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- This document describes the setup and files used on the WILDCAT! Orphanage BBS
- for initializing and running the various options of the system to include
- automatic maintenance and drop to DOS.
-
- Various Public Domain files have been obtained for many different sources and
- integrated into a cohesive, well tested, and well running system. Together,
- they make life just a little bit easier for the SysOp to monitor his system.
-
- The following files are contained in the Root Directory:
-
- AUTOEXEC.BAT
- BRK.DRV
- CONFIG.SYS
- GATEWAY1.SYS (GATEWAY2.SYS may be there also, optional)
- NANSI.SYS (replaces ANSI.SYS)
-
- The following files are contained in the subdirectory, WILDCAT:
-
- CAT.BAT
- DROPDOS.BAT
- MAINTAIN.BAT
- VIEW_ARC.BAT
-
- The following files are contained in the subdirectory DOS\UTIL. This
- subdirectory contains most of the utilities that I have found useful. You can
- put these files in whatever subdirectory you desire, but be sure to change the
- PATH command in AUTOEXEC.BAT:
-
- 5SALARM.COM
- BRK.COM
- CDMON.COM
- FAST.COM
- RESET.COM
- WAITN.COM
-
- All remaining files are either documentation or extra files that you could use
- either at DOS level or integrate into a batch file for your BBS.
-
- WAITN.COM is the only file that is not described in this archive. All it does
- is cause the system to pause for the stated number of seconds before
- continuing. This is useful when you want to ^C (break out of) a batch file or
- when you want to just let a display stay on your screen for a few seconds
- longer (just like I use it in VIEW_ARC.BAT).
-
- The key to this system is GATEWAY1. With this file, anytime anyone drops to
- DOS, whether to view an archive, live programs, or normal remote drop to DOS,
- all screen writes will be visible to the SysOp. No more should you be in the
- dark about what is going on at DOS level. GATEWAY will send the display to
- both the console and the COMM port. Because there is duel output, things do
- slow down just a tad, but in turbo mode (if available on your computer), this
- is not too noticeable. Note that when the caller returns from DOS to the BBS,
- the console screen is cleared and what was there no longer can be seen. My
- tests show, however, that this is NOT the case on the caller's screen. As far
- as he or she is concerned, things just continue on (they still can see what
- they did at DOS level until it scrolls off the screen or the screen is
- cleared).
-
- There is no LIVE.BAT file in this archive as I have not implemented live
- programs as of this date (12/23/87). However, the archive was created with
- PKX35A35 and contains comments.
-
- Any questions about this file, please contact me on the WILDCAT! Orphanage,
- International BBS at (303) 392-6631, 24 hours a day, 300 or 1200 baud.
-
- Bob Connors