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                              Vote-O-Rama v1.0
                    (c) 1993  by Datagen Software Designs
                     written & programmed by John Dailey



                            WARRANTY and DISCLAIMER
                            ───────────────────────

          This  software  is  provided  AS IS without any expressed or
          implied warranties whatsoever. No warranty of fitness for  a
          particular  purpose  is offered. The author of this software
          cannot be held responsible for DIRECT, INDIRECT  INCIDENTAL,
          CONSEQUENTIAL,  or  ANY OTHER damages due to your ability or
          inability to use this software, even if the author has  been
          advised of the possibility of such damages. The user assumes
          full responsibility for the use of this software.

Files Included In This Package:
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     VOTE    .EXE ─── Vote-O-Rama v1.0 Executable.
     VOTE    .HLP ─── Vote-O-Rama v1.0 On-Line Help File.
     VOTE    .DOC ─── Vote-O-Rama v1.0 Documentation.
     VOTE    .REG ─── Registration Form
     SAMPLE  .EXE ─── Self-Extracting Example Voting Database.
          SAMPLE.MSG ─── Sample Login Message
          SAMPLE.VOT ─── Default Information For Voting Questions.
          SAMPLE.DAT ─── Voting Questions And Results Data.
          SAMPLE.1 -
          SAMPLE.5   ─── User Information For Questions 1 - 5.

     [10 Files]

Files Created By Vote-O-Rama:
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     datafile.VOT - Contains Default Information For Voting Questions.
                    This file must remain in the directory that you will
                    be running Vote-O-Rama from.  All other files may be in
                    their own directory together.

     datafile.DAT - Contains All Voting Questions And Result Data.
     datafile.LOG - Contains A Log Of All Activity For A Voting Area.
     datafile.1 ...
     datafile.xxx - Contains Voter Information For Questions.

     Under DORINFOx.DEF BBS Software:

     VOTEDISP.ANS - Output files to notify users of new questions
     VOTEDISP.ASC


Files Used By Vote-O-Rama
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     datafile.MSG - Welcome Message To Be Displayed.
     datafile.HLP - Help File For Specific Voting Area.
     filename.LST - Specifies A List Of Voting Areas For Checking During
                     Logon Batch File.

What Is Vote-O-Rama?
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    Vote-O-Rama is a unique voting door for WWIV, QuickBBS, and Remote Access
(or any software that either creates DORINFOx.DEF or CHAIN.TXT information
files) systems that makes voting on your bbs much more fun!  It can be used as
a total replacement for WWIV's built in voting system, and offers as many and
more features, including the following:

  o Support for both DORINFOx.DEF, and CHAIN.TXT BBS Software!

  o Support for up to 999 voting questions per voting area, each with a
     maximum of 30 responses for each question!  Each question may be up to
     three lines long, and each response may also be up to three lines long.

  o Multiple voting area support!  Allows the sysop to create different areas
     to vote in.  Voting areas are only limited by disk space.

  o Support to allow users to add questions based on their security level.
     When a new voting area is created, the sysop can specify a minimum
     security level for users that may create new questions.

  o Support to allow users to add responses to questions.  As each question
     is created, the creator can choose whether or not to allow other users
     to add responses to their question, assuming the sysop has configured
     Vote-O-Rama to allow this.

  o Ability to allow users to vote more than once, or only one time, at the
     sysop's and/or creator of a question discression.

  o Ability to allow users to vote "in response to" another voting question.

  o Support for scanning questions not voted on, and letting users know
     what questions they've already voted on or questions that they've voted
     on, but are allowed multiple votes, and questions that are marked for
     deletion.

  o Utility for sysops and/or co-sysops to maintain, update, and change
     questions and question data on-line, including ability to modify the
     total number of votes for each response.

  o Ability to output a text file of voting results for questions within a
     voting area.

  o Ability to assign a user to be sysop of a voting area, allowing him or
     her to control sysop functions.

  o A log file utility to keep track, and show you what each user votes on,
     when users add questions, when sysops pack the data file and more.

  o Security level settings to allow certain users or co-sysops access to
     higher functions within Vote-O-Rama.

  o Built in split-screen chat mode, and ability to drop user from your bbs
     or exit them from Vote-O-Rama at the touch of a button.

  o ANSI and NON-ANSI support!

