================
-
- C:\BBS\DOORS\SIM-BBS.EXE <PATH TO DROP FILE>
-
- More details when you run SIM-BBS.EXE.
-
-
- WHAT TO DO IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS
- ================================
-
- Every effort is made to ensure that the game runs correctly before it
- leaves my BBS as Shareware. If you are experiencing problems please
- do the following BEFORE calling me:
-
- 1. Read ALL the SYSOP.DOC to ensure you have setup the program
- and have met all the program requirements.
-
- 2. Refer to step number 1.
-
- 3. Email me at the address in the contact section at the end.
-
- "CORRUPTED" DATA FILES
- ======================
-
- It is possible that something could happen to your game data file.
- A power outage, game crash, or other event could damage the data
- files. Just run Sim-CFG and reset the game, and it will freshen
- all the files.
-
-
- CREDITS
- =======
-
- James Coyle - Provided the DOOR32 specs for me! Also did the
- initial testing of the DOOR32 version!
- http://www.mysticbbs.com
-
- Brian Schulteis - Original author of this doorgame, who passed the
- source to me before he disappeared.
-
- Dillusion - He drew the intro ANSi. Thanks!
-
- Laforge - Also known as Gordy French, He did some
- of the minor programming that I didn't feel
- like doing. Along with the registration
- routines, which I must say, he did a GREAT job
- on, and have been removed from this version.
-
- Ripscript & Ripterm are registered trademarks of TeleGrafix
- Communications. KBBS WAS written by Keith Anderson at Anderson Reasearch.
-
-
- CONTACT INFORMATION
- ===================
-
- Email : zoob@darktech.org
- Web : http://www.elysoft.org
- : http://www.elysoft.org/zoob
- IRC : #bbs or #elysium on irc.bwcomp.net
-