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- ║ TRIBUNE - News File Generator v3.0 ║
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- ║ Written By Fred Feldman ║
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- ║ Elite Software ║
- ║ 1991 ║
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- ║ DISCLAIMER ║
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- ║ Fred Feldman and/or Elite Software will not be held responsible for any ║
- ║ damage that is caused to any hardware or software by this program. ║
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- ║ REGISTRATION INFORMATION ║
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- ║ This version of TRIBUNE is an unregistered version. The unregistered ║
- ║ version functions normally. This version, however, will display a ║
- ║ message at the bottom of each news message saying that this is the ║
- ║ unregistered version. The registered version allows you to chose the ║
- ║ color of the news box and the style of the news box. ║
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- ║ To register with us, please send $15.00 to: ║
- ║ Fred Feldman ║
- ║ 10 Alan Court ║
- ║ New City, NY 10956 ║
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- ║ Please make all checks payable to FRED FELDMAN. ║
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- ║ After sending in your registration you will recieve a diskette ║
- ║ containing the latest REGISTERED version of TRIBUNE. You will also be ║
- ║ NOTIFIED of any new versions that come in the future. ║
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- ║ INTRODUCTION ║
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- ║ As many SysOp's know, it could sometimes be hard to make "new news" files ║
- ║ look interesting. Just having a text file with the news typed out can be ║
- ║ boring. TRIBUNE will help you create an ANSI and ASCII for use with ANY ║
- ║ BBS program. The news will be encased in boxes that look very similar to ║
- ║ the ones that are around the text in this manual. ║
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- ║ CONFIGURATION OF TRIBUNE ║
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- ║ Unlike some other news generation programs, TRIBUNE is very easy to ║
- ║ configure. The first time you run TRIBUNE, a configuration window will ║
- ║ pop up, in it you will enter the names of the files that the news will be ║
- ║ stored in (i.e. WELCOME.ANS, LOGON.ANS, NEWS.ANS, etc). Make sure that ║
- ║ you enter two DIFFERENT filenames. After you finish entering the ║
- ║ proper information, the main menu will pop up. ║
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- ║ THE MAIN MENU ║
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- ║ When the Main Menu pops up, you will have four choices of what you want ║
- ║ to do. These are: ║
- ║ 1) Help ║
- ║ 2) Add New News ║
- ║ 3) Configuration ║
- ║ 4) Quit ║
- ║ To pick one of these, use the cursor keys to move the highlight bar and ║
- ║ then hit return when you have made your choice. You can also hit the ║
- ║ number that corresponds with the number of your choice. The highlight ║
- ║ bar can also be moved with the mouse, if there is one installed. ║
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- ║ HELP / QUIT ║
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- ║ For those of you who are not sure, choice #1 in the main menu will bring ║
- ║ up a help screen (which, at the present time, will display "Registration ║
- ║ Information.") Choice #4 in the main menu will exit TRIBUNE back to DOS. ║
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- ║ ADD NEW NEWS ║
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- ║ After choosing choice #2 in the main menu, the news edit screen will pop ║
- ║ up. Then you are able to type in any message that you want. You will ║
- ║ have 15 lines to do so. When you are finished, hit END you save or ESC ║
- ║ to quit without saving. ║
- ║ While in the editor, hitting ALT-D will clear the entire message and ║
- ║ ALT-E will clear the current line. ║
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- ║ SPECIAL THANKS AND OTHER STUFF ║
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- ║ Special thanks to Shawn Tabankin, Eric Choi, Victor Tsou and Raphael ║
- ║ Salgado for their help in testing TRIBUNE. ║
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- ║ If you have any comments about this program, feel free to send any ║
- ║ letters, donations, etc to the address given in the REGISTRATION section. ║
- ║ If you don't feel like sending a letter, feel free to call, anytime ║
- ║ between 2:00PM and 11:00PM (EST Time) at (914) 638-1226 (no collect calls ║
- ║ please). ║
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- ║ Call Hidden Adventure BBS at (914) 354-5930. (I had to put that in..) ║
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- ║ ALL MONEY FROM REGISTRATION GOES TO HELP SUPPORT A BULLETIN BOARD ║
- ║ SYSTEM RUN BY STUDENTS WHO GET NO OTHER FUNDING EXCEPT FROM SOFTWARE ║
- ║ THEY WRITE. THINK ABOUT IT. IS $15.00 THAT MUCH MONEY? ║
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- ║ Look for these other programs by Fred Feldman and Elite Software: ║
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- ║ BOOT-MENU - Allows you to have multiple sets of CONFIG.SYS and ║
- ║ AUTOEXEC.BAT files. ║
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- ║ COMMENT-IT! - Inserts a text file as the comment of every .ZIP file ║
- ║ in a given directory. Good for SysOps. ║
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