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- HOW TO INSTALL THE PIT v4.17
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- Written by James R. Berry
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- Copyright 1990-95 (c) by Midas Touch Software, all rights reserved.
- Copyright 1990-95 (c) by James R. Berry, all rights reserved.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Installation Introduction Pg. 3
- Running THE PIT without a BBS Pg. 3
- Installing THE PIT (Single Line) Pg. 4
- Installing THE PIT (MultiLine) Pg. 5
- Multiline: Batch File Installation Pg. 6
- Installation: WWIV (CHAIN.TXT) Pg. 7
- Installation: TAG/RENEGADE (DOOR.SYS) Pg. 7
- Installation: PCBOARD v15.x (PCBOARD.SYS) Pg. 7
- Installation: RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF) Pg. 7
- Installation: WILDCAT v4.x (DOOR.SYS) Pg. 7
- Installation: SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT) Pg. 7
- Installation: GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS) Pg. 8
- Special Instructions for HIGH SPEED MODEMS Pg. 8
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- INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- If you are running a version older than v4.x of THE PIT online game,
- you will have to install this version as a new game. The game has
- gone through so many changes in the last year that writing a
- conversion program would have been a major undertaking.
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- RUNNING THE PIT without a BBS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The following command will allow you to run the game in LOCAL mode:
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- PIT /LOCAL
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- Although this does not require a BBS to be hooked up to the game in
- order to run it. It still requires some configuration with the
- CONTROL.EXE before it will run properly.
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- INSTALLING THE PIT v4.xx (Single Line)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- 01) Create a directory called PIT4.
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- 02) Copy all files from this disk into that directory
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- 03) <Type at prompt> INSTALL <Enter>
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- The installation batch file will set everything up for you.
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- 04) <Type at prompt> CONTROL <Enter>
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- The CONTROL STATION will allow you to define the configuration
- you would like to attach to each phone line. We refer to these
- lines as NODES.
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- Control Station
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 05) Select "Edit Pit Configuration"
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- 06) Select an appropriate configuration for your system
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- 07) Go through each option making sure they match the settings
- required by your system. You will notice that these settings are
- almost exactly the same as in previous versions of THE PIT.
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- 08) Press the ESCAPE key when you are ready to continue.
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- 09) Select "Edit Node Configuration"
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- 10) Attach the appropriate Pit Config to each of your nodes.
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- Note: The -LOCAL- refers to the configuration you wish to use
- when running with the /LOCAL option of the game.
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- 11) Press the ESCAPE key to exit CONTROL.
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- 12) Write up a batch file like the following:
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- RUNPIT.BAT: ECHO OFF
- CLS
- CD PIT4
- PIT
- CD..
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- And put it in your BBS directory.
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- 13) Continue with the Installation for your particular BBS type.
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- INSTALLING THE PIT v4.xx (MultiLine)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- 01) Create a directory called PIT4.
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- 02) Copy all files from this disk into that directory
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- 03) <Type at prompt> INSTALL <Enter>
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- The installation batch file will set everything up for you.
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- 04) <Type at prompt> CONTROL <Enter>
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- The CONTROL STATION will allow you to define the configuration
- you would like to attach to each phone line. We refer to these
- lines as NODES.
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- Control Station
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 05) Select "Edit Pit Configuration"
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- 06) Select an appropriate configuration for your system
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- 07) Go through each option making sure they match the settings
- required by your system. You will notice that these settings are
- exactly the same as in previous versions of THE PIT.
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- 08) Press the ESCAPE key when you are ready to continue.
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- 09) Select "Toggle Multiline Play"
- This will make MULTILINE PLAY active.
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- 10) Select "Edit Number of Nodes"
- Change the number given to the actual number of lines you are
- running on your BBS.
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- 11) Select "Edit Node Configuration"
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- 12) Attach the appropriate Pit Config to each of your nodes.
- Note: The -LOCAL- refers to the configuration you wish to use
- when running with the /LOCAL option of the game or with
- /NODE=0.
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- 13) Press the ESCAPE key to exit CONTROL.
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- 14) Set Up Multiline Batch File (See Next Section)
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- 15) Continue with the Installation for your particular BBS type.
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- MULTILINE: Batch File Installation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The PIT v4.xx uses a batchfile almost exactly the same as in previous
- versions. You can utilize your old batch file to run this game if you
- have it. Otherwise one is listed below:
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- RUNPIT.BAT: ECHO OFF
- CLS
- CD PIT4
- PIT /NODE=1
- CD..
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- Note: The node number is passed to the game with the "/NODE=" symbol.
