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- Play By Mail Instructions (Sample Bulletin) 09-02-91
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- As a service to the users of this conference, the SysOp has provided a
- file directory to allow users to upload computer PBM game files. In order to
- make and keep room for other files and to work with the RBBS upload/download
- System, the SysOp requests that all game files be uploaded using the following
- name format
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- xxmodayr.gam
- ^^^^^^^^ ^^^
- |||||||| |||
- |||||||| +++----- extension (Rename .Zip to .GAM)
- ||||||++--------- Year (Year Created)
- ||||++----------- Date (Day Created)
- ||++------------- Month (Month Created)
- ++--------------- 2 letter/number game id (Determined By Players)
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- All PBM Game files must be uploaded in a zip format and given the extension
- .GAM
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- Example: PKZIP AA010180.GAM PBMFILE.EXT
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- The example creates the game upload file with the player id of AA
- created on the date of January 1, 1980 with an archive extension of .GAM and
- places PBMFILE.EXT in the archive AA010180.GAM
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- All games will be placed in a download directory and will be available for
- download for 3 days. After 3 days the file will be deleted to make room for
- other players turns.
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