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- BanzaiChess from Banzai Software
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- Introduction:
-
- Banzai Chess is a very simple chess door written for IBM-compatible
- Bulletin Boards which use a DORINFO#.DEF dropfile to pass the user
- information to the game.
-
- Banzai Chess allows users of the BBS to play several games of chess
- at any one time with other users. That's about ALL it does. It has no
- fancy gimmicks. It runs (if you use standard com port configuration) at
- speeds up to 38,400 bps (locked port, using a fossil). Best of all, it's
- free, so don't complain (or expect too much support). If you find you do
- need/want support, find me in the FidoNet DOORWARE, DOORGAMES, or
- ON_LINE_GAMES echo, or in the V-Net MELEE Echo (that's my other door, eh?
- <plug>). I'm usually in attendance, unless I'm out on maneuvers. If that
- seems to be the case, wait a couple of weeks and try your question again.
- Or, you can always send me NetMail (1:128/74), and I will answer as soon
- as possible (using routed netmail, so wait a few days for the reply).
-
- If you really want fast support, or think you want me to write more
- BBS doors (simple or complex) send a donation to:
- Kevin Higgins
- c/o Banzai Software
- Qtrs 7238B
- Fort Carson, CO 80913
- Make the check payable to Kevin Higgins, NOT Banzai Software.....
- Don't send more than $15. If you're tempted to do so, take yourself out
- to lunch on me. Anything sent will be considered a registration and I
- will thank you for it, but you will receive nothing other than the feel-
- ing that you did a very nice and generous thing.
-
- Legal Stuff:
- This game is copyright (c) 1992 by Kevin Higgins. It is not guaranteed
- to do anything at all. On most systems it will run fine. If it does not
- run on yours, then you're out of luck and should delete it. The author
- is not liable for any damage or loss, real or imagined, to your computer
- system or software. You run this entirely at your own risk. You may not
- charge for the distribution of this software without prior coordination
- with the author. Such charges shall be equitably shared with the author.
-
- Installation:
-
- Unzip (or whatever, you'll recognise the format, probably) the distri-
- bution file. How could you be reading this if you haven't?
-
- Make sure that the files are placed somewhere where they WON'T be
- accidentally deleted. This could cause some depression in the players
- who have laboriously gotten to 40 moves, and for whom checkmate is nigh.
- A directory of its very own would be ideal for this game, small as it is.
- Use something like c:\bbs\chess or something. The file Chess.bat should
- be placed with all the other batchfiles for your BBS.
-
- Now change the chess.cfg file (which should be with all the other chess
- files). It should use the following form:
-
- 1> BBS Name
- 2> BBS Node (for multinode systems. Use 1 for single node. This
- determines the number of the dorinfo#.def file to find.
- 3> Path to dorinfo#.def file, including drive and trailing \.
- 4> Do you want BAnzai Chess to leave the fossil alone when it
- exits? (Most should leave this to false, as a well-behaved game
- always de-inits the fossil when it exits. The BBS will re-init
- the fossil when it re-loads).
- 5> Security level of the sysop (used for additional commands).
-
- Use the enclosed chess.cfg example as a guide if you are so stupid as
- to not to understand the above <grin>. The reason for line <2> above is
- so you can run more nodes than most people care to think about. If you
- feed the name of the chess.cfg file to the program as a command line
- parameter (eg., BanChess Chess1.cfg), the the program will look for that
- specific configuration file, so you can tell it what dorinfo#.def file to
- read. If no parameter is used, the program will use chess.cfg by default,
- which is what most single node systems will want to do.
-
- Now change your BBS configuration (god knows how, they're all different)
- to do whatever you have to do to call the door.
-
- Next, change the batchfile, chess.bat. Merely change to the Banzai Chess
- directory, run the game, and return to the BBS directory (exiting with
- exit command if you have a BBS that still requires this).
-
- Now a user should be able to run Banzai Chess from the BBS. Advertise
- it. It's a good program, even if very simple. It will check for illegal
- moves, stalemates, checkmates, and check. It takes standard algebraic
- notation (E2-E4) and you don't even have to type the "-" (that's its
- single feature)!
-
- Maintenance:
-
- None. Why would you want some? There are a bunch of fun things SysOps
- can do (SysOps get a special menu which lets them toy with games, based
- on their security level). No maintenance is really needed.
-
- Sysop Key[s]. There aren't any. If people want to pay for them, I'll
- add the ability to bounce a user off the game, or hang up on him. I
- could add a chat, but don't really see the point.
-
- Brickbats and Cheques:
-
- Original Source by David Bennet. The game was called Whelk Chess.
- Whelksoft (not Incorporated, etc.)
- c/- University Computer Club
- Guild of Undergraduates
- University of Western Australia
- Nedlands 6009
- WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- Current Copyright (c) 1992 by Kevin L. Higgins, Banzai Software.
-
- Enjoy the game!
- -Kevin Higgins
- 12 Jan 92
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