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- JestBBS 1.04 -by Dave Haynes (James Haynes, Alias: Vertigo)
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- Copyright (c) 1993 \/ertigo Entertainment
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-
- JestBBS has got to be the best Joke-A-Day type program on the
- shareware market! It works with virtually any BBS that supports a file
- such as BETWEEN.BAT, LOGON.BAT, LOGOFF.BAT or GOODBYE.BAT, etc. It's ease
- of use is another reason. If you are a TriBBS sysop all you have to do is
- add this line to your BETWEEN.BAT:
-
- JESTBBS LOGON4.BBS LOGON4.ANS
- ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
- Ascii file Ansi file
-
- And, of course, the files LOGON4.BBS and LOGON4.ANS are merely
- examples.. Your output files could be whatever you desire.
- If you are not a TriBBS sysop, you may need to edit the file
- called JESTBBS.CFG by simply using your favorite ascii editor. The syntax
- is the same as above. Let's take a look inside JESTBBS.CFG why don't we?
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- 2 lines (This line tells how you would like for Jokes.Dat to be read.
- 2 lines is most often used and is the format that the
- included JOKES.DAT uses, but you may want to use your own set
- of ONE-LINE jokes. If you do, you could leave a space in
- between each joke and leave it at 2, or set it to 1 line and
- have no blank spaces between. This is useful mainly if you
- have a tagline file filled with jokes and you don't want to put
- blank spaces in between each joke and vice/versa.)
- The next 3 lines are shown at the beginning of the file.
- @CLS@@BREAKOFF@ (These are imbedded commands that TriBBS uses. You
- can take them out if you need to.)
- (This is a blank line that you can use if you need
- it for more imbedded commands or a message to
- users.)
- (The third line to be shown at the beginning.)
- The next 3 lines are shown at the end of the file.
- @MORE@@BREAKON@ (Again, more imbedded commands for TriBBS.)
- (2nd line to be shown at the end of the file.)
- (3rd line to be shown at the end of the file.
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-
-
-
- Now let us take a gander at JOKES.DAT:
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- 500 (The number of lines, not counting this one, in the file.)
- You might be a redneck if... (Joke 1/2)
- Bikers back down from your mama. (Joke 2/2)
- A fate worse than death: to be married alive.(Joke 1/2)
- (Joke 2/2 - blank for one-liners)
- Double your hard drive space! Delete Windows!(Joke 1/2)
- (Joke 2/2)
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-
- Keep in mind that if you use only one-liners in your Jokes.Dat file, you
- can set JESTBBS.CFG's first line to 1 line and scrunch your one-liners
- up like this inside Jokes.Dat:
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- 465
- A fate worse than death: to be married alive.(Full joke)
- Double your hard drive space! Delete Windows!(Full joke)
- Race car spelled backwards is... Race car. (Full joke)
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-
- REGISTRATION!!!
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- If you think this program is worth anything at all, please see the
- following:
-
- JestBBS by Mail, specify disk size: $5.00 + $2.00 shipping & handling
-
- The address to send mail and registration to is:
-
- Dave Haynes
- 46 Garrard Rd. S.E.
- Rome, GA 30161-9149
-
- What are the benefits of registering your copy of JestBBS?
- That annoying UNREGISTERED thing will be replaced with your
- Bulletin Board's name.
- The latest version of JestBBS is sent to you.
- The latest Jokes.Dat file. (Until I find the limit, I'm going
- to keep on adding to this file! As a matter-of-fact, I'm getting
- several tagline files, so if you register, you'll get to reap the benefits
- of my going through each file and adding lines to Jokes.Dat!)
- You will be notified of updates by mail and they will be available
- for $3 (I'm not rich, y'know. I can't send updates free until a make atleast
- a million dollars. Help me reach this goal. =)..)
-
- Thanks, and if you have suggestions, I'd love to hear them! I'm
- just a beginner programmer and I have nothing better to do with my time
- than program small things like: JestBBS, Trivia!!!, and Warden, so I'd
- be glad to get some mail! (I'd be even gladder if it had a check in it,
- though....<g>...)
-
- SOURCES -Please Read.
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- If you like JestBBS, you'll love Silly 1.02 by Andy Kellett!
- Containing over 5,500 silly sayings, it is the source for much of the
- stuff in the included Jokes.Dat file. The most common name of the file
- is SILLY102.ZIP, so if you see it, grab it and get ready to laugh!
- In case you couldn't tell, I also borrowed some material from
- Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be A Redneck books... These are highly
- recommended! Collect 'em all!
- SILLY 1.02 (c) A. Kellett
- You Might Be A Redneck... (c) Jeff Foxworthy
-
- I also had some help from the unsuspecting users of TTN's TAGLINES conference.
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- If you're still reading this, then I hope you'll atleast try my
- program on your BBS. If you find a bug, let me know! Thanks!
- Dave Haynes
- 3/6/93 =)
-