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- Small List Nodelist Utility 1.0b
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- Copyright 1993
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- All Rights Reserved
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- By Les Fenison
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- Fido Net 1:105/751
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- Family Net 8:77/7
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- Advanced Computer Design & Consulting
- 24008 Butteville Rd NE
- Aurora, OR 970022
- (503) 678-3050
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- CONTENTS
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- 1 Disclamer....................................Page 2
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- 2 What is SMLIST?..............................Page 2
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- 3 About Shareware..............................Page 2
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- 4 How To Register..............................Page 3
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- 5 The ACDC BBS.................................Page 3
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- 6 System Requirements..........................Page 4
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- 7 Distribution Files...........................Page 4
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- 8 Running SMLIST...............................Page 4
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- 9 Configuring SMLIST...........................Page 5-6
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- Regkey.....................................Page 5
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- SourceList.................................Page 5
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- TargetList.................................Page 5
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- Include_Region.............................Page 6
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- Include_Net................................Page 6
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- 1 Disclaimer
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- ACDC hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this product,
- whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied
- warranties of merchant ability or fitness for a particular purpose. ACDC
- cannot and will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential,
- indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if
- ACDC or an authorized ACDC agent has been advised of the possibility
- of such damages. In no event shall the liability for any damages ever
- exceed the price paid for the license to use software, regardless of the
- form and/or extent of the claim. The user of this program bears all risk as
- to the quality and performance of the software.
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- 2 What is SMLIST?
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- It is a utility that will create a small nodelist from a large list.
- If you have a lack of disk space and don't need a complete nodelist to
- waste space on your system then small list will create a list that only
- includes the regions and or nets that you desire. It will also place
- a new CRC at the top of the file so your nodelist compilers will like it.
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- 3 About Shareware
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- SMLIST is Shareware. Shareware is NOT free!
- It is computer software offered for sale at a set price and the only
- real difference between Shareware and other commercial software products is
- the method of distribution and the important "try before you buy" feature.
- With Shareware you are normally licensed by the owner/author of the program
- to operate the Shareware distribution copy on a trial basis. Then if you
- like it and make regular use of it, you are bound to pay for it.
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- Registered users are those users that elect to pay for SMLIST ($5) and
- register that payment with ACDC. By virtue of registration and payment
- for the program, registered users are granted a license to continue to
- utilize the program on their personal computer for as long as they choose.
- This license authorizes the user to use the program on any personal computer
- system he or she may own so long as the program is operated on only one
- computer system at a time.
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- Site licenses for use of SMLIST on multiple computers are available upon
- request at a reduced fee that is based on the number of single machines
- licensed for use.
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- 4 How To Register
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- There is no functional difference between the Shareware distribution
- version of SMLIST and the registered version except for the annoying beeps
- and delays and user intervention at the end of the program. Registering
- your copy will remove the little annoyances.
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- The price of SMLIST is $5.00. you may register SMLIST by sending a
- check or money order to us. See the included file SMLIST.REG for the
- order form.
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- Special site license rates for licensing multiple copies are available.
- Please call for rate schedule information.
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- Foreign (non-US/Canada) orders must include a $2.00 special handling
- fee in addition to the $5.00 registration fee. Also, no checks on banks
- located outside the United States will be accepted.
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- This Shareware version of SMLIST may be freely copied and passed on to
- other individual users for their evaluation.
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- Upgrades to later versions are available to all users on the
- ACDC BBS at no cost. Access to the BBS is a privilege granted by ACDC
- that may be revoked at any time for any reason. Those who request
- upgrades via telephone or mail must remit a $5.00 charge for an upgrade.
- upgrades from the BBS are free.
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- 5 The ACDC BBS
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- The ACDC BBS is up from 12am midnight to 7am Pacific time. The
- BBS phone line is a voice line during daytime hours.
- (503) 678-3050 - 1200/2400/9600//14400/16800 (USR DUAL STD)
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- The ACDC Shareware Products BBS operates 6 hours per day, 7 days
- per week excluding mail hour from 2am to 3am and is open to all callers.
