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- ( T.A.G. 2.5f - Copyright (C) 1986-1990 Robert Numerick, )
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- T.A.G. BBS Version 2.5f - Start Up Documentation - Page 1
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- < T.A.G. Version 2.5f Start Up Instructions >
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- \ By Victor Capton /
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- T.A.G. is distributed with a standard configuration that we have found
- to work well for beginning boards. It is extremely easy to get T.A.G.
- up and running, but a lot of work must be put into any bulletin board
- system to make it your own.
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- Add the following lines in your "config.sys" boot file (usually found
- in the root directory of your C drive). If "config.sys" does not
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- device=ansi.sys
- buffers=30
- files=20
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- If the file "ansi.sys" does not exist in your root directory, you must
- copy it from your master MS-DOS boot disk.
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- If the "files" and/or "buffers" lines already exist in your
- "config.sys", make sure "files" are defined to at least 20, and
- "buffers" to at least 30.
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- Required Files
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- GFILE25F.ZIP - Start up files and documentation for T.A.G.
- (the archive this file was contained in).
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- MAIN25F.ZIP - T.A.G. Main Programs.
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- DOCS25F.ZIP - T.A.G. Main Documentation.
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- T.A.G. BBS Version 2.5f - Start Up Documentation - Page 2
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- Directory Setup
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- The following directory setup is what the start up system is configured
- to. If you choose to put T.A.G. on another drive besides "C" or wish
- to use another directory structure, you must follow the instructions
- for differing directories later in this document.
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- From the root directory of your "C" drive (C:\), make a directory
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- md bbs
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- cd bbs
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- Make two other directories called "GFILES" and "MSGS":
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- md msgs
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- Main BBS Directory BBS --+-- GFILES Main Data Files Directory
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- Start Up File Placement
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- UnZip the following archives into the indicated directory:
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- MAIN25F.ZIP - Into the Main BBS Directory (C:\BBS)
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- BBS25F.ZIP - Into the Main BBS directory (C:\BBS). This
- file is located in the start up archive
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- SUPP25F.ZIP - Into the Main Data Files Directory
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- T.A.G. BBS Version 2.5f - Start Up Documentation - Page 3
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- Booting the System
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- Now you are almost ready to boot T.A.G. Make sure your system time and
- date are set correctly.
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- If you are using the standard directory setup as stated above you may
- skip this next paragraph.
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- Starting up a system on a different directory setup requires you to do
- two things immediately after booting the system. First T.A.G. will
- state the default Main Data Files Directory is invalid; you must enter
- the COMPLETE path of the Main Data Files Directory you are using
- (including the drive letter). Secondly you must immediately enter the
- system configuration (the default SysOp Password #3 is "SYSOP"), go
- into the "General Variables" screen and set options A through C to the
- correct directories. After preforming these two steps you may proceed
- with the setup normally.
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- If you are using Communications Port #1 (COM1) for your system you may
- skip the next paragraph.
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- Starting a system on Communications Port #2 through #4 (COM2 - COM4)
- for the first time requires an extra parameter. Simply enter "TAG
- /COM#" (where "#" is the number of communications port you are using)
- to boot the system instead of the given string. After booting the
- system once, the "/COM#" parameter is no longer needed since T.A.G.'s
- system configuration has been modified directly.
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- To boot the system, go into the Main BBS Directory (C:\BBS) and type:
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- TAG
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- After preforming several boot steps, the system will attempt to
- initialize the modem. If after a few seconds the system is still
- trying to initialize the modem, press the <SPACE BAR> to abort the
- initialization process. In this case you will have to modify the modem
- initialization string as defined in the system configuration to suit
- your particular modem (assuming the modem is turned on, and hooked up
- correctly). See the main documentation for more information.
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- T.A.G. BBS Version 2.5f - Start Up Documentation - Page 4
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- System Configuration
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- To configure the system to your particular needs, use the system
- configuration command from the SysOp menu. Follow these steps to enter
- system configuration:
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- - Press "Control-Q" or "S" from the wait screen to enter the
- SysOp menu.
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- - Press "S" to edit system configuration.
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- - A ":" will appear, this indicates the system is waiting for a
- SysOp Password. In this case the default SysOp password #3
- is "SYSOP". Type "SYSOP" and press enter.
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- Once inside the system configuration, carefully look over each section
- and change whatever you feel necessary. The main documentation
- contains detailed information about each function if necessary, though
- many of the options will be fairly obvious.
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- After you are finished, press "Q" to exit back to the SysOp menu. And
- then "Q" again to exit to the wait screen.
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- Creating the SysOp User
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- 1. From the wait screen press the <SPACE BAR> to logon locally.
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- 2. Answer "Y" at the verification prompt.
