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- Due to popular request, the following is how I have configured Quickbbs to
- work with multiple cd-roms using the Pioneer DRM600 player. I assume no
- responsbility for damage to your system, if implemented and make no promises
- that it will work on your system. (However it should)
-
- Setting up the Pioneer DRM-600 to work with Quickbbs consists of several
- steps. Make sure you do each one. It works here and has been for over one
- year using 6 CD-ROMS.
-
- 1. Decide how you want your system setup. Do you want a seperate file area
- for each CD (the way I do it here) or do you want the cd-rom file areas as
- a continuation of your regular file areas (be advised you are limited to
- only 200 file areas this way and adding 6 cd-roms will undoubtedly go beyond
- this limit) The following instruction assume one menu choice for each CD.
-
- 2. Make one subdir on your hardrive for each cd-rom you will be using. I named
- mine as :
- i:\crs4 for carrs 4
- i:\crs5 for carrs 5
- i:\crs6 for carrs 6
- i:\rom2 for rom2
- i:\hof for Hall of Fame
- i:\ham for Ham
-
- 3. Place the files.bbs listing for each cd-rom in the appropriate subdir.
- You can name these listings whatever you want but I tried to make them
- match the dir listings included with the cd's. (Note: Some CD's, especially
- the Carrs have multiple dirs in one dir listing. You will need to edit these
- and make seperate listings.) ie: DIR01 on Carrs 4.1 includes all files
- in the cd sub directories 001a, 001b and 001c. I edited the DIR01 file to
- be dir01a, dir01b and dir01c.
-
- NOTE: during the next steps you need to make sure that no one accesses the
- BBS while you are building the necessary files.
-
- 4. Go to your bbs directory and ren filecfg.dat to filecfg.nrm (this is your
- regular file areas.
-
- 5. Run Qconfig and go into the files area. ( it should be empty)
-
- 6. Now enter the needed info into qconfig for whatever CD you are using as
- follows:
-
- Name: (this is the name of the file area) ex: Terminal Programs
- File path: (path to the cd-rom subdir) ex: w:\001a
- File list: (path to the file listings in step 3) ex: i:\crs4\dir01a
-
- Fill in the security and flag info as you require (nothing special here)
-
- 7. When you have finished entering all the info for one CD, exit qconfig with
- the save option. You now have a full filecfg.dat again for one CD. Rename
- the filecfg.dat to an appropriate name. I use:
- filecfg.cr4 (carrs 4)
- filecfg.cr5 (carrs 5)
- filecfg.cr6 (carrs 6)
- filecfg.rm2 (Rom 2)
- filecfg.hof (Hall of Fame)
- filecfg.ham (Ham files)
-
- 8. You should now have 2 files, one called filecfg.nrm and another called
- filecfg.??? (where ??? is the extension you used).
-
- 9. Repeat steps 5 thru 7 until you have built a filecfg.??? for each CD_ROM
- you will be using.
-
- 10. Copy filecfg.nrm back to filecfg.dat (DON'T RENAME IT!! COPY IT!!!)
-
- 11. At this point you should have one filecfg.??? for each CD, one for your
- normal files called filecfg.nrm and a filecfg.dat in your bbs subdirectory.
-
- 12. The hard part is now done. Next, build a menu to access each of the
- file areas. (see the included file getrom.mnu) (NOTE: each entry is a
- type 15 exit using a specific error level for each CD and calling file1.mnu
- as a file template)
-
- 13. Build a menu for accessing each area. ( I use file templating, so I only
- have one of these. (see the included file file1.mnu)
-
- 14. Go to your BBS batch file and add the following for each errorlevel
- you used in step 12. (Add the lines marked with <---) NOTE: Make sure you add
- the line that copies your filecfg.nrm back to filecfg.dat when the user logs
- off.
-
- e:
- cd\fd\qbbs
- quickbbs -b%1 -t%3 -e0
- if errorlevel 90 goto filenrm <---
- if errorlevel 89 goto filecr4 <---
- if errorlevel 88 goto filehof <---
- if errorlevel 87 goto filecr5 <---
- if errorlevel 86 goto fileham <---
- if errorlevel 85 goto filerm2 <---
- if errorlevel 84 goto filecr6 <---
- if errorlevel 5 goto net&echo
- if errorlevel 4 goto echo_only
- if errorlevel 3 goto net_only
- copy filecfg.nrm filecfg.dat <--- DON'T Forget this line
- cd\fd
- qb1.bat
-
- :filenrm
- cd e:\fd\qbbs
- copy filecfg.nrm filecfg.dat
- quickbbs -R -E0
- goto after_quick
-
- :filecr4
- cd e:\fd\qbbs
- copy filecfg.cr1 filecfg.dat
- quickbbs -R -E0
- goto after_quick
-
- :filehof
- cd e:\fd\qbbs
- copy filecfg.hof filecfg.dat
- quickbbs -R -E0
- goto after_quick
-
- :filecr5
- cd e:\fd\qbbs
- copy filecfg.cr2 filecfg.dat
- quickbbs -R -E0
- goto after_quick
-
- :fileham
- cd e:\fd\qbbs
- copy filecfg.ham filecfg.dat
- quickbbs -R -E0
- goto after_quick
-
- :filecr6
- cd e:\fd\qbbs
- copy filecfg.cr2 filecfg.dat
- quickbbs -R -E0
- goto after_quick
-
- :filerm2
- cd e:\fd\qbbs
- copy filecfg.ham filecfg.dat
- quickbbs -R -E0
- goto after_quick
-
- :after_quick
- if errorlevel 90 goto filenrm <---
- if errorlevel 89 goto filecr4 <---
- if errorlevel 88 goto filehof <---
- if errorlevel 87 goto filecr5 <---
- if errorlevel 86 goto fileham <---
- if errorlevel 85 goto filerm2 <---
- if errorlevel 84 goto filecr6 <---
- if errorlevel 5 goto net&echo
- if errorlevel 4 goto echo_only
- if errorlevel 3 goto net_only
- copy filecfg.nrm filecfg.dat <--- DON'T FORGET this line (it restores your
- system to normal again)
- cd\fd
- qb1.bat
-
-
-
- 15. You should now be ready to go with 6 CD-Roms and quickbbs.
-
- 16. A few Notes:
-
- a. DON'T try to use a type 7 exit on the menus. You must totally exit
- the bbs and return to make it read the new configuration files.
-
- b. If you are still having problems or have any recommendations feel free
- to netmail me at: 1:170/801 Fidonet or 150:225/801 QBBSnet
-
- c. This works great here on a singleline system. If you are running multi-
- line and both lines have access to the CD it will NOT work.
-
-
-
- Chester Mccarter, Sysop
- The Ham Radio Emporium
-
- Fidonet: 1:170/801
- QBBSnet: 150:225/801
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