Category : BBS Programs+Doors
Archive : 2002HLP2.ZIP
Filename : CIM-FMT.TXT
Output of file : CIM-FMT.TXT contained in archive : 2002HLP2.ZIP
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This file shows the format of the TW2002-?.CIM files and tells what the
scripts do in case you do not have one of the supported terminals.
Structure of the TW2002-I.CIM file
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line 1 :
line 2 : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
line 3 : 2 9 10 3 1 7 8
line 4 : 3 570 29 186 4 1 2
line 5 : 4 3 194 338 406 5 1
line 6 : 5 1 4 6
line 7 : 6 7 1 5 394 425 886
line 8 : 7 8 2 1 6 582 783
line 9 : 8 319 803 2 7
line 10: 9 63 307 10 2 348
line 11: 10 560 2 9
line 12: 11 416 367 570 865
The first line must be a blank line, and the others each have the
sector number first followed by the warps they lead to. Each number
is 4 spaces in length followed by a space, then the next number.
If your problem was line noise, just deleting the noise
will make it work, if anything is missing, however, you will
have to download the information again.
NOTE: You should run the script after playing TradeWars. If you do
it right away when you log on, the results may be inaccurate
due to the sector transit information or port information
not being accessed yet!
Structure of the TW2002-R.CIM file
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line 1 :
line 2 : 1 0
line 3 : 2 0
line 4 : 3 0
line 5 : 4 0
line 6 : 5 1300 100% - 2810 100% 1940 100%
line 7 : 6 0
line 8 : 7 0
line 9 : 8 0
line 10: 9 0
line 11: 10 550 63% - 1460 100% - 1320 100%
line 12: 11 - 329 38% 2440 100% - 1560 100%
This file is composed of the port records of all the sectors that you
have explored. For each number there is either a zero meaning not
explored yet, or no port in the sector, or there is a trading value
showing the trading amount and percent trading of the port (negative
means buying) You can pick out the format from the above example.
What The Script Does
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For those of you who are unfortunate to not have a supported script,
here is how you do it manually.
Command needed: Turn on and turn off capture to different files.
First, you need to know how to send ASCII characters that aren't
on the keyboard. This is done by holding down the ALT key while
typing the character's ASCII code on the numeric keypad on the right
of your keyboard (NOT the number keys at the top). For example,
a º (a border character often used) has a scan code of 186 so typing
186 on the keypad while the ALT key is pressed then released
produces a º.
The script file first sends ASCII codes 200 through 205 to the ship
computer. This will cause a white : to appear and puts you in
Computer Interrogation mode. Once there, the script turns on screen
capture to the file TW2002-I.CIM. Then it sends an 'I'. This
causes the computer to spit out the sector info for every sector
that you've explored. The script will, and you should, turn capture
off when it's done with that list.
Turn screen capture back on with the filename TW2002-R.CIM next.
Then press 'R' to get the port report list. When that is done turn
off capture again. Next press 'Q' to exit the computer interrogation
mode.
That's all for now folks,
Neal Tibrewala
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/