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W e l c o m e t o
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V e r s i o n 1 . 4 0 α
* S * U * P * P * O * R * T * W * A * R * E *
Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990 by Σnigma Development Center & Jesper Larsen
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║ ░░░░░░░ Introduction ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║
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I've created NEWS because I wanted a 'NewsCompiler' where I could choose the
editor that I wanted to use, and where the layout of the NEWS.A?? files were
'fast' (to send over the modem) and easy for the users to read.
NEWS can be used with either Remote Access or QuickBBS (Yes, QuickBBS as well!
Even though the QuickBBS Group has disabled some of their utilities so they
won't run with Remote Access! Maybe one should consider a counter-measure, so a
real 'software-war' can be started?)
Please read the files following this archive, DISCLAIM.DOC and DON'T!, because
they both contain information relevant to this program.
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To use NEWS, you first of all have to create a file called NEWS.TXT, this file
must as with all the rest of the support files, reside in the same directory as
NEWS.EXE.
An example is in place:
Line 01 : DD/MM (Day/Month - These HAVE TO fill 2 char's each)
Line 02 : Head-Line
Line 03 : Text
Line .. : Text
Line .. : Text
aso aso aso aso aso
Line .. : *** (End every newsflash with three '*')
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You can also easily insert colors into your texts!
If you ie. want the word "LUNA'S LANDING" to be blinking yellow just do the
following thing:
"Hi there, welcome to %142LUNA'S LANDING%007 - The software central..."
^^^^ ^^^^
The %142 will give you blinking yellow: 14 for Yellow + 128 for Blink, and the
%007 will reset the color to the normal text-display-color: LightGray on Black.
Just remember that the format of a color-setting ALWAYS is %nnn (THREE digits,
otherwise the program will not translate your 'whishes' correctly.)
Please refer to the example following the archive "NEWS_???.LZH".
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To enable NEWS to work properly you'll have to edit the file NEWS.CFG to suit
your needs.
The NEWS.CFG file, which has to reside in the same directory as NEWS.EXE,
contains a lot of information about names, colours and like, but take a look
at it, 'cause it's really easy and therefore I don't want to talk so much about
it here.
Now, you just run NEWS.EXE and Voilá; You've got the two files NEWS.ASC (Plain
ASCII file) + NEWS.ANS (With ANSI-colours) (The name NEWS.A?? can be changed in
the NEWS.CFG)
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Remote Access (C) 1989, 90 by Continental Software
QuickBBS (C) 1989, 90 by The QuickBBS Group, Inc.
I also want to thank those who have sent ideas and bug-reports to me from
Denmark as well as abroad.
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Ok, enjoy, and remember that a programmer cannot live on praise alone :-)
I hope that you'll enjoy using this program
Jesper "Luna" Larsen
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║ Comments, bug-reports, donations and ideas can reach me at ║
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║ ≡═- Luna's Landing ∞ 2:231/47 ∞ +45-31-533040 ∞ 24 hours -═≡ ║
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