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- "Time Trials" v1.1
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- December 10, 1992
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- Copyright 1992-93, PAROLE Software
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
-
- By: Dennis Maidon
- PAROLE Software
- 311 Buffalo Rd
- Clayton, NC 27520
-
- (919) 965-3600 -> Voice
- (919) 965-9885 ->FAX
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- The Parole Board BBS
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- (919) 965-4696 -> US Robotics Dual Standard
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- Free Advice BBS
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- (919) 934-1002 -> US Robotics HST
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- DESCRIPTION:
-
- "Time Trials" is a BBS door program simulating drag racing. Users
- place bets on themselves, and then sit back, throttle up and enjoy the
- race. At the completion of each race, winnings and losses are
- tabulated and updates are made to the bank. Once a user has lost their
- nest egg, they may borrow from the bank with a small "service charge"
- being added to each transaction. Never fear, though. When they win,
- they WILL pay it back.
-
- The game is reset automatically at the first of each month so that
- everyone will get a fresh start with a new bankroll. No maintenance is
- required.
-
- There is a small delay at the beginning of "Time Trials" which will no
- longer appear once it has been registered.
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- SUPPORT:
-
- Support for "Time Trials" is available from several sources. Messages
- may be left on The Parole Board BBS in the "PAROLE Software" conference
- or the Mustang! BBS in the "PRIVATE" conference. If you feel that a
- message is not satisfactory you may call me voice at (919) 965-3600.
- Please call before 9:30pm EST as I am an early riser and need to get my
- "beauty sleep."
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- REGISTRATION:
-
- See the enclosed REGISTER.TXT for information and pricing on this
- door.
-
- With registration, the above mentioned delay disappears.
-
- UPDATES:
-
- Updates are FREE to registered users and may be downloaded from The
- Parole Board BBS, Mustang! BBS and various other BBS systems. Once
- registered, "Time Trials" updates are free for life. If you wish an update on
- disk, send $3 to the address listed above and specify the disk size.
-
- If you are in a hurry and do not want to take the time to logon,
- enter " PAROLE SOFTWARE NOW! " at the name prompt. It will give you
- access to the PAROLE Software file & support areas. Don't forget the
- "!" on "NOW".
-
- LEGALITIES
- __________
-
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
- WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
- THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
- SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
- OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
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- DISTRIBUTION
- ____________
-
- You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
- upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
- changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
- individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
- whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
-
- This ZIP file was created using the -AV function of PKZIP. If
- my AV is missing then this file may not be complete or has been
- tampered with. Complete and current editions of this program
- are always available for D/L on The Parole Board BBS. If the -AV
- is missing please complain to your sysop to stop the practice of
- removing AV's as this is your assurance from the programmer that
- the file is complete and virus free.
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- Installing "Time Trials" is one of the easiest jobs you will ever have
- as a SysOp.
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- 1. Create a directory to hold the files in the PTIMEx.ZIP archive.
-
- 2. UnZIP the archive into the game directory.
-
- 3. Run INSTALL.BAT. This batch file will create two
- sub-directories named "\SCREENS" and "\USERS". The SCREENS.ZIP
- will be unZIPed in the "\SCREENS" directory. At this time
- the "\USERS" directory will be empty.
-
- 4. Modify the SAMPLE.CFG file to work with your individual BBS
- setup. Make sure the first line of the CFG file is pointing to
- the correct directory where your users info file is created.
- DO NOT copy this user file to the game directory. "Time Trials"
- will find it if you put the correct path here.
-
-
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS ─┐ <- For PCBoard systems using PCBOARD.SYS only
- C|\PCB\USERS.SYS │ <- For PCBoard systems using USERS.SYS
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS │ <- For Wildcat! systems (prior to v3.0)
- C:\BBS\CHAIN.TXT │ <- For WWIV systems
- C:\BBS\GTUSER.BBS │ <- For GT Power systems
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT │ <- For Wildcat! 3.x+ systems. (NODEx directory)
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS │ <- For systems that support DOOR.SYS
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF │ <- For QBBS/RBBS/RA. Replace x with Node #.
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT │ <- For Spitfire systems.
- C:\BBS\TRIBBS.SYS ─┘ <- For TriBBS systems.
