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- │ Dollarmania! │
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- │COPYRIGHT 1995 T&J Software │
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- One of the T&J Software Collection of multi-BBS door programs.
- Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS, Spitfire,
- UltraBBS, Telegard, TriBBS, and Remote Access.
-
- VERSION 3.00 07/24/95
-
- By
-
- Tom Wildoner
- 397 West Broadway
- Jim Thorpe, PA
- 18229
- VOICE (717)325-9480
- *between 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time
-
- From
-
- The T&J Software BBS
- NODE 1: (717)325-9481 28.8k
- NODE 2: (717)325-4369 28.8k
- NODE 3: (717)325-2054 28.8k
- 24 Hours/Day
-
- INTERNET: tjsoft@postoffice.ptd.net
- FIDO: 1:268/400 FREQ TJSOFT for info packet!
- FTP: ftp europa.com /outgoing/DOORS/tj-software
-
-
- LATEST VERSION:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Please call the T&J BBS for the latest version of this program. It will
- always be found in file area #1 on our BBS.
-
- LEGALITIES:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^
- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
- WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS
- PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING
- OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
-
- DISTRIBUTION:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
- upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
- changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
- individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
- whatsoever, without the written permission of the author. This does not
- include pay BBS's or placing this archive on CD-Roms. You have the
- authors permission to place this on the CD of your choice.
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Dollarmania! is a simple slot machine door program -- players enter
- bets (up to the sysop defined maximum), press enter, and wait for their
- big payoff!
-
- Online help, payoff tables and the alltime high scorer information is
- available while the user is in the door. The jackpot, player starting
- money and number of attempts per day is all sysop configurable!
-
- At the conclusion of play, the door also creates a top 25 score file,
- both color and mono. The door resets automatically every Monday.
-
- The jackpot automatically increments upward with every play.
-
- If the users spends all of his/her money, he cannot play again until
- Monday when the door resets!
-
- This version supports the InterBBS play style. Using a front end program
- multiple BBS's may join their users together to compete for the high
- score! Please consult the IBBS.TXT file for further details.
-
- NOTE:
- ^^^^^
- Your users will only be allowed 5 attempts per day until the door is
- registered.
-
- REGISTRATION:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Upon registering this program, you will receive a file called
- DMANIA.KEY which will unlock the full potential of the program.
- Distribution of a registered key file will void all programs you
- have purchased from T&J Software.
-
- Key files are not tranferrable to any other BBS unless your BBS
- closes or is sold. T&J Software charges $5 per door transfer fee to
- create a new KEY file. This $5 fee is also included if you frequently
- change your BBS Name or Phone Number. By frequently, we mean 3-5 times
- per year - yes, some people do!
-
- INSTALLATION: (using the DMANIA UTILITY command)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Run Dollarmania! using the command string UTILITY (i.e. DMANIA UTILITY)
-
- Just type: DMANIA UTILITY
-
- You will be presented with a list options:
-
- 1.] Reset the door.
- 2.] Setup your DMANIA.CFG file.
- 3.] Setup your SYSOP.CFG file.
- 4.] Reset the ALLTIME high score file.
- 5.] Quit.
-
- Let's start with number one and reset the entire door from scratch!
-
- Now, select number two to setup the DMANIA.CFG file. Just answer all
- the questions that are presented.
-
- Now, select number three to setup your SYSOP.CFG file. You will be asked
- the following questions:
-
- --- Starting jackpot amount.
- --- Number of tries per day.
- --- Starting cash.
- --- PATH to color bulletin.
- --- PATH to mono bulletin.
- --- Number of times they can play per day.
-
- These are further explained in the UTILITY sub-program.
-
- CONFIGURATION:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The DMANIA.CFG contains only FOUR (4) lines. Running DMANIA UTILITY
- will prompt you for all the info!
-
- LINE 1: Must contain the complete PATH and FILENAME to your BBS
- Caller DROP FILE. Please consult your BBS documentation to
- what drop files are supported by your BBS system.
-
-
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your PCBOARD.SYS file)
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your USERS.SYS file)
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <=- (Full pathname of your DOOR.SYS file)
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your USERINFO.DAT file)
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <=- (Full pathname of your CALLINFO.BBS file)
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <=- (Full pathname of your DORINFOx.DEF file
- where 'x' is the BBS Node number.
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <=- (Full pathname of your SFDOORS.DAT file)
-
- LINE 2: Contains your BBS Name.
-
- LINE 3: Contains the Sysop's first name.
-
- LINE 4: Contains the Sysop's last name.
