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- There are a few items you need to be aware of if you are using the install
- program to upgrade an existing version of PCBoard:
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- 1. If you have multiple nodes installed, insure you have a BOARD.BAT
- and a PCBOARD.DAT in the directory where PCBOARD is going to be
- installed. If you do not have these files, copy them from one of
- your node directories before you begin the install. For example,
- If you have the following type of configuration
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- \PCB--+
- |
- +---- NODE1
- +---- NODE2
- +---- NODE3
- +---- NODE4
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- where the \PCB directory does not have a PCBOARD.DAT or BOARD.BAT
- copy those two files from your NODE1 subdirectory so the INSTALL
- program can do a complete upgrade.
-
- NOTE NOTE
- NOTE If you are running v15.X and upgrading to v15.2 then IGNORE the NOTE
- NOTE information shown below (items 2 through 5): NOTE
- NOTE NOTE
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- The INSTALL program does not know where to find all of your nodes.
- If you have multiple nodes you may have to upgrade each node
- manually. If you do, the following lists the steps you must use to
- upgrade each node:
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- 2. Run your BOARD.BAT and immediately exit your call-waiting screen.
- This will update the PCB environment variable so PCBSetup can
- properly set the options already in use.
-
- 3. Each BOARD.BAT you use must be changed. Remove the line which
- says:
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- if exist event.bat rename event.bat event.sys
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- NOTE: Do not remove the line which says "if exist event.bat event"
- or your events will *NOT* run.
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- Also, change the line which reads PCB145 to run PCBOARD instead.
- If you are using the /M code, change it to PCBOARDM.
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- 4. Change to each node directory and run PCBSetup. If the PCBOARD.DAT
- file used by the node has not been upgraded, you will see a version
- change notice. Acknowledge the notice and when you are at the
- PCBSetup Main Menu exit and save (using a full save - Y) to upgrade
- the PCBOARD.DAT file.
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- 5. If each of your nodes uses its own copy of PCBTEXT you must manually
- upgrade each copy of PCBTEXT. After you install the upgrade, you
- will find a FIXTEXT.EXE file in the same directory as your
- PCBOARD.EXE. The syntax for the FIXTEXT program is:
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- FIXTEXT <filename>
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- Replace <filename> with the location of the PCBTEXT file to
- upgrade.
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- You may have downloaded this software as a single PCBOARD.ZIP file. If so,
- to utilize this file, follow the procedure below:
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- 1) Create a \TEMP directory
- 2) Unzip the PCBOARD.ZIP file into the \TEMP directory
- 3) Then run the INSTALL program from the \TEMP directory
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- INSTALL is capable of both first-time installations as well as upgrading
- existing v14.0 through v15.1 systems.
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- For additional information about PCBoard version 15.2, refer to the following
- files.
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- WHATSNEW.150 - A detailed list of differences between PCBoard 14.5a and 15.0
- WHATSNEW.151 - A detailed list of what is new between v15.0 and v15.1
- WHATSNEW.152 - A detailed list of what is new between v15.1 and v15.2
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- PPE_INFO - Descriptions of the PPL applications (PPS/PPE files) found in
- the PPL subdirectory
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- What if my Download Text or Download PPE in PCBTEXT Record #61 Stops Working?
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- PCBoard v15.2 splits the single file and batch file transfer prompts into
- two separate prompts. Record #61 is now used only for single file prompts
- while record #728 is used for batch file prompts. You may want to customize
- record #728 to match your prompt in #61, or keep them separate as they are
- used for the two different types of prompts (single and batch).
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- Similarly, record #729 is a new one which corresponds with record #68, having
- to do with single versus batch uploads.
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- Important Information about Manual Updates!!!
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- -Pages 349-350-
-
- A clarification needs to be made in regards to COMM-DRV. If a serial
- card is supported by COMM-DRV, that is no guarantee it will be
- supported by PCBoard. For example, some models of intelligent cards
- are connected through RJ-45 connectors which do not have enough wires
- for the RS-232 signals PCBoard requires. These cards may not support
- the RTS or CD signals which are essential for host communications
- programs like PCBoard.
-
- Of the cards listed in the manual, only GTEK and Boca are known to
- have these type of connectors on their intelligent cards. Other
- models from these manufacturers may work just fine like the GTEK
- BBS550 which supports all of the necessary signals.
-
- -Page 358-
-
- The example Arnet command line switch for the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS
- neglected to show the /Z:1 command line parameter necessary to force
- DTR high as control is passed to external protocols or programs.
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- Important Information about PPL!!!
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- What to do in case of Unable to Allocate Memory problems for PPEs
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- Because of added memory requirements, some people may experience
- problems running out of memory when running PPE's, especially
- DESQview users where memory may already be tight.
