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                              Version 2.00a
         By Mikerosoft Productions ■ Steve Blinch & Michael Helliker

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                                   Contents
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                     1.  Introduction/Preface/Thingy
                     2.  TurboBANK - Why bother?
                     3.  Warranty/Disclaimer
                     4.  How do ya set this sucker up?
                     5.  Multinode Setup
                     6.  External Module Setup
                     7.  Modules Provided
                     8.  Maintenance
                     9.  Registration
                     10. General Information
                     11. Thanks & Stuff
                     12. Support

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    1. Introduction/Preface/Thingy
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        Welcome  to TurboBANK.  We  here at  Mikerosoft Productions  think
    docs suck, and nobody usually reads 'em anyway, so we've tried to keep
    this one as small and  to-the-point as  possible.  TurboBANK and  it's
    support software have MANY more options  than are listed  here -- This
    doc  isn't here to  glorify TurboBANK, it's  just to help you  set the
    sucker up & keep it running.  So we've left out all the boring details
    on  EXACTLY  what  each option  does -- TRY  them  and  find  out  for
    YOURSELF!


    2. TurboBANK - Why bother?
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        TurboBANK lets the users  save their  leftover time and  kilobytes
    for the day, and gives  them many  other "real" bank  options, such as
    loans, insurance, etc.  Also supplied are  3 external  modules -- Indy
    Car Racing  (bet time/KB),  TurboSCRATCH  (Scratch & Win for time/KB),
    and Slot Machines (for time).


    3. Warranty/Disclaimer
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        TurboBANK comes  with no  warranty  of any  kind, either  express
    or  implied,  including  but not  limited  to implied  warranties  of
    merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to
    the  software  provided  and the  accompanying  documentation.  In no
    event  shall  Steve Blinch, Michael Helliker,  or any other member of
    Mikerosoft Productions  (including support sites) be  liable for  any
    damages  (including loss of business profits, business  interruption,
    loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of
    the  use or  inability  to  use  this  software,  even if  Mikerosoft
    Productions has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
        The execution of TBANK.EXE or any other executable packaged  with
    TurboBANK signifies your agreement to the above terms.


    4. How do ya set this sucker up?
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        Run  TBSETUP,  the  installation  program.  Everything  is  fairly
    self-explanitory (just look  at the help bar at the bottom) so there's
    no point in explaining each & every option  here.  However, if  you're
    wondering how to set TurboBANK up in your menus, here's how we did it:

      RemoteAccess [tested under version 2.02]

        Type: 7:
        Data: *C /C D:\RA\TBANK\TBANK.BAT *N
        (You may need to add a *M at the end if you run outta memory!)

      SuperBBS [tested under version 1.17-3]

        Type: 7
        Data: *C /C D:\SBBS\TBANK\TBANK.BAT *N *E
        (You may need to add a *S at the end if you run outta memory!)

      Concord [tested under version O.O1-G]

        Type: Run External Program
        Data: *C /C D:\CONCORD\TBANK\TBANK.BAT *N *D2- *D3-
        (You may need to add a *S<minmemkb> at the end if you run outta
         memory!)

      TBANK.BAT

        @Echo Off
        Cd\RA\TBank
        TBank.Exe [parameters]

      [parameters] is one or more of the following:

        -P<path>      Single line systems: <path> is the path to your BBS
                      Multiline systems  : <path> is your node directory
                       containing DORINFO?.DEF, EXITINFO.BBS, etc.
                      ** This parameter MUST be used. **


        -N?           Single line systems: Omit this
                      Multiline systems  : ? is the node number to use, in
                       the batch file, use "-N%1"

        -1            Single line systems: Omit this
                      Multiline systems  : Force DORINFO1.DEF regardless of
                       node number (do not use DORINFO2.DEF for node 2, etc.)

        -S???         If using a multitasker, release a timeslice every
                       ???/100 seconds (defaults to 100/100 [1 second]).


    5. Multinode Setup
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        TurboBANK can be run under any multinode system, and will  release
    any extra time slices to  most multitaskers  (OS/2, DESQview, Windows,
    and Win/NT are supported), allowing fairly speedy use on most systems.
    However, it will not allow more than one user to  enter at a time.  To
    use  TurboBANK  on  any  multinode  system,  just  use  the  parameter
    -P<nodepath> to specify the  path to the node directory of the current
    node, and -N<nodenum> to specify the node number.  As mentioned above,
    use the -1 parameter if you use DORINFO1.DEF for *ALL* nodes (i.e. you
    do not use DORINFO2.DEF for node 2, etc).  TurboBANK will take care of
    everything else.


    6. External Module Setup
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        TurboBANK External Module support has now  been completed -- Three
    modules have been provided with TurboBANK, more will be made available
    upon completion.  The  three modules  provided  are compressed  inside
    the self-extracting archive MODULES.EXE.  Run  this file  to have  six
    files extracted -- The 3 modules and  their installation  batch files.
    After running each batch file to  install the modules, run TBSetup and
    select  External Module Setup  to  configure  each  module's  specific
    options.  After that, Indy Car Racing, TurboSCRATCH, and Slots will be
    available to your users!


    7. Modules Provided
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        TurboBANK is distributed with three modules: Indy Car Racing, Slot
    Machines, and TurboSCRATCH.

     Indy Car Racing
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    In this module, the user is asked to make a wager on one of five cars.
    The race begins, and  the cars  move up the screen  toward the  finish
    line.  Whichever car finishes first without blowing a tire or encount-
    ering any other  difficulties is the winner.  If the winner is the car
    the user bet on, he  recieves double his money back.  If not, he loses
    whatever he wagered.  Although some cars seem to have "better drivers"
    and win more races than others, it is completely  random -- no car  is
    favored.

