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BlueQWK 1.51 (28-Feb-1994)
Copyright (C) 1992,93 Geoffrey Sy
All Rights Reserved
BlueQWK is supported by:
Geoffrey Sy
1322-14 Blevins Place
Toronto On M5A 3M5
Canada
Silent Services (416) 286-6063 (v.32b/ZYX, 1:250/814@fidonet)
CAP/Canada (416) 287-0935 (v.32b/v.FC, Join Conference #4)
CAP/U.S.A. (708) 854-0255 (v.32b/v.FC)
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BlueQWK converts BlueWave mail packets to a format readable
by QWK mail readers.
INSTALLATION for 1stReader (as well as other OLMRs):
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 reader directory or
anywhere on your DOS PATH.
2. Replace the compression/decompression utilities with
batch files. Then do some simple batch programming.
The file OTHER.RDR is a .ZIP file containing sample
configuration and batch files that'll work with 90%
of the mail readers. Unzip OTHER.RDR into the same
directory as BLUEQWK.EXE. Then configure your reader
to call ZUNPACK.BAT and ZPACK.BAT instead of PKUNZIP
and PKZIP.
3. You may need to change the extension of the BW mail
packets to *.QW* inorder for your mail reader to find
the mail packets.
If the above steps don't work for your OLMR, these
information may help:
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 mail packet to QWK
2. BW-REP converts BlueWave replies to .REP
3. REP-BW converts .REP to BlueWave for uploading
to the BlueWave door
The BLUEQWK.CFG needs the following info:
Line 1: Directory of QWK work directory.
Line 2: Directory of REP work directory.
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REVISION HISTORY:
28-Feb-1994 - v1.51 - Updated contact information.
10-Nov-1993 - v1.50 - Updated for compatibility with other
versions of the Bluewave door. Previous
versions of BlueQWK only worked with
Remote Access and QuickBBS versions of
the Bluewave door.
- Beginning with this version, BlueQWK is
now Shareware. Please register if you
it regularly.
19-Jul-1993 - v1.31 - Minor cosmetic to the R2B module. If
you can read fast enough, you'll see
the messages being converted.
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 have questions, bugs, comments or suggestions, please
contact me. I may be reached on the PCBoard, Doors, OffLine
conferences on City2City(tm), Intelec(tm), and ILink(tm), the
PCBNet and Offline conference on FidoNet(tm). I can also be
reach on my support BBS or by mail to the above address.
Registered users of my other shareware packages may contact
me using the voice number in the registration document.
Since BlueQWK is user supported software, I don't expect you
to register if you don't like it or if it doesn't meet your
needs. Just stop using it after a reasonable trial period.
BlueQWK is not crippled in any way, but some minor annoyance
features might be active in unregistered mode.
BlueQWK is an on-going project, it will be enhanced and
updated as long as I can financially afford to do so. If you
like the program and use it regularly, please register it.