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HOW TO INSTALL THE PIT v2.05
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Written by James R. Berry
Copyright 1990-92 (c) by Midas Touch Software, all rights reserved.
Copyright 1990-92 (c) by James R. Berry, all rights reserved.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Installation Introduction Pg. 2
Running THE PIT without a BBS Pg. 4
Installing THE PIT on WWIV (CHAIN.TXT) Pg. 5
Installing THE PIT on TAG/TELE (DOOR.SYS) Pg. 6
Installing THE PIT on PCBOARD 14.0 (PCBOARD.SYS) Pg. 7
Installing THE PIT on RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF) Pg. 8
Installing THE PIT on WILDCAT (CALLINFO.BBS) Pg. 9
Installing THE PIT on SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT) Pg. 10
Installing THE PIT on GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS) Pg. 11
Installing THE PIT on a Multi-lined BBS Pg. 12
INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are already running THE PIT online game you will have to re-install
this version. The game has gone through so many changes in the last 6 months
that writting a conversion program would have been a major undertaking.
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RUNNING THE PIT in LOCAL MODE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following command will allow you to run the game in LOCAL mode:
PIT /LOCAL
Although this does not require a BBS to be hooked up to the game in
order to run it. It still requires some configuration with the CONTROL.EXE
before it will run properly.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.00 for WWIV (CHAIN.TXT)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I. WWIV (CHAIN.TXT):
1) Create a directory inside your BBS directory called THEPIT.
2) Copy all of the game files into that directory.
3) Change Directory to THEPIT.
4) Run CONTROL.EXE from THEPIT directory and configure the game to match
your requirements (Read CONTROL.DOC for more info).
5) Write up a batch file (RUNPIT.BAT) like the following:
ECHO OFF
CLS
CD THEPIT
PIT
CD..
And put it as in your BBS directory.
6) Then do a CHAINEDIT and place the following into it:
A. Description : THE PIT v2.04
B. Filename : RUNPIT %1 <--- This corresponds to RUNPIT.BAT
C. SL :
D. AR :
E. ANSI : Required <--- Non-ANSI users can't see anything.
F. DOS Interrupt: Not used <--- THE PIT has its own COM PORT
interrupt.
G. 300 Baud : Not allowed <--- This would be pure HELL for them.
H. Shrink : Yes <--- The program will not run without
shrinking.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.00 for TELEGARD/TAG (DOOR.SYS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
II. TELEGARD/TAG (DOOR.SYS):
1) Create a directory inside your BBS directory called THEPIT.
2) Copy all of the game files into that directory.
3) Change directory to THEPIT.
4) Run CONTROL.EXE from THEPIT directory and configure the game to match
your requirements (Read CONTROL.DOC for more info).
5) Write up a batch file (RUNPIT.BAT) like the following:
ECHO OFF
CLS
CD THEPIT
PIT
CD..
And put it as in your BBS directory.
6) Then set up your online games menu so that it creates DOOR.SYS and
executes RUNPIT.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.00 for PCBOARD 14.5 (PCBOARD.SYS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III. PCBOARD (PCBOARD.SYS):
1) Create a directory inside your BBS directory called THEPIT.
2) Copy all of the game files into that directory.
3) Change directory to THEPIT.
4) Run CONTROL.EXE from THEPIT directory and configure the game to match
your requirements (Read CONTROL.DOC for more info).
5) Write up a batch file (RUNPIT.BAT) like the following:
ECHO OFF
CLS
CD THEPIT
PIT
CD..
And put it as in your BBS directory.
6) Then set up your online games menu so that it creates PCBOARD.SYS and
executes RUNPIT.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.00 for RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IV. RBBS (DORINFO1.DEF):
1) Create a directory inside your BBS directory called THEPIT.
2) Copy all of the game files into that directory.
3) Change directory to THEPIT.
4) Run CONTROL.EXE from THEPIT directory and configure the game to match
your requirements (Read CONTROL.DOC for more info).
5) Write up a batch file (RUNPIT.BAT) like the following:
ECHO OFF
CLS
CD THEPIT
PIT
CD..
And put it as in your BBS directory.
6) Then set up your online games menu so that it creates DORINFO1.DEF and
executes RUNPIT.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.00 for WILDCAT 3.0 (DOOR.SYS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
V. WILDCAT! (DOOR.SYS):
1) Create a directory inside your BBS directory called THEPIT.
