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- The following text describes problems and solutions that have been
- encountered when installing Lisa. Some of the information is provided
- courtesy of T&J Software. They are not related to ChAoS Online or to
- Chat With Lisa, but they do use the same DoorFrame software as Lisa.
-
- THE SETTINGS IN MY CONFIG FILE HAVE NO EFFECT
- =============================================
- * Lisa always gets her settings from the LISA.CFG file. Did you change
- the name or create multiple .CFG files? Change the filename back to
- LISA.CFG and edit the settings there. If your BBS has multiple nodes,
- read the MULTIPLE NODES section of the SYSOP.TXT file.
-
- THE LOCAL SCREEN DISPLAY IS GARBAGE
- ===================================
- * This is almost always caused by ANSI not being installed. You need
- to add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS file:
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
- Reboot the machine after adding the line. Read your DOS manual
- for more information about the ANSI.SYS screen driver.
-
- * If you are multi-tasking with DesqView, do the following instead:
- Add DVANSI.COM to the batch file for each node.
-
- LOCKUPS ON CERTAIN COM PORTS or GARBLED INFORMATION ON REMOTE
- =============================================================
- * If the remote terminal cannot receive, or the screen is garbled,
- you are probably using a non-standard IRQ. Make sure you are
- passing the correct IRQ value to the door in the batch file.
- Example: LISA LISA.CFG /5
-
- * If you are using a multi-port board with a fossil driver, use
- the following: LISA LISA.CFG /FD
- Please read SYSOP.TXT for complete information.
-
- DOOR.SYS PROBLEMS or `OUT OF STRING SPACE' ERRORS
- =================================================
- * Problems may develop when using the DOOR.SYS drop file if you have
- a large number of conferences. Due to the specifications of DOOR.SYS,
- all the conferences that a user is "joined to" are written to line
- #23 of DOOR.SYS. This may cause the DOOR.SYS file to become too large,
- which usually results in the "out of string space" error.
-
- * WildCat 4.0 users should download a file called FDOORSYS.ZIP written
- by Tim Rider (call The Source BBS at 310-371-3737). This small utility
- will remove the offending line in DOOR.SYS.
-
- * Wildcat 4.01+ users can go to the MakeWild Doors Menu and change the
- door setup to use a "small" DOOR.SYS drop file.
-
- * PCBoard users should use the PCBOARD.SYS drop file.
-
- KEYBOARD TIMEOUTS AND 486DX COMPUTERS
- =====================================
- * If you are using a 486DX computer and keep getting "keyboard timeout"
- errors, or ERROR 5 or 6, you need to place the following line in your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- SET NO87=ON
-
- This will turn off your math co-processor and allow the door to
- function properly.
-
- OVERFLOW ERRORS
- ===============
- * Overflows can occur if you are running under DesqView and your tick
- counts are set too low -- try raising the tick counts.
-
- * If you're running Wildcat! v3.9+ and are getting OVERFLOW errors,
- make sure NONE of your security level definitions have the MAXIMUM
- DAILY DOWNLOADS set to more than 32,000 -- anything over that will
- cause an OVERFLOW ERROR in any door using DOORFRAME.
-
- GRAPHIC CARDS (general)
- =======================
- * ATI Graphics Ultra Pro card - do not use the ANSI.SYS driver that
- came with the card. Use the normal DOS ANSI.SYS for the screens
- to show correctly.
-
- * Trident SVGA Cards - You should have a utility disk with a file
- called TANSI.SYS, use this ansi driver instead of DOS ANSI.SYS.
-
- DESQVIEW/X
- ==========
- * Make sure you have the MATH COPROCESSOR flagged ON even if you
- don't have a math coprocessor.
-
- REMOTE ACCESS v2.0+
- ===================
- * Using DOOR.SYS may result in an OVERFLOW error -- try using a
- different caller drop file such as DORINFO1.DEF. This is currently
- being examined!
-
- RENEGADE BBS
- ============
- * If you are using the BNU fossil driver and having problems with doors,
- try using X00 v1.50+. Several Renegade systems have reported problems
- using BNU with doors.
-
- * If you are getting out-of-memory errors, go into the System Config
- section, [E] System Toggles, then [U] to turn the SWAP FILE 'ON'.
-
- SPITFIRE BBS's
- ==============
- * If you're having trouble with the door dropping carrier on exiting
- back to the BBS, switch to using DOOR.SYS instead of SFDOORS.DAT.
- This happens on some Spitfire configurations when using SFDOORS.DAT.
-
- TRIBBS v5.02+
- =============
- * Color ANSI checking will not work if you use TRIBBS.SYS drop file.
- Set the doors up using the PCBOARD.SYS drop file.
-
- * If you use DOOR.SYS, TriBBS reloads this file and will deduct twice
- the amount of time that was actually used. Try using another drop
- file, or copying the DOOR.SYS to a separate directory and then
- telling the door to look there for it.
-
- * NOTE: This only applies to doors where you adjust the user's time
- in the door such as Bordello, Studs, and Studette.
-
- WILDCAT! 3.X
- ============
- * You must use the caller drop file DOOR.SYS to make sure the callers
- remaining time is passed back to Wildcat.
-
- * Wildcat! IM Version Setup using DigiFossil v2.x:
-
- All T&J doors will run on the Wildcat! IM version using DigiFossil
- v2.x. I have received TWO different setup routines concerning the
- IM version, here's an example:
-
- DF LOCK%WCNODEID% -OR- DF ON
- CD\DOORS\GAME CD\DOORS\GAME
- GAME GAME.CFG /FD GAME GAME.CFG
- CD\WC30 CD\WC30
- DF OFF DF OFF
-
- SOME QUICKBASIC ERROR CODES (DOORFRAME USES THE SAME CODES)
- ===========================================================
- 2 Syntax error 61 Disk full
- 5 Illegal function call 62 Input past end of file
- 6 Overflow 63 Bad record number
- 7 Out of memory 64 Bad filename
- 11 Division by zero 67 Too many files
- 13 Type mismatch 68 Device unavailable
- 24 Device timeout 69 Comm-buffer overflow
- 25 Device fault 70 Permission denied
- 52 Bad filename or number 71 Disk not ready
- 53 File not found 72 Disk media error
- 55 File already open 74 Rename across disk
- 57 Device I/O error 75 Path/File access error
- 58 File already exists 76 Path not found
- 59 Bad record length
-
- Error #53 can be caused by a missing LISA.CFG or LISA.DAT file, or the
- program cannot find the BBS drop file. Error #62 is usually caused by
- the LISA.CFG file not having enough lines. Error #75/76 usually results
- from an incorrect path and/or filename in line 1 of the LISA.CFG file.
-