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- Hello There, Fellow SysOp!
-
- This disc was designed with BBS usage very heavily in mind. Because of
- this, I put in several advantages for BBS usage:
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- [ 1] All File areas are only one sub-directory deep, and have a
- consistent nomenclature making it easier to configure for your
- BBS.
-
- [ 2] All File listings are available in the file areas themselves AND in
- a separate sub-directory. The File Listings in the file areas are
- intended for those that run the disc "native" with their BBS software,
- and the ones in the separate section are put there for the convenience
- of those that run Doorware on their board to control their CD-ROM
- usage. If you are running multiple CD's, such as the Pioneer unit,
- or multiple nodes (or both!), then such doorware is usually a
- necessity of life.
-
- [ 3] File listings are provided in several different formats for your
- convenience. This should make file format conversions either
- unnecessary for you, or very easy to do.
-
- [ 4] A database of the complete file listings has been provided for those
- that need a format that I do not support here. If you or someone you
- know can work with a DBF style database program, then it's a very
- simple matter to output exactly the file listing you need!
-
- [ 5] All Files have been checked with the latest Shareware Anti-Viral Scanners
- to find any unwanted buggies. Everything checked out with what was
- available as of this date. Also, no files with any sort of CRC corruption
- were allowed to stay here.
-
- [ 6] All file listings have been checked (and double, and triple checked!) to
- insure that all the files that are listed here ACTUALLY exist, and
- ACTUALLY named what the file listing states they are named. Nothing
- annoys me more than to have file listings that don't seem to have a
- clue as to what is really there.
-
- [ 7] Filename duplication has been carefully screened. I'm not going to say
- that there are NO file duplications by name, because I know that there
- are. However, these were deliberatly left in there, because they are
- situations where the same name was applied to two totally different
- files, or else the file has good cause to be in both sections. For
- example, one very common thread was to find a source code or utility
- program that would apply equally to either C, Pascal, or BASIC, so it
- was left in all three sections, rather than having people interested
- in only one section left in the dark about the program. Needless to
- say, this is a very rare occurance, and it does not eat up a significant
- portion of the CD-ROM.
-
- [ 8] Where possible, all files that are consecutive versions have been
- eliminated, and only the latest version left. The only exception to
- this is some of the drivers. I've found that "newer" doesn't always
- mean "better," and I have had to use older drivers myself in order
- to get things to work properly, so older drivers were left in here.
-
- [ 9] I have screened these files to be as topical as we can get for the
- subject matter at hand. All too often, a shareware disc tries to
- be everything to everyone, and if you are like most SysOps, who
- are starting to run more than one CD-ROM on their board, then you
- will find that such repetition gets rather boring after while.
- Lets face it, how many "shareware collections to end all shareware
- collections" can your callers stomach? <smile!>
-
- [10] I have endeavored to remove any annoying BBS ad files from these
- files. I have a large list of the pervasive R&E file names, and
- have scanned for and removed them, as well as any other known annoying
- items that can get in your way. Why should you be advertising for
- other boards on your system? Heck if I know, and I won't force you
- to do that here. The only thing that was inserted here on this
- disc was a legal disclaimer, and it doesn't sit there and tell you
- to call our BBS in any way, shape, or form.
-
- [11] If you find a FILE_ID.DIZ file here, you can be reasonably sure
- that it's from the author of the file. I have seen a disc recently
- that made heavy advertising copy about it's claim to have a
- FILE_ID.DIZ in every archive... and when I examined it, I found that
- the CD-ROM publisher had put it in there, complete with a two line
- advertisement for themselves. So, if you actually used that feature,
- you would end up with dedicating 2/3 of your file listings to
- advertising for these guys. Give me a break!
-
- And so it goes. You will find everything in sub-directories named for
- their ease of "figuring out," whenever possible. I don't think that you
- will have much trouble in getting this set up on your board. Everything
- has been done to make this disc as painless a proposition as possible,
- and I hope that this works out to making your life a bit easier.
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