2) Copy all of the game files into that directory.
3) Change directory to THEPIT.
4) Run CONTROL.EXE from THEPIT directory and configure the game to match
your requirements (Read CONTROL.DOC for more info).
5) Write up a batch file (RUNPIT.BAT) like the following:
ECHO OFF
CLS
CD THEPIT
PIT
CD..
And put it as in your BBS directory.
6) Then set up your online games menu so that it creates DOOR.SYS and
executes RUNPIT.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.00 for SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VI. SPITFIRE (SFDOORS.DAT):
1) Create a directory inside your BBS directory called THEPIT.
2) Copy all of the game files into that directory.
3) Change directory to THEPIT.
4) Run CONTROL.EXE from THEPIT directory and configure the game to match
your requirements (Read CONTROL.DOC for more info).
5) Write up a batch file (RUNPIT.BAT) like the following:
ECHO OFF
CLS
CD THEPIT
PIT
CD..
And put it as in your BBS directory.
6) Then set up your online games menu so that it creates SFDOORS.DAT and
executes RUNPIT.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.00 for GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VII. GTPOWER (GTUSER.BBS):
1) Create a directory inside your BBS directory called THEPIT.
2) Copy all of the game files into that directory.
3) Change directory to THEPIT.
4) Run CONTROL.EXE from THEPIT directory and configure the game to match
your requirements (Read CONTROL.DOC for more info).
5) Write up a batch file (RUNPIT.BAT) like the following:
ECHO OFF
CLS
CD THEPIT
PIT
CD..
And put it as in your BBS directory.
6) Then set up your online games menu so that it creates GTUSER.BBS and
executes RUNPIT.
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INSTALLING THE PIT v2.04 on a Multi-lined BBS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VII. Installing on a multi-lined BBS.
THE PIT v2.04 has been rewritten to make running on a multiline BBS as
easy as possible.
How to install the game on the server:
READ one of the INSTALLS described above and follow its instructions.
How to install the game on each additional line:
1) Go into the CONTROL.EXE program
2) Select LAN/Multitasker Type and choose which one you are using.
If you do not know what type of LAN you are running under see your
NETWORK USERS GUIDE for more details.
DESQVIEW: THE PIT is now DESQVIEW AWARE. It senses DV in memory
whether it is being run in multinode mode or not. It will redirect
all of its direct screen writing into DESQVIEW'S screen buffer as
well. So BIOS calls are no longer necessary for proper window
operation. However, I do not own a machine greater than a 286 AT
so I could not tell you the exact settings required to make the
game function for a mutliline BBS. I imagine the settings you already
have for your BBS should work. If anyone wants to call my BBS and
upload a text file explaining the how-to's for THE PIT I would
appreciate it. (Or at least the other DV users out there would!)
LANTASTIC: is NETBIOS COMPATIBLE LAN. And this software has been
tested on both the 2mbs version and the Ethernet 10mbs systems.
NOVELL: has been a bit tricky to setup for. It is a proprietory
system and changes its network file locking scheme regularly. If
your version of NOVELL fails to operate correctly with NOVELL
selected as a type. Then choose NONE as a type instead. You will
however have to run SHARE.EXE in order for the program to properly
lock your data files in this game.
No other LANs have been tested, but since 90% are NETBIOS COMPATIBLE
that should be the first choice. A word of warning however, SHARE.EXE
must be loaded or this program will not be able to function properly.
(Unless you are running NOVELL)
3) Select MultiNoded Usage to activate Multinode operation mode.
At this point you can PAGE UP to create as many PIT??.CFG files
as you need for your BBS. (To a max of 99).
Each node configuration should be edited for the BBS line that you
wish to run through it. And make careful notes as to the drive
letters that apply to the line that will be accessing the game
5) Create batch files similar to the ones int the above installation
but change your PIT execution line to something like the following:
---NODE 1 --- ---NODE 2 --- ---NODE 3 ---
ECHO OFF ECHO OFF ECHO OFF
CLS CLS CLS
CD THEPIT CD THEPIT CD THEPIT
PIT /NODE01 PIT /NODE02 PIT /NODE03
CD.. CD.. CD..
The program recognizes that you want to run on NODE 2 if it sees
a /NODE02. It will also work if you have to run from a different
node locally (ie. PIT /LOCAL /NODE02).
6) Once you have all node configurations filled. It should run like
clockwork.
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