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PIPE2PCB v3.0 by Paul Cirone aka ViGilante on 1/5/93
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NOTE: Many people had probs with earlier versions, and I couldn't figure out
why, but this version should be OK now.. if you do happen to have a problem
please let me know ASAP.
<NEW version 2.0 converts to ANSI ESC codes instead of PCB codes>
PIPE2PCB will convert the "pipe" color codes in your incoming FIDO mail
packets to PCBoard "@" color codes on the fly as you toss the messages
into PCBoard. Only codes |00 through |15 are supported due to varying
schemes the software authors use when implementing pipe codes.
Requires: DOS 5.0+, enough memory to run PKUNZIP when PIPE2PCB shells
to it (leaves about 11k resident), and make sure you have some sort of
hard disk cache (write-back preferred) or you will be waiting a long
time.
INSTALLATION
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Just put PIPE2PCB.EXE somewhere in your path, and make sure PKUNZIP.EXE and
PKZIP.EXE are in your path also. If your packets are compressed with
something other than ZIP then you are SOL. Next, find the area in your
batch file used to start your mailer where the actual tossing takes place.
I use QFRONT, here is that section of my STARTER.BAT file:
:TossFido
C:
CD \QFRONT
QScan /CC:\QFRONT\NODE1 /TOSS
Goto Start
What you want to do is make PIPE2PCB.EXE the _first_ thing you run after you
receive mail, before any tossers do their thing. PIPE2PCB accepts and
requires exactly 1 command line parameter, the location of your INBOUND
directory (where your mailer places incoming packets). Here is the modified
version of my previous example:
:TossFido
pipe2pcb c:\qfront\inbound <--Line to add
C:
CD \QFRONT
QScan /CC:\QFRONT\NODE1 /TOSS
Goto Start
Note that you must specify the complete drive and path to your inbound mail
directory (C:\QFRONT\INBOUND in my example). Don't worry about other files
that may be in your INBOUND dir (nodelists, files from SDN, or whatever),
PIPE2PCB will only process files with standard FIDO packet extensions of
.SA?, .SU?, .MO?, .TU?, .WE?, .TH?, and .FR?.
If any of this is too hard for you to comprehend you really shouldn't be
running a mailer in the first place.
FINAL NOTES
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This is provided as freeware. Nothing is guaranteed or warrantied. Use at
your own risk. This is the initial release, I have tested it about as much
as I could (and more than I wanted to), so there may be a bug or two lurking
somewhere (I hope not). If you have any questions, comments, bug reports,
or whatever I can be found on:
Demons Abyss at 516-293-7313 or 516-752-9820
White Sands at 718-241-0025
Prodigy at BWVR36C
Ciao ..ViG