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- WELCOME TO RBBS-VERIFY!
- -----------------------
- This text has been included to provide you with important last minute infor-
- mation, we recommend you read the following important details regarding the
- RBBS-Verify online door before attempting to use the software for the first
- time.
-
- AUTHENTIC VERIFICATION
- ----------------------
- RBBS-Verify is distributed as a self extracting archive created with PKsfx
- v2.04g containing authenticity. When run, -AV should appear beside each file
- in the archive as it is decompressed, when decompression has completed, you
- should see a message similar to the following:
-
- Authentic files Verified! # FOL443
- LIGHTNING SOFTWARE
-
- If either of the above do not exist, this indicates that you do not have an
- original copy of the software distributed by us, you are therefore HIGHLY
- encouraged NOT to use the software. This warning is provided for your own
- safety and to protect you against viruses, tojans, modified files, etc.
- Remember, you can always obtain an official copy of the RBBS-Verify door
- directly from us via our support BBS, the number is located at the end of
- this document.
-
- Please, when distributing RBBS-Verify, distribute the original evaluation
- copy of the RBBSV101.EXE archive as this helps protect you and others who
- receive the software, you may freely recompress this file and include it in
- any other archive format you wish. Just be sure that the original self
- extracting file has been distributed.
-
- ZIP/EXE FILE FORMAT
- -------------------
- Since many systems do not directly support uploads of *.EXE format files, you
- might have received a different archive format. We distribute both a *.EXE and
- *.ZIP archive, both of the original archives distributed by us will contain
- authenticity verification. However if you received a different archive format
- other than *.EXE that doesn't contain authenticity, check inside for a self
- extracting archive. If it contains the self extracting archive, decompress
- the archive making sure it contains authenticity as described above, as long
- as the original self extracting file includes authentic file verification, you
- have received a original copy of the software.
-
- SUPPORT SHAREWARE!
- ------------------
- We know there are many other callback verification doors out there, but we
- also know that none compare to RBBS-Verify! RBBS-Verify is the result of our
- belief and desire for a better callback verification door for RBBS systems,
- it is the result of endless development time, and as time goes by it will
- continue to be enhanced with yet even more special features. RBBS-Verify is
- priced very affordable, and offers features no other door on the market has.
- It has been designed as an intelligent and reliable door, it has been beta
- tested on multiple systems under very "rough" conditions, and has never
- failed one time to accomplish it's task. When we say intelligent, we mean
- not only the major program features, but all of the doors extra "smart"
-
- features. It is these type of features that make RBBS-Verify the choice of
- hundreds of RBBS systems worldwide. We hope that it meets you and your
- systems needs, and if after running the door on your own system, if you
- determine it to be of value, then you are obligated to register the software
- in order to continue it's use. Thank you for choosing RBBS-Verify!
-
- SHELL TO DOS NOTES
- ------------------
- Since RBBS-Verify is a large application only so much memory will be made
- available when shelling (dropping) to DOS, if you frequently drop to DOS
- in order to run another application, you might wish to look into a utility
- known as SHROOM. SHROOM is a very nice shareware application which intercepts
- an application's shell and swaps the entire application out of memory, which
- instantly frees almost all conventional memory, when exiting the shell,
- SHROOM automatically swaps the application back in to memory and returns
- control to the application. Since RBBS-Verify uses internal program overlays,
- shelling to DOS and running another application can cause problems, especially
- if the application trys to take part of the doors memory. Shelling to DOS
- to perform routine tasks and running small applications will not cause any
- problem, however if you frequently run larger applications in DOS shells,
- you should highly consider using a utility such as SHROOM. SHROOM is
- available on our support BBS under the filename of SHROOM9C.ZIP.
-
- SYSOP CHAT/SHELL TO DOS NOTES
- -----------------------------
- When entering Sysop chat with a user - RBBS-Verify will change the caller's
- time to 999 minutes, this is normal and prevents the user from running out
- of online system time during chat mode, after exiting chat mode, the user's
- time limit will return to the previous value. This also applies to the Sysop
- drop to DOS function. Also please note that RBBS-Verify does not track
- keyboard input time during Sysop chat mode.
-
- NODE PARAMETER NOTE
- -------------------
- RBBS-Verify will default to 1 if no node number is specified, so, if you will
- be using the door on a single node only system it is not required to specify
- a node number.
-
- BAUD RATES/PARITY SUPPORTED
- ---------------------------
- RBBS-Verify directly supports up to 115,200 BPS locked DTE, without using any
- fossil driver. However, it is important to note that RBBS-PC supports up to
- a maximum of 38,400 BPS, therefore you will not be able to use RBBS-Verify
- at any higher rate than 38,400. RBBS-Verify also supports both 8,N,1 and
- the odd 7,E,1 parity.
