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- ( For upgrade instructions, refer to UPGRADE.TXT )
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-
- Prudence and courtesy dictate that we ask you to back up your
- system before installing and/or upgrading to ProBoard v2.15.
-
- Although every effort has been made to provide you with software
- that will install/upgrade easily, due to the many different number
- of possible hardware and software combinations, it's virtually
- impossible to guarantee that a problem won't occur. It's your
- system, do what you like, but remember we did ask you to backup
- first. Now, on to the good stuff!!
-
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- ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ ProBoard v2.15 │ │
- │ │ Installation instructions │ │
- │ └───────────────────────────┘ │
- └───────────────────────────────┘
-
- Unpack the distribution archive in a temporary directory or to a
- diskette and run INSTALL.EXE. You will be asked in which
- directory you want to install ProBoard. After confirmation, you
- will get an input screen where you can enter the different
- directories for ProBoard. After you have entered them, ProBoard
- will create all non-existing directories and start the
- installation. When completed, you will be asked to add a line to
- set the ProBoard environment variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
-
- Now run PROCFG (the ProBoard configuration utility) to review and
- change all ProBoard settings (e.g. your BBS name, sysop name,
- etc.). Don't forget to set your modem parameters (explained in
- the documentation, chapter "Configuration")
-
- At this stage, you can run ProBoard locally by running
- PROBOARD.EXE without any command line parameters.
-
- To be able to accept modem callers, you have to install a FOSSIL
- driver if you don't have one installed already. X00 is a very
- good one to try. It can be found on any ProBoard support BBS.
- To install it, follow the documentation of X00. A command line
- that will almost always work is (assuming your modem is on COM1):
-
- X00 B,0,38400 E
-
- After you have done this, you will have to install an external
- protocol driver called CEXYZ which can be downloaded from any
- support BBS. Place CEXYZ.EXE in your ProBoard system directory.
- DO NOT SET THE CEXYZLOG variable (or any other environment
- variable). In other words, don't follow the installation
- instructions of CEXYZ. Just copy the file CEXYZ.EXE to the
- ProBoard system directory. Nothing more, nothing less.
-
- If you want to be able to use the fullscreen editor for entering
- messages on your BBS, you will have to download an external full-
- screen editor from a BBS and install it according to the
- installation instructions that come with it. A great full-screen
- editor PEX (ProBoard EXecutable) is TheEdit by Alain Schellinck.
-
- Refer to the chapter "Starting ProBoard" in the manual for
- instructions on how to run ProBoard.
-
-
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-
- The following section is intented for people who don't want to
- use the automatic installation program for installing
- ProBoard v2.15.
-
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ ProBoard v2.11 │ │
- │ │ * MANUAL * │ │
- │ │ Installation Instructions │ │
- │ └───────────────────────────┘ │
- └───────────────────────────────┘
-
- We will assume that you created the directory C:\PB as ProBoard's
- main system directory.
-
- 1) Create the following directories:
-
- C:\PB\MENUS
- C:\PB\TXTFILES
- C:\PB\PEX
- C:\PB\MSGBASE
- C:\PB\RIP
- C:\PB\RIP\ICONS
- C:\PB\SDK
-
- 2) Unpack ProBoard in the directory C:\PB.
-
- 3) Move all *.ANS, *.ASC and *.AVT files to the directory
- C:\PB\TXTFILES.
-
- 4) Move all *.PBM files to the directory C:\PB\MENUS.
-
- 5) Move all *.CPP, *.C, *.H, *.HPP, *.OBJ and *.LIB files from
- PB_215.ZIP in the directory C:\PB\SDK.
-
- 6) Move the files _GRAPH.PEX and _LC.PEX to C:\PB\PEX.
-
- 7) Move all *.RIP files to the directory C:\PB\RIP.
-
- 8) Move all *.ICN files to the directory C:\PB\RIP\ICONS.
-
- 9) Run ProCFG and enter the correct modem parameters for your
- modem (explained in the documentation, chapter
- "Configuration")
-
- 10) Mark the file PROBOARD.EXE "read only" using the DOS ATTRIB
- command. This is important because PROBOARD.EXE is an
- overlayed executable and to run properly it needs this
- file attribute set to "read only"
-
- To do this, change to the C:\PB directory and type the
- following command.
-
- ATTRIB +R PROBOARD.EXE
-
- 11) Next, you have to install a FOSSIL driver if you don't have
- one installed already. X00 is a very good one to try. It
- can be found on any ProBoard support BBS. To install it,
- follow the documentation of X00. A command line that will
- almost always work is (assuming your modem is on COM1):
-
- X00 B,0,38400 E
-
-
- After these 11 steps you can run ProBoard, but you will not be
- able to use the fullscreen editor or perform file transfers.
-
- To log in locally, execute PROBOARD.EXE without any parameters.
-
- To make ProBoard answer incoming calls, run PROBOARD -S.
-
-
- 11) Run ProCFG and create some file and message areas. (explained
- in the documentation, chapter "Configuration")
-
- 12) Download an external full-screen editor from a BBS and
- install it according to the installation instructions that
- come with it. A great full-screen editor PEX (ProBoard
- EXecutable) is TheEdit by Alain Schellinck.
-
- 13) Download CEXYZ from a BBS and copy the file CEXYZ.EXE in the
- directory C:\PB. (CEXYZ can be found on any ProBoard
- Support BBS). DO NOT SET THE CEXYZLOG variable (or any other
- environment variable). In other words, don't follow the
- installation instructions of CEXYZ. Just copy the file
- CEXYZ.EXE to the ProBoard system directory. Nothing more,
- nothing less.
-
- Now, you will be able to run ProBoard, use the fullscreen
- editor, and allow users to perform file transfers using X,Y &
- Zmodem.
-
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