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BULLETIN BOARD LISTING DOOR! ---------------------------- Mike Wilson Secret Service BBS (304) 429-6838 1200/2400/9600 FEATURES --------- This door will run directly on Wildcat, PCBoard, Gap, QBBS or Spitfire. It will lock at 38400 + Baud rates and will support Non-standard IRQ's and Port address's on Coms 3 and 4. Purpose of the Door ------------------- This program will allow users to enter their board name, sysop name, hours of operation, and a little note about the purpose of their board. The program writes both Color and Mono Bulletins, calls them whatever you wish, and places them wherever you specify in the configuration. Disclaimer ---------- I will not be held in any way responsible for your use of this door program. All care has gone into making this a reliable software program but I assume no liability for its use or any direct or indirect damages. Registration ------------ If you wish to register this door and have your BBS name put on the opening screen then send $5 to: Mike Wilson P.O. Box 9521 Huntington WV 25704 That will cover shipping, handling, and the cost of a diskette. Read Register.txt for registration form! Installation ------------ Installation is simple. Create a new directory and dissolve the contents of BBSList.zip into it. Run Setup.exe and answer the questions as they appear. The setup.exe will create several files for you. If you have problems answering a question asked in Setup.exe please read the detailed description of each file below. Copy the two files Color.SCR and ASCII.BBS into the directory that you specified in your LST.Cfg setup within setup.exe. Rename them whatever you want each of the bulletins to be called (the same file names you specified in LST.CFG).Example: Rename Color.scr to the file name you want the color bulletin to be called. Rename ASCII.bbs to whatever you want the mono bulletin to be called. Make sure they reside in the directory that you specified in LST.cfg. Set up a batch file to call the door from your BBS. If you don't know how to do this please read the BATCH FILES section below. The following are what is each file BBSList uses: LST.CFG ------- This file is created by Setup.exe. This file contains just two lines. The first line is the path and name of the COLOR bulletin that will be written. The second line is the path and name of the mono bulletin that will be written. These can be ANY proper path and DOS filename. EX. C:\Path\bull99.scr <- path to color bulletin C:\Path\bull99.bbs <- path to mono bulletin Thats all that is requred in lst.cfg! BBSLIST.CFG ---------- This is a three line file that contains your board name, the path to the board info file and whether to lock the com port or not. EX: Mike Wilson <--------- Sysop Name C:\Path\BBSinfo.??? <--------- Path to Board Info file (see below) NO <--------- No or Locked Com Port Baud Rate The line asking for Board Info file refers to the path and name of the file your particular BBS creates when it drops out to run a door. This would be: Wildcat prior to V3.0 -> Callinfo.bbs PCBoard ----> PCBoard.sys GAP or WILDCAT 3.0+ ---> Door.sys Spitfire ---> SFDoors.dat QuickBBS ---> DorinfoX.def (The X is 1 or 2 depending on Node #) A proper example would be: C:\Wildcat\Callinfo.bbs ** Note for Multi-nodes *** You only need one LST.CFG but you will need a BBSLIST.CFG for each node! Create as many .cfg's as you need pointing the way to the correct node information. Call the game and .cfg as follows from batch files. Example: Node 1 Game Game.cfg Node 2 Game Game1.cfg ** Read Port.doc if you run multi-nodes and need to alter the Com 3 or 4 address or IRQ's. It will instruct you on how to do so. You will find two other files in the zip also, they are called Color.Scr and ASCII.bbs. These are just the headers for the bulletins that will be created. Copy them into the directory where you want your bulletin to be placed (as you specified in the LST.CFG) and rename them to whatever your bulletin is going to be called. (Ex: If your wanting the listing to be called bull5.scr then rename Color.scr to bull5.scr, the same would be true for ASCII.bbs to bull5.bbs). BOARD.TXT --------- Don't worry about this file. It is created when you run setup.exe This file tells the game which BBS Software you are running and tells it to read the correct board file. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A BOARD.TXT FILE IN THE GAME DIRECTORY IF YOUR RUNNING WILDCAT PRIOR TO VERSION 3.0! The game looks for this file and defaults to Wildcat if it isn't found. For other boards it will contain one line with one of the following: QuickBBS --------> QBBS GAP or WILDCAT 3.0+ ---> GAP PCBoard ---------> PCB Spitfire --------------> SPITFIRE Batch Files ================= Be sure that you have edited or created the BBSLIST.CFG file with the correct information as described earlier in these docs. The individual setups do not repeat this necessary process. Wildcat! 1.13 & 2.0+ Setup: --------------------------- First, create your DOOR##.BAT (2.0+) or LIVE##.BAT (1.13) like this eample: ECHO OFF CD \WILDCAT\DOORS\BBSLIST BBSLIST BBSLIST.CFG CD \WILDCAT CAT.BAT place this batch file in your Node# directory if running Multi-Nodes or in your Wildcat (default) directory if single node. Second, Create a sub-directory for the door program such as in the following example: C:\WILDCAT\DOORS\BBSLIST Third, put the BBSLIST game files in the \WILDCAT\DOORS\BBSLIST directory. Forth, add this game to your live program menu for user selection and your ready to run the door. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Gap Setup: ---------- First, add the number and name of the door to your menu. This will allow the user to select the door by number. Second, edit or create the file called DOORS.DAT which is normally in the GEN directory. Following is an example line to add: BL 10 where 'BL' stands for the name of the batch file (shown below) to invoke the the door and '10' is the required security level. Third, create a sub-directory for BBSLIST to be placed in. And example would be: C:\GAP\BBSLIST place all the files in the BBSLIST.ZIP archive inside this directory. Forth, create a batch file called BBSLIST which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\GAP\BBSLIST BBSLIST BBSLIST.CFG CD\GAP GAP the last line in the BBSLIST file should invoke the batch file which loads the GAP BBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Spitfire Setup: --------------- First edit your SFDOOR.MNU and add the following line. If you are not running and doors at this time you will need to create this file. BBSLIST, 10 Where BBSLIST is the name of the door to appear on your menu and the 10 is the lowest security level that will be allowed to enter the door. Don't forget the comma (,) after the name. Second create a sub-directory to place the door game in. In this example we will use 'C:\SF\DOOR_A' for the game directory. Third move all the files in the BBSLIST.ZIP archive into this directory. Forth edit your SF.BAT file adding the following lines. :DOOR_A CD\SF\DOORS_A BBSLIST BBSLIST.CFG CD\SF GOTO LOOP Fifth, rerun Sf.BAT and your ready to begin play. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. PCBoard 14.0+ Setup: -------------------- First, edit your DOORS and DOORSG file so that it shows BBSLIST with the door number relating to it's position in DOORS.DAT. Second, edit the DOORS.DAT file so that it includes BBSLIST. Third, create a sub-directory for BBSLIST to be placed in. And example would be: C:\PCB\BBSLIST place all the files in the BBSLIST.ZIP archive inside this directory. Forth, create a batch file called BBSLIST which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\PCB\BBSLIST BBSLIST BBSLIST.CFG CD\PCB BOARD the last line in the BBSLIST file should invoke the batch file which loads the PCboard BBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. QuickBBS Setup: --------------- First, add the game to your games menu and select the correct type for doors. Second, create a sub-directory for the game and move all the files from the zip file to this directory. Third, the game reads the file DORINFOx.DEF. Where 'x' is the node number. Since QuickBBS only supports one node at this time then this file should be 'DORINFO1.DEF'. This file's drive\path\filename should be on the third line of the configuration file. Note: It was told to me that the upcoming 3.0 version of QuickBBS will support Multi-Nodes and that the 'DORINFOx.DEF' will be changed to 'DORINFxx.DEF' to support Multi-Nodes. This game is written where you can specify this new name as well as any others. Forth, create a batch file called BBSLIST which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\QUICKBBS\BBSLIST BBSLIST BBSLIST.CFG CD\QUICKBBS QBBS.BAT the last line in the BBSLIST file should invoke the batch file which loads the QuickBBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. I hope that you enjoy the utility!!! Please try some of my many other doors and games!