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193 lines
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TIPS AND TRICKS FROM T&J SOFTWARE
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Revised: 08/07/1994
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WILDCAT! 4.x
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* Problems may develop using the DOOR.SYS drop file if you have
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a LARGE number of conferences. I would suggest picking up a copy
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of a file called FDOORSYS.ZIP written by Tim Rider (Tim can be
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reached on The Source BBS at 310-371-3737). Here is what Tim's
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documentation states:
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"WildCat! v4.0 allows up to 32,000 conference areas. Due to the
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specifications of DOOR.SYS, all the conferences that a user is
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joined to are written to line #23 of DOOR.SYS. 32,000 conferences
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takes up a lot of room, and some SysOps have a DOOR.SYS file that may
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end up to be over 100k. Some doors have been choking on the large
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DOOR.SYS, so I wrote this small utility to remove that line."
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from FDOORSYS.DOC by Tim Rider
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RENEGADE BBS
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* If you are using BNU fossil driver and having problems with the
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doors, try using X00 v1.50+. Several Renegade systems have reported
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problems using BNU with the doors.
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* If you are getting out of memory errors. Go into the System Config
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section, [E] System Toggles, then [U] to turn the SWAP FILE 'ON'.
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TRIBBS v5.02+
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* Color ANSI checking will not work if you use TRIBBS.SYS drop file.
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Set the doors up using the PCBOARD.SYS drop file.
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* If you use DOOR.SYS, TriBBS reloads this file and will deduct twice
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the amount of time that was actually used. Try using another drop
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file, or copying the DOOR.SYS to a seperate directory and then
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telling the door to look there for it.
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* NOTE: This only applies to doors that you adjust the users time in
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the door such as Bordello, Studs, and Studette.
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T&J Raffle
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* An ILLEGAL FUNCTION CALL will result if you enter a "closing
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date" that is not valid. If you want the door to lock at the
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end of the month, then put in the first of the month.
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Remote Access v2.0
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==================
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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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=================
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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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SET 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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=========================
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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! 3.x
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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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* Wildcat! IM Version Setup using DigiFossil v1.3:
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All of our doors will run on the Wildcat! IM version using DigiFos
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v1.3. I have received TWO different setup routines concerning the
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IM version, here's an example:
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DF LOCK%WCNODEID% -OR- DF ON
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CD\WC30\DOOR\STUDS CD\WC30\DOOR\STUDS
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STUDS! STUDS!.CFG /FD STUDS! STUDS!.CFG
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CD\WC30 CD\WC30
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DF OFF DF OFF
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Comments on either setup would be greatly appreciated!
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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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REGISTERED KEYS
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===============
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* Distribution of a registered key is against copyright laws, which
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carries significant penalties. If a registered key is found being
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distributed, all keys purchased from us (by the person distributing
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the keys) will be invalidated and the matter will be turned over to
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our attorney's. We do share this information with other shareware
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authors.
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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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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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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