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- KeWlcHaT v1.2 Documentation
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- Welcome to KeWlcHaT v1.2
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- What is Kewlchat?: Totally FREE sysop split screen chat door, with a few
- features!
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- Why is it free?: I just felt like it!
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- What's new from v1.1?: Look in WHATSNEW.DOC
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- FEATURES!
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- So what cool features does it have:
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- Kewl Split screen sysop to user chatting!
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- Optional paging!
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- You can set paging hours for each day of the week!
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- 4 built in emotions you or the user can use just by pressing a '/' and a
- letter (e.g. "Franz Laughs..." will apear if you type /l on a new line!, if
- your name is franz that is:)
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- Set the lenght of the optional page.
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- Asks for a reason for chat!
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- Page can be aborted by sysop!
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- includes a simple ascii chatting interface, no splitscreen, no emotions ...
- there are still people who still have those 300 modes and use ansi ..:)
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- it can do ASCII/ANSI/AVATAR and is rip aware but does not include any rip
- pics or nothing:)
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- most of the regular door stuff like shell, drop to bbs, hang up .... all
- that stuff
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- FREEWARE!
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- This program is freeeware which means ya should not charge for it, unless the
- cost covers your distribution charges. I accept donations but Ya don't need
- to send no money .. the software is FREE!!!! Ya got too much to pay just
- running a board!
-
- This software is the copyright (c)1995 of George Lebl, with parts which were
- written by the author of opendoors, Brian Pirie.
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- DISCLAIMER!
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- I think it would be really lame to blame anything on me since this is
- freeware. So this means I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you
- by the use of any of the files in this package. This means if KewlChat erases
- your hd and the monitor blows up and your house burns down and the russians
- drop an A-bomb on yer city ... I ain't responsible, You as a user are!
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- Other legal stuff
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- This package should not be altered, unless you ask my permission and i say
- yes ... it should contain these files:
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- SYSOP.DOC
- KEWLCHAT.EXE
- KEWLCHAT.CFG
- FILE_ID.DIZ
- KEWLCHAT.BAT
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- Getting newer versions!
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- Ok If you got WWW go to
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- http://www.azstarnet.com/~franz/
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- If ya only got ftp the files should be usually on
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- ftp.uniserve.com /pub/bbs_doors
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- if ya only got internet e-mail use the e-mail freq site (it should work)
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- TO: getfile@peacebbs.org
- SUBJECT: <the file name goes here>
- put anything in the body
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- FIDO FREQing should be available at 1:300/705. by filename only.
-
- or you can call my bbs! [520] 297-0889
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- The File naming covention is
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- KCHAT_??.ZIP
- ^^
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- +--- the version number ... (e.g. "12" for 1.2)
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- Installation!
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- Well to get you up and running fast, let's get to the instalation. Copy all
- files into a directory (e.g. C:\KEWLCHAT) and edit the KEWLCHAT.CFG file to
- your systems specifications. You can also use the example KEWLCHAT.BAT and
- edit it to your system specifications and then run the program from that!
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- If you want the door to page you, just add the parameter '-PAGE' to the
- command line and there ya go when the user enters the door it pages you!
- This is good for the page the sysop option! You can set the page duration
- and paging hours in the .cfg file!
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- If your bbs software cannot pass the comport information through the door
- file, then edit the comport options in the .CFG file. If you run a multiple
- nodes on such a system create more .CFG files (e.g. KC1.CFG, KC2.CFG) edit
- these ... (You have to put all the settins in both af them!) and start the
- KEWLCHAT.EXE with the -C option (e.g. KEWLCHAT.EXE -Ckc1.cfg)
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- If you have a bbs software that passes the comport information leave the
- comport settings in the .CFG file commented out. Even on a multinode system.
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- Sample batch files:
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- Let's say your bbs system is in c:\bbs your dropfiles for node 1 are in
- c:\bbs\node1, and in c:\bbs\node2 for node2 .. etc... Kewlchat is installed
- in c:\doors\kewlchat. This is example batch file which would be called with
- one command line argument which would be the node number
- (e.g. "KEWLCHAT.BAT 2" for node 2 to jump straight into the chat or
- "KEWLCHAT.BAT 2 -PAGE" to page you!)
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- KEWLCHAT.BAT
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- @echo off
- c:
- cd \doors\kewlchat
- REM change to the kewlchat dir
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- kewlchat -n%1 -pc:\bbs\node%1 %2
- REM call kewlchat with -n<node number> and -p<dropfile path> arguments
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- cd \bbs\node%1
- REM get back to you bbs\node<node number> directory
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- This setup should work for most systems. Just change the path to your
- specifications.
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- COMMAND LINE
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- Options:
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- -C = Run the game with config file differen from KEWLCHAT.CFG
- (e.g. -Ckcalt.cfg = run KEWLCHAT with the KCALT.CFG file)
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- -L = Force local operation. Does not read the drop file and ask for
- your name.
