                     THE NEWS COORDINATOR v3.03+ (C) 1993
                          Kodiak Solutions Unlimited.
                              12-15 Vermeer Drive
                              S. Amboy, NJ 08879
                          Tech Supp BBS (908)525-8295


                                 DEMO VERSION
                                 INSTALLATION
                                 ------------


TWC303.EXE should be placed in your main BBS directory (or network data
directory).  It can be run as a standalone program, or as a door of WWIV
(LOCAL ONLY).

All the files needed by TWC should be placed in your networks data directory.

The News Coordinator CAN BE installed as a chain like this:

A. Description  : The News Coordinator v3.03+
B. Filename     : TWC303  
C. SL           : 255
D. AR           : None.
E. ANSI         : Optional
F. DOS Interrupt: NO         <--- This is critical
G. 300 Baud     : Allowed
H. Shrink       : Yes        <--- This is necessary
I. Disable Pause: Yes
J. Local only   : Yes        <--- This is necessary


In your CONFIG.SYS file, you should have a statement saying (something like
this):

FILES=30

The "FILES=" statement is a suggested number (If the number is higher, that is
alright).  The Network Coordinator program doesn't open anywhere near that
amount of files at one time, but if you are running this as a chain, the BBS
may leave some files open before you run the program.





                                     OTHER
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Revision Log.


v1.20 - Initial Public Release.

v2.00 - Complete rewrite.  Added professional menus, mouse support, file
        tagging, removed 20 group limit - can now have as many as 255 groups,
        removed "SEND TO NODES in a FILE" option, added more support for
        sending ZIP files - prior version would only send FILE.ZIP - new
        version will send any ZIP file (smaller than 31700 bytes),  Removed
        ANSI.SYS requirement.

v2.01 - Refined the input prompts.  Created a demo version.  Made the code
        a bit more efficient.  Now shows how many nodes were selected.

v3.01 - Major update.  Now includes a text file editor, support for NETEDIT
        (a Black Dragon utility).  Supports files > 32k, Sends Sub Info
        Requests.  Source Verified Feedback, etc...  DE100.EXE was
        de-implemented, and will not be supported further.  Fixed a bug that
        would not allow you to run your network from a different drive than
        your BBS is on.  No longer get one of those short messages (saying
        "Received xxxxxxx.xxx ....") when you log on, but still appears in
        the NETDAT0.LOG file.

v3.02 - Support for CATEG.NET updates.  Source Verified E-Mail From NC now
        shows up as Type 1 - NC (instead of GC-255).  


v3.03 - Support for NETWORKS.LST updates.  Will convert SUBS.INF (ping file)
        into a sorted SUBS.LST file, and sort into categories if CATEG.NET
        is used.  The TNC Editor has been vastly improved, including support
        for 43/50 line screen mode (EGA/VGA only), Search & Replace, Multiple
        file windows, DOS Shell, Cut & Paste (clipboard style), window tiling
        or cascading.  Update types have been changed from Type 15/0's to
        Type 1/0's (for the most part).  Hopefully, this will allow VBBS
        systems to work with TNC.  All executable programs called by TNC
        (ie TNCEDIT.EXE, NETEDIT.EXE, EN511.EXE, DE511.EXE, SUBINF.EXE, etc)
        can now be placed in the networks data directory.  TNC will search
        for files in the following order:  
           1.  Current directory
           2.  Network Data Directory
           3.  Directories in your Path Statement
        New DE511.EXE/EN511.EXE files are supplied.  They are downwardly
        compatible with the prior version, so you can use the SEND DExxx
        Update option to send the new version to nodes that have the old
        version.  The new DE511.EXE files should be sent out to your
        network BEFORE sending any other updates.  Hopefully, this is the
        last revision of the EN511/DE511 files for awhile.   Also added,
        is support for sending *.NWS files (some people didn't want to send
        out WWIVNEWS.NET, but wanted something like FREDNET.NWS instead).

v3.03+  Added Group Coordinator module, Subs Coordinator module, WWIVnews
        module (note these modules are not as powerful as the same options
        in The Network Coordinator).  Ie TNC allows files > 31500 bytes
        these modules don't.  They are also more restricted to the PROPER
        filenames than TNC.  TNC303 really didn't change in this version
        (except for some cosmetic changes), so I didn't upgrade the version
        number.  Also TNCEDIT has been improved slightly, if you specify
        to tile the files, they stay tiled (even when loading another file)
        until either you exit TNCEDIT or change it back to cascading.


Possible Future Additions:

  1.  Add an update log.
  2.  Separate command-line programs for sending files via batch mode. 
  3.  Send SSMs to the network.
  4.  Improved Documentation.
  5.  Ability to change the network name yourself.



  Your suggestions for new features are welcome, not all may be implemented,
  but it sure doesn't hurt to ask.


                              POOR DOCUMENTATION
                              ------------------

I am currently undertaking the task of completely rewriting the docs.  At this
point it is about 1/3 finished.  The new docs are 100% better than these, and
go into more details regarding The Group Coordinater/The Subs Coordinator/The
WWIVnews Coordinator, etc....  Needless to say, I don't want to hold back this
release for those docs.