þþ[ Help for setting up KBBS under DesqView ]þþ þþ[ Version 2.0 ]þþ þ[ By Ed Mullins ]þ þþ[ 1.0 ]þþ Contents NOTE: These ARE NOT pages, they are sections! CONTENTS.................................................................1.0 NOTES....................................................................1.1 MY SYSTEM SPECS..........................................................2.0 My System Specs. (Hardware)............................................2.0 My System Specs. (Software)............................................2.1 DESQVIEW SETUP SCREENS AND .DVP INFO.....................................3.0 DesqView Setup Program, Performance, Fore/Background tick settings.....3.0 About the xxxxxxxx.DVP files included..................................3.1 KBBS SETUP (SYSOP UTILITES MENU).........................................4.0 KBBS Setup, Multi-tasking options screen...............................4.0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FILES...............................................5.0 AUTOEXEC.BAT...........................................................5.0 CONFIG.SYS.............................................................5.1 CREDITS..................................................................7.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.........................................................8.0 þþ[ 1.1 ]þþ Notes: Mainly the only thing I have changed in this version is I have added *.DVP files, and deleted the setup screen captures from the text file, and added this section, and changed the KBBS version number... This is the FINAL version of this help document from me. I've switched from DESQview to Windows 95! Win95 is a much more powerful DESQview. And I highly reccommend it over DESQview. The multitasking is TONS better, it is a 32bit operating system. I will no longer support this document... If anyone wants to update this version, please feel free to, I have not placed any copyrights on this document, it's totally public domain. All I ask is you make notice that your modified version is NOT from me, and if you would, it would be nice if you uploaded your version to my board, it is: The SysOp's Realm, 918-457-3453... -Ed Mullins þþ[ 2.0 ]þþ My System Specs. (Hardware) Below is a short explination of what I use on my sytem... CPU: 486DX2 50Mhz (With Intel OverDrive installed, that is) BIOS: PhoenixBIOS(TM) A486 v1.01.E RAM: 4 Megs, on board. Modem: InfoTel 1414VQH (14.4 modem) I think that's all the information that would consern the subject of the doc. If you need to know something else, don't hesitate to ask... þþ[ 2.1 ]þþ My System Specs. (Software) * KBBS Version 2.00Z.20B * DesqView 386 Version 2.70 * Qemm Version 7.5 * MS-DOS v6.22 þþ[ 3.0 ]þþ DesqView Setup Program, Performance, foreground, and background ticks. A lot of people use 2 in fore, and 2 in back, but 4 seems to work better with KBBS. These may vary, my bbs is in the background most of the time.. But this is what I would suggest you use. É1ÍÍAdvancedÍSetup:ÍPerformanceÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º Ü º º Task Processing Time (in Clock Ticks) Û º º Foreground: 4 Û º º Background: 4 Û º º Û º º Memory Usage (in K) Û º º Common Memory: 20 Û º º DOS Buffer for EMS: 4 Û º º Û º º Optimize communications? (Y/N): Y Û º º Manage printer contention? (Y/N): N Û º º Û º º ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß º º º º Ü º º Press Tab to advance to the next field. Û º º Esc to undo changes. Û º º ÄÙ when done. Û º º Û º º ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þþ[ 3.1 ]þþ About the *.DVP files included Your are going to have to change all of the 'The SysOp's Realm þ Node x''s to ' þ Node x''s or 'KBBS þ Node x''s, etc, etc... N1-PIF.DVP - KBBS Node 1 dvp file.. N2-PIF.DVP - KBBS Node 2 dvp file.. (NOTE: this is my LOCAL only node.) SM-PIF.DVP - Sysop Menu dvp file.. þþ[ 4.0 ]þþ KBBS Setup, Multi-tasking options I'm not perfectly happy with these, but they seem to be working fine. I should note, that