-------------------------------------------------------------------- Tri CD-ROM Enhancer Package (TCDEP) Games Unlimited (tm) Software Copyright (c) 1996 by Michael Kinser All Rights Reserved Step-By-Step Setup ================== READ THIS DOCUMENT AND FOLLOW IT STEP-BY-STEP! NOTICE: THE UNREGISTERED VERSION OF TCDEP IS LIMITED TO 4 CD-ROMS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Set up all of your CD-ROMs in your TriBBS File Areas. If you have 3 CD-ROM DRIVES and 7 CD-ROMS, here is how you should set up your TriBBS File Areas. For Example: Your 7 CD-ROM Names are Games 1, Games 2, Games 3, and so on... Offline CD Number In TriBBS Setup CD-ROM Name Online or Offline ================= =========== ================= 0 Games 1 Online 0 Games 2 Online 3 Games 3 Offline 0 Games 4 Online 5 Games 5 Offline 6 Games 6 Offline 7 Games 7 Offline Take special notice of the Offline CD Numbers used in the above example. If a CD-ROM is online, still leave room for an Offline CD Number for it, for when you toggle it to offline! If a CD-ROM is online, TriBBS automatically sets the "Offline CD Number" in your TriBBS setup to 0. I recommend that you use the Master Index on each CD-ROM file area and the Master Index ONLY! For more help in setting up your File Areas, run CONFIG /?. 2. Create an File Area on your BBS just for Offline Requests! 3. Run CONFIG.EXE and press A for Main Setup. A. Main TriBBS Directory. Enter your Main TriBBS Directory where your BBS.EXE, BOARD.BAT, and MWORK directory resides. B. File Area Path. Enter the Directory where the Requested files should be copied to. An example would be "C:\FILES\REQUESTS". This should be set to same directory that your File Area Path is set to in your TriBBS File Area Setup. (The File Area created in Step #2). C. File Area File List Enter the full path and filename to the file list for the Requested files. This is the file list shown to the user when they "List Files" from the File Menu. An example would be "C:\FILES\REQUESTS\FILES.LST". This should be set to the same directory that your File Area File List is set to in your TriBBS File Area Setup. (The File Area created in Step #2). D. TCDEP Log File Toggle When set to ON, every program (except CONFIG.EXE) will add to a log file called TCDEP.LOG. This will contain important information such as when you run TOFR.EXE (Copies files from CD-ROM to hard drive) and a file is not found, it will be recorded in the log file. This is a registered version feature only. E. Conference Number This is the Conference Number (Same as in the TriBBS Setup) to insert the message to. Each time you run TOFR.EXE and a file is copied from the CD-ROM to the Hard Drive, a message is left to the user telling them that the file is now online and they may download it. Unregistered users are forced to use conference #1. Registered users may choose any conference they wish. It is recommend that you set up a separate conference just for Offline File Requests. F. Delete Old File Requests After This is the number of days to keep old File Requests. DELOFR will automatically delete old file requests after this number of days. This is a registered version feature only. 4. Run CONFIG.EXE and press B for CD-ROM Setup. For each CD-ROM, you must enter 3 pieces of information. The first piece of information is the Name of the CD-ROM. The second is the TriBBS File Area Number where the CD-ROM File Areas begin. The third is the TriBBS File Area Number where the CD-ROM File Areas end. TCDEP supports up to 300 CD-ROMs (4 in the Unregistered Version). You will need to enter this information for every CD-ROM you have, whether it is online or offline! The CD-ROM Number shown in this part of the program MUST match the Offline CD-ROM Number set in the TriBBS File Areas. 5. Create a TriBBS event that runs every night or once a week to run DELOFR.EXE. This program deletes old file requests if you have registered. If you have NOT registered, it still runs but does not delete the old file requests. 6. Register Tri CD-ROM Enhancer Package (TCDEP)! Many hours have been spent in the creation of TCDEP. Please respect the author and the Shareware message in general by registering. Its only $10.00 + $2.00 Shipping & Handling plus there are great benefits of being a registered user. Read TCDEP.DOC for more information. --------------------------------------------------------------------