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- -= Baby Derby =-
- Copyright 1991-94, PAROLE Software
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- ----------------------------
- The Parole Board BBS
- (919) 965-4696
- (919) 965-9885
- Fido: 1:151/185 @fidonet
-
- BDerby was written at the request of John Kutas, sysop of The
- Swingers Connection BBS in Pa. It is a door that will allow your users
- to have a bit of fun in guessing the "vital" statistics of a new
- addition to the BBS community.
-
- To set BDerby up, you will need to create a separate directory to
- hold all of the door files. You will also need to create 2 directories
- under that one named "USERS" and "SCREENS".
-
- C:─┐
- │
- ├───BDERBY─┐
- ├───USERS
- │
- └───SCREENS
-
- UnZIP the SCREENS.ZIP and place the files in the "\SCREENS"
- directory. BDerby will look for the screens in that directory only. If
- they are not there, you will get a 'file not found' message. BDerby
- will not abort but it doesn't look to good to your users to get this
- message. The "\USERS" directory will be empty until the first user has
- entered the door. If you do not create these directories, BDerby will
- create them for you. It will not place the screens in the "\SCREENS"
- dir however.
-
- Next you will need to edit the CFG file to fit you own particular
- BBS. The format for the CFG file follows.
-
-
- C:\WILDCAT\CALLINFO.BBS ──┐ <- For Wildcat!
- C:\WC30\USERINFO.DAT │ <- For Wildcat! 3.0
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS │ <- For PCBoard using PCBOARD.SYS only
- C:\PCB\USERS │ <- For PCBoard using USERS only
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS │ <- For Systems that support DOOR.SYS
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF │ <- For QBBS/RBB/RA. Replace x with Node #.
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT │ <- For Spitfire
- C:\BBS\TRIBBS.SYS ─┘ <- For TriBBS
- The Parole Board BBS
- Dennis
- Maidon
- 00000
- C:\WC30\BULL\BULL99.SCR
- C:\WC30\BULL\BULL99.BBS
- N
- Bill & Edna Johnson
- 10
- 10/22/91
- 3
- RIP
- '=======================================================================
-
- ;Line 1 Path to the BBS user files. Be sure to list the entire path
- and name of the user file for your particular BBS software.
-
- ;Line 2 BBS name
-
- ;Line 3 Sysop first name
-
- ;Line 4 Sysop last name
-
- ;Line 5 Registration number (When Registered)
-
- ;Line 6 Path to Color File (Must end in ".BBS" if line 8 is "Y")
-
- ;Line 7 Path for ASCii File (blank if line 8 is "Y")
-
- ;line 8 (Y/N) "Y" for WC! 3.x specific bulls or "N" for ANSI & ASCII bulls
-
- ;Line 9 Baby's parents (any format up to 45 characters)
-
- ;Line 10 Minimum security level allowed in the door
-
- ;Line 11 Expected Date of Birth
-
- ;Line 12 Maximum number of times allowed in door.
-
- ;Line 13 This line controls whether you would like a RIP bulletin
- created. Plae "RIP" here to create one, anything else
- disables.
-
- The CFG file only calls for 13 lines. The all MUST be present or
- blank as required. Please use and ASCii editor similar to EDLIN or
- QEDIT to edit the CFG file. Some editors will leave hidden control
- codes which could cause BDerby to head off to the planet V'ger.
-
- Line 8 of the CFG file specifies if you want the bulletin to be
- created using WC!3.x specific files or not. If you d run WC!3.x and
- want the special color codes, be sure to list the bull name on line 6
- and end it with ".BBS". You may leave line 7 blank if you wish. If you
- do not want WC! specific color codes, you MUST list a file name in lines
- 6 and 7 of the CFG file.
-
- BDerby supports multi-node BBS systems. You will need to give each
- CFG file and different name for each node. EX: BDERBY1.CFG BDERBY2.CFG
-
- NOTE: DoorFrame supports COM 1-4 on the standard IRQ's - COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and
- COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ
- number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your Door is
- called FOOBAR and you want to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line
- passed to your Door would be:
-
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG /5
- FOOBAR FOOBAR.CFG *5
-
- The /5 tells DoorFrame to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that
- is normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard
- IRQ's.
-
-
- 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.
-
-
- The file DERBY.EXE included in BDERBYxx.ZIP is used to create an
- ASCii text file of the BDERBY.DAT file. This will allow you to read the
- information the users have entered in the door. DERBY.EXE *MUST* be run
- from the directory containing "BDERBY.DAT". BDERBY.TXT is the name of
- the output file. If you are interested in writing your own sort and
- search utility, the structure for BDERBY.DAT is as follows:
-
- TYPE NewBabyInformation
- UserRecNumber AS INTEGER
- UserName AS STRING * 20
- UserDate AS DOUBLE
- BabyDOB AS DOUBLE
- BabyLbs AS INTEGER
- BabyOzs AS INTEGER
- BabyLength AS INTEGER
- BabySex AS STRING * 1
- BabyTOB AS DOUBLE
- Filler AS STRING * 11
- END TYPE
- 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.
-
-
-
- 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.
-
- REGISTRATION
- ____________
-
- I am not a subscriber to the "Crippleware" concept, and this program
- reflects that philosophy. This is a full-featured program, whose
- functionality is not hampered in any way, whether you register it or
- not. It is only $15 to register this door. There is however; a
- small delay which will be removed upon registering.
-
-
- THANKS
- --------------
-
- Special thanks goes out for my wife who is definitely a
- "Computer Widow".
-
- Ted Freeman the author of DOORFRAME, a first class BBS Doors
- Development Library.
-
- My BBS users who have had to endure constant badgering to help me
- test the programs that I have written.
-
- A *VERY SPECIAL THANKS* to Mustang! Software for developing the
- greatest BBS Software on the market, WILDCAT! 3.0.
-
- John Kutas, SysOp, the Swingers Connection BBS in Pa. for suggesting the
- idea for the door.
-
- Baby Derby is written using MicroSoft's Viaual Basic/DOS v1.0
-
-