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- NEWIES 2.00
-
- A product of the MORONIHAH BBS.
-
- (c) 1993-94 Bradley W. Hodges
-
-
- DISCLAIMER:
-
- Thank you for taking the time to download and try "NEWIES."
- A lot of hard work went in to this project, and although
- it may not seem much, it is a major accomplishment for me. Before
- going any further I would like to make clear some legal stuff.
-
- I, Bradley W. Hodges, the author of this product shall and in
- no way be held liable for any damage that may occur to your
- computer system, disk, printer, or any other product that this
- software may run on. IT IS RUN AT YOUR OWN RISK. By running this
- software you agree to accept this responsibility, and any other
- responsibilities forthcoming.
-
- NEWIES is copyrighted and may not, under any circumstance be
- tampered with, back engineered, or otherwise altered. This documentation
- is also copyrighted and may not be altered in anyway. You are free however
- to print a copy of all documentation for your personal use only.
-
- INTRODUCTION:
-
- NEWIES is a Bulletin Board System Newsletter bulletin maker.
- It takes simple ASCII files and converts them into an attractive
- format. NEWIES was primarily developed to fill the gap that I saw in
- other Shareware/Freeware program. It is user friendly, and a snap to
- operate.
-
- SETUP:
-
- To set up NEWIES create a directory off of your BBS home
- directory and name it NEWIES. (Or if you prefer you can place
- NEWIES anywhere that is best for your needs.) Once you have created
- the directory place the FILES in to it.
-
- When you receive NEWIES you should have the following files:
-
- NEWIES.EXE Main program
- NEWIES.DOC This documentation
- REGISTER.TXT Registration documentation
- MORONIHA.ADS Moronihah BBS promotion
- FILE_ID.DIZ File Description file
- REPORT.BUG Bug report on NEWIES
- VERSION.HIS Version History Report
- WHATS.NEW New features of NEWIES
-
- If any of these files are missing, Please call the MORONIHAH
- BBS at (205) 238-1246 to obtain a complete package. You may also FREQ
- the lastest release under the magic name of NEWIES at FIDO 1:3657/5.
-
- After you have verified that you have a complete NEWIES file
- package you are ready to begin. At the DOS prompt type the
- following:
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- NEWIES CONFIG
-
- You will then be lead through a number of questions for
- setting up NEWIES to your own personal tastes. They are:
-
- Do you wish to REGISTER? (ENTER "YES" if you wish to do so.)
- This is used at the time you register your copy of NEWIES.
- If you are not registering just hit the RETURN key to
- continue.
-
- What is your name:
- At this prompt type your name as you would want it to
- appear in the bulletins that NEWIES will create.
- (You will not be asked this quesiton when you register.)
-
- What is the name of your BBS:
- Enter the name of your BBS as you would like it to appear
- in the bulletins that NEWIES will create. (You will not be
- asked this question when you register.)
-
- Where is your BBS DISPLAY directory (Example C:\SF\DISPLAY)?
- Enter the drive, path were your want your Display/Bulletin
- to go.
-
- Are you using a SpitFire BBS? (Y/N)
- When NEWIES was first written is was designed to run on a
- SPITFIRE BBS. However under the urging of several users I
- have decided to offer the features to other BBS operators.
- If you run another BBS software package other than SPITFIRE
- then answer "N" otherwise answer "Y".
-
- Do you wish NEWIES to create SFNWSLTR.CLR and SFNWSTLR.BBS?
- (ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SPITFIRE USERS)
- Answer "Y" for yes or "N" for no. If you choose yes then
- NEWIES will ask:
-
- Place SFNWSLTR into (drive/path)?
- Drive and path will be the same as the that for the
- NEWS Bulletins. If you answer "Y" SFNWSLTR will be
- placed in this directory. If you answer "N" you will
- be asked:
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- Where do you wish to place SFNWSLTR (drive/path)?
- Enter the full drive & path were you which SFNWSLTR
- to be placed. e.g. C:\SYSOP
-
- Do you wish to create a Mono and Color Bulletin?
- (NON-SPITFIRE USERS MUST ANSWER THIS!)
- Answer "Y" for yes or "N" for no. If you choose yes then
- NEWIES will ask:
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- The name of your Mono NEWS Bulletin:
- Enter the name of the ASCII NEWS bulletin you want
- produced. For example: ALL.BBS
-
- The name of your Color NEWS Bulletin:
- Enter the name of the ASCII NEWS bulletin you want
- produced. For example: ALL.CLR
-
-
- After answering these questions NEWIES will display the
- information that you have entered and ask you if it is correct. If
- it is, just answer "Y", otherwise NEWIES will begin again asking you
- for each item of information you wish to correct.
