Tournament BBS Backgammon SysOp Instructions








                     Welcome to Tournament BBS Backgammon

                           written by Joe W Mahurin

                      using door routines by Scott Baker

 


     Disclaimer:

          Joe W Mahurin shall in no way be held responsible for any
          damage incurred from the use or misuse of Tournament BBS
          Backgammon.  By using Tournament BBS Backgammon the user
          assumes ALL responsibility for damage incurred.  No
          warranty, either assumed or implied is given.


     Registration Benefits:

          If this is an unregistered version of Tournament BBS Backgammon
          then the maximum games that can be played is 10 games.  In the
          registered version up to 99 games can be played.  Please support
          shareware and register this game!


     List of files:

          Backgame.exe   The door program.
          Backgame.ctl   Created by Setup.  Door control file.
                         Make sure you only edit this file with
                         the SETUP utility.
          Setup.exe      Fast and easy setup utility, writes all the
                         control and configuration files.
          Sysop.txt      This file.
          Brules.txt     List of Backgammon rules for users.
          Bnstruct.txt   Tournament BBS Backgammon Door Instructions.
          History.txt    List of bug fixes and revision history.
          Register.frm   Registration form.
          Backgame.gam   Created by SETUP.  Contains a master list of
                         games being played.  DO NOT edit this file.
          Backgame.sco   Created by SETUP.  Contains all player scores.
          BgameX.gam     The individual games.  DO NOT edit this file.
          Backgame.key   The Tournament BBS Backgammon registration file
                         recieved from the author.
          

     Installing Tournament BBS Backgammon:

          1...Create a directory for your backgammon game.  Unarchive
               your copy into your newly created directory.
          2...Enter your newly created directory and type SETUP at the
              DOS prompt.
          3...Follow the SETUP instructions.  When finished enter a
              'Q' to exit SETUP and save the information that you
              entered.
          4...The installation process in now complete.


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     Parameters:

          /L   Run Backgammon in local mode.
          /S   Run Backgammon in sysop fast mode.  Only difference
               between this and local mode is that /S does not
               ask the SysOp for his name.
          /M   Run system maintenance.
          /Nx  Where x is the node number Backgammon is run from.
               At this point Tournament BBS Backgammon does not
               support multi node.
          /Pn  Where n is the path to your BBS.  This is where
               Backgammon will look for your file to tell it
               the name of the caller.






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     Running Tournament BBS Backgammon:

          Most Bulletin Board Systems call the door game up
          from a batch file.  You may create a batch file
          to call up this door game.  Include the following
          lines: 
                    Backgame /p c:\bbs

          Where c:\bbs is the path to your BBS.


     System Maintenace:

          I highly recommend that you run system maintenance once a
          day.  System maintence can be run by the following
          command:
                    Backgame /m


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     Registration:

          Registration fee is $15.00.  As Tounament BBS Backgammon
          gets more and more complicated and more features are
          added the price will probably go up.
          Fill out the registration form and mail to:

                    Joe W Mahurin
                    2403 Bruce Avenue NBU #99
                    Tucson AZ 85708-1313


     Possible future features:

          Multi-Node operation.
          An actual tournament module that allows the sysop to
               run hands off tournaments.
          InterBBS play.