Command Line Parameters:
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    Vote-O-Rama requires two command-line parameters in order to function
properly as a door, but there are other options to help the sysop out.  Here
is a complete list of command line parameters:

    VOTE.EXE <data file name> <door info file>
             <data file name> LOCAL
             <data file name>|@<data file list name> <door info file> /C

    The first listed above is used to run the program as an on-line program.
<data file name> are the first eight characters for the voting database that
Vote-O-Rama is to use, and <door info file> refers to the location and full
filename of your BBS' user information file (either DORINFOx.DEF or
CHAIN.TXT).

    The second example is used if you wish to run Vote-O-Rama from DOS to
test it out or whatnot.  Again, <data file name> is the name of the voting
database files, but instead of <door info file> put the word 'LOCAL'
following.  Upon login, Vote-O-Rama will ask you which user to login as and
will assign a sysop security level to you for that login only.

    The last option is added to notify users.  Using this option in
conjunction with your logon batch file will tell users if they have questions
in <data file name> that they have not voted on.  Note that using the '/C'
parameter in this fashion does not use communications routines, and will not
lock up when DOS calls are used (for WWIV software) in the logon batch file,
or in a chains entry that uses DOS calls.  The <data file list name> in this
parameter is very handy for sysops that have multiple voting areas.  Under
normal circumstances, sysops would have to put an entry in their logon batch
file for each voting area to check for each user, each time having to load
up Vote-O-Rama!  This may get very slow, thus a special feature was added.

    You can create a file in the form of *.LST that is a simple text file
with each line containing an eight-character voting area name.  For example,
a typical *.LST file might look like this:

    GENERAL
    SAMPLE
    BBS

    Assuming the sysop has three voting areas with data files "GENERAL,"
"SAMPLE," and "BBS."  Using this list, you can have Vote-O-Rama check EACH of
these areas in succession without having to reload the program.  Simply place
an at symbol (@) in front of the *.LST name on the command line when using
the "/C" option, and Vote-O-Rama will refer to that list for the voting area
data file names!  For example, if the above *.LST file was named VOTING.LST,
the following command line would use that file to check voting data files in
the logon batch file:

    VOTE @VOTING CHAIN.TXT /C

    "VOTE" loads Vote-O-Rama, and the "@VOTING" specifies to use the voting
area names in the VOTING.LST file.  "CHAIN.TXT" is the name and location of
the BBS' information file, and the "/C" tells Vote-O-Rama to check to see if
the user on-line has questions to vote on.  This feature only works when
using the "/C" option.

    If you're using WWIV, the software will automatically send the screen
output through the modem.  In the case of any other software, Vote-O-Rama
will create two output files in the current directory that you can display to
the user to let them know if they have questions to vote on:

    VOTEDISP.ANS
    VOTEDISP.ASC

    The .ANS file is for ANSI users, of course, and the .ASC for ASCII users.
Vote-O-Rama overwrites these files each time it is ran, so there is no need
to delete them.  You may delete them if you want to, it's purely your option,
but is not required.

    Sysops that want to let users know of new questions, and who are using
DORINFOx.DEF BBS software will need to edit their logon menu-type or batch
file.  In other words, the menu, or batch file that is ran when the user logs
on will need to have two commands added to it:

    The first menu command should shell and run Vote-O-Rama with the following
    command line:

        VOTE <voting area> DORINFOx.DEF /C

    The second menu command should display an ASCII or ANSI file to the user.

    An optional command line parameter allows you to turn off CTS/RTS flow
control.  Although this option is included, you should find no need to use
it.  High-speed modems should NOT turn it off at all, otherwise, remote users
of the program will get garbage while in the door.  To turn off CTS/RTS flow
control, simply append a "/M" to the end of your command line.  For example:

    VOTE GENERAL CHAIN.TXT /M

    Will turn off CTS/RTS flow control.

Installation Of Vote-O-Rama:
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    Installing Vote-O-Rama is quite simple.  First, create a subdirectory off
of your main bbs directory (we'll assume your using "VOTE" as the name for
that subdirectory), or if you have an area for on-line programs, create a
subdirectory from there.  Unarchive the Vote-O-Rama files into that
subdirectory.

    If you wish to keep your voting data files in another subdirectory, which
is suggested, you should make another directory for those files at this time,
preferably within your Vote-O-Rama subdirectory.

    Next, you will need to make a batch file to call the program from your
WWIV chains menu, or create a menu option that runs the program.  This is
where installation gets involved.  Whether or not you are planning on having
more than one voting area does not make Vote-O-Rama more difficult to
install.

    First, you will need to create a batch file in your main BBS directory.
Here, we will assume that the directory is "C:\WWIV" (or C:\RA).  We will
be passing two parameters into this batch file, the first being the name of
the voting area, and the location and name of the door information
file that the BBS creates.

