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- [TXT-READ.ME] Feb 11, 1990
-
- Dear fellow SYSOP,
-
- The RBBS-TXT.ZIP file contains general TEXT files that RBBS-PC uses.
- The files are separated by directory, and can be extracted from the zip
- to different sub-directories with the command: PKZIP -d RBBS-TXT.
-
- MENU0 Menu displayed when RBBS-PC is ready for calls
- MAINM.DEF Sample MESSAGE file
- MAINU.DEF Sample USER file
- RBBS-PC.DEF Sample Configuration file
- RBBS.BAT Sample RBBS start-up batch file
- RBBSTIME.BAT Sample RBBS daily event batch file
- BULLETIN\BMAIN.MNU Menu telling what bulletins are available
- BULLETIN\B* Sample bulletins as models
- DIR\CDR.CDR Menu used for Library section L)ist
- HELP\HELP* Various help files
- HELP\????.HLP Various help files for commands and sections
- HELP\UPCAT.HLP Text displayed when caller categorizes upload
- MACRO\MACRO.MAC Sample macro
- PRIVATE\PRIV.DEF Sample Personal Download directory
- QUESTION\MENUA Menu listing questionnaires available
- SYSTEM\FILESEC Security controls on downloading by file specifications
- SYSTEM\PASSWRDS Control file of privileges for security levels & passwords
- SYSTEM\*.PUI Sample Programmable User Interface - RBBS emulating RBBS
- TEXT\MENU1* Menu of sysop commands
- TEXT\MENU2* Menu of main section commands
- TEXT\MENU3* Menu of file section commands
- TEXT\MENU4* Menu of utility section commands
- TEXT\MENU5* Menu listing doors available
- TEXT\MENU6* Menu of library section commands
- TEXT\NEWUSER Text displayed to new users
- TEXT\PRELOG Text displayed just before logon
- TEXT\WELCOME* Text displayed after caller logs in
- TEXT\LG*.DEF Sample file displayed to persons with specific security
- TEXT\CONFENCE Menu for conferences
- XFER\PROTO.DEF Control file for protocols used for file exchange
- XFER\RBBSZIP.ZIP Utilities for ZIP files with RBBS. Supports testing
- upload for integrity, converting other file formats
- immediately upon upload to ZIP, and viewing text
- files inside ZIP files.
- XFER\VDWC.BAT Driver for verbose list of DWC files
- XFER\VZOO.BAT Driver for verbose list for ZOO files
- XFER\ARCVIEW.COM Utility that supports verbose list for ZOO & DWC
-
- The file RBBS-TXT.ZIP should normally not be distributed by itself
- but as a part of RBBS-PC 17.3, which is distributed via three
- mandatory and four optional standard "ZIP" files. Two files
- are available but not automatically distributed.
-
- File Name Description
-
- (Mandatory)
- RBBS-DOC.ZIP Documentation for RBBS-PC
- RBBS-EXE.ZIP Executable files.
- RBBS-TXT.ZIP System text files used by RBBS-PC.
-
- (Optional)
- RBBS-BAS.ZIP BASIC Source code for RBBS-PC.
- RBBS-ASM.ZIP RBBS-PC assembly language source code.
- RBBS-EXT.ZIP External protocol drivers
- Same as distributed for CPC16-1A-CPC17.2B
- RBBS-UTL.ZIP Miscellaneous RBBS-PC utilities.
-
- (Not distributed routinely but available)
-
- RBBS-LIT.ZIP Merges to reduce size of RBBS-PC.EXE.
- RBBSSEXE.ZIP RBBS-PC.EXE. Smaller, faster, minimal debugging.
-
- Simply uncompress the first three files and follow the instruction in the
- RBBS-PC documentation entitled, "INSTALLING RBBS-PC".
-
- For those who have never operated an electronic bulletin board before,
- we suggest getting Bantam Books' "The Complete Electronic Bulletin Board
- Starter Kit" by Charles Bowen and David Peyton (ISBN 0-553-34552-4).
- RBBS-PC's documentation is only a "reference" and is not nearly as good
- a learning guide for new SYSOP's. However, the book only covers RBBS-PC
- version 15.1C, and therefore does not cover new features. Version 17.3
- is downward compatible with the system files of 15.1C.
-
- Enjoy!
- Ken Goosens & Doug Azzarito