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WWIV v4.12 ReadMe file
Copyright (c) 1988 by Wayne Bell
READ.ME file: This contains general comments on WWIV v4.12. If you have
a question not addressed in the other documentation, read through this
for more information (even if you've already read it).
This file also describes registration procedures.
Accompanying documentation:
README.412 - Describes new features to WWIV v4.12 (from v4.11)
WWIVINIT.DOC - Initialization/configuration documentation
WWIVSYSP.DOC - Sysop documentation
WWIVMODM.DOC - Documentation on setting up your modem
WWIVUSER.DOC - User/Sysop documentation
The accompanying documentation files are all written by William
Daystrom. This READ.ME file is written by Wayne Bell.
*************************************************************************
ORDERING INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION:
If you have decided to use WWIV for your Bulletin Board System software,
you must register it with the author. Registration is $50 per copy of
WWIV being used. Registration is necessary if you have found WWIV to
suit your needs and plan to keep using it.
Unlike most BBS's, the source code to WWIV is available to registered
users. WWIV is written in Turbo C (v1.5 or v2.0 or TC++), and is about
25,000 lines long.
The source code is available to registered users ONLY, and may not be
given out. Furthermore, modified versions of WWIV may NOT be
distributed. The source code to the init.exe program is not available.
The $50 registration must be in U.S. currency (check or money order) and
payable to Wayne Bell. It should be sent to:
Wayne Bell
904 Silver Spur Road #636
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Registering WWIV will get you a WWIV registration number, plus access to
download the WWIV source code from my BBS (if you have an account
there). Registered users of WWIV may also have the source code to WWIV
sent to them on a floppy disk. The cost is $5 per disk. Thus, if you
would like to register WWIV, and receive a copy of the current version
of the source code on a disk, you would send $50 + $5 = $55.
In a letter accompanying your registration, be sure to indicate:
1. The address where you would like any correspondences (or diskettes)
mailed.
2. Exactly what you expect (ie, "I would like a copy of the source code
sent to me on a disk", or that you have enclosed an additional $5 (=$60)
for a copy of the next version on a disk).
REMEMBER: WWIV, either source or compiled, takes up a whole 360k
floppy. If you would like me to send you any combination of the source,
compiled version, and networking software, each requires a separate
360k floppy (ie, $5 per item). However, if you have a 1.2 meg
floppy drive, all of the above will fit. The cost per 1.2 meg
floppy sent is still $5, and can contain the source, compiled ver,
and networking programs. BE SURE to say you can read a 1.2 meg
floppy if you can.
*************************************************************************
SETTING UP THE BBS:
Setup and initialization instructions are described in the file
'WWIVINIT.DOC'. This will allow you to get your system up and running.
If you are having problems with your modem (ie, not hanging up on users,
not accepting callers correctly), read 'WWIVMODM.DOC'. After you have
your system running, read 'WWIVSYSP.DOC' for information on sysop
functions you may need in operating your BBS.
In setting up WWIV v4, you should read through all the documentation
before beginning. If, after you have read through the documentation,
you are having problems understanding something, don't worry about it.
Just go ahead and set up the BBS anyway. Most likely, along the way,
you will be able to figure out what you were having problems with.
If, after playing around with the BBS, and reading through the
documentation for any clue (again), and asking anyone you might know for
help, you can contact a WWIV Support BBS for help. There are a number of
support systems located throughout the United States. The file,
SUPPORT.LST, lists the current support bulletin boards. Sysops of those
systems will help you solve whatever problems you are encountering, and
will also acquaint you with WWIVnet, the network of WWIV bulletin boards
which exchange email and messages across the country. See the file
'support.lst' for a list of WWIV support systems.
If you have a problem which is of a nature that it cannot be handled by
a support sysop, you can attempt to contact Wayne Bell, the author of
WWIV. You have three avenues open to you:
1. If you call a WWIVnet bulletin board, you can send mail to him by
addressing the email to 1@1.
2. Call his bulletin board to leave feedback. The number is
213-208-6689, and it supports 300/1200/2400 bps, 24 hours per day.
3. If either of those choices is prohibitive (financially or otherwise),
you can send a letter to him.
The address is:
Wayne Bell
904 Silver Spur Road #636
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Sending mail to him in this manner is of course the slowest, for obvious
reasons. Therefore, if you can possibly send mail through WWIVnet or
call his BBS, do it. Wayne Bell does not give out his voice telephone
number (and it is unlisted), so you won't be able to contact him voice
by that route.
Whether you write to Wayne or contact a WWIV support sysop, if you are
having problems, there are some things you NEED to indicate. Just
saying, "The BBS won't answer the phone" doesn't help anyone figure out
what type of difficulty you may be having. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Most of
the people asking for help don't give enough information to figure out
what the problem is, and it takes a few emails back and forth to extract
the necessary information.
Be sure to indicate what type of computer you are using, and as much
info about your modem as possible (if your problem deals with the
modem). Make sure you indicate what exactly the system did wrong, and
say what you expected it to do. If you can, tell what the system
printed on the screen around the problem area.
*************************************************************************
UPGRADING FROM VERSIONS OF WWIV v4 before v4.10:
Run the INIT program once, if you have a previous version of WWIV
already installed. This will create a few new data files that are
required.
You will notice that this version of WWIV has an option for "WWIV
Registration Number". This is a number given to all registered users of
WWIV, indicating that they have registered. If you have registered WWIV
before, but don't know your registration number, contact me through one
of the channels listed above and ask me what your registration number
is. You must be sure to tell me your full name and address, as well as
the approximate date (month/year) that you registered WWIV.
*************************************************************************
THANKS TO:
Craig Arnush (1@6950) - bugged me enough so that I compiled WWIV with
all the crazy optimizations on. Conceived of & wrote the "extended
log". Went throgh some of the older source code in WWIV & optimized it a
bit for speed & size (and yes, the BBS IS shorter now, due both to his
optimizations and the compiler optimizations).
Dash -Riprock - Wrote the quicksort routine which is now used to sort
the file section. A bit faster. Also wrote the two-way chat routine.
Doug Fields - various miscellanous things, like supporting logon.ans,
the menu????.ANS. Also for finally figuring out how to type-cast
functions so that there is no more warning when compiling utility.c.
Eric Golden - wrote the new topscreen, set up the WWIV support BBS
network, and bugged me about thousands of little things I needed to
change.
Joseph Rybaczek - Kept the WWIV Support Network going.
And, finally...
William Daystrom - for writing up some "real" documentation, as opposed
to what I had before. If he hadn't decided to "just do it", then there
still wouldn't be any decent documentation. I'd like to especially
thank him for making some last-minute changes (at my request) while
about to move. Which brings me to the last point, acknowledgements for
the documentation (written by William Daystrom):
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Wayne Bell for creating and supporting WWIV, and
for co-operating with this project, and Michael Coyne for writing a user
help document which saved uncounted hours in User Guide preparation.
DEDICATION
The complete WWIV documentation, as released by White Star Software,
is dedicated to Lora Ruffner. She provided encouragement and support
at a time when I needed it most, and I can safely say that without her
persistent inspiration and confidence in my abilities, you would still
be reading the old docs; and so, the credit for the release of this
documentation belongs as much to her as it does to me.