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- CONTROL STATION V2.00
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- SYSOP'S MANUAL
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- Written By
- Michael Duff
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- Copyright (c) 1990-91 by Midas Touch Software, all rights
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- Copyright (c) 1990-91 by James R. Berry, all rights
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- Introduction Pg. 3
- Program Layout Pg. 3
- COMMANDS Pg. 4
- Resetting THE PIT
- Fossil Driver Activation
- Communication Port Definitions
- HIGH SPEED MODEMS and THE PIT Pg. 5
- Locked Communication Port
- Flow Control
- DOOR FILES Pg. 6
- Door File Type
- Path if Door file
- VIDEO CONFIGURATION Pg. 7
- Video Write
- Snow Control
- GENERAL COMMANDS Pg. 8
- Time on per game session
- Number of Sessions per Day
- Path of THE PIT files
- TOP-10 LIST created by PBULL.EXE Pg. 9
- Activate Top-10 List creation
- ANSI Top-10 List creation
- Non-color ANSI Top-10 List
- Non-Graphic Top-10 List
- MULTI-LINED SYSTEMS Pg. 10
- Multi-lined Usage
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- Introduction
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- This is the configuration program for The Pit 2.00.
- Use this program first to tell the game about your system.
- We've done our best to provide useful options and make
- things easy to configure.
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- Most problems that people encounter running The Pit can
- be solved by adjusting these items. If something isn't
- functioning properly, check this configuration file first.
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- System Requirements
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Pit 2.00 can run on any IBM system. It only takes
- up 225k of memory and 460k of disk space initially. It is
- possible to play The Pit in Local mode without being
- connected to a BBS.
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- This version of The Pit supports multi-lines BBS's.
- Specific information is provided later in this document.
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- Program Layout
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- Just use the standard control keys (Arrows, Pg Up, Pg
- Down) to move to the item you wish to change and press
- Enter. The area will be highlighted while you're working on
- it. When you're done, just press ESC.
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- COMMANDS
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- Reset THE PIT
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This command will reset all of the data files used by
- The Pit.
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- WARNING: Resetting The Pit will cancel all existing
- data files, be careful.
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- Fossil Driver
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Use this command if you are running THE PIT with a
- FOSSIL driver (X00.SYS, BRUN45, etc). The Enter key toggles
- the Fossil Driver on and off.
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- Communication Port Information
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- This command pops up a window allowing you to change
- the defaults for any of your com ports, to a maximum of 8.
- The default values in your Modem Users Manual will work for
- 90 percent of the users, but the option is here if you need
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- HIGH SPEED MODEMS and THE PIT
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- Locked Communication Port
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- This command lets you lock your modem at a specific baud
- rate. Most high speed modems should be locked (HST Courier,
- Hayes 9600 Ultra, Everex 2400 MNP5, etc).
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- WARNING: Do not lock your modem unless you are certain it
- supports this feature. Locking a modem that is not high
- speed can cause the game to fail and lock up your system.
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- Flow Control
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- This command gives you a number of flow control
- options. Flow control is used by high speed modems to
- control the transfer of information from one modem to
- another. Your modem's user manual will have more specific
- information on how this is set up. The standard used by
- most BBS's is CTS/RTS; however, some WWIV Sysops have been
- using CTS Uni-directional. XON/XOFF is a rarely used
- protocol included for completeness.
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- DOORS FILES
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- Door File Type
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This command lets you select the type of Doors file you
- will be running The Pit from. The game looks for this file
- when it begins, be sure it is set correctly.
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- Path of Door File
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This is where you tell The Pit where to look for your
- Doors File. Do not type the actual file name here, that is
- specified under Door File Type.
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- VIDEO CONFIGURATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Video Write
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- This command allows you to toggle between Direct Video
- Write and Bios Video Write. Bios Video Writing relays
- screen writes through the IBM Bios chip and is slightly
- slower. It is included for machines that are not 100%
- compatible or for users running Desqview.
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- Direct Video Writing accesses the video chip directly
- and is much faster. However, this speed can cause some CGA
- monitors to flicker. This can be corrected with the Snow
- Checking Option.
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- Snow Checking
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This option solves the flicker problem from CGA
- monitors by "slowing down" direct video writes.
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- GENERAL COMMANDS
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- Time on per game session
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- This command allows the SysOp to specify how long
- players are allowed to play The Pit in each game session.
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- Number of Sessions per Day
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- This command allows the SysOp to specify how many
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- TOP-10 LIST - Created by PBULL.EXE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Activate TOP-10 List creation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This program allows you to specify what type of Top Ten
- List you want for your game. The options are Ansi, Non-
- Color Ansi, and Non-Graphic. You can choose to have the
- listing updated at midnight each day or after each
- individual game.
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- ANSI Top-10 List
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- This command asks for the file and path of your ANSI
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- Non-Color ANSI Top-10 List
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This command asks for the file and path of your Non-
- Color ANSI Top-10 list.
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- Non-Graphic Top-10 List
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- This command asks for the file and path of your Non-
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- MULTI-LINED SYSTEMS
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- Multiline Usage
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Use this command to turn Multiline usage on or off.
- However, if Multiline usage is enabled, you must enter a
- line number or specifier or it will automatically default to
- off. This number should correspond to whatever line The Pit
- is running on. This number will also appear in the
- challenge and view logs when more than one person is playing
- The Pit at the same time.
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