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- FDWCMNP v2.1
-
- For Users of
- Wildcat v3.x and FrontDoor v2.x
-
- I. Purpose
-
- FDWCMNP is a utility that parses the DOBBS.BAT file created by
- FrontDoor and passes the MNP flag to Wildcat through the EXEBBS.BAT
- file you create. In order for this program to work, you must have
- a modem that supports error correction. If you don't have an
- error-correcting modem, this program is useless.
-
- II. How it works
-
- Assuming you are using FrontDoor with Wildcat, you have an error-
- correcting modem, and your error correction modem flags are on, a
- typical DOBBS.BAT might look like this:
-
- EXEBBS 14400 2 640 /ARQ
-
- EXEBBS tells DOBBS.BAT to call the EXEBBS.BAT file you create.
-
- 14400 is the modem connect speed.
-
- 2 is the port number.
-
- 640 is the time in minutes until the next hard event in InterMail.
-
- /ARQ is the error-correction flag produced by your modem.
-
- The EXEBBS.BAT file must make sense of the information contained
- in DOBBS.BAT, and then pass that information on to Wildcat for
- Wildcat's proper use. That is where FDWCMNP comes in.
-
- FDWCMNP reads DOBBS.BAT and translates the information into the form
- that Wildcat needs. It is placed in your EXEBBS.BAT file, which
- might look like this:
-
- @ECHO OFF
- FDWCMNP C:\WC30
- C:
- CD\WC30
- CALL DOWC.BAT
- C:
- CD\FD
-
- FDWCMNP takes one argument: the location of your Wildcat home directory.
- FDWCMNP will NOT work without it. FDWCMNP then writes a batch file
- called DOWC.BAT in your Wildcat directory, and the EXEBBS.BAT changes
- the directory to Wildcat, and calls DOWC.BAT. It is extremely important
- that your EXEBBS.BAT file changes to the correct directory for Wildcat,
- and this information must be in your EXEBBS.BAT file. The DOWC.BAT file
- produced looks like this:
-
- @ECHO OFF
- WILDCAT /B 14400MNP 640
- REM =======================================
- REM This file was created by FDWCMNP v2.1
- REM For Users of FrontDoor and Wildcat!
- REM Copyright 1993 by Lawrence Gordon
- REM =======================================
-
- DOWC.BAT executes Wildcat at the proper speed with the MNP flag and hard
- event time left, and upon termination returns you to your FrontDoor
- directory when it's done.
-
-
- III. FDWCMNP without error correction
-
- IMWCMNP will execute fine even without error correction on the remote
- modem. In that case, your DOBBS.BAT might look something like this:
-
- EXEBBS 2400 2 628
-
- The DOWC.BAT produced with the above connection looks like this:
-
- @ECHO OFF
- WILDCAT /B 2400 628
- REM =======================================
- REM This file was created by FDWCMNP v2.1
- REM For Users of FrontDoor and Wildcat!
- REM Copyright 1993 by Lawrence Gordon
- REM =======================================
-
- IV. Freeware
-
- FDWCMNP is freeware, meaning that you can use it to your heart's
- content without payment, but I retain the copyright to it. FDWCMNP
- is guaranteed to do nothing except take up space on your hard drive.
- If it crashes your system, I won't take any responsibility. What
- do you want for free?
-
- V. 7200, 12000 and 16800 Connects
-
- FDWCMNP will now automatically change the connect speeds of 7200,
- 12000 and 16800 bps incoming calls. Since Wildcat cannot handle connects
- at those speeds, FDWCMNP will change the connect speed of 7200
- connects to 9600, 12000 connects to 14400, and 16800 connects to
- 19200, and pass the supported connect speeds to Wildcat.
-
- VI. Support
-
- If you have any questions, problems or suggestions, you can do one
- of three things:
-
- 1. Netmail me at FidoNet 1:100/560
- 2. Leave me a message in the FidoNet Wildcat conference
- 3. Call Toast House BBS at 314-994-0312
-
- VII Availability
-
- This program is available on Compuserve, the MSI bulletin board,
- Toast House BBS, and other fine bulletin board systems near you.
-
- Lawrence Gordon, Author
- 4 Waverton
- St. Louis, MO 63124
-