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LLANOWARE
Presents
E-Z Hang'n v2.2
<c> 1993,1994,1995
by Bob DaCastello
Welcome to E-Z Hang'n!
Sysop Documentation
Introduction:
So you want to play a good game of HangMan huh? Think you know all the
words in the dictionary? Well, come give it a try and see if you can
avoid the HangMan's noose!
E-Z Hang'n supports most BBS drop files. Handle support for those BBS
types that pass the users Handle in DOOR.SYS.
Hardware requirements:
Any IBM machine with DOS 3.1 or better should work just fine. Color
monitor prefered but not required. Fossil driver such as BNU or X00
is also highly recommended.
E-Z Hang'n has been tested using DOS 3.3, DOS 5.0, DOS 6.0, Lantastic,
Novel, DV, QEMM, on machines ranging from XT's to 486's.
About 200k of memory is required.
Legalities:
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. In addition, by placing this software
upon your BBS system for use by any other person(s) or entities,
you have agreed to register this program within 30 days of
installation.
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. The archive and its individual
contents may not be used by any service that charges any money whatsoever,
without the written permission of the author.
Files included:
EZHANG.EXE Main program
EZHSETUP.EXE Setup program
EZHANG.DOC What your reading now
EZHANGH.A?? Help file in ANSi and ASCII (edit to your taste)
LW_REG.FRM Registration form for ALL LlanoWare Doors
FILE_ID.DIZ Well, you need to know what the file is, right?
EZHANG.LST Words for E-Z Hang'n (over 21000 of em!)
EZHANG.IDX Fast index file for EZHANG.LST.
One other file will be created the first time you run E-Z Hang'n:
EZHANG.DAT Data file that contains the winners..
ANSi and ASCII versions of the scores will be created if you desire them.
Installation:
Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
(if required by your BBS software) are described.
1) Create a directory to hold all E-Z Hang'n files. (If your
running any of my other doors, you may use the same directory
for E-Z Hang'n)
2) Un-archive the E-Z Hang'n files into the E-Z Hang'n directory.
3) Run EZHSETUP to create your configuration files.
Be sure to [S]ave each node!
Enter a "0" when asked for registration number if you have not
yet registered.
A file called EZHANGx.CTL will be created for each node.
^-node number
Running E-Z Hang'n:
A sample batch file will be created for you, if you so choose.
Here is a simple batchfile for running single node:
c:
cd \bbs\ezhang
ezhang 1 <-- means to use EZHANG1.CTL
c:
cd \bbs
Here is a simple batchfile for running multi node:
c:
cd \bbs\ezhang
ezhang %1 <-- the %1 needs to be passed by your BBS
c: software as a command line variable.
cd \bbs\node%1
To run E-Z Hang'n locally, cd to the EZHANG dir and run EZHANG with
a /L. ie: EZHANG /L You will be prompted for the name
you wish to use.
/? on the command line will show Additional command line help.
Parameters passed on the command line will over ride the CTL file
settings!
Multinode notes:
E-Z Hang'n is multinode playable! No need to lockout your other nodes.
E-Z Hang'n has full file shareing enabled.
E-Z Hang'n will support up to 99 nodes.
You MUST have SHARE loaded.
Record Editor:
E-Z Hang'n now has a built-in editor (local ONLY). To edit records
enter the command EZHANG.EXE /E Score and Turns Number are NOT
editable in the unregistered version.
Program Errors:
Most program errors will be trapped and saved in a file called EZHANG.ERR.
If you encounter problems, please check this file. If it is a file error,
in most cases you will be told what file is missing. If it is a
runtime error, the code will be saved in this file, please send this file
to me to help in locating any problems.
Registration benefits:
First and foremost, knowing that you have supported the author so he can
continue his work! Besides that, the nagging "Unregistered" message goes
away and your users will then be shown that you support shareware! Once
registered, you will be able to configure the number of words per day.
Words per day default to 5 until E-Z Hang'n is registered.
How to register:
For a $10.00 donation sent to the address below, you will be given a
registration number personalized just for you! If you have a valid
FIDONET address, the registration number will be sent to you directly.
Otherwise, the registration number will be sent to you via snailmail
(US Postal service). All registrations will be sent out within
3 days of receipt. See LW_REG.FRM for more info.
