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- VERSION 3.45
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- Rocky Mountain Software
- P.O.Box 18279
- Salt Lake City, Ut 84118 USA
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- └───╨───┘ ASP Member BBS
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- All materials (C) Copyright 1991,1992,1993 Rocky Mountain Software
- All Rights Reserved World Wide
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ R M S C A T A L O G V 3.45 │
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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- DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- LICENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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- TECHNICAL - OTHER BBS TYPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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- PRODUCT SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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- FILES LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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- REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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- │ R M S C A T A L O G V 3.45 │
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- │ DESCRIPTION │
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- Have you ever wanted to give your BBS callers a real nice catalog
- to use offline? Ever had Users complain of the hassles of using text
- editors and file lister/viewer utilities with BBS Library file
- listings that quite typically run 1-5 megs on most decent sized BBSs?
- Wanted to improve the image of your BBS to your callers? And if you
- had such a nice offline user catalog, wouldn't it be nice to punch a
- few keys and have it built right off your BBS?
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- RMS Catalog version 3.45 meets those needs in a superb way! It was
- originally designed by me for use on my own BBS back in 1991. After
- lots of good customer compliments and many very nice enhancements,
- it is now being made available on a Shareware basis ("Try Before
- You Buy") to other BBSs.
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- While specifically designed for PCBoard BBS systems, it can be used
- with most any other BBS System using text files to contain listings
- of filenames/sizes/descriptions on files available for download.
- (See Technical Section)
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- RMS Catalog has very colorful menus, complete with scrolling
- windows, highlight bars, File Directory selection from popup
- windows, Single File Directory(s) and Entire Catalog Printing
- features, Search features across Single Directories or the Entire
- Catalog, super Picklist* features, ability to include your own BBS
- information screens and advertisements. It can handle single-line
- file descriptions or multiple-line file descriptions on each of
- your library's files. RMS Catalog currently can support up to 255
- Files of Listings and Descriptions information. Each of these can in
- turn contain up to 3000 lines of Filenames and summary or detailed
- file descriptions. RMS Catalog supports foreign language files PCB
- style. And lots more packed features! Requires: 640k and Color
- monitor for RMS User Catalog.
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- RMSBUILD V1.3 is a super tool to accompany RMS Catalog. It is menu-
- driven. It can use your PCBoard DIR files and DIR.LST files and
- automatically and quickly build your RMS User Catalog. You can use
- it to build full-scale catalogs of multi-megs, and then quickly
- use it to build small catalogs that can run on a floppy disk!
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- If you are using text files from another BBS System, you can manually
- enter the full path name(s) of your Listings files in an RMSBuild
- Tools file and then use RMSBuild to build the RMS User Catalog
- automatically from that point! (See Installation Section)
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- │ R M S C A T A L O G V 3.45 │
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- │ DESCRIPTION (continued) │
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- If you are really serious about upgrading the impression your BBS
- gives your callers, this system should be a must on your list!
- If you wish to save your valuable time to do things other than
- building nice BBS Files Listings for your callers, then this is
- what you need!
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- BBS FILE NAME = RMS30.ZIP
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- SHORT DESCRIPTION: (File_Id.Diz)
- RMS CATALOG SYSTEM V3.45 FOR BBSs
- Super system for PCBoard and other BBSs. Menu-driven Sysop tools to
- build/edit data files of your BBS file listings that callers can use
- with a classy offline user catalog program. Both Tools & User Catalog
- pgms have colorful menus, scrolling windows, highlight bars, powerful
- search/print/picklist* features, custom BBS info, foreign language
- support, online editing tools, sculpted menus, more! Shareware. $25
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- * Tap a Function key on *any* line of a product description and voila!
- It's saved in a memory list. Tap another Function key and bingo! Its
- sent to the printer or to a disk file.
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- ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- │ DISCLAIMER │
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- This software is provided without any guarantee, either expressed
- or implied. All responsibilities for its use rest with the user
- of the software and not the author nor Rocky Mountain Software.
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- RMS Catalog, RMSBuild software and this document are (C) Copyright
- 1991,1992,1993 by Rocky Mountain Software. All rights reserved
- World Wide.
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- ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- │ LICENSE │
- └───────────────────────────────┘
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- RMS Catalog is NOT in the Public Domain. RMS Catalog is NOT free.
- Non-registered users are granted a limited, 30 day license to
- determine whether or not the program meets their needs.
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- Continued use of the software beyond the 30 day evaluation time
- period requires registration of the program. Use of non-registered
- copies of beyond the original evaluation period is strictly
- prohibited.
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- No one may modify any of the RMS Catalog programs in any way,
- including but not limited to disassembly, decompiling, patching,
- compiling or reverse engineering any of the programs.
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- RMS Catalog may be copied and distributed to others, subject to the
- noted conditions above, plus the following:
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- 1. All programs and files must be distributed in unmodified form.
- 2. All files, including these documents must be included.
