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Simtel MSDOS CDROM, October 93 edition. Walnut Creek CDROM.
Opus
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The \_bbs\opus directory contains the tools that created the
files.bbs file in each subdirectory. These should be usable with
Remote Access / TubFile / Opus / QuickBbs / Superbbs.
Maximus
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\_bbs\maxtool contains a utility to copy the files.bbs files to one
directory on your hard disk and create the hcdareas.ctl file that
points to the index files. Thanks to Koos van den Hout.
PC Board
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The \_bbs\pcbtool directory contains the tools used to create the
\_bbs\pcb *.dir files. It also has a utility to create the global
index file. Please make backups on your configuration.
RBBS
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The \_bbs\rbbstool directory has some tools and hints for installing
the cdrom on a RBBS board. The file listings are in \_bbs\rbbs. The
directory files, dir.dir, dirc.dir, and dirg.dir are in
\_bbs\rbbstools. Thanks to Bruce Jackson.
Spitfire
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The \_bbs\sftool directory has some tools and hints for installing the cdrom
on a spitfire BBS. The file listings are in \_bbs\sf.
RoverBoard
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The \_bbs\rover directory has instructions for converting the
\_bbs\pcboard\*.dir files to rOver board format.
Wildcat
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\_bbs\wc30 contains a setup program for wildcat, version 3.55. this is the
commercial version, not the shareware version. This works with versions up to
and including 3.90.
ALL
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In the \_bbs\rbbstool directory is a directory listing of the
different file areas. If you want to show me what your bbs requires for a
directory area display similar to the rbbs display, please send me
the exact specifications.
I produced these with the program "makemenu" in \_bbs. This produces a double
column listing of the area descriptions based on \_bbs\dirs.txt. There are
three versions of the directory menu, a plain version (dir.dir), a IBM high-bit
version (dirg.dir), and an ANSI color version (dirc.dir).
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A lot of these programs use DOS redirection. This allows a program that
prints to "standard out" to `redirect' its output to a file or another program.
If it sends it to another program it goes through a `pipe'. For example,
makemenu > out
sends the output of the makemenu program into a file called out.
If I wanted to sort the output of the makemenu command and display it to
the screen, I'd type
makemenu | sort
If I wanted to sort it and sent it to a file, I'd type
makemenu | sort > out
Most of the batch files use redirection. My utilites write to standard out so
they can be redirected to a file or piped through another program accepts
standard in as input.
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If you set the disc up for your board with features or enhancements that aren't
on the disc, please ftp me a copy to cdrom.com or snail-mail me a copy and I'll
credit your account toward future purchases.
I'm not a sysop. I have tried to create file index files that will
be useful for sysops. Feedback is appreciated. Prebuilt BBS
configuration files are greatly appreciated.
-jack 1 800 786 9907
Walnut Creek CDROM +1 510 674 0783
1547 Palos Verdes, Ste 260 +1 510 674 0821 (fax)
Walnut Creek CA 94596 velte@cdrom.com (internet)
USA 72147,3425 (compuserve)