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- The File Download Door
- Version 2.0
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- by: Lance Williams
- Kadet PCBoard
- P. O. Box 266
- Camden, NY 13316
- (315) 245-3815
- USR DS HST/V.32
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- Description:
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- The File Download Door is a door you can run on your PCBoard 14.5+
- system to allow users to call into your system and be sent to the door
- for a file transfer. I originally wrote the door for the distribution
- of Robert Falbo's THEREF drive and controller files. After that, I
- decided to modify the program to make it more generic and to adapt it to
- make it usable for novice users to download a file easy, such as the new
- PCBoard Caller's Guide. I have included the setups for running the
- program for downloading the Caller's Guide. I run it right after the
- verification system for new users so they can grab the Caller's Guide if
- they want it on their first call.
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- This door will work with either a pre-assigned ID, or with regular
- callers. If the user matched the pre-assigned ID, he is asked for his
- real name and city/state he is calling from. This is just used for
- logging purposes, so you can track where he is calling from, and who has
- called into the door. If the user is calling on your pre-assigned ID,
- he will be hung up on after a successful file transfer and the used time
- for that caller will be subtracted from the time used today. Since the
- preassigned user is immediately logged off, you need not worry about
- protecting your system from this ID, as long as you have it set up as a
- log-in door. Regular system callers will have the option of <G>oodbye
- after transfer or returning to PCBoard.
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- Setup:
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- Configuration file:
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- GUIDE.CNF:
- INTERRUPT
- CALGUIDE.ZIP
- D:\PCB\DL36
- NUL
- GUIDE.LOG
- C:\PCB\MAIN\DOWNLOAD.TXT
- GUIDEOPN
- GUIDEVER
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- Line Descriptions:
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- Line #1: Either INTERRUPT or BIOS
- Line #2: File to send caller
- Line #3: Drive and directory to find file in
- Line #4: Pre-assigned Caller ID (NUL for no Pre-Assigned ID)
- Line #5: Door Transfer Log File
- Line #6: Path/filename of your PCBoard DOWNLOAD.TXT file.
- Line #7: Filename of the opening screen
- Line #8: Filename of the version screen (Displays version # and Date)
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- You can have multiple configuration files for multiple door setups,
- each with it's own caller ID, welcome & version screens, log file, and
- file to send, if you wish. Just call each by a different batch file,
- and assign a different security level to each pre-assigned ID in PCBSM.
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- Transfer Batch files:
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- The Door currently supports X/Y/Zmodem transfers (with error
- correction if available), using DSZ from Omen Technology. Please be
- sure to use DSZ and not GSZ in the batch files, as the windowing
- routines in DLDOOR.EXE may be corrupted on the shell to dos to run GSZ.
- I haven't found that to be a problem, but better safe than sorry. The
- batch files included should work on your system without modification.
- the format of the filenames is DLDOORx.BAT, where 'x' is the protocol
- letter (X,O,F,Y,G,Z). If you find a problem with these batch files, let
- me know....
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- Door Batch File:
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- GUIDE door batch file:
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- @echo off
- e:
- cd \doors\dldoor
- ---> dl-door guide.cnf c:\pcb <---
- c:
- cd \pcb
- board
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- The line that calls the door required 2 parameters, the configuration
- file, and the default PCB directory for this node (location of the
- PCBOARD.SYS and PCBOARD.DAT files for this caller).
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- PCBoard Setups:
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- To use this door as a distribution door under a pre-defined Caller
- ID, you must create an ID for users to call in under, the same as
- defined in your configuration file. I created the ID of THEREF ONLINE,
- and gave it a password of FALBO. I then let Bob Falbo know of the ID
- and he informed anyone who wished to call just to get the file, they no
- longer needed to register into the system to DL the file, and it saves
- callers 4-7 minutes of online time.
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- I gave the ID of THEREF ONLINE a security level (5) that no other
- user on the system will ever get, and then set up the THEREFDL door as
- follows:
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- File Pass Sec Login USER.SYS DOOR.SYS SHELL Batch Path
- ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
- THEREFDL 5 Y N N N
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- This will make all callers to go directly into the door who call
- under the pre-assigned ID when they login. If a user logs on under the
- pre-assigned ID, the door will recognize this fact (assuming you have
- things configured properly :-> ), and will ask the caller for his real
- name for log purposes. After a successful download, the caller will be
- logged off by the door, and the USERS file will be properly updated.
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- Registered users can log into the door as a regular door and use the
- system normally, as well. They will be returned to the system after a
- successful download or logged off, whichever they choose.
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- For the PCBoard Caller's Guide, I set up the system as follows:
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- File Pass Sec Login USER.SYS DOOR.SYS SHELL Batch Path
- ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
- GUIDE 8 N N N N
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- This will make the door available to all callers with a security
- level of 8 or more (registered/unverified users and above on my system).
- I also used the NUL for the pre-assigned ID so that there are no chances
- of logging off a user after transfer.
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- By not making it a login door, no one will be sent directly to it
- when they login, but I did add the commands to run the door to the batch
- file I use to run the verification door I wrote. This way, they are
- verified and then they are asked if they want to DL the Caller's Guide.
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- Information Logs:
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- The door will update 3 log files: The node's Callers Log, the
- system's DOWNLOAD.TXT file, and the door's own definable Log file, which
- is similar to the DOWNLOAD.TXT file that PCBoard uses.
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- Enclosed Setups/Files:
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- I have included my setups for both THEREF and GUIDE, which are for
- downloading the Hard Drive Reference Files (available on Kadet PCBoard
- as THEREFxx.ZIP) and for downloading the PCBoard Caller's Guide
- (CALGUIDE.EXE), which Clark Development Co, Inc. was kind enough to
- allow me to include in this archive for you in self-extracting form.
- Each of the setups are contained in the internal ZIP's THEREF.ZIP and
- GUIDE.ZIP respectively. The should prove helpful in setting up the door
- on your system.
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- Registration:
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- **************************** N O T I C E *****************************
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- This program is in no way crippled or disabled. I am offering it free
- of charge as a service to sysops to make it easier for new users to
- download the new PCBoard Caller's Guide and THEREF hard drive reference
- files. However, if you are going to use this door for anything other
- than offering the PCBoard Caller's Guide (CALGUIDE.EXE/CALGUIDE.ZIP) or
- THEREFxx.ZIP to your users for easy download, please consider making a
- donation to support my door programming efforts. I suggest a donation
- of $15. You may mail your donation to:
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- Lance Williams
- P. O. Box 266
- Camden, NY 13316
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- You will not receive a keyfile or registration number or anything else,
- but just be honoring the shareware agreement. The donation is in no way
- to be considered a purchase fee for either the PCBoard Caller's Guide OR
- TheRef Hard Drive Reference.
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- The Legal Stuff:
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- The Download Door ("The Software") is COPYRIGHT 1993 by Lance
- Williams, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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- The author of this software is not liable for damages suffered as a
- result of the improper use, proper use, or inability to use this
- software. This type of disclaimer is prohibited by law in some states,
- and is therefore void in those states.
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