    As you know, Vote-O-Rama takes two command line parameters.  The name of
the voting area data files, and the location and name of door information
file, in that order.  Instead of defining each voting area in different batch
files, we will be making a batch file that can run any voting area, thus
taking up less drive space, and making the addition of new voting areas much
simpler.

    Here is a sample batch file:

    @ECHO OFF
    CD VOTE
    VOTE %1 %2
    CD ..

    The first line is optional, but merely shuts off screen output during the
batch file execution.  The second line changes into the subdirectory that
we've created to hold Vote-O-Rama's program files.  The third line executes
Vote-O-Rama passing in two variables which we will tell it later, and
finally, the last line returns to the main BBS directory, assuming that's
where we were when the batch file was ran.

    The %1 and %2 in the third line will be replaced automatically when we
call the program from our on-line program area.  After you've created your
batch file, put the Vote-O-Rama program files in their directory, you'll need
to either enter the program in your CHAINS area (WWIV) or create a menu
option for it.

    Insert a new program, and describe your voting area.  It is recommended
that you use a descriptive name for an area, rather than just putting
"Vote-O-Rama" for your description.  For example, if you're creating a voting
area that will be about your BBS, name the description "General BBS Voting
Questions" or something similar.


If you're installing from WWIV:

    Next, for the filename, place the name of your batch file followed by an
eight letter name for your voting data files (in the above example, you might
put "GENERAL" as the data file names), followed by a %1.  This %1 will be
replaced by WWIV with the location and name of CHAIN.TXT.

    For example:

    Description : General BBS Voting Questions
    Filename    : <batch file name> GENERAL %1

    Ansi is NOT required for the use of Vote-O-Rama!  Users that do not have
ANSI will see almost the same things as users with ANSI, save the ANSI colors.
DOS calls should NOT be used!  Vote-O-Rama implements its own communication
routines and will therefore lock up if DOS calls are used.  All other
information is optional to the sysop, including the shrink function.  It is
not recommended that you shrink if you do not need to.

    Description : General BBS Voting Questions
    Filename    : VOTE GENERAL %1
    ANSI        : Optional
    DOS Calls   : NOT Used
    Shrink      : Optional

    Setting up Vote-O-Rama this way easily allows us to add more voting areas
in the future using the same batch file to call the program.  All that is
needed is to put a different voting area name in the chains menu, followed
by a %1.


If you're installing from another BBS type:

    Be sure to use a type 7 or 15 exit from RA or QBBS.  You'll also need to
enter the filename of your batch file as your optional data followed with the
necessary command line parameters:

          <batch file name> <voting area name> <door information file name>

    For example:

          VOTE GENERAL DORINFO1.DEF


    After you've installed Vote-O-Rama, you need to run it at least on time
to initialize the voting data files and add a few questions for your users,
assuming you're creating an area for yourself.  Otherwise, you can let your
users create the questions for you, but you will still need to go into the
program one time to create the data files and make sure that it is working
okay.

    When creating a new voting area, Vote-O-Rama will ask you if you wish to
do so, and then proceed to ask a few questions concerning the operation of
this specific voting area.

    First, is a descriptive line about the voting area.  It is wise to put
the same thing that you've entered in your chains entry for the description
here, but you may put anything you like.  This line will be displayed at the
top of screen when the user is at the main menu of Vote-O-Rama.

    Next, are questions concerning the configuration of this voting area.

    Allow Only One Vote Per User - will make Vote-O-Rama only allow one vote
     per user.  This option is global to all questions, meaning that if set
     to true (only one vote per person), all questions will only be allowed
     on vote per person, but if set to false (more than one vote allowed),
     creators of questions will be prompted as to whether or not they wish to
     allow multiple votes.

    Allow Multi-Line Questions - This option tells Vote-O-Rama whether or not
     to allow questions and responses of more than one line (maximum of three
     lines).  Again, this option works similar to the previous one.  If set
     to yes, creators of questions will be asked whether or not they wish to
     allow multi-line responses, and if set to no, multi-line responses
     and/or questions will not be allowed anywhere.

    Allow Users To Add Responses - This option tells Vote-O-Rama whether or
     not users will be able to create responses to voting questions.  Again,
     the creator of a question will choose if he or she wishes to allow users
     to add responses, but they will only be given that choice if this option
     is set to yes.

    Maximum Responses - This sets the maximum number of responses that a
     question will have, ranging from a minimum of 2, to a maximum of 30.

