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- BlueQWK 1.30 (25-June-1993)
- Copyright (C) 1992,93 Geoffrey Sy
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- BlueQWK is supported by:
-
- Residence: Support BBS:
-
- Geoffrey Sy Toronto Twilight Comm.
- 14 Blevins Pl #1322 1-416-733-9012
- Toronto, Ontario Canada
- M5A 3M5
-
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- BlueQWK converts BlueWave mail packets to a format readable
- by QWK mail readers. The QWK reader I'm using is SparkWare's
- 1stReader v1.11.
-
- INSTALLATION for 1stReader (as well as other readers):
-
- 1. Copy all files included in this archive into your
- 1stReader directory. Make sure not to overwrite any
- file(s) you may already have.
-
- OPERATION:
-
- 1. This version of BlueQWK needs more memory than older
- versions, so you might need to enable 1stReader's
- SuperShell to free up some memory before executing
- BlueQWK. To enable SuperShell, add the /SS option to
- the $$INTRO.DOS file.
-
- 2. When you start 1stReader, append the switch /QWK:* to
- the 1stReader command line.
-
- That's all there's to it. You can now read BlueWave mail
- packets with your QWK reader.
-
- The reply packet for uploading to the BlueWave door still
- have the .REP extension. 1st Reader doesn't have any hooks
- to take care of this. The 1st Reader /REP: NEW switch won't
- work in this case unless you want all your reply packets to
- have the .NEW extension. This isn't a problem because the
- replies packet is automatically renamed to <BBS_ID>.NEW when
- the door received it.
-
- If you know about the other hooks that 1stReader provided for
- BW-QWK conversion, don't use them. They don't work properly
- when writing replies without the presence of a mail packet.
-
- BlueQWK automatically copies BlueWave *.INF files into same
- directory as itself. This allows for conversion of replies
- without the need for a BlueWave packet to be present.
-
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- INSTALLATION for other readers:
-
- 1. Put BLUEQWK.EXE into your 1stReader directory or
- anywhere on your DOS PATH.
-
- 2. Replace the compression/decompression utilities with
- batch files. Then do some fancy batch programming.
- The basic command line to run BlueQWK follows:
-
- BLUEQWK BBS_ID conversion_method
-
- - BBS_ID can be anything that contains the name of
- the QWK/REP packet.
-
- - conversion_method has 3 options:
-
- 1. BW-QWK converts BlueWave to QWK.
- 2. BW-REP converts BlueWave replies to .REP.
-
- The above options should be used in the batch
- file to decompress the mail packet. The batch
- file should check for the existence of BBS_ID.INF
- file in the QWK work directory before converting
- BW-QWK. It should check for the existence of
- BBS_ID.INF in the BLUEQWK.EXE directory as well
- as BBS_ID.UPI in the REP work directory before
- converting BW-REP.
-
- 3. REP-BW converts .REPs to BlueWave for uploading
- to the BlueWave door. This option should be used
- in the batch file that compresses replies. The
- batch file should check for the existence of
- BBS_ID.INF in the BLUEQWK.EXE directory as well
- as BBS_ID.MSG in the REP work directory before
- converting REP-BW.
-
- Refer to the batch files included in this archive for
- some examples. The batch file $$INTRO.BAT runs after
- the mail packet has been extracted to the QWK work
- directory. The batch file $$REPLIE.BAT runs after
- the .REP packet has been decompressed into the REP
- work directory. The $$EXIT.BAT runs before the
- replies are compressed.
-
- 3. Create BLUEQWK.CFG containing the following info:
-
- Line 1: Directory of QWK work directory.
- Line 2: Directory of REP work directory.
-
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- REVISION HISTORY:
-
- 25-Jun-1993 - v1.30 - I've moved recently. Please note the
- new address.
- - More compatible with the BlueWave door.
- - Added the 3rd conversion module BW-REP.
- - Combined all 3 conversion modules into
- a single .EXE.
- - Command line options changed.
-
- 25-Feb-1993 - v1.20 - Added some speed
- - Added some junk into the .UPI file to
- cure some BlueWave door rejecting good
- replies as duplicates.
- ? I still don't have a clue what some of
- the junk in the .UPI file is. So don't
- expect this to be 100% compatible with
- all BlueWave doors. Anyone been able
- to get the BlueWave structure from the
- author?
-
- 10-Feb-1993 - v1.10 - Speeded up by at least 2 times
- - R2B converts from .REP to BlueWave
-
- 15-Nov-1992 - v1.00 - Initial Release
-
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- REGISTRATION:
-
- If you like the program, I'd appreciate some feedback. If you
- don't like it, I'd like to know why. I can be reach on most
- echomail networks in the mailreaders or related conferences.
-
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- STANDARD DISCLAIMER:
-
- This program is provided on an "AS IS" basis. No warranty of
- any kind is expressed or implied.
-
- USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-
- I take no responsibility for any damage caused directly or
- indirectly from the use or the inability to use this program.
-
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- COPYRIGHTS:
-
- Products mentioned in this documentation are Copyrighted or
- Trademarks of their respective holders:
-
- 1stReader, QWK: Mark "Sparky" Herring of Sparkware.
-
- BlueWave: George Hatchew of Cutting Edge
- Computing.
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