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| PCB2MBBS Documentation |-------------------------------------------
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What is PCB2MBBS?
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PCB2MBBS is a program which will convert PCBoard style file
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listings to Mystic BBS. This is useful for importing CD-ROMs
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into Mystic BBS, since most CD-ROMs that are BBS ready include
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at least PCBoard file listings. It may also be useful for
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automatically importing files on a file network if your software
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can maintain a PCBoard-type file listing.
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Using PCB2MBBS
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Usage PCB2MBBS is fairly easy, but sometimes time consuming if you
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are importing an entire CD-ROM with many directories. The command
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line parameters are as follows:
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PCB2MBBS: <PCBoard Name> <Mystic BBS Name> <-DUPE>
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<-DUPE> is the command line option to turn on duplicate file
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searching. This is needed if you have a 3rd party program keeping
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a list of files in PCBoard format, and you only need to import
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files which aren't yet added into Mystic. PCB2MBBS will search
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each file in the file listing to see if it already exists in your
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Mystic file base.
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<PCBoard Name> is the full path and filename of the PCBoard file
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listing to convert to Mystic BBS format.
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<Mystic BBS Name> is the full path and filename of the Mystic BBS
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file which will be created. The file extention does not need to
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be supplied, since PCB2MBBS will just strip it. Two files are
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outputted for each file directory converted:
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<FileName>.DIR : Holds the file information for this base.
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<FileName>.DES : Holds the file descriptions for this base.
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These files either need to be created in the DATA directory, or
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copied to the data directory after created.
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An example of running PCB2MBBS.EXE if the PCBoard files list was
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"D:\BBSDESC\DIR1.LST" and the path to the Mystic BBS data directory
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was "C:\MYSTIC\DATA\" :
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PCB2MBBS.EXE D:\BBSDESC\DIR1.LST C:\MYSTIC\DATA\DIR1
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The above command line parameter will convert the PCBoard file list
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located in "D:\BBSDESC\DIR1.LST" into the Mystic BBS data directory
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under the filename "DIR1".
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After a file base has been converted, you need to go into the
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Mystic BBS file base editor and add the file base to go along with
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the data files that you've just converted. The "FileName" field
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of this added file base should be "DIR1" since that was the filename
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that you told PCB2MBBS to use. The following is a screen capture
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of the File Base Editor. Option [B] should now be changed to "DIR1"
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Option [H] should be changed to the path on the CD-ROM which stores
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the files which you've just imported.
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File Base 1 of 1
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A. Name : Directory 1 of CD-ROM
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B. Filename : DIR1
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C. Display File :
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D. ACS : s20
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E. List ACS : s20
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F. Upload ACS : s255
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G. Download ACS : s20
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H. Storage Path : D:\DIR1\
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I. Password :
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J. Show Uploader : Yes
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K. Default NewScan: Yes
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Command (Q/Quit):
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Any suggestions/bug reports? E-mail: mysticbbs@geocities.com
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