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- 3. After the title screen is displayed you will be asked to enter
- your user name or ID number. You are a new user so type the name
- you wish to represent the SysOp of the system (most systems use
- "SYSOP").
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- 4. T.A.G. will inform you that the user does not exist, answer "Y" to
- continue with the new user logon.
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- 5. Proceed to enter to required new user information.
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- 6. After your logon is complete, work your way to the main menu.
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- 7. Now to give yourself Full SysOp access:
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- - Press Alt-F1, and enter "N" to validate your account to
- normal access.
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- - Press F1, and enter 255 for SL (security level).
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- - Press Shift-F1, and enter 255 for DSL (download security
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- - Press Shift-F2, and type "*" to toggle all AR flags active.
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- T.A.G. BBS Version 2.5f - Start Up Documentation - Page 6
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- ** Optional Setup Items **
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- Included with the start up package are the following files provided by
- Jason Hunt at the Pirate's Chest BBS:
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- ANSIMENU.ZIP - Sample ANSI graphic menus for several areas of the
- system.
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- To set up these ANSI menus for use on your system, simply
- unzip the ANSIMENU.ZIP file into your main data files
- directory (C:\BBS\GFILES).
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- Next enter the menu editor from either the wait screen or
- from the main menu. Modify each of the following menus, and
- place the listed name in the "Help File ID" field (option 6
- after choosing which menu to modify). These menus replace
- T.A.G.'s normal help level (help level 3) menus.
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- Main Menu - Set the help file ID to "MAIN".
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- Message Menu - Set the help file ID to "MSG".
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- File System Menu - Set the help file ID to "FILE".
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- Batch Download Menu - Set the help file ID to "BATDL".
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- Batch Upload Menu - Set the help file ID to "BATUL".
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- Now when a user has ANSI graphics active, they will see these
- menus, as apposed to the standard ones T.A.G. generates from
- the information in the menu editor.
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- ANSI graphic file generators such as The Draw (tm) can be
- used to create and/or modify these types of menus.
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- NEWUSERQ.ZIP - Sample new user questionnaire.
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- To set the new user questionnaire up on your system, simply
- unzip the NEWUSERQ.ZIP file into your main data files
- directory (C:\BBS\GFILES). T.A.G. will automatically search
- for the file after a new user logs onto the system and
- execute the questionnaire. See the main documentation for
- more information, it is very likely that you will wish to
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- T.A.G. BBS Version 2.5f - Start Up Documentation - Page 7
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- Closing Notes
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- Using the main/menu documentation and the provided sample files, the
- customization of your system should be fairly straight forward.
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- Experiment!!!
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- It's a big system, don't expect to learn it all in one sitting.
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- Things to do to a new system:
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- - Modify the system configuration for your system. Go into each
- configuration screen and look at all the options. If you are not
- sure about on of them, check the main documentation for detailed
- information.
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- - Check over the menus and command access levels in the menu editor
- (//MENUEDIT). Determine what access levels you are going to
- assign new users, normal users, privileged users, remote sysops,
- etc.
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- - Add/change message sections with the message section editor
- (//BOARDEDIT).
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- - Add/change file sections with the file section editor
- (//DLBOARDEDIT).
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- - Add/change the validation levels with the access editor
- (//ACCESS).
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- - Add/change the protocols defined for the system using the single
- and batch protocol editors (//SINGLE and //BATCH). Also obtain
- the required files (such as DSZ) and place them in your main BBS
- directory (C:\BBS). See the main documentation.
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- - Change or edit the default text files for your system. There are
- many files that do not appear in the Main Data File and Alternate
- Text File Directories (C:\BBS\GFILES). These optional files are
- listed in the main documentation.
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- - Add *.CLR versions of various text files for ANSI users. You'll
- need and ANSI editor to do this. "The Draw" is by far the best in
- my opinion. See the main documentation for information on wish
- files have the "*.CLR" option.
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- - Create a voting board using the voting editor (//IVOTES).
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- - Post mail in each message section describing what it is (remember
- to (S)can all new message bases before attempting to post any
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- - Set up or modify the various trash can systems to prevent use of
- various user names, phone numbers, or upload file names.
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- - Use the file utilities to add any files you already have to their
- appropriate download section (see FUTIL*.ZIP, where "*" is the
- latest version number available).
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- - Set up any games you wish to be on-line (T.A.G., PC-Board(tm),
- RBBS(tm), DOORS.SYS, GAP(tm), QuickBBS(tm), and many others are
- supported). See the main documentation.
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- - Set up a shell DOS system if you wish one to be available. See
- the main documentation.
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- - Consider setting up TAGMail to inter-connect with the
- International Net/Matrix/Echo system. It's a whole new world out
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- Hopefully you will enjoy being
- a SysOp as much as we have.
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