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- [UTL-READ.ME] Feb 11, 1990
-
- Dear fellow SYSOP,
-
- This is the read me file for the utilities distributed with
- RBBS-PC version 17.3. It should be a part of RBBS-UTL.ZIP,
- containing the following files:
-
- UTIL\MU-EDIT.EXE Utility to work with MESSAGE files outside of RBBS-PC
- UTIL\MU-EDIT.DOC Documentation for MU-EDIT.EXE
-
- UTIL\MU-PURGE.EXE Utility to pack USER and MESSAGE files
- UTIL\MU-PURGE.DOC Documentation for MU-PURGE.EXE
- UTIL\DAILY.CTL Sample daily control file for MU-PURGE.EXE
- UTIL\WEEKLY.CTL Sample weekly control file for MU-PURGE.EXE
-
- UTIL\RECONFIG.EXE Utility to convert older RBBS-PC.DEF files to 17.3 format
- UTIL\RECONFIG.DOC Documentation for RECONFIG.EXE
- UTIL\RECONFIG.BAS Source for RECONFIG.EXE
-
- UTIL\FFS.DOC Documentation for fast file search
- UTIL\MAKEFFS.BAT Batch file to create fast file search system
- UTIL\MAKEFIDX.BAS Source code for MAKEFIDX.EXE
- UTIL\MAKEFIDX.EXE Utility to create list of downloadable files
- UTIL\MAKEFIDX.KG Driver/configuration file for MAKEFIDX.EXE
- UTIL\MAKETABS.BAS Source code for MAKETABS.EXE
- UTIL\MAKETABS.EXE Utility to create an index for file list
-
- This file is part of a larger set of files and should not
- normally be distributed alone.
-
- RBBS-PC Version CPC17.3 is distributed via three mandatory and four
- optional standard "ZIP" files. Two sets of merges 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
- 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 the First Time."
-
- 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