-
- KNOWN BUGS
- ----------
- There is a minor bug in v4.0 of the Door Source library that was used to
- compile RBBS-Verify, at midnight you might notice that the user's timeleft
- displayed on the status line jumps up to an odd number in the thousands,
- this does NOT cause any problem with RBBS-Verify itself, nor does it cause
- any problem with RBBS-PC, however does cause the status bar to display an
- invalid timeleft value, and may cause RBBS-Verify to pass a invalid timeleft
- value via the SUCCESSV.x and SUCCESSC.x door information files. This problem
-
- deals with v4.0 of the Door Source library, as soon as this problem is
- corrected with Door Source there will be a minor bug fix version of
- RBBS-Verify released.
-
- If you have found a problem with RBBS-Verify that is not already covered
- here - please let us know! Call our 24 hour support BBS or write to us at
- the address located at the end of this document and help us find and correct
- the problem!
-
- WHAT DOES RBBS-VERIFY REQUIRE?
- ------------------------------
- RBBS-Verify is a large door and therefore does have several requirements
- which your system must meet in order to operate the door, these are as
- follows:
-
- - Minimum of 512K RAM (640K is recommended)
- - DOS operating system version 3.0 or above
- - Working serial I/O communication port
- - Modem supporting the Hayes "AT" command set
- - RBBS-PC v16.x or greater
-
- RBBS-Verify requires the DOS operating system v3.0 or above since all files
- are opened in "SHARED" mode. RBBS-Verify fully supports all network and
- multitasking software and has successfully been tested with Microsoft
- Windows and DesqView running multiple nodes with locked communication ports.
-
- NOTE ON FILE-LOCKING
- --------------------
- RBBS-Verify has been developed in a network environment and fully supports
- file sharing and locking abilities to allow multiple nodes to use the door
- at the same time, however in order for this feature to be active SHARE.EXE
- (included with DOS) or an equilivent utility *MUST* be active! If you are
- operating in a network environment such as a multitasker or LAN, please be
- sure file sharing is active. Failure to follow this simple instruction can
- result in lost/corrupted files. You have been warned!
-
- NOTES ON ERROR TRAPPING
- -----------------------
- RBBS-Verify incorporates two different forms of error trapping routines to
- help protect your system from potential lockups, the first is run-time error
- checking during loading and initialization of the door, due to the nature of
- this type of run-time error, RBBS-Verify will be unable to notify the caller,
- therefore it will display this error to the local display only and abort the
- door - returning to the system, the second form of error checking is during
- the actual operation of the door, any run-time errors which may occur will
- cause RBBS-Verify to display a fatal error message to the caller and abort
- the door - returning to the system. RBBS-Verify has been written to prevent
- potential lockups should any run-time errors occur, there is however always
- the chance the error will be so severe that RBBS-Verify will be unable to
- recover, although this would be an extremely rare situation. Run-time errors
- may occur for many, many different reasons, perhaps there is a error in the
- configuration file, or the door is unable to read the DORINFOx.DEF file due
- due to it being corrupted, should you ever receive a "fatal" error message
- whether during loading of the door or during operation, view the log file
- RBBS-Verify creates, ERRORx.LOG (where x is the node number), this file lists
-
- any run-time errors which occurred and at what time and date, these error
- codes indicate QuickBasic's standard errors, check the configuration file,
- batch files, and other setup information to insure everything has been setup
- correctly, if you are unable to solve the problem, have this error number
- handy and contact us for support.
-
- SUPPORT FOR RBBS-VERIFY
- -----------------------
- Support may be obtained 24 hours a day/7 days a week directly from our
- technical support BBS, all caller's are welcome and may download on their
- first call. The latest version of RBBS-Verify as well as all of our other
- quality software products may be obtained in this manner. We also offer
- thousands of shareware/public domain software titles, huge message
- conferences including our own technical support conference and quality
- online doors for the entire family. Along with great products comes great
- service! We stand behind our products 100%. If you have a question or
- comment regarding RBBS-Verify we would love to hear from you. Set your modem
- to 8/N/1 or 7 data bits and dial the number below.
-
- Lightning Software technical support BBS - Software Express - RBBS-PC
- 300-19200 BPS HST v.32/v.42 Bis - (404) 941-2822 - 24 hours a day.
-
- You may also contact us by mail at the following address:
-
- Lightning Software
- P.O. Box 177
- Lithia Springs, Ga 30057
-
-