Walnut Creek CDROM BBS readme

(the "in_type" for this disc is "pcb")

You need to set two environment varibles, IN_TYPE and CDROM.  IN_TYPE is
whatever format the index files are in, CDROM is whatever drive lettter
your cdrom drive is.

Note, foreign language BBS index files are in \_bbs\translat in zip files.

Opus
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The \_bbs\opus directory contains the tools that created the
files.bbs (files.txt for English, files.ger for German, files.spa for
Spanish, files.fre for French, files.ita for Italian) 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.txt for
English) files to one directory on your hard disk and create the
hcdareas.ctl file that points to the index files.  A prebuilt control
file is in this directory.

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\translat\txt_rbbs.zip.   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\translat\txt_sf.zip.

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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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\menu.  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
