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- Letterman's Top Ten
-
- LETMAN is a simple door that will display the Dave Letterman's Top Ten list.
- These files are available on Compuserve in the Edrive Forum, on on my BBS in
- the Support Conference 7
-
- SETUP:
-
- The setup is pretty straight foward. Place the EXE's and CFG file in a
- directory and place the Letterman data files files in a seperate directory.
-
- The program LETIDX.EXE will build the index file of the Top Ten topics.
-
- To create the index, place them in the data directory and run
- LETIDX c:\letter\data <- or wherever the data files are located.
- The program will look at each file and check the topic against what is in the
- index file, if is new it will be added. Not a real fancy program!
-
- My setup is
- c:\letter for the exe's
- c:\letter\data for the data files.
-
- The CFG file is as follows:
-
- C:\pcb\users.sys <- What ever drop file you want. Supports all BBS's
- Suburban Software <- Your BBS Name
- Chuck <- Your first name
- Valecek <- Your Last name
- 999999 <- Registration Number, if you dont have one use 9999
- c:\letter\data <- Where the data files are
-
- Most of you out there are familiar with the setup of a door. This door
- follows the standard setup of Doors.
-
- And you thought it was hard!
-
- Okay, now to set up a batch file for the door to run. Remember this is
- just like any other batch file except there is no ".BAT" extension.
-
- The standard DOOR batch file doors has this format:
- echo off
- cd \letter
- LETTMAN LETTMAN.CFG
- cd \pcb
- board
- There is nothing else required in this batch file.
-
- If you experience a keybord timeout and you are runnning it on a 486 you
- may want to add 2 lines to the batch file.
-
- echo off
- cd \letter
- set no87=on
- LETTMAN LETTMAN.CFG
- set no87=
- cd \pcb
- board
-
-
- UTILITIES
-
-
- MULTINODE SETUP NOTES:
-
- If your are running multinodes on one machine, you are shelling out to the
- door in different directories like PCB and PCB2. The DOOR supports the PCBOARD
- variables PCBDRIVE and PCBDIR. So instead of having multiple configuration files
- you can set the above variables and the DOOR will substitute then in the
- configuration file.
- Example: SET PCBDRIVE= D:
- SET PCBDIR=\PCB2
-
- Then the line %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS would be converted to
- D:\PCB2\DOOR.SYS
-
-
- GENERAL CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES
-
- EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR PCBOARD.SYS
- ------------------------------------------
-
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
- Suburban Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Chuck <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Valecek <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR USERS.SYS
- ------------------------------------------
-
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
- Suburban Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Chuck <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Valecek <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR DOOR.SYS
- ---------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
- Suburban Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Chuck <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Valecek <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR CALLINFO.BBS
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
- Suburban Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Chuck <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Valecek <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR DORINFOx.DEF
- -------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
- where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
- Suburban Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Chuck <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Valecek <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR SFDOORS.DAT
- ------------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
- Suburban Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Chuck <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Valecek <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
- EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE FOR CHAIN.TXT
- ----------------------------------------
-
- C:\BBS\CHAIN.TXT <=- (Full pathname of your CHAIN.TXT file)
- Suburban Software <=- (Change this to your BBS name)
- Chuck <=- (The Sysop's first name)
- Valecek <=- (The Sysop's last name)
-
-
- NOTE: This Door supports COM 1-15 on the standard IRQ's - COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and
- COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ, add the IRQ
- number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your Door is
- called DOOR and you want to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line
- passed to your Door would be:
- DOOR DOOR.CFG /5
- or DOOR DOOR.CFG /%IRQ% for the environment variable.
- The /5 tells the Door to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4 that
- is normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard
- IRQ's.
-
- NOTE: You may also use the * instead of the / when specifying a
- non-standard comm port, Example: *5 or *%IRQ%
-
-
- Fossil Driver Support
- ---------------------
- This DOOR supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell the Door to use the
- Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
- line when running the door. For example:
- DOOR DOOR.CFG /FD
- indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
- driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit
- the door gracefully.
-
-
-
- ==============
- ------------------------------------
-
- DOOR OPERATION
- --------------
-
- F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off.
- Value is passed to PCBoard.
- F4 - Toggles the Page Bell On/Off.
- Value is passed to PCBoard.
- F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
- F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off.
- Value is passed to PCBoard.
- F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to PCBoard.
- Without letting them know that the sysop called them back!
- F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off.
- Value is passed to PCBoard.
- F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
-
- ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
- HOME - HELP key for status line options.
- UP - Allows the SysOp to temporarily give the caller extra time
- while in the DOOR. This time is NOT passed to PCBoard.
- DN - Allows the SysOp to temporarily subtract time from the
- caller while in the DOOR. This time is NOT passed to PCBoard.
- ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle.
- Value is passed to PCBoard.
- ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off.
- Value is passed to PCBoard.
-
- WATCHDOG/CTTY/ANSI.SYS
- ----------------------
-
- CTTY and WATCHDOG are not required and should not be used with
- this program. The Door contains its own communication routines
- which monitor the COM port. If carrier is lost, it will return
- to system where the BBS will log the user off the system.
- ANSI.SYS, or something similar, is required for the door to
- function properly!
-
- BUG Reports
- If you are having a problem please let me know but when you do I need to
- know some information about your system setup. What type of BBS software,
- running under any multitaskers, lans, non-standard com ports or non-standard
- IRQ's. n what exactly is the door doing or not doing. If possible send me
- the files associated with the doors except for the EXE files.
-
- Thats it for now
-
- I would like to take a few lines and thank those who made this
- door possible: Clark Development for writing the BEST BBS program
- out, Ted Freeman for doing such a GREAT job on the routines used in
- this door, Rest in Peace Ted, and to all of you that have taken the time to
- register the door and have added suggestions to the door.
-
- If you have an idea that you would like to see turn into a door. Drop me a
- line and we can discuss your ideas. And maybe turn it into a door!!
-
-
-
- I always have a open door for sysops on my board. Sign in and go into my
- Support Confrence and you will find the latest version of my doors there
- for downloading.
-
- Please if you have a problem with setting it up or find a bug (?) Don't
- call Salt Air and gripe about it, call my board and you will get a FASTER
- response. I know there are some Sysops out there that can vouch for this. I
- called many Sysops voice and tried to help them out at my expense, even before
- they registered the door.
-
- OH! One more thing. If you have any suggestions, please drop me a line. Please
- direct all complaints about the door to my wife, I am trying to get even with
- here!!!
-
-
- REGISTRATION
- At one time this door was released as FREEWARE, but that has changed
- slightly. The registration cost is a mere $15.00, to cover my costs getting
- the Top Ten List's. Un-registered DOORS will allow only 50 Top Ten tiiles,
- the registered version will allow UNLIMITED titles.
-
- If you decide to register this door PLEASE use the registration form included
- in this packet. And mail it to:
-
- Chuck Valecek
- Suburban Software
- P. O. Box 368
- Oak Lawn, IL 60454
-
- (708)-636-6694 (Node 1) (708)-636-6697 (Node 2) USR HST 19200
- InterNet: sysop@subsoft.com
- FIDO: 1:115/636
- RelayNet: 715
-