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- Program : Sickpage. _______/ __/\______/ _/____/ _/
- Version : 0.2. ___/___ /___/\____/ /______ / ___/____
- Coder : Beau Barker. _/ \__ \__ / / /
- Released : 20th January 97. /___ / / /_/ /fl
- /__________/______/______/ /_________/
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- Introduction
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- · Sickpage allows users to page the Sysop. If the Sysop answers the page,
- Sickpage loads the Chat program of your choice.
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- · Sickpage requires Clark Development Company's PCBoard v15.22 or higher.
- Sickchat, Flax Software's chat package is recommended, but not required.
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- Disclaimer
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- In no event will Flax Software be held liable for any damages, including
- any loss of profits, or other incidental or consequential damages arising
- out of the use of this program.
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- Installing Sickpage
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- 1. Decompress the archive into a directory. You should restore the
- subdirectories stored in the ZIP file.
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- eg. UNZIP -D SPAGExxx.ZIP
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- 2. Configure Sickpage to suit your system. All configuration files can be
- modified with your favorite text editor.
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- 3. Run PCBSETUP, go into File Locations (B), select Configuration Files (B),
- and edit a CMD.LST entry to look something like this:
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- Command Security PPE/MNU File or Keystroke Replacement
- ------- -------- -------------------------------------
- O 10 C:\PCB\PPE\SICKPAGE\PAGE.PPE
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- Of course, your path may not be the same.
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- 4. If you want to use Sickpage's ability to limit the amount of times a
- user may page you per call, you must install the Statistic PSA onto
- your system. Please see your PCBoard documentation for information on
- how to do this.
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- Sickpage is now installed! Users can page by pressing O at the main prompt.
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- Files In The Archive
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- General Files
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- PAGE PPE · The paging PPE.
- SICKPAGE CFG · Configuration file.
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- SICKPAGE DOC · This document.
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- Display Files
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- S-PAGE PCB · The paging screen.
- S-EXCEED PCB · Displayed when the user has paged too many times.
- S-BLIST PCB · Displayed to users listed in BADNAMES.LST.
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- S-TIMES PCB · Displayed when the user pages you outside paging
- hours. The paging hours are defined in PCBSETUP.
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- S-BUSY PCB · Displayed:
- a) when you dont answer a page.
- b) when you abort a user's page by hitting escape.
- c) when the user aborts their own paging with ESC.
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- Control Files
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- BADNAMES LST · A list of all users who cannot page.
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- SILENT LST · If the user is in this list, no sound is made locally.
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- VIP LST · When a user pages who is listed in here, the
- SPAGEVIP.SIK page tune is played rather than the
- regular page tune.
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- Other Files
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- FILE_ID DIZ · File identification.
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- Page Tunes
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- Three External page tunes are included in S-TUNES.ZIP, along with a
- conversion table which tells you what frequencies make what notes.
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- The format of the SPAGE-xx.SIK tune file is:
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- Lines 1-3 : Comments on this page tune..
- Line 4 : Amount of notes
- Lines 5+ : Each note, and the length (in milliseconds) to play it. So to
- play the note C-Sharp (3rd octave) for half a second, the line
- would be "284 50".
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- The SPAGEVIP.SIK file takes the same format, but is only played when a
- user pages who is listed in the VIP.LST control file.
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- Extra Notes
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- · You can set the hours that users can page you in PCBSetup > Configuration
- Options > Limits > Allow Sysop Page Start/Stop Time. Make sure you change
- it for every node.
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- · The "Max Pages per call" function in Sickpage requires the Statistics PSA
- is installed on your system. This can be done in PCBSM.
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- · A special page tune - "SPAGEVIP.SIK" - is played when a VIP user pages.
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- · BADNAMES.LST may contain Names or Aliases.
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- · You might want to execute an Artificial Intelligence Chat PPE from inside
- S-TIMES.PCB, so if a user pages after hours, the A.I Chat runs and talks
- to your users.
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- SICKPAGE.CFG, Line 19: "Write the page reason to CMNT fields?"
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- Comment1 and Comment2 are small fields which all users have, that can be
- viewed by the Sysop by hitting ALT-H a few times. Setting this to YES will
- allow Sickpage to overwrite these fields with the user's page reason. This
- way, when you switch on the monitor and see the little "p" flashing, and you
- want to know why the user has paged you, you can hit ALT-H and read the
- Comment1 and Comment2 fields.
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- SICKPAGE.CFG, Line 20: "(C)omment after failed page attempt?"
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- If you set this to YES, Sickpage will stuff the keyboard with C + <enter>
- after a failed page attempt. It allows the user to (C)omment to Sysop if
- they cannot talk to you for any of the following reasons:
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- a) you dont answer a page
- b) you abort their page
- c) they abort their own page
- d) they page outside paging hours
- e) they are listed in BADNAMES.LST
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- Set this to YES if you have "C" as (C)omment to Sysop in all confs.
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- Contacting the Author
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- Feel free to contact me about anything, but please don't call asking about
- anti-decompilation systems!!
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- E-mail : flax@axis.jeack.com.au
- Sick Homepage : http://www.jeack.com.au/~flax
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- Telephone : +613-9571-7456
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- Postal Address : Flax Software
- P.O. Box 123
- Caulfield East
- Australia 3145
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- Credits
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- Sickpage (C) Flax Software 1996-97.
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- Thanks to The Black Assassin [tK] for his timing routines in PLAY.EXE.
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- DOS Testing by Wizard [Toxic Krystal]
- OS2 Testing by Wolverine [Apocalyptic Visions]
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- Greets : Wizard, TBA, Wolverine, Vejita/Vagina, Stanna, Slasher, Cool,
- Kraze, Abyss, Nutbutter, Inferno, Krl, Code-Zero, Black Hole.
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- Enjoy! -- Beau Barker
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