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- -P = Use drop file in dir specified after this option. You can also
- specify a drop file to use. (e.g. -Pc:\ra\doorinfo1.def or just
- -Pc:\ra\ to find the best suitable dropfile in that dir)
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- -N = Set node #. It is only used in the status line.
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- -PAGE = Page the sysop! Asks teh user for a reason to page and then pages
- you. If you use this option it will check for the paging hours and
- if it's outside it will exit with a message .. paging not allowed
- at this time. You can set the paging hours and duration in the
- .cfg file!
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- -S = Try to suspend users time. It will not log user off when the time
- runs out and it will suspend users time in the dropfile. This will
- only work on a system that reads back the time from dropfile.
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- -RDBPS = Forces the game to read the locked port rate. This was default in
- the past and had caused problems!. This argument is only used for
- solving problems with locked bps fossil driver setups!
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- Problems, Special Setups!
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- If you have problems with reading the dropfile. you might try editting the
- BBSDir parameter in the .cfg file. then you would call kewlchat without
- any parameters.
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- If you have this problem on a multinode system, create a .cfg file for every
- node (e.g. KC1.CFG, KC2.CFG ...) then call kewlchat with just the -C
- parameter.
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- for example for node 2:
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- kewlchat -Ckc2.cfg
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- That's IT!!!
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- You've done it ....
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- run KEWLCHAT -L to test it local, and enjoy the chatting
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- REGISTRATION:
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- What ... Ya wanna register a freeware ... oh well if u really needta send me
- some beer money .. but remember i only made the door better, not designed it.
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- If you have some money that you really have to send me, ok sure, please do!
- Or you just wanna bitch about something regarding the software!
-
- Franz
- 12460 n granville cyn way
- tucson,az 85737
- USA
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- Donations should be cash or money order only!!!! I don't wanna deal with
- returned checks or stuff like that. But remember it's not a shareware and you
- don't have to pay .. but it will prolly make me make the door better than it
- is.
-
- anywayz ... just enjoy .. ya don't heftta pay ... oh yeah if ya want to send
- me comments about it send it to
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- franz@azstarnet.com
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- and look at my page (will have the newest ver of KeWlcHaT)
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- http://www.azstarnet.com/~franz/
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- new files are usually on
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- ftp.uniserve.com /pub/bbs_doors
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- if ya wanna call my bbs call:
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- Franz's BBS [520] 297-0889
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- SUGGESTIONS:
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- Anywayz if you find something you like on other doors or you just made it up
- bitch to me about it and maybe i will make another version.
-
- There are two effective ways of getting me to do something, send me 20 e-mails
- a day, send me money, buy me a beer, well that's three ...:)
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- Have phun and go chat!
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- Other software I wrote:
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-
- New York 2008: RPG Door Game .. LORD alike but a bit more complicated and
- certainly different setting! (shareware $15)
- (newest version as of this v0.05a)
-
- Dirty Wall: A Wall door. The best looking, but not too configurable.
- It looks like a real wall, with bricks and everything.
- This is a different implementation of a poster program which i
- wrote for my bbs, and now it is a REAL door for any BBS software
- (freeware)
- (newest version as of this v2.2)
-
- FrEevOtE: A Freeware voting door, I think it's one of teh best voting doors!
- It is similiar to EZVote 6.1 but it got a bit more stuff (freeware)
- (newest version as of this v2.8)
-
- KeWlcHaT: That's this little program (freeware)
- (newest version as of this v1.2)
-
- BULLS: ANSI, ASCII bulletin maker, very simple but I use it all the time!
- (freeware) (newest version as of this v1.2)
-
- Jackpot: New York 2008 IGM. (freeware, source released for v1.0)
- (lost the source to the latest version in an HD crash)
- (newest version as of this v1.2 development stopped!)
-
- Franz's Bar: New York 2008 IGM. ($1-donation-ware) (lost the source in a crash)
- (newest version as of this v1.3 development stopped!)
-
- Shoot Em: New York 2008 IGM. ($1-donation-ware) (lost the source in a crash)
- (newest version as of this v1.1 development stopped!)
-
- HIDET: Encryption program (almost shareware, I require a $10 payment, but
- there is no crippling and i released the source) Unbeatable but slow
- Latest version is v2.2 which is stable and probably the last version
- anybody interested i will e-mail the source or encryption algorithm.
- It has a few neat things to it! I might rewrite the algorithm in C
- and make a cross platform encryption program. I'd consider it freeware!
-
- Battle: MARS Type programming game. For Windows 3.1. (wanted $10) but it again
- ain't crippled and ain't really good, and does not follow standards
- and i haven't recieved a single reg nor feedback in 3 years:)
- (newest version as of this v1)
-
- Things: REALLY STUPID program for Win3.1 If you find it DON't D/l it ... hehehe
- You migth laugh yourself to death by it's stupidity. but it's 300k
- long! (newest version as of this v1)
-