- The Parole Board BBS <- BBS Name
- Dennis <- SysOp's first name
- Maidon <- SysOp's last name
- 12345 <- Registration number
- 100 <- Minimum sec level to access door
- 500 <- Initial bank to start door
- 50 <- Maximum bet allowed per race
- C:\WC30\BULL\BULL99.SCR <- Path and name of color bulletins
- C:\WC30\BULL\BULL99.BBS <- Path and name of ASCii bulletin
- WC <- Type bulletins
- 500 <- Speed control
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- Line 1 Path and name of your User information file. If this is a
- WC!3.x system, you MUST point to the \WC30\WCWORK\NODEx
- directory.
-
-
- NOTE: There are 2 additional lines necessary when using GTUSER.BBS. Since
- this file does not provide the ComPort% and NodeNum% variables, advise
- your Door users to add them to this .CFG file on lines 5 and 6
- respectively. Both variables will default to 1.
-
- When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG
- file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
- and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
- PCBoard:
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS
-
- Wildcat!:
- USERINFO.DAT in C:\WC\NODE1 - C:\WC\NODE%wcnodeid%
-
- Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
- in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
- SET PCBDRIVE=C:
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
- SET PCBNODE=1
-
- Line 2 Your BBS name.
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- Line 3 Your first name
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- Line 4 Your last name
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- Line 5 If registered, the serial number will go on this line.
-
- Line 6 Place the minimum security level that you wish to access the
- door here. This must be a number, no letters.
-
- Line 7 The initial bankroll you wish a user to begin the door with.
-
- Line 8 The maximum amount a user may bet per race. 10% of initial
- bankroll is a pretty good figure.
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- Line 9 Path and name of the color bulletin
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- Line 10 Path and name of the ASCii bulletin
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- Line 11 Type of bulletin you want created.
- "WC" = Wildcat! 3.x color bulletins. Leave line 10 blank and
- make sure that the bulletin on line 9 has a ".BBS"
- extension.
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- "PCB" = PCBoard color bulletins. Leave line 10 blank.
-
- "N" = ANSI/ASCii bulletins. There must be a filename on
- lines 9 and 10 above.
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- Line 12 Speed control. The higher the number, the slower the race. I
- use a 386-40 and set it at 500. You may need to do a bit of
- testing to get a reasonable figure for your BBS.
-
-
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- Fossil Driver Support
- ---------------------
- DoorFrame supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use the
- Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
- line when running the door. For example:
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- MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
- MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG *FD
-
- indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
- driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit
- the door gracefully.
-
- Environment Variables
- ---------------------
- DoorFrame supports COM 1-4 on the standard IRQ's - COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and
- COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ
- number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your Door is
- called FOOBAR and you want to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line
- passed to your Door would be:
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- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /5
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG *5
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /%IRQ% for the environment variable.
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG *%IRQ% for the environment variable.
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /%WCIRQID% for the environment variable.
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG *%WCIRQID% for the environment variable.
-
- The /5 tells DoorFrame to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that
- is normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard IRQ's.
-
- MULTI-NODE:
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- You may run "Time Trials" of a multi-node setup by creating a CFG file
- for each node or use the environment variable described above in
- your CFG file. For instance, in a WC!3.x setup, line 1 of the CFG
- file would read:
-
- C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID%\USERINFO.DAT
-
- DOOR.BAT
-
- @ECHO OFF
- CLS
- TTRIAL TTRIAL%WCNODEID%.CFG /%WCIRQID%
- REM TTRIAL TTRIAL.CFG
-
- CREDITS:
-
- Wildcat! BBS is Copyright 1985-1992, Mustang Software Inc.
-
- "Time Trials" was written using the DoorFrame Door module for MicroSoft's
- Visual Basic for MS-DOS, Professional Version.
-
- DoorFrame is Copyright 1990-1992, Ted Freeman
-
- Visual Basic for MS-DOS is Copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation.
-
- The ßeta Team [W]ho's Who:
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- Ned Attayek Free Advice BBS Smithfield, NC (919) 934-1002
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- Alan Bennett Terminal Entry Rockingham, NC (919) 895-0368
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- Without the time and effort that was spent by the preceding BETA
- team members, "Time Trials" would not have been possible.
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- My wife, Brenda, a true computer "widow."
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