- 3. All license information must be intact and unmodified.
- 4. No copying fees may be assessed other than the basic costs of
- the copy medium used.
- 5. RMS Catalog may not be distributed with any other software or
- hardware product(s), nor be included in any package or bundling
- arrangements, without the express written consent of Rocky
- Mountain Software.
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- Sysops of Bulletin Board Systems may make RMS Catalog available
- for download by their callers as long as all of the above
- conditions are met.
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- Current Members of the Association of Shareware Professionals [ASP]
- may distribute RMS Catalog without need for written permission from
- Rocky Mountain Software.
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- │ LICENSE (continued) │
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- Commercial Distributors of Public Domain, ShareWare, or User-
- Supported software and Rackware vendors may distribute RMS
- Catalog subject to the above conditions only after obtaining
- specific written permission from Rocky Mountain Software.
- This condition supersedes any and all previous agreements.
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- │ INSTALLATION │
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- Here it is. Short and simple. Follow these instructions and you
- will be up and operational in short order on both the Sysop Catalog
- Build Program and the RMS User Catalog Program. The programs are
- very straight-forward in usage and quick to learn how to use.
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- 1. Unzip the files in a separate subdirectory. Use a name such
- as RMS. It can be on any hard drive on your system.
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- 2. Using your favorite ASCII text editor, edit the file: LOGO
- a) File width: LOGO *must* be less than 78 chars wide
- b) This is your BBS logo/ad screen for Print features in the
- RMS User Catalog. Any Ascii characters permissible.
- c) Use of box and ASCII characters > 127 does not print out as
- such on some dot matrix printers. Printers which can emulate
- IBM mode will be able to print them, however.
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- 3. Using your favorite ASCII text editor, edit the file: INFO
- a) Required file width : 78 characters exactly
- Required lines per Box : 24
- All text must be inside the Boxes.
- Please RETAIN the Box characters and use the templates!
- b) # of Boxes to use is Sysop's choice. Delete all Boxes that
- you do not wish to use. Block copy more boxes with your
- editor, if you need more.
- c) This is the BBS Information that is displayed to the User
- in option #1 of the offline RMS User Catalog.
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- 4. Edit the RMS.CFG file
- Line #1: Enter Your BBS name (Max of 30 chars, Case-Sensitive)
- Line #2: Enter Your alphanumeric Serial # we send you after you
- register. If unregistered, this line should be 000000000000.
- Line #3: Y or N. Foreign Language File Attached?
- Line #4: Foreign Language File Extension.
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- 5. The Build Directory Information File: RMS.DIR
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- To Build Automatically
- a) Run the RMSBLD.Exe program
- 1) Choose menu item #1.
- 2) Specify your PCB DIR.LST file to the RMSBuild Pgm prompt.
- Specify either Append or New for the RMS.DIR output file.
- Hit the Esc key at the prompt to abort, if necessary.
- 3) RMSBLD reads the DIR.LST file specified. Builds RMS.DIR
- 4) Each DIR file can have up to 3000 lines currently.
- 5) To edit the Build List, simply execute Option #2 and use
- the Function Keys to Add to or Delete from the List.
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- │ INSTALLATION (continued) │
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- To Build Manually:
- a) Edit RMS.DIR with a text editor.
- b) Required File Width: 70 characters
- b) Cols # 1-30 : Full Drive and pathname
- c) Cols #35-69 : Directory Description
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- 6. Copy the Foreign Language File (optional) template to the required
- File name (for example RMS.SPA) and edit your new file. Test
- the File with the User Catalog Pgm to make sure things fit
- on the screens. (Yes, sometimes its tight squeezing things in.)
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- 7. To build the full RMS User Catalog for your callers:
- a) Run the RMSBLD.Exe program
- 1) Choose menu item #3 and build the User Catalog.
- b) Zip up the Required User Catalog Files
- 1) RMS.EXE 4) RMS.CFG 7) The Foreign Language File
- 2) INFO 5) RMS.IDX (optional), such as RMS.SPA
- 3) LOGO 6) RMS.LIB
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- │ UNREGISTERED PGM NOTICE │
- └───────────────────────────────┘
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- The RMSBuild program will show an "Unregistered" message on the
- top of the Main Menu screen. Program functionality is not affected
- in any way. Once registered, this top line will show your BBS
- Name instead.
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- The RMS Catalog (for your users) will show a similar Unregistered
- message, plus it will show an unregistered screen upon program exit.
- Hitting the enter key allows the program to finish its exit.
- Your Registration will likewise replace the first with a "Registered"
- to:" and your name notice, plus disable the exit reminder screen.
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- Our registration fee is very inexpensive for software of this type.
- Please support the shareware concept by registering the product
- with us. Thank you.
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- │ TECHNICAL: OTHER BBS SYSTEMS FILES │
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- While we make no warranties of the programs usability on other BBS
- systems other than PCBoard, RMS Catalog has certain fundamental
- capabilities if its required conditions are met.
