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- WhoCalled? PRO! Version 6.00
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- 09 Aug 1993
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- * * * YOU MUST USE WHOSETUP ! ! ! * * *
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- * * * Previous Users DELETE Your Previous Files And Start From Scratch! * * *
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- WhoSetUp is NEEDED as it creates files needed by WhoCalled Version 6.0!
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-
- * NEW *In Version 5.8 - ONE COMMAND OPERATION !
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- PCBoard is owned by Clark Development Inc.
- WhoCalledPRO is owned by Bill Fink, NCCBBS
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- WhoCalled Professional Is Network Smart! * *
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- PLEASE read this WHOLE note BEFORE You report problems.
-
- Why the new REGISTRATION? There are QUITE the number of copies
- of WhoCalled all across this great country of ours, and a LOT
- from OUTSIDE, from OTHER Wonderful countries. I would simply like
- to know where WhoCalled is being used.
-
- Call The NCCBBS For Your WhoCall.Key File.
-
- (401) 846-1763 It's FREE And available on the first call!
- Type REGWHO at the NCCBBS main command prompt.
-
- The first item I guess everyone goes over with any utility
- That's written is the "I am not responsible" routine. Sorry
- guys/ladies, the same goes here. You KNOW what I mean. You are
- using WhoCalled? at your own risk!
-
- I WILL say this, WhoCalled? is a VERY simple utility that
- merely LOOKS at the callers file. It writes NOTHING to PCBoard's
- associated files.
-
- Let's get on with the installation, I know you're in a hurry.
-
- Log into the "\WHOCALL" sub directory. HIGHLY recommended to
- use this utility in It's OWN directory. (For Networks? Create a
- "WhoCall" sub directory on the HOME PCB machine.)
-
- Run whoSETUP and answer some brief questions. Please READ the
- help lines in the middle of the screen during each question.
-
- At The DOS Prompt, (AFTER either using whoSETUP or editing
- whoCFG.x yourself)
- type;
-
- whoCALL WHOCFG.n/x
-
- (n=machine number)
- (where x = the node number - ZERO for Clark's new TWO node BBS)
-
- For those of you who are new at this, if that file exists
- ($$LOGOFF.BAT) in your PCB's "home" directory, PCBoard
- will run this batch file each time a user logs off.
-
- Your $$LOGOFF.BAT should look like this:
-
- cd c:\whocall
- whocall whocfg.n/x <--- NO SPACES before or after the slash
- cd d:\pcb
-
- You'll then have a bulletin created called:
-
- WHOBULL.ALL, THAT is the file you'll want to be displayed to your users.
- (The final output from WhoCalled.)
-
- Your output bulletin(s) should look similar to this:
-
-
-
- WhoCalled Professional 6.0 Written By:Bill Fink
- Registered To: Your Name Here!
- Node Logon Min Connect Msgs Files
- # Date User Calling From Time Used Speed Left Up Dn
- ============================================================================
- 2 01/06 RIC TOPP . JAMESTOWN, RI 20:17 3 14400 0 0 0
- 2 01/06 ALLEN WAGONBLOTTâ– NEWPORT, RI 19:51 8 2400 0 0 0
- 2 01/06 ALLEN WAGONBLOTT NEWPORT, RI 18:40 33 2400 0 0 0
- 2 01/06 CHRIS POWERS NEWPORT, RI 17:04 72 2400 0 0 4
- 1 01/06 ERIC BISHOP PORTSMOUTH, RI 17:50 7 12000 1 0 1
- 1 01/06 DAVID KAHAN MIDDLETOWN, RI 17:12 4 14400 0 1 1
- 2 01/06 BILL SWAFFORD PORTSMOUTH RI 15:49 24 2400 0 0 1
- 2 01/06 GARY LITTLEFIELD NEWPORT, RI 14:35 5 9600 0 0 0
- ============================================================================
- Previous xx Callers Tracked.
-
-
-
- Version 5.03"N" (and above) the command line is slightly
- confusing to glance at, but here's a VERY brief explanation.
- The WHOCFG.n file, can be ANY configuration file so long as it
- meets the guidelines I explained in EXPLAIN.CFG.
-
- Doing things this way, makes the utility EXTREMELY flexible
- for WHATEVER your setup consists of. Doing this, I wanted to
- accommodate network users. JUST AS PCBoard has a different
- PCBOARD.DAT file for each node, WhoCalled TOO needs to know
- where certain files are. That information is contained in the
- file(s); WHOCFG.n.
-
- My Node #1 $$LOGOFF.BAT looks like this:
-
- CD C:\WHOCALL
- whoCALL whocfg.1/1
- CD C:\PCB
-
- If you have a single machine, but multi-nodes, you can STILL use
- theSAME configuration file. i.e. for my Node II, my $$LOGOFF.BAT
- looks like this:
- (The only difference is the 2 vice 1 after whocfg.1/x)
-
- My Node #2 $$LOGOFF.BAT looks like this:
-
- CD C:\WHOCALL
- whoCALL whocfg.1/2
- CD \PCB2
-
- You'll need to include the SLASH!