-
- Entering "Y" at "Is this Correct?" prompt you will then be
- shown a color bar. Underneath the bar will be numbers from 0 to 15.
- You will then be asked:
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- Which color would you like for a Subject box?
- Just enter the number that matches the color you want and
- press return.
-
- Which color would you like for your Subject text?
- Just enter the number that matches the color you want and
- press return.
-
- Which color would you like for your border?
- Just enter the number that matches the color you want and
- press return.
-
- Which color would you like for your text?
- Just enter the number that matches the color you want and
- press return.
-
- If you ARE NOT using a SPITFIRE BBS then you will be asked the
- following additional questions:
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- What is the code to CLEAR the BBS screen (For example
- some BBS software uses the @CLS@ command)?
- Enter the code that is used to CLEAR your BBS screen.
-
- What is the code to INHIBIT the more prompt on your BBS?
- Enter the code that INHIBITS the MORE PROMPT.
-
- What is the code to ENABLE the more prompt on your BBS?
- Enter the code that ENABLES the MORE PROMPT.
-
- What is the code to PAUSE the BBS screen?
- Enter the code that PAUSES the screen.
-
- NOTE: If none of these apply just hit return to go to the next
- question.
-
- You will then be asked to press the enter key to continue.
- Press the enter key when you wish to proceed.
-
- After pressing the enter key you will be show a graphic
- representation of what your color bulletin will look like. You then
- will be asked:
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- Would you like to change this?
- If you don't like the colors you've chosen then enter "Y"
- otherwise enter "N". If you press "Y" you will be
- returned to the color bar and asked to make your choices
- again. Do this as often as you like, until you get the
- desired effect.
-
- If you entered "N" then the Setup process is complete and
- NEWIES will create a file entitled "NEWIES.CFG" Please make sure
- this file is created in the same directory that your NEWIES.EXE
- file is at. NEWIES WILL NOT work without the NEWIES.CFG file.
-
- RUNNING NEWIES:
-
- Running NEWIES is very simple. With your favorite ASCII editor
- create a text file with the NEWS information you wish to put out.
- The first line of the text file must contain the subject only.
- (PLEASE KEEP THE SUBJECT SHORT AND TO THE POINT. Anything larger
- than normal and NEWIES may create Bulletins with unpredictable
- results.) For example:
-
-
- NEWIES IS HERE!
- The Moronihah BBS has just announced the release of NEWIES. A
- new NEWS bulletin generator for all SpitFire BBS. NEWIES will also
- work on any other BBS that uses ASCII / ANSI generated screens.
-
-
-
- Save this text file into the NEWIES directory and then at the
- DOS prompt just type:
-
- (IMPORTANT NOTICE: The text file you have created must be placed in
- the NEWIES directory or NEWIES will not work.)
-
- NEWIES (Name of your news file)
-
- For example lets say we saved a text file and named it NEWS.TXT.
- At the prompt you would type:
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- NEWIES NEWS.TXT
-
- NEWIES will then begin to process the file and in a few
- seconds NEWIES will report the file is done.
-
- (ADDED FEATURE)
-
- I have been ask by several user to add a command line opition to
- automatically delete the old News bulletins. This in now done with
- the "/A" on the command line. For example, if I want to create a
- newsletter and the text file was named NEWS.TXT and I also wanted
- NEWIES to delete the old one other than append it I would enter at
- the command prompt:
-
- NEWIES NEWS.TXT/A
-
- NEWIES will then delete the old News bulletin and create a new one
- other than append the new one to the old News bulletin. The command
- line feature of "/A" may be either upper or lower case.
-
- THAT'S IT! Real easy I hope.
-
-
- BUGS & SUGGESTIONS:
-
- If you find a BUG please fill out the BUG REPORT (REPORT.BUG) and
- upload it to the AUTHOR on the MORONIHAH BBS at (205) 238-1246.
- You may also send the BUG REPORT through FIDO @1:3657/5.
- Please address FIDO messages to Brad Hodges.
-
- If you have a suggestion on how to improve NEWIES fill free to
- drop the AUTHOR a message with the suggestion. ANY AND ALL
- SUGGESTION ARE WELCOMED!
-
- FINAL THOUGHTS:
-
- I'd like to thank all of those who are so willing to help me
- out with this project. I have always wanted to program and now my
- dream has come true! Look for more products coming from the
- MORONIHAH BBS. Currently I am working on 10 different project to
- help make Sysoping for the SpitFire Sysop easy and enjoyable.
- Currently I am seekng only $5.00 for this program. That is
- right...just $5.00 bucks!
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