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Your Quote of the Day!
(c) Copyright 1991, EPIC Software
All Rights Reserved
What "Your Quote of the Day!" does:
It is meant to be a login door for PCBoard that displays a new quote
of the day each time it is accessed. Callers using color graphics
mode will get their quote of the day in color, and non-color callers
see normal text. It is easy to setup, requires no maintenance and
provides an added touch to your bulletin board system.
About "Your Quote of the Day!":
Your Quote of the Day! (or YQOTD for short) came in to existance
simply becuase I was looking for a front end quote of the day
generator for my PCBoard BBS, and after just spending hundreds of
dollars on PCBoard, hard drives, etc, I wasn't too interested in
hunting around for an existing quote of the day program where
someone wanted more money for it.
Now, I have no objection to us Shareware authors getting paid for
our work, but there are just somethings that aren't worth all that
much, or are just too simple to warrant a registration fee.
YQOTD! isn't free however, I will cost you a dollar or two to
register the program, although "registration" is not really
required. To register this program, all you need to do is drop me a
line saying that you use YQOTD!. Call my BBS, send me a post card,
call me voice, however you wish to get me the message that you use
YQOTD! Simple, and almost trivial, but I do want to know if people
find the program of use and get any comments/suggestions for
improvement. If you have quotes to add to the data file, give me a
call on my BBS and upload them. I will be keeping an updated quote
data file on my BBS for people to download so as I get new quotes,
you can pick up a few new ones for your system as well.
Setting Up YQOTD!:
Set up is quite simple, and I will try to cover it in enough detail
although I haven't written too many doors so I'm not to great at the
documentation part of it.
Make a directory containing the QUOTES.EXE, QUOTES.DAT, and QUOTES
file.
Next, modify the QUOTES file to suit your system, and where you put
the above files.
Here is the sample QUOTES file included in the YQOTD archive:
@ECHO OFF
C:
CD\DOORS\QUOTE
QUOTES C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS
CD\PCB
BOARD
Your system may not be able to handle the @ECHO OFF, so replace it
with just ECHO OFF. @ECHO OFF works with MS DOS 3.3 and above.
Next, you will need to modify the DOORS.LST file from your PCBSetup
program. Add a door as normal to your system. If you follow the
above example, your addition to DOORS.LST file would be similar to
this:
Filename Password Sec Login USERS.SYS DOOR.SYS Path to Batch
-------- -------- --- ----- --------- -------- -------------
1) QUOTES 0 Y N N C:\DOORS\QUOTE\
Note the Login field is set to Y so YQOTD! is displayed during
login. You may also wish to modify your DOORS and DOORSG and put
YQOTD on it so users can access it as a normal door, you may also
opt to not have YQOTD as an login door, so simply change the Login
field to N.
Other BBS types:
If you are trying to use YQOTD! with a BBS other than PCBoard,
you will need to tell YQOTD! what user file you are using. You are
also on your own when setting up the door as I only have experience
with PCBoard version 14.5.
Here are some samples (untested) as to starting YQOTD!:
YQOTD C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS ;PCBoard & compatible PCBOARD.SYS files
YQOTD C:\PCB\DOOR.SYS ;Systems that generate a DOOR.SYS
YQOTD C:\PCB\DORINFOx.DEF ;Systems that generate a DORINFOx.DEF
YQOTD C:\BBS\GENERIC.SYS ;See note on GENERIC.SYS below
As you've noticed, YQOTD supports a "GENERIC.SYS" file in addition
to the more common ones listed above. The GENERIC.SYS file should
allow you to run YQOTD on any BBS type, however, as a login door,
this might get somewhat irritating to your users.
Here is what GENERIC.SYS must have in it:
line 1 - BBS SysOp's name
line 2 - COM port in use
line 3 - Time allowed in door
An example:
Ernie Johnson
COM1:
2
The time limit of 2 minutes is not very high as YQOTD simply
displays a quote, and asks the user to press a key, or times out
after about 5 seconds and returns to the system.
When a user accesses the door with a GENERIC.SYS, YQOTD will ask
him/her for his first & last names. After the user enters his/her
name the door will continue to run. As a result, because of
YQOTD!'s simplicity, having a user enter his/her name all the time
would get somewhat annoying for the user, and since YQOTD! should
work as it is with most BBS types, you should not have a need to use
the GENERIC.SYS file.
I have included a GENERIC.SYS file set up to use local mode for
testing YQOTD!. Simply type QUOTES GENERIC.SYS to see YQOTD in action!
Adding to the data file:
You may add or delete quotes to/from the existing QUOTES.DAT file.
Simply use a text editor and follow the existing format. The start
of a quote is indicated by a percent (%) sign and can be any number
of lines in length (use common sense here - a 50 line quote would
not be enjoyed by your users!)
Warranty & Guarantee's:
YQOTD! is in no way warranted to be free of defects, bugs, etc. It
has, however, gone through extensive testing on my BBS, and I have
not seen any adverse effects. I am not responsible for any adverse
effects it has on your system (just in case). You should take any
steps to avoid virus infection and scan the file for viruses before
using it on your system.
YQOTD is copyrighted software. Please do not make any modifications
to it! I am letting you use this software for almost nothing, and
would expect some common courtesy in return. If you have suggestions
for modifications/improvements, please forward them to me through
one of the methods below:
Quotes found in YQOTD have been collected from a wide variety of
sources, many from "taglines" people use when using echo mail.
How to register:
Send your name, address, BBS name and number on a postcard, letter,
etc to:
EPIC Software
c/o Ernie Johnson
P.O. Box 1207
Wingham, Ontario
N0G 2W0 - Canada
Call EPIC BBS at 519-357-1943. At the time of this writing we only
support 2400 baud, but will be upgrading to a USR Dual Standard in
the near future. To register on EPIC, simply leave a comment to the
SysOp with your name, address, BBS name and number.
Call me voice. My number is 519-357-1941 Eastern time. Call after
7pm to get me home. Please don't call at 3am - I do have a full
time day job! <grin>
Lastly, leave me a message in the ILink or RIME Shareware echo mail
conferences. I read mail in both of these conferences every day.
Upgrades/Improvements:
Since I am not charging money for YQOTD! I hope you don't expect me
to send product upgrades to you. I will leave it up to you to get
upgrades as they are released, but with a program as simple as
YQOTD! I wouldn't expect too many upgrades in the near future.
QUOTES.DAT upgrades/additions may be obtained from EPIC BBS as I
will be keeping an updated list on my BBS as I find new quotes.
Lastly:
Please register! Its only the cost of a postcard/stamp, or phone
call, but it would tell me if I should continue to write these
little freeby doors for fellow PCBoard SysOps and spend time writing
documentation like this. Your registration does mean a lot ot me,
and my continuation of quality software at affordable prices!
Thanks!
Ernie Johnson