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- VBBS/NET 6.00 Archives
- Copyright (C) Roland De Graaf 1990-1993
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- Welcome to the official release of VBBS 6.00!
-
- 600_READ.ME! This file
-
- VBBS600.DOC Main VBBS Documentation (Please Read)
- VSCRIPT.DOC Explaination of Vscript commands
- MULTINET.DOC VBBS MultiNet Documentation
- MODEM.DOC Modem Configuration
- VFIDO.DOC VFIDO Documentation
- VXY.DOC VXY Documentation
- VBBSDOOR.DOC Setting Up Doors Under VBBS
- LOCALNET.DOC Local NET Documentation
-
- SUBSLIST.NET Current List of VirtualNET subs
-
- MAIL_REG.TXT Your VBBS/NET Registration form
-
- INSTALL.EXE VBBS Installation Program
- BBS.EXE VBBS Start-Up File
- VBBS.EXE VBBS Main Program
- VBBS-AUX.EXE VBBS Aux Executable
- VCONFIG.EXE VBBS Configuration Program
- VCOM.EXE VBBS Script Compiler
- VLIST.EXE Ascii/Heart Code File Viewer
- VXY.EXE VXY Xmodem/Ymodem Transfer Protocol Program
- VQWK.EXE VBBS QWK Program
- VME.EXE VBBS MultiNet Engine
- VFIDO.EXE VBBS FidoNET Mailer/Tosser
- VNET.EXE VNET Network Software
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- Version 6.00 UPGRADE
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- The Virtual BBS/NET ver 6.00 updates versions 5.5x, & 5.6x only!
-
- --> VBBS 6.00 replaces ALL executable files <--
-
- * UPGRADE INSTALLATION FROM VBBS VER 6.00 *
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- (New Installations Please read VBBS600.DOC)
-
- UPGRADE Installations for ver 6.00, upgrading from ver 5.5x or 5.6x:
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- 1) Backup:
- files in your database directory
- files in your data directory
- your .cfg files
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- 2) Having extracted the VBBS60-1.ZIP & VBBS60-2.ZIP to a separate dir,
- run the "INSTALL" exe as an upgrade existing installation and name
- the correct path to your actual VBBS dir.
- (your .CFG files will NOT be overwritten)
-
- 3) Verify settings in Vconfig and change Channel 1 in CHANNEL.CFG to
- reflect your modem port. (Base addresses and IRQ addresses are set
- automatically)
-
- 4) The INSTALL for 6.00, when used to upgrade existing installations,
- copies ONLY the new .EXE files to your VBBS directory.
-
- It does NOT over-write any menus, script files, function blocks,
- text files, or network data files.
-
- You may need to copy files or make some changes manually. <--------
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- File to consider replacing/editing: *.ANS *.ASC *.TXT *.PDM
-
- -> EXISTING INSTALLATIONS MUST USE THE INSTALL PROGRAM TO UPGRADE VBBS. <-
-
- It is recommended that you BACK-UP the files in your Database
- Directory, and the files in your Data Directory.
-
- -- Please Read VBBS600.DOC for more information --
-
- What's New for 6.00
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- 1. Built-In FIDOnet Support
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- Eliminates the need for external FIDOnet mailers such as FrontDoor.
- Easy to configure. Multi-Networks compatible.
- Please see VFIDO.DOC/MULTINET.DOC for more info.
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- 2. VXY Xmodem/Ymodem Protocols
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- VBBS-specific multiuser compatible file transfer protocols.
- Please see VXY.DOC for more info.
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- 3. DigiBoard support
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- 4. CDROM support for 'oddly-organized' CD's & Automatic Description "Uploading"
-
- VCDROM.EXE, available separately, can be used to automatically
- "upload" the file descriptions from data on the CD itself.
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- 5. New VNET Software
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- Fully Multinetwork-aware with awesome gating capabilities.
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- 6. VGIX Support
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- VGIX, available separately, is the graphical front-end for VBBS.
- VGIX supports VGA graphics and mouse operation for remote users.
- (Note: VGA NOT required on BBS computer.)
-
- Capabilities:
- Drawing Commands, like Plot, Line, Circle, etc.
- Iconified Menus with Mouse support
- List Boxes with Mouse support
- ...more to come!
-
- The VGIX Support within VBBS is composed of two parts:
- -Hard-Coded VGIX support
- -VGIX support thru scripting
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- Using scripts you can "make" VGIX do a great many things --
- and most importantly -- do it interactively and quickly.
-
- One of the changes made to 6.00 to better support VGIX
- has to do with the way menu files are accessed by the system.
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- Assume the menu we want to access is called MAIN.
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- Under VBBS 5.52, the sequence for "finding" a menu was as follows:
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- Check Text Directory:
- If MAIN.MNU exists, display it.
- If not, then display either MAIN.ANS or MAIN.ASC depending
- on user video preference.
-
- Under VBBS 6.00, the sequence goes like this:
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- Check Script Directory:
- If MAIN.V exists, execute it.
- If not, do the following:
- Check Text Directory:
- If MAIN.MNU exists, display it.
- If not, then display either MAIN.ANS or MAIN.ASC depending
- on user video preference.
-
- This allows you to activate a script, instead of just simply
- displaying a menu, if you wish. The script, then, should check
- $videomode and take the appropriate action. If $videomode = 3,
- then you are in VGIX mode and can do the VGIX commands which
- produce the iconfied menu you desire on the user's screen.
- Many interesting uses for this are possible.
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- The combination of VBBS/VScript & VGIX is very powerful, and
- very flexible.
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