    Security Level To Add Questions - This sets the minimum security level
     that a user must have to add questions into the current voting database.
     Minimum for this setting is 0 (for all users), and the maximum is 255
     for WWIV software, and 32000 for others.

    Security Level For Sysop - This sets the minimum security level that a
     user must have to access the sysop functions of Vote-O-Rama.  This
     allows a sysop to allow his co-sysops or another user to be 'in control'
     of a specific voting area based on his or her security level.  Again,
     minimum value for this is 0 and the maximum is 255 for WWIV software,
     and 32000 for others.

    Define User Sysop - Allows you to define a specific user to have sysop
     security.  If you would like a user to run a voting area for you, or for
     any reason that you would want a user to access sysop functions within
     Vote-O-Rama, you would put their BBS handle or real name here.


    After all questions are answered, Vote-O-Rama will initialize it's files.
It is a good idea from there to create at least one or two questions to get
the ball rolling if you are going to allow your users to add questions, and
if not, you may want to go ahead and add all your questions that you can
think of at this point.

    Along with the data files that Vote-O-Rama creates, you can create a
plain ASCII file of any length with an introduction into each specific voting
area.  By naming that file with the same eight letters of your voting
database files, adding an extension of .MSG, and placing it in the same
directory as your data files, Vote-O-Rama will show that file with screen
pausing when a user enters the door.  This could be handy for an explanation
of the voting questions, a disclaimer, or just a 'note from the sysop.'  For
example, if your voting area name was GENERAL as in the above examples, you
would name this file GENERAL.MSG, and put it in the directory as all the
other files for that voting database.

    Also, you may create a different help file for each voting area instead
of the one included with Vote-O-Rama.  To do so, simply create a plain ASCII
text file, name it with the first 8 characters of your voting area, with an
extension of '.HLP,' and place it in the directory with the voting area's
data files.  That help file will be displayed instead of the default
VOTE.HLP file.

    Don't worry if you don't have time to initialize Vote-O-Rama.  It will
not allow a user who doesn't have a 100 security level or above to initialize
it for you.  It will let the user know that the sysop has not yet initialized
that voting area, and will return to the BBS.

Running The Program:
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    After login, and after the 'last voter message' (assuming there is one),
Vote-O-Rama's main menu will appear with a sysop information bar at the
bottom of the screen.  This bar shows the current user in the door, and the
keys used to return a user to the BBS, drop the user completely (hang up on
them), or initiate chat mode with the user.

    Depending on what security level the current user has, the menu will show
different things, but we will look at the main menu as a whole.  Menus that
require a certain security level will be mentioned.


    [L]ist Questions/Results - The first menu option does exactly what it
     says.  Choosing this will list out all current voting questions, and
     allow the user to select one to view the voting results of.  Questions
     are listed one after the other, with:

         (*) an asteric next to question that have not been voted on by that
             user,
         (+) a plus sign if the user has voted, but multiple votes are
             allowed, and
         (-) a minus sign if a question is marked for deletion.  This mark
             is only shown to users that have sysop security within
             Vote-O-Rama.

     If a voting question was created "in response to" another question, that
     question number it is responding to will be displayed underneath the
     question.


    [V]ote On Questions - This option will allow a user to select a question
     to vote on.  Questions are listed in the same manner as when listing the
     questions to see the results.  After selecting the question to vote on,
     the question and its responses will be displayed.  If a user has already
     voted, his choice will be highlighted from the rest of the list.  A
     prompt will be shown with different options on it.  A user may either
     enter:

         a number to choose as their vote,
         '99' - to add their own response if the creator of the question has
                allowed users to add responses,
         [K] - to mark a question for deletion if the created it,
         [R] - to create a new voting question in response to the current one
               (only if user has security level to add questions), and
         [Q] - to quit voting and return to the list of questions prompt.


    [S]can Questions Not Voted - Allows a user to scan through the questions
     that they have not yet voted on.  This option does not list the
     questions out in a list, but instead displays each question with a
     prompt.  Users may either vote on the question, or skip it.

     Users will get basically the same prompt as displayed when they are
     voting on a question while scanning, except for the [ENTER] to skip a
     question.  Skipping a question will allow the user to not vote on a
     question, but continue scanning through the rest of the available
     voting questions.

