RBBS-in-a-Box CD-ROM Welcome to the world of RBBS-PC! As a Sysop (System Operator) I am sure you will share many of the same positive experiences that I and other Sysops have enjoyed since first setting up RBBS. In addition to the many hours of enjoyment it has provided as a hobby, I can honestly say that the friends I have met through RBBS-PC are some of the best friends life can provide. Many of those who I count as my closest friends today are friends I have met through my bulletin board. Be sure to review the accompanying documentation. If the booklet is not handy, the information can be found in the following files: README.TXT This text file. FORWARD.TXT A note from Tom Mack, co-author and copyright holder of RBBS-PC. INSTALL.TXT Instructions for the installation and setup of your RBBS-in-a-Box bulletin board, as well a couple of trouble-shooting tips. RUNNING.TXT Some basic information about the operation of your RBBS-in-a-Box system. HISTORY.TXT History of RBBS-PC of Chicago, home of the RBBS-in-a-Box CD-ROM! ACKNWLDG.TXT Acknowledgments for those who have made all of this possible. COPYRITE.TXT Copyright notices. (Important Info!) VIEWDIR.TXT Documentation on the View Directory utility that will allow you to search the RBBS-In-A- Box file listings and view, copy or extract them. CDCOPY.TXT Documentation for CDCOPY, a handy utility to quickly locate and copy files from your RBBS-in-a-Box CD-ROM. ---------------->>>> QUICKSTART FILE REVIEW <<<<-------------- For those of you anxious to see what files are available on this disk, do the following: 1. Make your CD-ROM the default drive by typing the CD-ROM drive letter, a colon (:) then hitting enter, i.e. D: 2. Change into the RBBS subdirectory by typing: CD\RBBS 3. Type: VIEWDIR This will invoke the file directory viewing utility included with your disc. From VIEWDIR you can look at the contents of a file, copy files or unzip files. For more information, see the VIEWDIR.TXT file. ------------>>>> QUICKSTART RBBS-PC SETUP <<<<------------ 1. Make your CD-ROM the default drive by typing the CD-ROM drive letter, a colon (:) then hitting enter, i.e. D: 2. Change to the RBBS subdirectory by typing: CD\RBBS 3. Type: Install D: C: (Where D:=CD-ROM drive & C:=Hard disk drive. Use the drive letters appropriate for your system.) 4. Follow the instructions on the screen! (It wouldn't hurt to read the INSTALL.TXT file either!) >*>*>*>*>*> !! IMPORTANT !! <*<*<*<*<*< To register your disc and obtion 30-days free access to our private (no-busy signals) lines, send your name, address, and the password you wish to use on OUR system, along with a copy of your paid receipt for RBBS-in-a-Box to: Loren D. Jones & Assoc. Ltd P.O. Box 127 LaGrange, IL 60525-0127 We will add you to our system and provide you with the additional telephone number. ------------>>>> ABOUT RBBS-IN-A-BOX <<<<------------ About the collection: This CD-ROM represents the fruits of seven years of daily work as a Sysop. Literally thousands of hours have gone into maintaining the BBS as well as tracking and caring for the files you find permenantly etched on this CD-ROM. This disc, with a collection of over 15,000 file entries, represents over 100,000 individual files which, if extracted from their respective ZIP files would occupy over 1.4 Gigabytes of space!! And you have it all at your fingertips! The process of organizing, duplicate file checking and prepartion for CD-ROM production for just this one update took over 400 man hours to complete. We hope you like the results. About the layout: The files are organized alphabetically. The files are distributed across 61 subdirectories named with the first four characters of the last file in that directory. Thus, the file POSTER.ZIP would be in the POOL subdirectory, since alphabetically it falls between PHON and POOL. While there are umpteen possible ways to structure a CD-ROM, we felt this was as reasonable as any others we considered. For those running BBS systems other than RBBS, there is a FILES.BBS file list in each subdirectory. About GIF files: The GIF format for PC graphics has become popular over the past few years and many GIF files are sent to RBBS-PC of Chicago every week. The problem is that there is seldom accompanying documentation providing artist and copyright information. Unfortunately, there has been wholesale copying of materials from all forms of magazines without consideration of who owns the rights to what. For this reason we have NOT included GIF files on this disc. If someone wants to take the legal risk of a copyright infringement case (statutory damages can exceed $10,000 per violation), feel free to add all the GIFs you want to your collection! Enjoy! Loren D. Jones RBBS-PC of Chicago (708) 352-1035 Copyright (c) 1989,1990,1991 Loren D. Jones & Associates, Ltd.