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- 3.5. '96
- ================
- FakeChat (R)
- v1.2
- ========
-
- >>> SUOMALAINEN HELP-TIEDOSTO TIEDOSTOSSA README.FIN <<<
-
-
- 1. History
- ==========
-
- At the begining FakeChat was included in SoftEmbo BBS, but later it was
- ripped out and after a little fixing it became an independent executable. So
- So it could be now used as a door with other BBSes.
-
-
- 2. Technical information
- ========================
-
- FakeChat reads a DOOR.SYS-file, where it looks for users name and time left
- but it won't change it. If you don't use FakeChat as a door in your BBS, you
- can replace your own name with KLAUDE KOPTERI in that file.
-
- If you use it in your BBS, your BBS must make DOOR.SYS-file and you need
- DOORWAY-program what do you need for directing all information to COM-port.
-
- FakeChat creates a temp-file called 'ctxbase.dat' which includes available
- languages at that time. File will be deleted by BAT-file.
-
-
- 3. Configuration to a modem
- ===========================
-
- Some sysops have had some problems with FakeChat and COM-port (all I
- wonder is, how have they built their BBS). You will find in BAT-file, called
- 'fakechat.bat', one example which operates with a program called DOORWAY.
- The file must be in the directory of your BBS (eg. C:\PCB\). Don't forget to
- change all drive letters, directories and COM-port correct.
-
-
- 4. Configuration
- ================
-
-
- 4.1. Files you may change
- -------------------------
-
- If you want, you can change the following files:
-
- *.mnu Main menus | |
- *.ctx Languages | |
- log.dat Comments for chatlog | |
- settings.dat Configuration | |
- fuser.dat Fakeuser list |X|
- hullos.* Fakeuser helloes |X|
- phrase.* Fakeuser sentences |X|
- byebye.* Fakeuser byebyes |X|
- respo.* Word matches & answers |X|
- ^
- Don't forget to change the number of rows (1st row isn't counted) ^
-
-
- 4.2. Settings.dat, chat.log, reader.exe & log.dat
- -------------------------------------------------
-
- 'Settings.dat'-file tells you the number of fake nodes (quantity of nodes
- minus two). The second number tells you that is chatlog used or not (0 =
- false, 1 = true). If set to true, chatlog will be saved to 'chat.log'-file.
- The third number tells you, will the text be saved in ASCII (0), PCB (1) or
- ANSI (2). With PCB-color codes (example @X0C = bright red, @X07 = normal
- grey) the log could be easily put into a PCBoard-BBS in color. The last ones,
- row four and five handle FakeChat-logo. If first one is true, second means
- the required bps rate to show it. 6th means border color in chat, 7th color
- of writing, 8th color of cursor and 9th speed of writing.
-
- Example of settings.dat:
-
- 7
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 14400
- 1
- 15
- 6
- 5
-
- You can also view chat.log with a simple 'reader'-program that comes with
- FakeChat. It can easily read PCB/ANSI/ASCII-log that is less than 7000 bytes
- long.
-
- Comments in chat.log, like beginning of chat, are readed from 'log.dat'.
- You can use these macros: *user, *fake, *date and *time -macros, where *fake
- means the name of the fake-user, *user means the name of user, *date means
- date and *time means current time. Three last rows means comment colors, the
- color of fakeuser and the color of user.
-
- Example of log.dat:
-
- *date *time - *user vs. *fake
- Chat ended *time - *user left.
- Chat ended *time - *user lost.
- Chat ended *time - *fake left.
- Chat ended *time - *fake lost.
- 12
- 10
- 11
-
-
- 4.3. Language changes to users
- ------------------------------
-
- You can easily add languages by making file which name is the language you
- want. Eg. if you wan't to add language Chinese, make Chinese.ctx. FakeChat
- FakeChat will automatically notice that there is a new language without
- adding it to the 'ctxbase.dat'. It is an idle file. Remember also to add
- Chinese.mnu.
-
-
- 4.4. Languages to FakeChat-people
- ---------------------------------
-
- When you want, you can order FakeChat-people to speak differend languages.
- Example in 'fuser.dat'-file '1 Klaude Kopteri' means that Klaude's comments
- are taken from 'hullos.1'-, 'phrase.1'-, 'byebye.1'- and 'respo.1'-files.
- There may be up to 999 languages and the name begins from fifth column.