Make checks payable to and send donations to:
Bob DaCastello
PO. Box 53
Llano, CA. 93544-0053
If you have ANY problems, remarks, suggestions, PLEASE contact me via
netmail ASAP at (805)264-0443 1:102/1313@fidonet (28.8).
or (805)264-0448 1:102/1331@fidonet (14.4).
or internet: bob.dacastello@tumbleweed.com
First time callers have full access, unlisted nodes are allowed.
A great big THANKS to The Beta Team:
Scott Reeves
Jon Johnson
Frank Widdis
Dale Ormsbee
Distribution Sites:
Author's BBS - Llano, CA
Bob DaCastello (That's Me!)
805-264-0443 (28.8)
805-264-0448 (14.4)
FIDONET: 1:102/1313
1:102/1331
XeroNet: 131:8050/101
TumbleWeed BBS - Lancaster, CA
Bruce & Cheryl Bergstrom
805-946-3332 (28.8)
805-946-3606 (14.4)
805-946-1817 (14.4)
FIDO: 1:102/1308 (28.8)
Lancaster, CA
Control Central ]I[ - Islandia, NY
Jon Johnson
516-342-0382 (28.8)
FIDONET: 1:2619/265
Down the Rabbit Hole - Newport News, VA
Scott Reeves
804-887-8345 (28.8)
FIDONET: 1:271/257
Ring of Fire BBS - Grafton, VA
Frank Widdis
804-898-1162 (28.8)
FIDONET: 1:271/360
Sherwood Forest BBS - Newport News, VA
Dale Ormsbee
804-887-0540 (28.8)
FIDONET: 1:271/269
The latest versions of E-Z Hang'n and all other Llanoware programs
utilities, and doorgames should always be available for download from
one of the above systems.
Current versions should always be available at the above systems.
At Teen Town BBS they will always be avaiable for d/l or freq
as EZHANG.
History:
1.0 12-04-93 First Public Release!
1.1 12-09-93 Was not allowing user to quit after playing all his/her
turns for the day, was wanting a Y/N response, fixed
so it now accepts ENTER as it is asking for.. ooops :{)
2.0 08-20-94 Now supports locked baud rates to 115,200.
2.2 02-04-95 Now supports Handles for some BBS types.
Bug fix for lockups when letters are dropping on some
systems.
Added sysop control of letter "dribbling" out of the sky.
Acknowledgements:
MY! Special Thanks to CheryL Bergstrom from TumbleWeed BBS for all her
help in creating, drawing the ANSi screens then debugging E-Z Hang'n!
Thanks for your patience with me! (again)
Big thanks to Pam Smith of Window in Time BBS for distribution and her
assistance in writing these docs! (I hate docs!)
Scott Baker for writing DoorDriver 5.0!
LlanoWare programs available as of 08-20-94
Magic Name: FileName: Discription:
EZBING EZBING*.ARJ OnLine Bingo Doorgame. Supports most BBS
software dropfiles.
EZHANG EZHANG*.ARJ OnLine Hangman doorgame. Supports most
BBS software dropfiles.
EZSLOT EZSLOT*.ARJ OnLine Slot Machine Doorgame. Supports
most BBS software dropfiles.
EZWALL EZWALL*.ARJ Grafitti Wall door. Supports most
BBS software dropfiles.
LW_MGR LW_MGR*.ARJ RemoteAccess 2.0x Menu, User, RAConfig,
Language Editors and File Manager as well as
some DOS Services.
LWBULL LWBULL*.ARJ RemoteAccess 2.0x News/Bulletin Door.
The above MagicNames should be good at all listed sites.
LlanoWare programs coming attractions:
EZCHAT Multinode (up to 99) User Chat door. Supports most BBS
software, added support for RA! Due out Feb 1st 1995.
AMAGIC ANSi Magic is an OnLine ANSi Drawing and Viewing door that will
support most BBS softwares. Allows your users to draw thier
own ANSi online, view other users ANSi, Upload and Download
ANSi files and more!
Many other non-door utilitys are also available (mostly for RA).
Many other support programs available, freq LLANOWARE for a list of all
LlanoWare files from 1:102/1313 & 1:102/1331 ONLY