I have RIP graphic detect turned off, but I do use it for testing purposes in local mode, and have no problems. KBBS v2Z.20B SYSOP UTILITIES (C) Copyright 1992,1995 Anderson Research ÚÄÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄMultitaskingÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿Ä¿ ³°³ Ä1:Node 1Ä 2:SysOp No ³°³ ³°³ Maximum concurrent threads (4-16): 16 16 ³°³ ³°³ ³°³ ³°³ Console Text priority: 100 100 ³°³ ³°³ Console Graphics priority: 30 30 ³°³ ³°³ Min. Graphics Idle Time (ms, 0-1000): 5 5 ³°³ ³°³ Node to Node Idle Priority: 100 100 ³°³ ³°³ ³°³ ³°³ Status Console Refresh (ms,100-9999): 100 100 ³°³ ³°³ Record Update Frequency (ms, 100-9999): 500 500 ³°³ ³°³ Internode Packet Rate (ms,100-9999): 200 200 ³°³ ³°³ ³°³ ³°³ Background maintenance tasks: Enabled Enabled ³°³ ³°³ Idle minutes before message pack: 10 10 ³°³ ³°³ ³°³ ³°³Ä Help ÄÄ F2=Modify/PickList ÄÄ Alt-D=Delete ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij°³ ³°³ This setting allows control over the maximum threads that may be ³°³ ³°³ executing simulteneously. For single systems running more than one node ³°³ ³°³ on a single machine, this may be reduced for faster overall execution ³°³ ³°³ speed. ³°³ ³°ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄINS=Add a node, ESC=Save/ExitÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ°³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ F1=Help ù ALT-F1=DOS Shell ù Call the ARI Support BBS: 801-489-7910 þþ[ 5.0 ]þþ System Configuration Files; AUTOEXEC.BAT File. Below are my AUTOEXEC.BAT, and CONFIG.SYS files, only for examples, I reccommend running OPTIMIZE.EXE (in your \QEMM dir) to optimize your configuration. Qemm ALWAYS gives me LOTS more memory than MEMMAKER. :) @ECHO OFF PATH=C:\QEMM;C:\;C:\BAT;C:\TP\BIN;C:\MSDOS622;C:\NC;C:\WINDOWS;C:\KBBS C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 C:\MSDOS622\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /E C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 /LO C:\MSDOS622\SMARTDRV.EXE /X 1024 128 C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 C:\MSDOS622\SHARE.EXE C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 C:\MSDOS622\PRINT.EXE /D:PRN SET TEMP=C:\KBBS\TEMP SET BGFAX=C:\BGFAX SET GALAXY=A220 I5 D1 K10 P530 T6 SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T3 DV.BAT þþ[ 5.1 ]þþ CONFIG.SYS File. Note about your STACKS=xx,xxx seting: After using the STACKS=18,256 for about a month, I decided to go back to STACKS=0,0.... Setting it to 18,256, as Keith suggests, made the system quite slow during several tasks. And I haven't noticed any bad things at _all_ about setting it back to 0,0... BUFFERS=40 FILES=50 DOS=UMB LASTDRIVE=D STACKS=0,0 device=c:\qemm\dosdata.sys DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS ST:M r:1 ram device=c:\qemm\dos-up.sys @c:\qemm\dos-up.dat DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:2 /SIZE=55456 C:\WINDOWS\MOUSE.SYS DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:1 /SIZE=13760 C:\FORTE16\DRIVERS\CDMKE.SYS /P:630 /D:MSCD000 SHELL=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.COM /R:2 C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /P þþ[ 7.0 ]þþ Credits: * Keith Anderson - The guy that made it all happen :) And all the KBBS help. þþ[ 8.0 ]þþ Acknowledgements: Whew! I think this section took longer to look up than all the screen captures and all! * KBBS is (c) Copyright 1992, 1995 Anderson Research Inc., (ARI). * DESQview and QEMM are (c) Copyright 1985-1994 QuarterDeck Office Systems. * MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. * OS/2 and OS/2 Warp are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. * PhoenixBIOS is a trademark of Phoenix Technologies. * Intel OverDrive is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. * Packard Bell is trademark of Packard Bell Electronics Inc. All other brand, and product names are copyright, and/or trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective owners, unless otherwise stated.