-
- See the sample DMANIA.CFG provided!
-
- Example Batch File
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- A sample batch file is included and is similer to the following:
- ECHO OFF
- CD\DOORS\DMANIA <=- Switch to the door's Directory.
- DMANIA DMANIA.CFG <=- Execute the door program and pass the
- configuration filename to the program.
- CD\PCB <=- Go back to PCB DIR when user exits door.
- BOARD <=- Restart BBS.
-
- NOTE: Not all BBS's require you to restart the BBS! For Wildcat! v4.x
- systems:
-
- ECHO OFF
- CD\WILDCAT\DOORS\DMANIA
- DMANIA DMANIA.CFG
-
- This Door is multi-node compatible so you may run more than 1 node from
- the same .CFG file provided the path to your system file (DORINFOx.DEF,
- CALLINFO.BBS, etc) is exactly the same unless you are using environment
- variables, (q.v.)
-
- Normally, when running multinode, just setup different DMANIA.CFG files
- for each node: DMANIA1.CFG DMANIA2.CFG etc....
-
- Environment Variables
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- PCBoard automatically creates the %PCBDRIVE% & %PCBDIR% environment
- variables. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including
- the following in either your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT
- SET PCBDRIVE=C: <- Drive letter of your BBS files
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR <- Path to your BBS files
- Then in your Door .CFG file instead of putting C:\BBSDIR\DOOR.SYS, you
- would put %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS. This allows you to use just one
- .CFG file for multi-node operation!
-
- To specify a non-standard IRQ, put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the
- command line. For example:
-
- DMANIA DMANIA.CFG /5
- or using the PCBDRIVE procedure: SET IRQ=5 and use
- DMANIA DMANIA.CFG /%IRQ%
-
- This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ.
-
- Had reports of conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware
- systems. Seems Novell also uses the / character so something went screwy
- somewhere. So I added the * (asterisk) which may be used instead of the /
- in case of a conflict. In other words, /%IRQ% and *%IRQ% will both work
- and are interchangeable.
-
- When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the doors .CFG
- file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
- and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
-
- PCBoard:
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
- USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS
-
- Wildcat!:
-
- DOOR.SYS in C:\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE Directories
-
- In each CAT.BAT file that starts a NODE place the SET WCNODEID=
- statement. EXAMPLE: In my CAT1.BAT file, which loads NODE 1 in
- DESQview, I have this line:
-
- SET WCNODEID=1
-
- In my CAT2.BAT file I have SET WCNODEID=2
-
- Your DMANIA.CFG file, line 1, would read:
-
- C:\WILDCAT\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID%\DOOR.SYS
-
- The 1 or 2 will replace the %WCNODEID% variable in the cfg file!
-
- Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
- in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
- SET PCBDRIVE=C:
- SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
- SET PCBNODE=1
-
- Fossil Driver Support
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- DoorFrame supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use the
- Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the command
- line when running the door. For example:
- MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
- indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
- driver is detected, DoorFrame will print a message to that effect and exit
- the door gracefully.
-
- This is generally required for those running under a digiboard setup. For
- Digiboards, you will also have to obtain a copy of DigiFossil.
-
- CD\WILDCAT\DOORS\DMANIA
- DF ON
- DMANIA DMANIA.CFG /FD
- DF DIGI
-
- Sysop Keys
- ^^^^^^^^^^
- F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or
- written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F4 - Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR.
- F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS.
- F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard
- and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS
- F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR.
- ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed.
- UP - Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR.
- DN - Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR.
- HOME - HELP key for Status Line options.
- ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only)
- ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is
- passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems.
-
- PROBLEMS:
- ^^^^^^^^^
- See the TJHELP.TXT file!
- Please feel free to contact me if you have any problems at all.
-
- MAINTENANCE:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- No nightly maintenance required in this version! If you previously
- ran nightly maintenance, remove it from your nightly batch file! It
- won't cause any problems, but may make a loud beep.
-
- RUNNING LOCALLY:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- To run in LOCAL mode simply type DMANIA LOCAL
-
- UPGRADING:
- ^^^^^^^^^^
- See UPGRADE.DOC.
-
- FUTURE VERSIONS:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Let me know what you would like to see added!!
-
- VERSION HISTORY:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- See the HISTORY.TXT file.
-
- REGISTERING:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- That's all there is to it! If you have any problems or questions
- please feel free to call the T&J BBS at (717)325-9481 and join the
- T&J Software Conference.
-
- See the enclosed registration form for ordering! (REGISTER.TXT)
-