GCE BBS Answer v1.50a. Copyright (C) 1990-1996 GCE Software.
               All Rights Reserved. Written by Chan S. Sam.


DISCLAIMER INFORMATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        No warranty is provided. The author is NOT responsible for ANY
damages that may occur with the use of the program. The program is provided
AS-IS and can not be modified in ANY way. The following files should be
present for this program to run properly:

ANSWER .TXT - This documentation.
ANSWER .EXE - The executable itself.
INIT   .BAT - A BATCH file that the program creates.
SAMPLE .BAT - A sample of how this program is setup.
FILE_ID.DIZ - File Idenification for BBS'.


WHAT'S NEW?
~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed the screen 'bug'.
- Secret 'ALT-L' for Local Logon. (Passes port as 0 and baud as 0).
- Less RAM requirement!!!


REGISTRATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
        Registration allows you to receive updated versions of this program
and this is also shown to the end user. Registration fees are $25 dollars
payable in United States Funds such as a Money Order. Checks are NOT accepted
and Money Orders must be payable to 'Chan Sam'. Fees are subject to change.
Please write 'ANSWER' on the memo of the money order.

To register this program send a money order to:

                        Chan Sam
                        P.O. Box 7390
                        Lowell, MA 01852-7390


REQUIREMENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~
-  Any system with an 80286+ microprocessor.
-  A FOSSIL driver.
-  30K Conventional RAM.


SETUP
~~~~~
        Make sure ANSWER.CFG does not exist in the current directory and
run ANSWER.EXE. A setup system will load up and just enter the appropiate
parameters that suits your system. You will need to create a batch file
that also suits the needs of your system.

        A start up batch file needs to be called. After the carrier is
detected, the program exits leaving INIT.BAT which needs to be called.
INIT.BAT calls BOARD.BAT with the communication settings. The first parameter
is the COM port and the second is the BAUD rate.


ERROR LEVELS
~~~~~~~~~~~~
255 - User Exit
254 - Connection
253 - Fatal Error


INIT.BAT example
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@echo off
BOARD.BAT 2 38400
          ^ ^^^^^
          |   |__________ BAUD RATE
          |______________ COM PORT

SAMPLE.BAT example
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@echo off

:start                        <--- Start of batch file
cd\answer                     <--- Switch to where the answer stuff is at
answer.exe >>boot.txt
             ^^^^^^^^
               |_____________ Directs fatal errors into this file

if errorlevel 255 goto user   <--- The SysOp exits
if errorlevel 254 goto bbs    <--- Someone is online
if errorlevel 253 goto error  <--- Fatal error

:error                        <--- Fatal Error has been reported
echo.
echo Fatal Error:
echo Please review BOOT.TXT.
echo.
goto end                      <--- End's it, if there are complications

:bbs                          <--- Carrier is detected
call INIT.BAT                 <--- Load the board
goto start                    <--- Go back to beginning of loop

:user
echo.
echo Have a nice day! :)
echo.
goto end                      <--- End's it

:end                          <--- End of BATCH