-
-
- 4.5. Byebye-, phrase-, hullo- and respo.dat
- -------------------------------------------
-
- Those files contain fakeuser comments and you can't add colors to them.
- Other files except respo.dat should be like this:
-
- 2
- Hello
- Good night..
-
- First row means how many comments are in file and next rows are comments.
- FakeChat will randomly pick one of them. Hullos will be shown at the
- beginning, byebyes at the end and phrases are comments.
-
- Respo.dat is this kind of file:
-
- 2
- 3;hi
- Well, hi there!
- Hi!
- Helloooo!
- 2;good night
- Good night?
- It's afternoon now. Isn't it?
-
- First row means how many matches there are in this file and the second
- row is the matching word. At the beginning of second row is the quantity of
- the responses for this word. Next rows are the sentences.
-
- You can also add '/Hi, I'm *fake' or '/Hi, *user' to these files where
- *fake means the name of fakeuser and *user means the name of user. Also *bs
- means backspace. '/' must exist at the beginning of this kind of sentence.
-
-
- 5. Registering
- ==============
-
- FakeChat is a shareware-program, so you MUST register or remove it after
- one week after installing it. Registering is easy: send a bottle of cola
- (preferably Pepsi Max) or if you are coder, send some of programs you have
- made. You can also do something else nice for us, and we will send you the
- keyfile to FakeChat.
-
- Tell us where do you use FakeChat (eg. in your BBS) and tell us your
- opinion on FakeChat. Tell us also your BBS'es or your name for the registered
- titlebar. There are two kinds of ways to register:
-
- 1) Send email to address juiba@pcuf.fi
- 2) Send snailmail to address:
-
- Risto Mäki-Petäys
- Timmermalmintie 11
- 01680 Vantaa
- FUNLAND
-
- or
-
- Jussi Vuokko
- Putousrinne 1c 19
- 01600 Vantaa
- FUNLAND
-
- 3) Call Garden BBS +358-0-631 501 and MAIL Bass-Cadet
- (I'm a MesOp there 8)
-
- Registering will remove the delay in the beginning of FakeChat and tells
- who the program is registered to.
-
-
- 6. BBS'es that use FakeChat
- ===========================
-
- The name of BBS | Phonenumber | BBS | Speed | SysOp
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Two Worlds BBS | 358-0-331002 | Pcboard | 28.8 | Veli-M Ahlroth
- Holly BBS | 358-18-7806529 | Pcboard | 14.4 | Kimmo Sipilä
- Another World | 358-0-1356264 | Pcboard | 14.4 | A. Kolehmainen
-
-
- 7. FAQS: FakeChat vs. KieroChat
- ===============================
-
- Finally we could answer one question we have heard lots of times about
- FakeChat. The question is: 'Have you ripped KieroChat on FakeChat?' We are
- proud to answer that we had never heard about it before beginning this
- project. I found the program in question a while ago, and after a short test
- proccess I noticed that KieroChat and FakeChat have nothing in common except
- the basic idea. Both have different features. Some people like FakeChat and
- the rest like KieroChat. The choice may depend on what do you actually want
- from it. And why not to install both of 'em =). That's also an excellent
- program. Give it a try!
-
-
- 8. The end, makers and thanks
- =============================
-
- If you have found a bug or whatever, please write us and we'll do anything
- to make FakeChat better!
-
- Follow your time and get latest FakeChat: you can get it at least from
- internet www, http://www.pcuf.fi/~juiba.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ We are sorry to add these lines, but just because of the law: │
- │ │
- │ THE MAKERS OF FAKECHAT DO NOT TAKE ANY REPONSIBILITY IF FAKECHAT │
- │ CAUSES ANY DAMAGE TO YOU, YOUR MACHINE OR YOUR FRIENDS. │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-
- - CAST -
-
- Starring:
- Risto Mäki-Petäys
- as
- Bass-cadet
-
- Also Starring:
- Jussi Vuokko
- as
- JuiBa
-
- - CREW -
-
- Coding:
- Bass-Cadet
-
- Original idea:
- JuiBa
-
- Design:
- JuiBa
- Bass-Cadet
-
- Helpfile:
- JuiBa - (FIN & ENG)
- Bass-Cadet - (ENG)
-
- Other files:
- Bass-Cadet
- JuiBa
-
- Beta-testing:
- Tero Parviainen
-