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136 lines
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TIPS AND TRICKS FROM T&J SOFTWARE
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Revised: 10/03/1993
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Remote Access v2.0
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* Using DOOR.SYS may result in an OVERFLOW error -- try using a
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different caller drop file such as DORINFO1.DEF. This is currently
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being examined!
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Keyboard Timeouts
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* If you are operating on a 486 computer and getting a "keyboard
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timeout", you will need to set the following environmental variable
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in your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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NO87=ON
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This will turn off your co-processor and allow the door to function
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properly
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Overflow Errors
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* Overflows can occur if you are running under DESQview and your tick
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counts are set too low -- try raising the tick counts.
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* If you're running Wildcat! v3.9+ and are getting OVERFLOW errors,
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make sure NONE of your security level definitions have the MAXIMUM
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DAILY DOWNLOADS set to more than 32,000 -- anything over that will
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cause an OVERFLOW ERROR in ANY door using DOORFRAME.
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Garbled Information on Remote
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* If the door seems to operate fine on the BBS end but the remote
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cannot receive or receives garbled information, check and make sure
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you are passing the correct IRQ to the door (if you are running a
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non standard IRQ).
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Graphic Cards (general)
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* ATI Graphics Ultra Pro card - do not use the ANSI.SYS driver that
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came with the card. Use the normal DOS ANSI.SYS for the screens
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to show correctly.
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* Trident SVGA Cards - You should have a utility disk with a file
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called TANSI.SYS, use this ansi driver instead of the standard
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ANSI.SYS.
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DESQview/X
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* Make sure you have the MATH COPROCESSOR flagged ON even if you don't
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have a math coprocessor.
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Lockups on certain COM PORTS
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* If you're running on a non-standard IRQ, be sure you are passing the
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IRQ on the command line!! Example: STUDS! STUDS!.CFG /5
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Studs! will now run on IRQ 5.
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Upgrading to New Versions
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* When you purchase a KEY from T&J Software, that KEY is valid for
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all upgrades also!
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Wildcat! BBS's
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* If you are running Studs!, Studette!, or Bordello!, you must use the
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caller drop file DOOR.SYS to make sure the callers remaining time is
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passed back to Wildcat!
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Spitfire BBS's
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* If you're having trouble with the doors dropping carrier on exiting
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back to the BBS, switch to using DOOR.SYS instead of SFDOORS.DAT.
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On some Spitfire configurations this will happen when using
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SFDOORS.DAT.
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Using DESQview
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* If you're running the doors under DV and you're getting ANSI
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character codes on the local monitor, be sure to load the file
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DVANSI.COM in the main batch file that starts your BBS!
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Bulletin PATHS and FILENAMES
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* When specifying the bulletin path, be sure to also select a name
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for the bulletin! This could cause lockups when using Bordello,
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Strip Poker, and Video Poker. If you don't want bulletins created,
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simply enter the word NONE for the path and filename.
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ERROR Codes (general)
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* ERROR #53 - This error means a file was not found. If this occurs
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right when the door is opened, please check the PATH to the caller
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drop file (i.e. DOOR.SYS), or make sure the caller drop file is
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being created properly!
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QuickBasic Error codes
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DoorFrame uses the QB error codes.
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2 Syntax Error 61 Disk full
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5 Ilegal Function Call 62 Input past end of File
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6 Overflow 63 Bad record number
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7 Out of memory 64 Bad filename
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11 Division by Zero 67 Too many files
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13 type mismatch 68 Device unavailable
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24 Device Timeout 69 Comm-buffer overflow
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25 Device fault 70 Permission denied
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52 Bad filename or number 71 Disk not ready
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53 File Not Found 72 Disk media error
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55 File Already open 74 Rename across disk
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57 Device I/O error 75 Path/File access error
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58 File already exists 76 Path not found
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59 Bad Record length
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The most common error that you will see is #62. This is usually caused
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by the CFG file not having enough lines. I have included this list so
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that you may be able to fix a problem that occurs with a T&J Software
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door.
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Error #75 is usually an incorrect path and/or filename in the CFG
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file.
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