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if i left any of the more frequently asked question out let me know and
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i will include them as well.. i think i have covered about 90% of the
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questions being asked in the renegade base with this file.. i will post
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this once every 2 weeks at the least.. maybe once a week for a while..
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Renegade Frequently Asked Question List
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Created by - Paul Reed (85:823/600)
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Created 09/04/92
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Last Revised 06/10/93
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Q. Is it true that Cott is developing a NEW BBS package from Scratch?
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A. Yes.. he is currently programming Renegades replacement...
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Q. But, Is he still going to support Renegade, and release new
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Versions?
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A. Yes.. he *IS* still working on Renegade, and has stated that he will
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continue to release new versions of Renegade at least until the new
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software is ready for distribution..
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Q. What will the New Software be called?
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A. Absolutely NO idea.. Cott has not stated what it will be called..
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Q. How much will it Cost to register the new package?
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A. Again, Absolutely no idea.. that has not been stated either..
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Q. My Protocols, Archivers, and some of my Door games are not
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working properly.. what happened?
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A. With the release of RG 04-01 Beta comes a change in the MCI codes
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for Doors, Archivers and Protocols. They have been made more
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consistent. In other words % N passes the node number in all three
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areas.. where as before @ E was used in the door games to pass node
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number. As yet i have not seen anything to convert the MCI codes to
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the new ones. ( i did mine by hand ) but it didn;t take long..
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the thing that took the longest was the archivers.. protocols are
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easy if you are using Cott's protocol.dat since i just grabbed the
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one out of the installation package for 04-01 Beta and used it..
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Q. What is the Latest version of Renegade Available?
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A. The latest version of Renegade released to the public is
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Renegade 04-16Beta.
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Q. How come in the newest versions of Renegade all my Menu prompts have
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these HEART shaped ASCII characters within them..
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A. as of version 2-27 Beta's release the Ascii-3 (or Heart) coloring
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system has been COMPLETELY removed.. you should obtain the file
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CLRFIX.ZIP or ARJ whatever the case may be. and follow the directions
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included.. for those of you who have an aversion to reading DOCS
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i will include the steps to take to run it successfuly on your system
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place clrfix.exe into your main BBS directory. the DATE on Clrfix.exe
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should be 2-1-93 at 00:26am or it is too old of a version and will
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not convert all the DATA files that need to be converted.. do NOT
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run clrfix on the data files by passing *.dat to clrfix.. you WILL
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destroy your data files if you do this..
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at the dos prompt type CLRFIX and press Enter which is NOT the long
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key at the bottom of the keyboard <GRIN!!> couldn't resist Cott.
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you will see it process several different .DAT files.. then when it
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is done type CLRFIX MENU\*.MNU to convert your menus.. then use
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CLRFIX MISC\*.ASC to convert your ascii text files..
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Q. Why does the built in .QWK door give all of my bases a base number of
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0 and then put all the messages into all the bases in the reader?
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A. With the release of version 2-27 Beta the message bases now have a
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permanent Index Number used for .QWK packets.. you should run the
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program PERMINDX.EXE contained in the distribution archives for
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RG 2-27Beta and Later.. RUN THIS ONLY ONCE.. when you run it it
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will ask you for the path to MBASES.DAT which is located in your
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DATA directory..
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Q. How come in the .QWK downloads i always get 0 Messages in EVERY
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Base?
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A. You need to go configure your Max Messages in the .QWK configuration
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Q. What the hell happened to all the Header colors?? its all grey on
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black!!!
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A. With the release of RG 2-27 Beta a New color configuration System was
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implemented.. you should go into the color configuration setup (K)
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from the System Configuration menu and configure a default color
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system..
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Q. Why won't Renegade respond to my modem, or why wont it even load up?
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A. All versions of renegade require a fossil driver to operate at ALL
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Renegade WILL however load up without a fossil driver installed if
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the -L option is used on the commandline.. the 2 most popular FOSSIL
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drivers out are BNU and X00.. most boards should have these available
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it is beyond the scope of this manual to explain how to set up a
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FOSSIL driver.
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Q. Where are the DOCS!?!?!?!?
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A. Currently Theo Van Dinter has released a doc file for Renegade..
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However.. these Docs have not been Sanctioned by Cott Lang at least
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that i am aware of anyways..but should serve to get you through until
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a release approved by Cott Lang.
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Q. Why are there so many bugs.. stuff never seems to work right!!
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A. Renegade is still in Beta form.. this means that it is NOT a standard
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release.. at this point in time everyone that sets up a renegade BBS
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is in effect a Beta tester.. or bug hunter if you will.. as such BETA
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releases have bugs.. it is one of the drawbacks of getting new versions
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at least once a month..
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Q. How do i become a BETA site?
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A. if you are running the software technically you already are.. currently
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though there is NO official Beta site structure.. although Cott Lang
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has stated that once a standard release is made he may go to a Beta
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testing structure.. at this point in time it does not even pay to ask
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as the answer will always be NO.