- You can pass it as a parameter like:
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- RUNPIT 3
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- This can then be inserted into the BATCH FILE as follows:
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- RUNPIT.BAT: ECHO OFF
- CLS
- CD PIT4 /NODE=%1
- PIT
- CD..
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- New Pit Parameters
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You can also utilize a new set of parameters if you have an enormous
- number of phone lines. All parameters are listed if you type "PIT ?"
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- In the CONTROL program a %P can be placed in the path statement. Or a
- %N can be used to represent the node number in the path.
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- If you setup the path in the control program to be: "%P"
- A new parameter can be used for the path name.
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- PIT /PATH=C:\DOOR\ The text to the right of this statment can be
- anything you desire. And the game attempt to
- load your selected door file from this path.
- (i.e. C:\DOOR\)
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- You can also use another parameter to make creating your path easier.
- In the CONTROL program you could make your path:
- "C:\WC40\WCWORK\NODE%N\"
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- Then by passing the node number to the game, the game will
- automatically look in the correct directory.
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- PIT /NODE=3 The game will attempt to load your selected
- door file from the path created by the %N
- parameter. (i.e C:\WORK\WCWORK\NODE3\)
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- INSTALLATION: WWIV (CHAIN.TXT)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I. WWIV (CHAIN.TXT):
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- Do a CHAINEDIT and place the following into it:
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- A. Description : THE PIT v4.17
- B. Filename : RUNPIT %1 <--- Corresponds to RUNPIT.BAT
- C. SL :
- D. AR :
- E. ANSI : Required
- F. DOS Interrupt: Not used <--- Important!
- G. 300 Baud : Not allowed <--- They would hate it.
- H. Shrink : Yes <--- Important!
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- INSTALLATION: TELEGARD/TAG (DOOR.SYS)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- II. TELEGARD/TAG (DOOR.SYS):
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- Set up your online games menu so that it creates DOOR.SYS and
- executes RUNPIT.
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- INSTALLATION: PCBOARD 15.x (PCBOARD.SYS)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- III. PCBOARD (PCBOARD.SYS):
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- Set up your online games menu so that it creates PCBOARD.SYS and
- executes RUNPIT.
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- INSTALLATION: RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- IV. RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF):
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- Set up your online games menu so that it creates DORINFO1.DEF and
- executes RUNPIT.
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- INSTALLATION: WILDCAT 4.x (DOOR.SYS)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- V. WILDCAT! (DOOR.SYS):
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- Then set up your online games menu so that it creates DOOR.SYS
- and executes RUNPIT.
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- INSTALLATION: SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- VI. SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT):
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- Then set up your online games menu so that it creates SFDOORS.DAT
- and executes RUNPIT.
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- INSTALLATION: GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- VII. GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS):
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- Set up your online games menu so that it creates GTUSER.BBS and
- executes RUNPIT.
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- SPECIAL INFO: HIGH SPEED MODEMS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- IX. HIGH SPEED MODEMS:
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- A "High Speed" modem is any modem that has the capability of
- connecting at speeds faster than 2400 baud. They generally
- have error correction protocols like MNP-5, V.32, V.32 BIS, V.42,
- V.42 BIS, and some have proprietized formats like HST or COMPUCOM.
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- Baud Rate Settings
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- These modems continually adjust the baud rate between themselves and
- the caller's modem. If you shell out of the BBS to run a game, the
- baud rate passed through the DOOR DATA FILE is generally incorrect
- since the modem might have auto-adjusted to a strange baud rate. We
- get around this by not touching the baud rate at all. Just choose
- "Auto-Detect" for your baud rate and the game will not attempt to
- change the baud rate.
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- Flow Control
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- These modems also require the use of the CTS/RTS pins in your modem
- to control the flow of data across the phone line. On high speed
- modems, failure to activate "CTS/RTS Flow Control" will result in
- some problems. The user will be unable to see anything on their
- remote end, and they will not be able to press any keys. They are
- effectively locked out of the game. Turn on CTS/RTS flow control to
- correct this.
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- What you should do:
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- 1) Run CONTROL.EXE
- 2) Edit Pit Config
- Select the config file that is used by the affected
- node.
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- 3) Select "Modem Settings"
- 4) Select "Baud Rate Setting"
- 5) Select "Do Not Set, Use Default Rate"
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- 6) Select "Flow Control"
- 7) Choose "CTS/RTS Flow Control"
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- At this point the game will ignore any attempts to change the
- baud rate on the modem, and the Hardware Handshaking (CTS/RTS
- Flow Control) will occur.
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