-
- There are a couple of approaches to solving this problem. The
- following outlines a few of them. You may only need one of the
- solutions mentioned below, or you may need a combination of them or
- others.
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- 1) Reduce PCBoard's memory consumption. You can do this by turning
- off the Pre-load PCBTEXT and Pre-load CNAMES options in PCBSetup |
- Configuration Options | Switches. You can also reduce memory
- consumption during local logins by reducing the size of the
- scrollback buffer.
-
- 2) Increase conventional memory availibility. Many memory managers
- allow usage of VGA memory when not in VGA mode. For example,
- using QEMM you can add the following to your config.sys file...
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- DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS I=A000-B7FF (plus any additional parameters)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^
- This will add up to 96K of conventional memory to your system.
-
- 3) If you are using DESQview, you can sometimes get more memory by
- NOT using DOS=HIGH in your config.sys. Rarely, you can get more
- *by* using DOS=HIGH. It is best to experiment both with and
- without and open up a DESQview window after each test to see how
- much memory is really free.
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- 4) You can adjust the amount of free memory even more by reducing the
- "DOS Buffers for EMS" and the "Shared Memory" settings found in
- the DV Setup program. However, these changes should be a last
- resort unless the existing settings are exessively high.
- Recommended settings would be about 18-20 K for the shared memory
- and 6-8 K for the DOS Buffers for EMS setting.
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- What to do if a PPE executes slowly or appears to halt
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- This is usual a problem of overlay thrashing. With the size of the
- overlay buffers set too small, PCBoard can spend an excessive amount
- of time pulling code into the overlay buffers which will have
- anywhere from a small to an huge impact on PPE performance.
-
- An overlay buffer size of 20 will probably work for most people who
- want to run PPEs. If your PPEs will be accessing dBase files, then a
- buffer size of 25 or more may be necessary for optimum performance.
-
- You can set the overlay buffer size by using the OVLSIZE.EXE program
- to adjust your PCBOARD.EXE (or PCBOARDM.EXE) file like this:
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- OVLSIZE PCBOARD.EXE <-- tells you the current setting
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- OVLSIZE PCBOARD.EXE 25 <-- sets the overlay size to 25
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- Remember: if your pcboard.exe file is set to read-only, you will
- need to make it read/write first, then run OVLSIZE, then make it
- read-only once again. The procedure looks something like this:
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- ATTRIB -R PCBOARD.EXE
- OVLSIZE PCBOARD.EXE 25
- ATTRIB +R PCBOARD.EXE
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- Important Information about PCBMail!!!
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- How to make a PCBMail group in Windows ?
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- 1. Go to the file pull down menu item and select New Group...
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- 2. Enter in the group name and description into the text fields.
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- 3. Select New Item... from the file pull down menu.
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- 4. Enter PCBMail in the description field.
- ~~~~~~~
- 5. Enter the path and file name of your PCBMAIL.EXE file.
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- 6. Enter the working directory for PCBMail to use.
- NOTE: PCBMail needs this directory to store configuration
- information required to run PCBMail.
-
- Also to execute PCBMail login configuration only, you may execute
- PCBMAIL.EXE with a -CONFIG on the command line prompt.
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- For example: PCBMAIL.EXE -CONFIG
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- This manual and software assumes the reader has some basic prior
- knowledge of using PCBoard and Microsoft Windows. All questions and
- comments related to PCBMail should be directed to...
-
-
- Clark Development Company, Inc
- 3950 South 700 East, Suite 303
- Murray, Utah 84107-2173
-
- Voice 801.261.1686
- BBS 801.261.8976
- FAX 801.261.8987
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-
- System Requirements
-
- Below is a list of hardware and software that is necessary for a base
- configuration of PCBMail v1.0.
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- Hardware
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- - IBM or compatible computer (80386 SX or higher)
- - 2 MB of memory
- - Hard disk drive with at least 1 MB of free space for PCBMail
- executables, plus another 1 MB free for storage of your saved
- messages and downloaded files.
- - Mouse
- - Printer (optional; required to print messages)
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- Software
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- - MS-DOS version 5.0 or later
- - Microsoft Windows 3.1
- - PCBoard Software v15.2 or higher
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- To start PCBMail you need to execute the PCBMAIL.EXE from within
- Windows. PCBMail will check your PCB.CFG for valid startup name and
- location of your PCBOARD.DAT file. If PCBMail is unable to locate
- PCBOARD.DAT in the location specified it will bring up the
- configuration dialog box prompting for an appropriate name and
- location of the PCBOARD.DAT file.
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