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- │ S C R A M B L E ! │
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- │COPYRIGHT 1991,96 T&J SOFTWARE│
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-
- One of the T&J Software Collection of multi-BBS door programs.
-
- VERSION 4.10 09-01-1996
-
- By
-
- Tom & Jane Wildoner VOICE SUPPORT at (717) 325-9480
- 397 West Broadway *between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time
- Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 BBS SUPPORT at (717) 325-9481 3 Nodes
- INTERNET: tjsoft@postoffice.ptd.net
- FIDO: 1:268/400 Freq TJSOFT for info!
- FTP: ftp.europa.com /outgoing/DOORS/tj-software
- FTP: ftp.thekeep.com /TJ-Software
- FTP: ftp.tjsoft.com /pub
- WWW: http://www.tjsoft.com
-
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- LEGALITIES
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
- WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, 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.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- SUPPORT
- ~~~~~~~
- Please feel free to call me at my BBS number or voice number.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 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.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- REGISTERING
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Scramble will only use the first 100 words from the list of over
- 30,000 words until registered.
-
- Once registered -- it will unlock all the features of the registered
- version including the full 30,000+ word lists!
-
- See the enclosed REGISTER.TXT for ordering information. T&J Software
- BBS also uses Visa and Mastercard - please call the BBS for details.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- INSTALLATION: IMPORTANT!!!!!!!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Run Scramble using the command line UTILITY.
-
- Example: SCRAMBLE UTILITY
-
- Then, reset the door from scratch. You can also easily setup your
- configuration files this way!
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- UPGRADING
- ~~~~~~~~~
- From v4.0 to v4.1:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Replace the .EXE file(s) and all the SCR0*.* files. Also, delete
- lines 2 and 6 from the SYSOP.CFG file or the game will not run!
- Worse comes to worse, overwrite the SYSOP.CFG with the one from this
- .ZIP file and edit it.
-
- From prior to v4.0:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Erase everything (except your .KEY <G>) and re-install the door
- from scratch!
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- CONFIGURATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Example configuration file for PCBOARD.SYS
- ------------------------------------------
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERS.SYS
- ----------------------------------------
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DOOR.SYS
- ---------------------------------------
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for USERINFO.DAT
- -------------------------------------------
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
- NOTE: DOOR.SYS must be in the SAME directory as USERINFO.DAT
-
- Example configuration file for CALLINFO.BBS
- -------------------------------------------
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- Example configuration file for DORINFOx.DEF
- -------------------------------------------
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
- where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
- T&J Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Tom <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Wildoner <=- (The Sysop's last name)
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Example Batch File
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A sample batch file is included and is similer to the following:
- ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\SCRAM <=- Switch to the door's Directory.
- SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE.CFG <=- Execute the door program and pass the
- configuration filename to the program.
- CD\PCB <=- Go back to PCB DIR when user exits door.
- BOARD <=- Restart BBS.
-
- This Door is multi-node compatible so you may run more than 1 node from
- the same .CFG file provided the path to your system file (DORINFOx.DEF,
- CALLINFO.BBS, etc) is exactly the same unless you are using environment
- variables, (q.v.)
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Environment Variables
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- PCBoard automatically creates the %PCBDRIVE% & %PCBDIR% environment
- variables. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including
- the following in either your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT
- SET PCBDRIVE=C: <- Drive letter of your BBS files
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR <- Path to your BBS files
- Then in your Door .CFG file instead of putting C:\BBSDIR\DOOR.SYS, you
- would put %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS. This allows you to use just one
- .CFG file for multi-node operation!
-
- To specify a non-standard IRQ, put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the
- command line. For example:
-
- SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE.CFG /5
- or using the PCBDRIVE procedure: SET IRQ=5 and use
- SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE.CFG /%IRQ%
-
- NOTE: The .CFG filename is not unique, it can be changed to anything
- you wish!
-
- This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ.
-
- Had reports of conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware
- systems. Seems Novell also uses the / character so something went screwy
- somewhere. So I added the * (asterisk) which may be used instead of the /
- in case of a conflict. In other words, /%IRQ% and *%IRQ% will both work
- and are interchangeable.
-
- 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
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 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:
- 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.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Sysop Keys
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or
- written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F4 - Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
- F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
- F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
- ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
- UP - Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR.
- DN - Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR.
- HOME - HELP key for Status Line options.
- ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only)
- ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is
- passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- YOUR CONFIGURATION FILE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Change the SYSOP.CFG file to meet your needs:
-
- 20
- N
- C:\WILDCAT\BULL\BULL1.SCR
- C:\WILDCAT\BULL\BULL1.BBS
- 4
-
- LINE 1: Number of words/play a user may attempt.
- LINE 2: Tournament mode (Y or N)
- LINE 3: Path & Filename to your color bulletin.
- LINE 4: Path & Filename to your ASCII bulletin.
- LINE 5: How many times a player may enter the door per day.
-
- Wildcat! 3.x and 4.x and BULLETINS: The color bulletin should end with
- the .SCR extension, and the mono bulletin should end with a .BBS
- extension - trust me! <G>
-
- YOUR TIME LIMIT FILE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You may adjust the amount of time a user has to figure out the scrambled
- word by editing a file called TIMEUP.DAT. Here's the structure of that
- file:
-
- 100
- 50
- 25
-
- LINE 1: Increased time (in seconds) for EASY LEVEL.
- LINE 2: Increased time (in seconds) for MEDIUM LEVEL.
- LINE 3: Increased time (in seconds) for HARD LEVEL.
-
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- TOURNAMENT MODE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Turning tournament mode on does the following: The first player of the
- day will have to wait a few seconds until the tournament words are
- selected. Next, the tournament words will be compiled into a file
- called TOURNY.TXT. All users who play today will get the same words
- (scrambled differently).
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- LOCAL MODE
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- To run in LOCAL mode simply run SCRAMBLE using the LOCAL command line:
-
- Example: SCRAMBLE LOCAL
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- RESETTING
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Scramble will reset at the first of each month -- no maintenance
- needed. However, you can reset Scramble any time you wish using the
- UTILITY command string and then selecting the appropriate menu
- item.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- WORD LISTS
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Word lists are now history, we've compiled the words into one large
- database of words. This has dramatically increased the speed of the
- door!
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- VERSION HISTORY
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- See HISTORY.TXT file.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- That's all there is to it! If you have any problems or questions
- please feel free to call the T&J BBS at (717)325-9481.
-
- See the REGISTER.TXT file for registering.
-
- Your users will get a lot of duplicate words until the game is
- registered.
-