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Q. How the HELL do i make the PCR system work... its really confusing..
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A. first you have to go into System config and set up the PCR system
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as to what security levels are going to have one and how many
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messages each user has to post to meet the PCR.
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Next any command that you want to be restricted based on the PCR you
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would insert a ZZ somewhere in the ACS field for that command..
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conversely you can set up a linked command (see the docs on how to do
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that) with an acs of !ZZ to display a file or message to the user
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saying their PCR is out of balance... its really quite simple but it
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really is one of the most confusing things to set up it seems...
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Q. When will the Standard Release of Renegade be made?
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A. There never will be a Standard Release of Renegade.. Renegade will
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always be Beta software and will eventually be phased out by the
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new software Cott is working on...
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Q. How much does Renegade cost to Register it?
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A. There never will be a cost to register Renegade....
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Q. How do i set up HSLINK/BI-MODEM/HYDRA with Renegade?
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A. At this point in time Renegade has built in bi-directional protocol
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support.. but only HS-LINK is supported at this time.. Bi-Modem is
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NOT recommnded as there are some potential security risks to someone
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holding a registered copy.. HSLINK can best be configured by grabbing
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PROTOCOL.ZIP off of Cott Lang's or any other Renegade Support board
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that has it.. this is a copy of Cott Langs own protocol.dat file
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with most of the popular protocols installed including HSLINK..
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Cott has suggested that the best way to configure HSLINK itself is
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NOT to configure it.. just straight out of the BOX should work
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for most people... And the same should Apply to Hydra.. Hydra and
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HSLINK are both set up in the protocol.dat Cott Releases on a
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regular basis...
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Q. How do i set up Renegade multi-node??
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A. this probably has to be the MOST asked question in renegade's history.
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and in actuality it is probably one of the easiest things to set up.
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Basically if you have desqview, windows, OS/2 or any other program
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that allows 2 programs to be run simultaneously you can run MULTI-NODE
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this document will explain how to setup one dial up node and one
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local only node... from there you should be able to set up as many
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nodes as you wish..
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the first thing to make sure of is that you have Multi-Node support
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turned on inside Renegade itself... this can be found in System
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Configuration A option L..
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Next load up node 1 (the dial up node) as Renegade -N1 (the -N1 means
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node 1) and proceed to set up your modem configuration for that node.
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next quit out of renegade and load up node 2 like this:
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Renegade -N2 -L (the N2 means Load node 2 and the -L means it is a
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local node.) go into the modem configuration for this node and set the
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comport to 0.. the only thing left for you to do now is to set up
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your multi-tasker to load each node.. it is beyond the scope of this
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manual to explain how to do this.. i have used renegade with windows
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and found the performance much better then under Desqview but i had
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Problems with Windows trying to take control of my comm ports..
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i run a 2 dial up line and 1 local node system under DV 2.42 and
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QEMM 6.03 in a future release of this document I will include my
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my desqview setups.. if anyone can provide a text file on how to set up
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Renegade properly with Windows 3.0, 3.1 or OS/2 please feel free to netmail
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them to me (ROUTED ONLY) so i can include them as well.
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Here are the settings i use for Renegade with Desview running a 3 node
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system with front door on node 1.. i am only going to post the frodo
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node 1 and renegade node 2 entries.. as the node 3 is completely identical
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to the node 2 settings i will also post the batch files i use for both..
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If you are using DESQview.. TURN MANAGE PRINTER CONTENTION OFF or you
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will not be able to load more than one node....
