System EX-10 Canada Shareware Instructions.....

Many Sysops have reported that Master Decoder is their most popular door.
We agreed, and to offer a challenge to our callers, set up a second
door and called it GENIUS DECODER. This version offers more difficult
coded words, and longer cryptic descriptions. 

Normally in Master Decoder, the Questions would be something like...

HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS BEST,
and the clue would have been "Phrase".

In Genius Decoder, the Questions would be something like...

MEASURE WITH A MICROMETER,
and the clue would have been "Who cares how close I am anyway?"

It makes the game much more fun!


Running Master Decoder as  GENIUS DECODER...
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You must of course be a Registered Sysop and have the Registered
version of MASTER DECODER for any of this to work.


This is a short and simple set of instructions. To run Master Decoder 
as Genius Decoder, simply create a separate directory ( how about 
GENIUS ) and copy all Master Decoder files to the new directory.  
You would have the following files in your new directory...

DECODE.CFG   <- Std .CFG file - same as any other - no changes required
DECODE.QUE   <- Any Question database - like the one in this ARChive
DECODE.EXE   <- The main EXE file of course
DECODE.DAT   <- User Information

Then create a new .BAT file in your PCB directory. I call mine GENUS.BAT 
It looks like this...

ECHO OFF
CD\PCB\GENIUS
DECODE.EXE DECODE.CFG
CD\PCB
ECHO ON
BOARD

Then go to your GEN directory and make the required changes to your
DOORSG, AND DOORS files so your users can figure out the difference.
I list mine like this
 
Door #     Name                Description

   1       Bay Street Bulls    - An interactive Stock Market Simulation
   2       Deluxe Card Guppies - Outrageous Fun on line   
   3       Master Decoder      - Cryptic fun at it's best
   4       Genius Decoder      - The Genius Version
   5       Pyramid of Cheops   - Become a Master Pyramid builder
   6       PoP Door            - Vote for your choices on many polls
   7       Yahtzee             - On Line Yahtzee game
   8       Solitaire Poker     - Fun with on-line solitaire
   

Finally, go to the MAIN Directory, and use an editor to edit your 
DOORS.DAT file to include the new door by adding a line like

genus,,35

That should do it. Good luck with the Door. This idea is a freebie 
compliments of Doug Peterson, the Author of Master Decoder, and 
is released under the umbrella of System EX-10 Canada Copyrights.
It's like getting two doors for the price of one! 

All rights reserved.

Please note that Registered SysOps can always download the latest
copies of both DECODEx.QUE and GEDCODEx.QUE files from the PC-Board
SysOps conference on line.

Allen P. Bargen
System Operator

System EX-10 Canada
(519) 972-9000
9600 BPS USR HST
24 hours