    [E]nter A New Question - This option will allow a user to create a new
     question.  The user must have the minimum security level entered by the
     sysop to add questions in order to do this.  The maximum number of
     questions per voting area is 999.  Depending on Vote-O-Rama's current
     settings, the user will be asked their question, and then a few
     questions, including if they wish to have their name associated with
     this question.  Answering yes to that question will place the line
     <user name> Asks: above the question.  For example:

         "John Doe Asks:"

     After answering all questions, the user will be prompted for available
     responses.  The minimum number of responses is 2, and the maximum is
     dependent on what the sysop has configured Vote-O-Rama to allow.  The
     log file will record the activity of creating a new question.


    [R]evise Questions - Allows a user with a sysop security level to look
     directly at the voting question database, with the ability to delete
     questions, modify votes, responses, and more.  See the section on
     revising questions for more information.


    [C]onfigure Vote-O-Rama - Allows a user with a sysop security level to
     modify the current settings of the program.  Choosing this option allows
     setting of a specific user to be a sysop, and setting options such as
     multiple line questions/responses, sysop security level, etc.


    [D]isplay Voting Log File - This option will display the current .LOG
     file for a voting area with screen pauses.  A user must have sysop
     security in order to do this function.


    [K]ill Voting Log File - This option will delete the .LOG file for the
     current voting area from disk.  As with displaying the log file, a user
     must have the pre-defined sysop security to access this function.
     Killing the log file will erase the log file, and start a new one with
     the first line being a message that the current user deleted the log
     file.

    [M]ake Voting Data File - This option, available to sysop security
     defined users, will allow you to create a text file that lists each
     question, and which users voted for each response.  Very handy to find
     out who voted what.

    [P]resent Voting Data File - This option will display the Voting Data
     File if it's available.

    [H]elp On Vote-O-Rama - Brings up on-line help for any user.  If a .HLP
     file has been created for the current voting area, that file will be
     displayed, otherwise, choosing this option will display the included help
     text file (VOTE.HLP) with screen pausing, giving the major functions and
     how to operate them.

     You may wish to create help files if your voting questions are difficult
     to understand or cover complicated subjects.


    [Q]uit To BBS - Allows the user to quit Vote-O-Rama and return to the
     bbs.  If the user wishes, he or she may also leave a one-line message to
     the next voter.  Vote-O-Rama will ask if the user is sure before exiting
     the program.

Revising Questions:
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    To help with the maintenance of voting questions, a menu option available
to security level defined sysops called "Revise Questions" can be used.
Choosing this option from the main menu will allow you to modify every
feature about a specific voting question, or allow you to delete questions.

    After choosing this option, a screen will be shown that consists of
information concerning the current question.  Each option has a number by it
that may be pressed to toggle or change the option.

    [1] The Voting Question.  The first menu choice allows you to
    specifically change the voting question.

    [2] The Question Creator.  This option allows you to change who created
    the question.  It will not check if the user exists, so ANY name is
    valid.  Have fun!

    [3] In Response To.  This menu selection allows you to modify which
    question the current question is in response to.  Selecting '0' will make
    the question not in response to any question.

    [4] Allow More Than One Vote.  A toggle.  Choosing this option will
    toggle the current state.

    [5] Marked For Deletion.  This option will say "YES" if the current
    question is marked to be deleted.  Refer to the option labeled '~' for
    more information.

    [6] Allow Responses.  This option will allow/disallow addition of voting
    responses for the current question from users.

    [7] Associate The Users Name.  This option will enable/disable the
    display of the users name when displaying the question for voting.

    [8] Allow Multi-Line Responses.  This option will allow/disallow the use
    of multi-line question responses.

    [V] Alter Votes.  This selection will allow you to modify the number of
    votes that each response has received.  Each response will be displayed
    with its number of votes in parenthesis.  Pressing ENTER will leave the
    value unchanged, while entering any other number will change the number
    of votes.  Please note that altering votes is offered as a remedy for
    problems with voters accidently voting for the wrong response, or the
    like.  Deleting votes from a response will NOT delete a users name from
    that vote, meaning their will still be actual votes if there were votes,
    and the votes was decreased to zero.

    [R] Alter Responses.  This menu selection will allow you to add, remove,
    and modify the current responses.  When modifying an existing response,
    pressing ENTER without entering anything will leave the response
    unchanged.

    [~] Pack Data File.  This option will delete all questions that are
    currently marked for deletion, removing them PERMANENTLY from the voting
    data file.  You will be asked if you are sure before processing.

    [J] Jump.  Allows you to jump to a specific voting question number.

    [+] Next.  Will move through the voting data file to the next question.
    Pressing ENTER at the main Revision prompt will execute this option.

    [-] Previous.  Will move backwards throughout the voting data file to the
    previous question.

