

This file assumes that you are currently running stock RBBS-PC 17.4x
It will provide you with an update path to RBBS-PC 17.5 BETA.
The file paths shown are the default location created by the 17.4
installation.

     To update and get running IMMEDIATELY do the following:

Please backup your system before beginning this procedure.


 1.  Copy Menu0 to rbbs subdirectory (or the directory that
     you invoke RBBS-PC.EXE from.

 2.  Copy NCLRx.DEF to \rbbs\node1\NCLR1.DEF
     (repeat for other nodes)


 3.  Copy View.BAT to the directory you told RBBS to find Command.Com.
        This file uses BSHOW as the file viewer (if View.Bat is NOT
        found RBBS will use the internal viewing option).
        If you are not currently using BSHOW then you will need to edit
        the BSHOW.CFG to match your system and edit the View.BAT to reflect
        your system setup.  (Previous users of BShow should change %3 to %5)
        BSHOW.EXE, BSHOW.CFG, and BSHOWL.CFG is included for your convenience.
        The VIEW.BAT will look for them in C:\RBBS\BSHOW unless you
        modify it.

 4.  If you are running sub-boards, add an entry for each of them in
     your \rbbs\system\confmail.def file.  The conference/sub-board must be
     listed in confmail.def to be "join-able" from main.

 5.  If you use the TABS File aka fidxT.def with the Fast File Search (FFS),
        then you MUST use the enclosed MTABS40.EXE to create the compatable
        tabs file.  Overwrite your MAKETABS.EXE that was supplied with 17.4
        and run your FFS utilities (typically MAKEFFS.BAT).
     (Stock RBBS uses FidxT.def for the Tabs file and FIDX.def as the Index)

 6.  If you use a Doors.Def to control access to DOORS,
        you MUST add two parameters to EACH line.
        Parameters 1 through 8 are defined in RBBS-PC 17.4

        NEW parameter 9 is the HIGHEST security level that the door
        will allow.  This capability allows the sysop to set an upper
        limit to doors that might increase the callers security level
        (such as call-back verification).

        NEW parameter 10 is a Y/N parameter.
        Y = allow user to drop carrier in this door without penalty
            (usefull for mail doors)
        N = record drop carriers in this door.

example:

"WAR",5,,D,"WAR.BAT [NODE]",N,,30,20,N
"PIT",5,,D,"PIT.BAT [NODE]",N,,30,20,N
"MAILMGR",5,,D,"MAILMGR.BAT [NODE] [CBAUD]",N,,30,20,Y
"TQM",5,,D,"D:\RBBS\TQM\TQM.BAT [NODE]",N,,30,20,Y
"KOB",5,,D,"KOB.BAT [NODE]",N,,30,20,N


 7.  This version of RBBS Beta code will ask for a files description before
        the upload begins, UNLESS you create a file called FileZ.def in the
        directory that you start RBBS-PC.  Copy FILEZ.DEF to \rbbs\FILEZ.DEF
        or to the directory that you invoke RBBS-PC.EXE from.

 8.  If you use RBatch or some other external file description processor,
        you MUST put N as the rightmost character in the 5th parameter
        of the Proto.Def file to turn off internal batch upload support.

example:

"Z) Zmodem --------- (DSZ - Batch - Both Directions)
",4,D,8,N,B,1024,,0.96,,4=E=A,"D:\RBBS\XFER\BATCHDN.BAT ** ETC...***
        |
        ^5th parameter

 9.  If you want to enable Wildcard Downloading, you must create a file in the
        ~ NODE WORK directory (normally the directory you invoke RBBS from),
        called FIDX.CFG.  This file has the format of 99,10 where 99 is the
        number of wildcard matches allowed and the 10 is the line number of
        the last directory listed in your LIDX.DEF or equivalent that you want
        to allow to be searched for matches.
           (More lines may be added in the form of:  10,H:\AnyDir\ where a user
            with a security level of 10 or Higher will also be presented files
            that are listed in the associated directory e.g. H:\AnyDir. These
            are directories that might fall below the line number you enabled.)

example of FIDX.CFG

99,10
10,H:\AnyDir\
25,D:\ADULT\

     Note: If you are running macros from your FIDX.DEF, be sure and
     place them below the line number.

10.  Run CONFIG on each of your configuration file(s) and set the
     following parameters.


      54. BUFFER SIZE used when displaying text files -- 256
      55. Stack space to be made available ------------- 1024
      59. BUFFER SIZE for writes on internal protocols - 1024



      Also check your emphasis off command in param 322

321. String to turn ON Graphic Emphasis ----------- [27][1;41;37m
322. String to restore normal text (Emphasis OFF) - [27][0;40;37m



11.  Make a backup copy of your RBBS-PC.EXE and overwrite it with the
     supplied RBBS-PCS.EXE.  If you encounter problems, you should be
     able to recover using your old RBBS-PC.EXE


                    ****************************
                    *  Welcome to RBBS-PC 17.5 *
                    ****************************

You have now accomplished the basic minimums to become operational.

To get the MAXIMUM use of this code, you will need to do many things.

   Enclosed is an additional ZIP file to help you understand and
   use the new features found in this code.

PKUNZIP -d ENHANCED.ZIP

This will create subdirectories under your current directory to
help show you where the samples should go using the default
directories in the RBBS-PC 17.4 config.   If you are using different
storage places, at least the grouping of files should help.