      Slot Machines
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    This module is a very simple one, salvaged from the old TurboBANK  and
    converted into a separate module.  Each play costs 5 minutes, and  the
    returns are  based on how many symbols the user  matches, and what the
    symbols are.  If  you played  the old  TurboBANK's  slot machines, you
    already know exactly how to play this one.

      TurboSCRATCH!
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    Another scrap of source  salvaged from the old TurboBANK  source file,
    the user  buys a "Scratch & Win" ticket  for 5 minutes and  scratching
    begins.  When done  scratching,  if the user matches any three  items,
    he/she wins the prize shown.  If you want to make a user lose a lot of
    time  very quickly,  encourage  him/her to play this game!!  It  seems
    that in  coding this  game, I've accidently added one more "realistic"
    aspect to it: you win about as often in this game as you do with  REAL
    "Scratch & Win" tickets!! :-)


    8. Maintenance
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        Maintenance is *EXTREMELY* important  to TurboBANK.  Every  night,
    perferrably at about 12:01am or shortly  thereafter, maintenance  MUST
    be  run to  give the users  interest on  their time  in the  bank, add
    interest  on  to their  loans, update investments & insurance, and, if
    they have  unsuccessfully  robbed the bank,  update  their  status and
    properly  configure  their  time limit  and days before access  to the
    timebank is given back.

    To run TurboBANK maintenance, add the following  lines to  your maint-
    enance batch file:

    CD\DOORS\TBANK
    TBANK -M -PD:\RA

    Of course, \DOORS\TBANK would be whatever directory you put  TurboBANK
    in, and D:\RA would be  the MAIN path to your BBS datafiles (i.e. user
    files, etc.) -- *NOT* the node directories!


    9. Registration
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        Another change from the old  versions,  TurboBANK no  longer  uses
    Enhancer   keys,  but  new  Registration  keys.  Registration  is  NOT
    mandatory, and there are no annoying  10 minute  unregistered  delays,
    "stop-working-after-30-days"  cripples,  or  any  of  the  interesting
    little goodies  seen  on  so  many  other  shareware  items.  However,
    registration IS appreciated, and will provide you with the following:

     - The TurboBANK Datafile Manager,  which  allows you  (the SysOp)  to
       edit all users' bank accounts, investments, cheques, and view mess-
       ages left by  TurboBANK & other  users (TBMGR will run but will NOT
       save any changes to disk in the unreg'd version)
     - Theft insurance for the users (you [the SysOp] set the premiums and
       maximum coverage)
     - Ability to exceed 300 kilobyte max KB investment  size (in  the old
       version, you could not invest at all)
     - Ability to exceed  20 minute max  time investment  size (in the old
       version, again, no investments!)
     - Ability to invest for more than 5 days per investment  (nonexistant
       in the old ver!)
     - The removal of the unregistered notices (they're not too obnoxious,
       but they're there.. :-))
     - The satisfaction of having supported a shareware program, blah blah
       blah, etc., etc., etc., you know the spiel... :-)
     - There are a few other little bonuses of registration  as well,  see
       for yourself... :-)

    More  features  will be  included in  future  versions for  Registered
    SysOps as well -- and keys are good for ALL future versions.


    10. General Information
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    TurboBANK was created  using Turbo Pascal v6.0 on some rainy day  back
    in January, 1994,  because of a growing  disgust in the quality of the
    timebanks  available to us.  To make a  long story short, we  released
    many, MANY new  versions (damned bugs :-)) and then finally  just said
    Screw it! and rewrote the whole thing using Turbo Pascal v7.0. The re-
    write took us from the beginning of  January, 1995 to partway  through
    May, 1995 to complete, and it SEEMS to work OK now..  We hope... :-)


    11. Thanks & Stuff
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    Thanks to...

      Haruyasu Yoshizaki
        - programmer of LHA [used to package our software]

      Michael Helliker
        - SysOp of Mikerosoft BBS - Head Mikerosoft Support Site
        - had Mike not been testing this damned program, I would've gotten
          hell from a lotta SysOps -- Found about 99.9% of the bugs I missed
          in TurboBANK!

      Damien Sam
        - SysOp of HUGE Vancouver support site
        - Great thanks to Damien for making our software available
          via FTP & WWW!!!!!

      Did I miss anyone?  If I did..  well..  er..  thanks..  for whatever
      ya did.. :-)

    12. Support
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    Want the latest versions of our software?
    Call our support sites:

     ┌──                                                             ──┐
     │ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │
       │        Mikerosoft BBS       │ │ Either logon with your real │
       │    Phone: [phone]    │ │ name & complete the newuser │
       │  Baud: 2,400 to 14,400 BPS  │ │ questions, or use the  name │
       │   SysOp: Michael Helliker   │ │ MIKEROSOFT for quick access │
     │ └─────────────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────────┘ │
     └──                                                             ──┘

     ┌──                                                             ──┐
     │ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │
       │     House of KnightMares    │ │ 4 overlines, all 28.8k baud │
       │    Phone: [phone]    │ │ 24 hours/day.   Software is │
       │  Baud: 2,400 to 28,800 BPS  │ │ available in file area #53: │
       │      SysOp: Damien Sam      │ │ MIKEROSOFT: Distribution    │
     │ └─────────────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────────┘ │
     └──                                                             ──┘

    Or, via the Internet, all new releases are available [thanks again,
    Damien!] at:

     ┌──                                                             ──┐
     │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
       │                                                             │
       │         FTP: ftp.uniserve.com/pub/srgames/mikerosoft        │
       │            WWW: http://haven.uniserve.com/~damsam           │
       │                                                             │
     │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
     └──                                                             ──┘

    See DISTRIB.TXT fore more info.

    Thanks for using TurboBANK!

    End of TBANK.DOC
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