-
- Please note, PLEASE, I KNOW I'm going to get calls on this
- one. WhoCalled, when FIRST ran, needs to BUILD UP the
- temporary files up to the limit of the number of calls you
- specified in your configuration files for either the NODE
- bulletins or your ALL bulletins. What I'm trying to say is that
- the first time you run it, it will have ONE caller logged in
- there. The second time you run it, it will have the second
- caller logged, and so forth, until it reaches the maximum number
- of callers you told WHOCFG.n to track.
-
- When you run whoCALL.exe, if the LAST caller is the SAME as
- THIS caller, it will NOT append your bulletin. (Makes sense,
- doesn't it? Otherwise you'd have the same caller logged in the
- bulletin TWO times, the lines looking identical to each other.)
-
- Note: The period next to a User's name above indicated this
- user logged off "Abnormally."
-
- Note: The ANSI character next to a User's name above. This
- indicates that the user *MAY* be the victim of a "Hack" attempt.
- (More than THREE attempts were made with different passwords as
- the user logged on to your bbs.)
-
- Note: If you run WHOCALL on a node that is primarily your
- "personal" node, and you've told WHOCALLed to exclude your
- name in the exclusion list, this causes a DRASTIC slowdown.
- (WHY?) WhoCalled is told to search a callers files. WhoCalled
- is told, that if it finds a match (of the excluded user) to
- skip it, and go on to the next caller. So, you can see, if
- it's searching a callers file with ONLY your name in there,
- it's going to search UNTIL either it reaches a name that it
- does NOT recognize as a name to skip, OR until it reaches the
- end of the callers file. Your best bet is to simply exclude
- your "personal" node's $$logoff.bat file's line containing
- WhoCall.
-
- I am making a vow RIGHT HERE AND NOW, that I will NEVER post
- anything to the affect of "Your SysOp Is Cheap" in ANY "Who
- Called?" products!
-
- I trust I have written enough error trapping if anything goes
- wrong on your part. i.e. Wrongfully editing the caller(s) file, or
- changing the PCBTEXT.file. If this is the case, the utility
- will beep at you and the bulletin created will simply have the
- bulletin header (and nothing else) and go on about it's
- business. Your board will be back up when it's through.
-
- You WILL run into problems if you've edited your CALLERs file.
- The contents of PCBoard's CALLERS file is written as a relative
- type file and if you edit the file with an ASCII editor, (OK
- in MOST cases) you COULD have a distorted output file as your
- bulletin.
-
- * THIS IS OK * WHOCALLED? WILL trap it, but needs
- to cycle through.
-
- WhoCalled needs a temporary file for EACH node running. Forgive
- me on this one but to read a file (a RANDOM type file) from the
- bottom up, I needed to create those files to read from.
- Otherwise, it would run like the OLD WhoCalled? V3.x, and
- take anywhere from 15 seconds to 20 seconds in between each call
- for say a 35 call limit.
-
- Each WHOTEMP.x file should be 130 bytes ONLY! (version 6.0 & above)
- WHOTEMP.ALL should be proportional to how many callers you wish
- to track.
-
- There is GREAT news now! (New In Version 5) If you're inclined
- to NOT like my header or footer files, you can simply ADD YOUR
- OWN. You MUST have something, even if there are blank lines.
- But, the choice is yours now to use mine OR yours.
-
- WHOCALL.HDR and WHOCALL.FTR are the files that are appended to
- the bulletins before and after the raw data is placed,
- respectively.
-
- I can be reached at (401) 848-9176. PLEASE this is my HOME VOICE
- PHONE, try to keep it EARLIER than 6PM. (I'm taking into
- account Pacific time) Let's face it, it's a lot easier if we
- can talk voice.
-
- My BBS phone number is (401) 846-1763, which is
- v32bis, should you prefer to SEE the bulletins in action. (And
- keep tabs on any upgrades.) You'll need to log on as GUEST GUEST
- with a password of GUEST.
-
- Use node IV (401) 846-1763 to browse my bulletins files, take
- a look at my bulletin #18, and leave a comment, asking for help
- should you need any.
-
- What EVER you do, PLEASE don't try WHOCALLED and if something
- went wrong, just delete all the files and forget about it.
- Please call me, and let me know if the utility is not working
- for you for your configuration. I can NOT attempt to fix
- something, if I don't know it's broken.
-
- I will NEVER know if you want something added, or something
- special for YOUR BBS if you don't call. Please CALL!
-
- It's getting to the point that I've spent MANY hours with
- WhoCalled. If you REALLY want to see MORE upgrades, send a
- $10.00 "suggestion" to keep me at programming for WhoCalledPRO.
- There is really MORE to WhoCalled, *IF* you do "suggest" that I
- keep at the console programming.
-
- Bill FINK
- 4204 East Bay Village
- Middletown, RI 02840
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- ALL REGISTERED Users will have the VERY latest WhoCalled DELIVERED
- to them! (First!)
-
- That's it, enjoy WhoCalledPRO! and remember, Read The Docs, Doc!
-
-
- The history file contains a lot of information that MAY answer
- some OTHER questions you may have. WhoCalled has changed MANY times
- since version 2.0.
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