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Change a Program
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Program Name............: Renegade Node 1
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Keys to Use on Open Menu: R1 Memory Size (in K): 200
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Program...: runfd.bat
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Parameters:
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Directory.: c:\fd
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Options:
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Writes text directly to screen.......: [Y]
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Displays graphics information........: [N]
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Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: [Y]
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Uses serial ports (Y,N,1,2)..........: [N]
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Requires floppy diskette.............: [N]
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Change a Program Advanced Options
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System Memory (in K).......: 0 Maximum Program Memory Size (in K)..: 600
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Script Buffer Size.......: 1000 Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K): 1000
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Text Pages: 1 Graphics Pages: 0 Initial Mode: Interrupts: 00 to FF
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Window Position:
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Maximum Height: 25 Starting Height: Starting Row...:
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Maximum Width.: 80 Starting Width.: Starting Column:
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Shared Program
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Pathname..:
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Data......:
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Close on exit (Y,N,blank)......: [N] Uses its own colors..............: [Y]
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Allow Close Window command.....: [Y] Runs in background (Y,N,blank)...: [Y]
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Uses math coprocessor..........: [N] Keyboard conflict (0-F)..........: [0]
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Share CPU when foreground......: [Y] Share EGA when foreground/zoomed.: [Y]
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Can be swapped out (Y,N,blank).: [N] Protection level (0-3)...........: [0]
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Change a Program
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Program Name............: Renegade Node 2
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Keys to Use on Open Menu: R2 Memory Size (in K): 200
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Program...: node2.bat
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Parameters:
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Directory.: c:\renegade
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Options:
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Writes text directly to screen.......: [Y]
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Displays graphics information........: [N]
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Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: [Y]
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Uses serial ports (Y,N,1,2)..........: [N]
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Requires floppy diskette.............: [N]
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Change a Program Advanced Options
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System Memory (in K).......: 0 Maximum Program Memory Size (in K)..: 600
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Script Buffer Size.......: 1000 Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K): 1000
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Text Pages: 1 Graphics Pages: 0 Initial Mode: Interrupts: 00 to FF
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Window Position:
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Maximum Height: 25 Starting Height: Starting Row...:
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Maximum Width.: 80 Starting Width.: Starting Column:
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Shared Program
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Pathname..:
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Data......:
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Close on exit (Y,N,blank)......: [N] Uses its own colors..............: [Y]
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Allow Close Window command.....: [Y] Runs in background (Y,N,blank)...: [Y]
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Uses math coprocessor..........: [N] Keyboard conflict (0-F)..........: [0]
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Share CPU when foreground......: [Y] Share EGA when foreground/zoomed.: [Y]
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Can be swapped out (Y,N,blank).: [N] Protection level (0-3)...........: [0]
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Here is a Windows 3.1 setup that is working for 1 RG sysop
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These are the PIFs I use for one dialup node and one local node for
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The Time Warp.
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PIF for Node 1
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Program Filename: RUN.BAT
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Window Title: FrontDoor
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Optional Parameters:
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Startup Directory: Directory where FroDo's BAT is located.
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Video Memory: X Text _ Low Graphics _ High Graphics
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Memory Requirements: KB Required:128 KB Desired:640
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EMS Memory: KB Required:1024 KB Desired:1024
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XMS Memory: KB Required:0 KB Desired:0
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Display Usage: X Full Screen Execution: X Background
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_ Windowed _ Exclusive
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X Close Window on Exit
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Advanced Options
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Multitasking Options
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Background Priority:200 Foreground:200
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Leave Detect Idle Time set to off
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Memory Options
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X EMS Memory Locked _ XMS Memory Locked
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X Uses High Memory Area X Lock Application Memory
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PIF For Node 2
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Program Filename: Renegade.exe
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Window Title: Renegade Node 2
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Optional Parameters: -n2 -l
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Start-up Directory: Directory Where Renegade is located
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Video Memory: KB Required 340 KB Desired 640
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EMS Memory: KB Required 1024 KB Desired 1024
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XMS Memory: KB Required 0 KB Desired 0
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Display Usage: X Full Screen Execution: X Background
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_ Windowed _ Exclusive
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X Close Window On Exit
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Advanced Options
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Multitasking Options
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Background Priority: 75 Foreground Priority: 75
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Leave Detect Idle Time set to off
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Memory Options
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_ EMS Memory Locked _ XMS Memory Locked
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X Uses High Memory Area _ Lock Application Memory
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These are the PIF settings I use for Windows 3.1 for my bbs and
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they seem to be working for me. Hope this has been of some help.
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Time Traveler
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Modem Init Strings:
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This is the section where i will be posting all of the init strings
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i can find for various modems.. obviously i can't prove they work but
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i get them from people who are using them and have them working..
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Supra 14400 Fax Modem:
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Try this init string : AT&F2Q0V0M0&C1&D2X4S95=1|
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And check Renegade's Result codes against the modem manual's listing.
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Hayes ULTRA Smartmodem:
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Init-1 AT&F&C1&D2W2E0Q0V1S7=55S11=50S38=0S95=2
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Init-2 ATM1&G2S49=2S50=128S97=20S0=0&Y0X4Y0H0
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lock everything at 19.2 and I use hardware flow control...hope that
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helps
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this is obviously a Front Door init string but you would change the V1
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to a V0 for renegade.. best thing to do would be to go into a term
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program and enter this whole string in as one AT command and then save
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it to the modems Nram and use ATZ as your Init string..
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Generic Hayes compatible 2400 Baud modems.
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this Init string should work for almost ANY Generic 2400 baud modem that
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supports the Hayes command set:
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ATH0V0Q0E0M0X4S0=0S10=60S2=1&C1&D2
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Well thats about it for this edition, if anyone has nything they would like
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to see added to this list please netmail me at my ITCnet address 85:823/203
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or my Fishnet address at 21:70/302.. i do not have a fight-o-net number
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at this time.. maybe soon though.. You will have to rote the netmail
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through my hub as my number is currently unlisted..
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Thanks go to Cott Lang for providing this GREAT bbs software to us and
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for his continued and OUTSTANDING support of his program.. may Renegade
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continue to be developed and improved.. as i am sure that within a very
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short time it shall be considered one of if not THE best BBS software
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around.. i already think that it is the best and hope to keep using it
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well into the future!!
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-Paul Reed
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