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- What is BBSDOWN?
-
- Well, BBSDOWN is a utility you can use in place of your BBS during times
- when you want to make system upgrades, or access your BBS for what ever
- reason! This program will answer the phone, make the connection and send the
- message that the board is temporarily down for system maintenance or what
- ever reason you specify! This is much better than just leaving the callers
- hanging, wondering if your board has gone down, or if it crashed. It gives
- them a response.
-
- I wanted a utility like this for a while, couldn't find one, so I wrote
- a script file in PCPLUS to do it for me, and that's fine and dandy, but I
- would rather have had this program to do it. I run this on my OTHER computer
- if I need to upgrade the hardware on my bbs machine or if I need to be out
- side of the BBS. I don't run DV and I do have a network between the two, but
- this program makes life so much easier when run in a minimized window session
- as well. BBSDOWN for Windows is coming by spring of '96!
-
- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT:
- 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. ONCE REGISTERED, ANY
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE REGISTRATION NUMBER WILL INVALIDATE YOUR KEY FOR
- ALL FUTURE VERSIONS OF THIS PROGRAM AND NO PRODUCT SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN.
- DISTRIBUTING A REGISTRATION NUMBER WILL ALSO BRING ABOUT CRIMINAL CHARGES.
-
- 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 be used by a service that charges money PROVIDED THAT
- the cost is REASONABLE and within shareware limits.
-
- EDITING THE BBSDOWN.CFG FILE:
- Line 1 is the sysop name,
- Line 2 is the BBS name,
- Line 3 is the Comport on which your modem resides...
- Line 4 is the baud rate of your modem, use 19200 for 14.4 or 38400 for 28.8
- Line 5 is the ErrorLevel you want the program to exit with, if you don't
- understand it, leave it at 255.
- Line 6 The ANSI/ASCII/TEXT/DOC file you want displayed to the user prior
- to disconnection
- Line 7 is the registration number, and for $5.00, it's worth it!
-
- ERORRS:
- This program also has some minor error handling capabilities, and in
- the event of a modem error, the program will exit with an ERRORLEVEL of 200
- and that is not changeable unless you register and specify that you would
- like it changed.
-
- REGISTRATION ADDRESS:
- Computer Creations Software
- PO Box 7
- Keyport, WA 98345
- Also available at:
- The Night Gallery BBS (360)-698-3610
-
- EMAIL ADDRESS:
- nitehawk@tscnet.com
-
- Thanks!
- Scott Turchin
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