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Horodoor Copyright 1993 by John Alan Elson.
Freeware see details later in this document.
WHAT IS HORODOOR?
Horodoor brings to BBSs what you have often seen in your daily
newspaper, a daily horoscope.
Jackie Allen's Horoscope will determine and display your
Zodiac sign and give a little free advice. Rest assured that although
it may sometimes seem uncanny (especially to new users) Jackie Allen's
Horoscope is every bit as (un)scientific as your daily newspaper
horoscope. (ask a professional astrologer about those newspaper
horoscopes!).
For ANSI users, Jackie will show colors. Jackie's vocabulary
is a little limited in this shareware version but it greatly expanded
in the registered version. Jackie will display a special message if it
is the user's birthday.
HOW DO I INSTALL IT????????
Boy is this one simple! Just put Horo.com in any directory you please
(your main BBS directory is as good as any) and execute it with this
command:
horo
There *MUST* be a file in this directory called DOOR.SYS.
That's all there is to it! No door driver, no maintenace,
no carrier guard, no fossile driver, no command line paramaters!
Horo.com gets all the necessary information about baudrate, comports,
birthdate, graphics, etc. from the DOOR.sys file.
Most BBSs either produce door.sys automatically or can
produce it by using a converter. If this is not the case with your
BBS then you should seriously consider getting some decent software!
There are two different versions of door.sys floating around.
There is a long version of door.sys as well as a short version.
Horodoor was designed around the short version. Since it only looks
at a few lines and ignores the rest of the file, the long version
should also be compatible.
Horodoor uses BIOS comm routines, these are the slowest and
safest comm routines. If your system has trouble with these routines
then the inability to use Horodoor will be the least of your
problems! Horodoor run in 8 bit No parity 1 stopbit (8N1). This has
been the standard for modem communications for well over 5 years. If
this conflicts with the way your system is set up then not many
people will be calling you anyway.
WHAT IT YET TO BE????????
This is the first public release of HORODOOR. Many improvements are
planned for the future and/or included in the registered version:
1. Larger vocabulary
2. Color on the local side
3. Detailed analysis of current astrological conditions.
4. Ability to show horoscopes for other signs (besides
yours)
5. Graphic opening screens
6. Other things I can't think of right now. :)
REGISTRATION
This software is copyright 1993 by John Alan Elson.
Horodoor is realeased as shareware. You are free to distribute
Horodoor as you wish provided:
1. it is not modified in anyway
2. It is not distributed in its original complete
form.
3. All documentation is included in original form.
You are free to evaluate horodoor for a trial period not to
exceed 30 days. After this time you must register.
There are two ways to register HORODOOR:
#1 send $10 to the address below. Please specify
disk format desired (360/720/1.2/1.44).
Include Full name under which you want the program registered
and the address to send registered version to.
#2 send $7.50 plus a preformatted disk in one of
the above formats and a PREPAID mailer to the address below.
John Alan Elson
PO Box 614
Carmichael CA 95609
USA
Another fine shareware poduct from Elson Software
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