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- NOTES:
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- 1. Your Files that contain the BBS File names and descriptions
- would need to be ASCII files, with a maximum width of 78
- characters used. RMS Catalog will actually read in slightly
- wider text files, but it will truncate things off at the PCB
- standard of 78 characters.
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- For RBBS systems, our BBS has a utility program that will convert
- RBBS files to PCB DIRxxx format files in a work directory of your
- choice. It is available for download. These DIRxxx files could
- then be referenced in the RMS.DIR file and used instead for the
- automatic catalog building option #2 in RMSBUILD.
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- 2. IMPORTANT! These Ascii File Directories Listing should *NOT* use
- column #1 on SECONDARY description lines!
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- 3. You can manually build RMS.DIR to list the DIR File names
- and Descriptions. Then when the Catalog Build option is executed,
- the system will go out and read your Files and Build the User
- Catalog.
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- In theory, everything should go well, if you respect RMS Catalog's
- requirements. But since we only a PCBoard system, we are unable
- to do any hard QA testing using RBBS, Wildcat, Spitfire or other
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- │ PRODUCT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT │
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- If you need technical assistance, please give us our BBS a call and
- leave a message to the Sysop and take advantage of the product support
- that is available there. The latest product versions will also be
- posted up there for download. Registered users will also be given
- permanent access to the RMS Software Support Conference on our BBS.
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- If you wish to register, you can complete a Script on the Main Board
- with the necessary credit card information -- or -- you can mail the
- Registration Form to us -- or -- you can call our voice line
- (801-967-9536). We will process orders as quickly as possible after
- receipt. Please leave a message to the Sysop after completing the
- Script Form, in order to get your registration promptly handled.
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- And thank you very much for your support of the Shareware concept.
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- Rocky Mountain Software
- P.O. Box 18279
- Salt Lake City, Ut 84118 USA
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- Voice: (801) 967-9536
- BBS : (801) 963-8721 1200 - 2400 Baud Nodes
- (801) 963-8720 1200 - 38400 Baud USR DS Nodes
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- │ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS │
- └───────────────────────────────┘
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- I wish to thank all those individuals who helped us test out these
- programs. Our offline User Catalog program has been in use for callers
- to our BBS since 1991 and has gone through a number of enhancements
- and significant improvements during that time. At each stage we have
- been very appreciative of those who helped test out the programs.
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- Secondly, I wish to thank my wife and son for their patience as their
- father was working on these programs and on his BBS.
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- Lastly, acknowledgement is made to the PCBoard folks, Clark Development
- Corporation, for the very fine BBS system that they make.
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- FILES LIST
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- AVEXTRA.TXT Pkzip AV Information File From Rocky Mountain Software
- FILE_ID.DIZ Description File for BBSs
- INFO BBS Information File for RMS User Catalog Pgm
- LOGO BBS Logo File for RMS User Catalog Pgm Print Features
- RMS.CFG Configuration/Key File For RMS Catalog, RMSBUILD Tools
- RMS.DIR RMSBUILD File with Directories Paths & Descriptions
- RMS.DOC RMS Catalog System Documentation
- RMS.EXE RMS User Catalog Pgm
- RMS.IDX RMS User Catalog Pgm Indexes
- RMS.LIB RMS User Catalog Pgm Data File
- RMS.ENG RMS User Catalog Foreign Language Text Template File
- RMSBLD.EXE RMSBUILD Catalog Building Tools for Sysops
- ROCKYMTN.BBS File with Rocky Mountain Software BBS Logo & Phone #
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- REGISTRATION
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- Print CLEARLY, LEGIBLY and EXACTLY the following information:
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- BBS Name :_________________________________ (7 - 30 chars)
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- BBS Phone :_________________________________
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- Sysop Name :_________________________________ (For RMS Use Only)
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- Address :_________________________________ (For RMS Use Only)
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- City, State, Zip :_________________________________ (For RMS Use Only)
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- Voice Phone :_________________________________
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- Method of payment: * DO NOT SEND CASH!!
- [ ] Check ** ALL ORDERS TO BE PAID IN $US FUNDS
- [ ] Money Order
- [ ] Visa
- [ ] Mastercard
- Pricing Enclosed
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- RMS Catalog V3.0 and RMS Build Tools $ 25.00 $US
- Sales Tax (Utah residents only) $ 1.56 $US
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- Total Remitted -------------------------------------> $
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- Your Serial # will be mailed to you.
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- REQUIRED CREDIT CARD INFORMATION:
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- Name on Credit Card : _______________________
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- Card Type (Visa/MC) : _______________________
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- Card Number : _______________________
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- Expiration Date : _______________________
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- Card Holder's Signature REQUIRED: _______________________
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- Make your order payable to:
- Rocky Mountain Software
- P.O.Box 18279
- Salt Lake City, Ut 84118 USA
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- Voice: (801) 967-9536
- BBS : (801) 963-8721
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