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- The latest version of SMLIST may be obtained via the BBS or file request.
- To file request the latest version of SMLIST use the magic filename of
- SMLIST. You may also file request our files list with the magic
- filename of FILES. The BBS also serves as an avenue for product
- support. You may report problems or ask questions about the operation of
- SMLIST via the message facility of the BBS. Or send netmail to Les Fenison.
- Our Fido Net address is 1:105/751 and the Family Net address is 8:77/7.
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- 6 System Requirements
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- SMLIST may be operated on any IBM PC/XT/AT/PS2 or compatible running
- under DOS 2.0 and above or OS/2.
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- All monitor and graphics cards are supported, including "composite"
- (2 color) monitors and backlit laptop screens.
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- 7 Distribution Files
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- The following files are included in SMLIST distribution package:
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- SMLIST.EXE - Family mode version
- SMLIST_D.EXE - DOS version
- SMLIST2.EXE - OS/2 Version
- SMLIST.CTL - Commented Configuration File
- SMLIST.DOC - This Manual
- SMLIST.REG - Registration information & Form
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- ACDC prohibits the modification of any of these files in any way,
- shape, or form except by the individual evaluator or purchaser.
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- 8 Running SMLIST
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- To access SMLIST from anywhere in your system, place the EXE file in
- a directory that is identified in your DOS path string. To operate SMLIST,
- simple type the name of the EXE file and press the Enter key. SMLIST will
- need to know where its configuration file is. If the configuration file
- is found in the current directory it will use it. If the configuration
- file is not in the current directory then you may specify the path and
- name of the configuration file on the command line. The default
- configuration file is SMLIST.CTL but may be called anything you want as
- long as it is specified on the command line.
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- 9 Configuring SMLIST
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- Configuration data is normally stored in a file named SMLIST.CTL.
- This file is heavily commented and should be very easy to setup with
- any text editor.
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- The configuration file is made up of comments and keywords
- followed by options. The keywords and options are as follow;
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- Keywords may be in any case upper or lower. All comments must
- begin with a semicolon(;). Keywords MUST start in column 0. A space
- before a keyword will keep it from working. The format is a KEYWORD
- followed by OPTIONS The keyword should be followed by the option in
- the following format;
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- INCLUDE_NET 5
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- Do not include quotes such as
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- INCLUDE_NET "5"
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- Do not use equal signs such as
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- INCLUDE_NET=5
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- KEYWORDS;
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- REGKEY
- After this keyword you should enter your registration key. If you
- are not registered then DO NOT include this keyword. Registration
- entitles you to free support, removes the annoying sounds and delays,
- and removes the user intervention at the end. It only costs $5.
- See SMLIST.REG for registration information.
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- SOURCELIST
- The SOURCELIST keyword indicates the path and file name for the
- source nodelist. DO NOT include an extension since the newest extension
- will always be used. The newest file is chosen by newest file date.
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- example:
- SOURCELIST E:\DB\NODELIST\NODELIST
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- TARGETLIST
- The TARGETLIST keyword indicates the path and file name for the
- source nodelist. DO NOT include an extension since the extension will
- be the same as the extension in the source list.
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- TARGETLIST E:\DB\NODELIST\105LIST
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- INCLUDE_REGION
- The INCLUDE_REGION keyword may be used as many times as you like
- to List all the regions you want to include in the small list. For
- example if you wanted region 11 and region 17 both you would do the
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- INCLUDE_REGION 11
- INCLUDE_REGION 17
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- The INCLUDE_NET keyword may be used as many times as you like to
- list all the nets you want to include in the small list. It is not
- necessary to include nets that are within a region specified by a
- INCLUDE_REGION statement. This is both unnecessary and slows down the
- conversion. For example if you wanted both nets 105 and 209 you would
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- INCLUDE_NET 105
- INCLUDE_NET 209
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- The INCL_REGN_INDP keyword will specify that a regions independants
- should be listed. This does NOT include any nets. This is only the
- regional independants listed at the beginning of each region before the
- first net. This should not be used if the entire region was included
- with the INCLUDE_REGION keyword!
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- INCL_REGN_INDP 17
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