    [Q] Quit.  Exits the revision menu and returns you to Vote-O-Rama's main
    menu.

Re-Configuring A Voting Area:
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    At times, you may find it necessary to assign a new Users Sysop, deleted
the logoff message, or just reconfigure Vote-O-Rama.  To do this, you can
press the "C" key from the main menu to Configure Vote-O-Rama.  This option
is only available to users with sysop defined security.

    From this menu, you can define all voting area information that was
defined when you first initiated the voting data files for that area.  The
last option will allow you to view and/or delete the logoff message.  If you
modify any of the question-specific information, such as maximum responses,
only questions created after you've set the new value will be affected.
Questions that are already created will remain unchanged.

    If you wish to change the directory where the voting data files are
stored, you will first need to create that directory, and copy the voting
data files into that directory.  The voting data files are all the files for
a voting area, EXCEPT for the area file with a ".VOT" extension.  The file
with the ".VOT" extension MUST be in the directory that you are running
Vote-O-Rama from, otherwise, it will not function properly.

The Sysop Function Keys:
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    While a user is inside Vote-O-Rama, there are many keys available only on
the sysop's end.  These function keys may be used at any time during the
execution of Vote-O-Rama, and where applicable, will restore the screen after
their function is complete.

    Returning a user to the BBS instantly (F4) - Pressing the F4 function key
    will exit Vote-O-Rama and return the user to the BBS instantly.  All
    important data files are closed before exiting the door, so no data will
    be lost.

    Hanging up on the user (F5) - Pressing the F5 function key will hang up
    on the user after a burst of 'line noise.'  After closing files,
    Vote-O-Rama will return to the BBS, and from there, the board will reset.

    Temporary Sysop (F9) - At times, you may need to fix something within
    Vote-O-Rama while another user without sysop security is on-line.  Using
    this function key will temporarily give the user sysop security within
    Vote-O-Rama, allowing all the functions of adding questions, revising,
    and running the configuration routines.  The sysop bar will flash the
    users security level if they are currently in temporary sysop mode.
    Press F9 to toggle this function on and off.

    Split-screen chat (F10) - Pressing this key will engage a split-screen
    chat with the current user on-line in Vote-O-Rama.  Press ESCape to exit
    chat mode.  Vote-O-Rama will restore the screen to the point where chat
    mode was initiated.

    DOS Shell (Shift + F10) - At times, you may need for some reason to be
    able to drop to your operating system for a few minutes.  Pressing this
    set of keys will do just that, allowing you to do just about anything
    from DOS.  Type EXIT to return to Vote-O-Rama.  Again, the screen will be
    restored to the point where Vote-O-Rama left off.

Registration Of Vote-O-Rama:
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    Vote-O-Rama is being distributed under the shareware concept.  After a
trial period of 30 days, you should register this program with Datagen
Software Designs.  Simply fill out the enclosed registration form and send
it with the registration fee of $5 (five) U.S. to the address listed on the
form.

    Registration of Vote-O-Rama entitles you to free upgrades of the same
version number: ie. 1.xx, will place your sysop name and your bbs name in the
program, and give you a spot on the Datagen Software Designs preferred mailing
list.  Registration also will help Datagen Software Designs to continue their
efforts to produce low-cost, quality shareware.  It may also give you a warm,
fuzzy feeling in your heart!

Support BBS Information:
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    For information on becoming a respectable Datagen Software Designs support
Bulletin Board System, simply mail the below address, with the following
information:

   (Note - you must include all information.)

        BBS Name,
        BBS Phone Number,
        BBS Type and Version,
        BBS Net/Node (if applicable)
        Disk Size (5 1/4" or 3 1/2")
        Sysop Name,
        Sysop Real Name,
        Sysop Address,
        Sysop Age,
        How Long Your System Has Been Up,
        And finally, your reason for wanting to become a support BBS.

    Sysop's requesting to become a support board will be notified as soon as
possible on their request, and if accepted, will be eligible to receive
Datagen's Support BBS Newsletter, technical support on all Datagen products,
and MUCH more!  Send requests to:

        Support BBS Information
        Datagen Software Designs
        1732 Wind Drift Rd.
        Orlando, FL  32809

    Questions, comments, complaints, or to receive a complete listing and
description of all Datagen products, you may mail John Dailey through
Compuserve at 73124,2612 or by U.S. mail at the below address.

    Thank you for your support!

        Vote-O-Rama v1.0
        C/O John Dailey
        1732 Wind Drift Rd.
        Orlando, FL  32809


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