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Bulletin Program for WWIV
Version 1.00
15 July 1993
Copyright (C) 1993, Albert E. Vernon IV
┌───────────────┐
──────────────────────────────┤ DESCRIPTION ├─────────────────────────────────
└───────────────┘
Info-Message is an external bulletin reading and creation program similar to
WWIV's internal auto_message function. It can be run as a logon event,
where only the bulletin is displayed, or as a chain, where the user has the
option of reading the current bulletin or writing a new one. Info-Message
has auto-word-wrapping capabilities and properly handles CR/LF and
backspacing. Those with sysop status can lock, unlock, or delete
Info-Messages.
┌───────────────┐
──────────────────────────────┤ INSTALLATION ├────────────────────────────────
└───────────────┘
1) Erase any old copies of INFO.EXE.
2) Place INFO.EXE in your main bbs directory (where BBS.EXE resides).
3) Run INIT.EXE and select option #6. Under the section marked "logon
event put the following line:
INFO /R %1
3) Put up your bbs and run CHAINEDIT. Place the following information
in for one of the entries:
A. Description : Info-Message v1.00
B. Filename : INFO /W %1
C. SL :
D. AR :
E. ANSI : Optional
F. DOS Interrupt: Used !! DOS Interrupt >MUST< be on !!
G. 300 Baud :
H. Shrink : No
I. Disable pause: No
J. Local only : No
┌────────────────────┐
────────────────────────────┤ ABOUT THIS PROGRAM ├─────────────────────────────
└────────────────────┘
Info-Message was written as a learning exercise in C. It was compiled under
Turbo C++ v3.00. I hearby release Info-Message as FREEWARE. Therefore,
you are free to use, copy, and distribute Info-Message as long as the
executable file and its included documentation are not altered.
┌────────────────────┐
────────────────────────────┤ CREDITS ├─────────────────────────────
└────────────────────┘
Thank you to Jim Nunn, Nix, Boardbum, and Clown Prince for beta-testing.
Special thanks to Tarl Cabot for providing me with a description of how an
auto-word-wrap algorithm works. I extend my gratitude to Tolkien and
Fractal for the use of their respective functions in development of
Info-Message.
┌───────────────────────┐
──────────────────────────┤ CONTACTING THE AUTHOR ├─────────────────────────────
└───────────────────────┘
Albert Vernon ("Xanth")
IceNET #1 @9404
Internet aev@cis.ufl.edu
(904) 375-3541, voice
(904) 375-5949, BBS
The phone numbers and IceNET address should be good until
at least mid-Summer, 1996. My Internet address should be
valid until at least 1997.
If you have difficulty getting a hold of me, drop Jim Nunn (IceNET 1@1)
a line and ask him how to find Xanth. Alternately, you might send mail
to Internet kingb@freenet.fsu.edu and ask her my address.
┌────────────────────┐
────────────────────────────┤ HISTORY ├─────────────────────────────
└────────────────────┘
v0.0xß (Summer, 1993) : beta development releases
v1.00 (15 July 1993) : initial public release
┌────────────────────┐
────────────────────────────┤ DEDICATION ├─────────────────────────────
└────────────────────┘
I dedicate Info-Message to Katy King, a true friend.