HYPER-TAPE DOOR
Version 3.2
(C)1991 1992
All Rights Reserved
Mark Chickering
Supported by Terrapin Flyer BBS
RIME Member Node ID ->TERRAPIN
BBS Phone 703-886-7825
Voice Phone 703-885-6089
Voice 10Am-9Pm EASTERN TIME


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REGISTRATION FORM
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Name:___________________________________________________________

Company and or BBS:________________________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

VOICE Phone:____________________ DATA Phone:_______________________



Name To Appear In The Registered To:

Name:_______________________________________(30 Characters or LESS)

BBS Software And Version:

Software:____________________________________ Version:____________

Tape Drive And Software:__________________________________________

Please find enclosed a check or money order for $25.00 payable in
United States Currency to: MARK CHICKERING

Please Register HYPER-TAPE DOOR Version 3.2 To My BBS.
I understand that this and all future versions of HYPER-TAPE DOOR is/are
provided AS IS and without warranties of any kind, expressed, implied or
otherwise. I am using HYPER-TAPE DOOR it at my own risk.
I Understand That My Registration Code Will Be Posted In A Private
Message To Me On Terrapin Flyer BBS. And To Receive My Registration
I Must Call Terrapin Flyer BBS.

Signed: _________________________________________ Date: _________


Return to: New Generation Development
Attn: Mark Chickering
241 Montgomery Road
Staunton, VA 24401








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( THIS FORM MUST BE SENT WITH REGISTRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )
No Registrations Accepted On Scraps of Paper...I WONT File Them!!!!!!!


HYPER-TAPE DOOR Version 3.1b allows you to use almost any Tape Drive
as a TAPE ROM. Adding megabytes of file space instantly! OFFLINE
TAPE DOOR turns your tape drive into some well needed convenient storage
space and better than that...IT WORKS...most restore times take less than 1
minute! (depending on tape size and number of volumes)
The door also has more than adequate security features. With proper usage
of the VOLUME files you can control whether or not a file, multiple files or
complete Tape Volumes are out of reach of all or some users...so the whole
tape does not have to be committed to the BBS!
HYPER-TAPE Uses Less Than 100 K-Bytes To Run. You Should Have No
Difficulties running In Small Environments. Keep In Mind That the Executable
File will Spawn or "Shell" to your Tape Software To Do The Actual Restore.
The Door Will Execute Under DesqView BUT Most Tape Software Will Not
Run Under DesqView.

NOTE: I Would Like To Take This Moment To Note That All Copyrights
Belong To Their Respective Owners!

SUPPORT: I can be reached via RIME (RELAY-NET) in the SYSOPS or
COMMON Conferences or through my BBS. At 1200-14400 Baud
at 703-886-7825. Or Call VOICE Between 10 Am And 9Pm EASTERN
Time (See Above)
Any Comments/suggestions are more than welcome....

PKLITE COMMPRESSION: You May Compress The TAPEDOOR.EXE File With PKLITE
If You So Desire. Any Other Alteraton Of The EXE
File Is Hereby Prohibited.

RELEASE HISTORY:

04-19-91
Released OFFLINE TAPE DOOR For Mountain Drives. Due To Demand For
A More Configurable Door For More Tape Drives I Wrote HYPER-TAPE DOOR.
03-12-92
Release OF HYPER DOOR TAPE Version 1.0-Beta
03-20-92
Release OF HYPER DOOR TAPE Version 2.0-Beta
Security Level Protection For Volumes!
Password Protection For Voumes!
Tape Door Will Support Up To 50 Tape Volumes Instead Of Twenty...
BugFix: Volume Name Improperly Displayed When Volume File List Was
Displayed.
04-14-92
Release of HYPER DOOR TAPE Version 2.0 Non-Beta Relase.
1 Bug Fixed In parsing the RESTORE PATH for a specific Volume.
Only Effected Doors running 1 volume or Restoring to Multiple
restore paths.
Changed Volume Number Entry Requrements. Door would LOCK if
volume file was not found. Now Door Will As You To RE-ENTER
Volume Number or uit.
04-16-92
Release of HYPER TAPE DOOR 3.0 Beta
Supports DSZ Z-modem And X-modem Transfers
* No Longer Supports GENERIC.SYS
You must use DOOR.SYS or PCBOARD.SYS or WILDCAT!
05-15-92
Release of HYPER TAPE DOOR 3.1 beta
Fix To DSZ Z-Modem X-Modem Transfers (Fix Wildcat Problem)
Fix To Timeout/Time Expired Notice.
Added Display Of DSZ/GSZ Command Line To Local Screen (goes by QUICK!)
Deletes File After SUCCESS on Download from Door.
Added Support For Upto 20 Command Line Parameters for when Door
SHELLS to TAPE.EXE or EZTAPE.EXE
Now Supports IRWIN Tape Drives. (see Example Command Line Below)
Supports DSZ and GSZ (To Use GSZ Rename To DSZ ).
05-19-92
Release Of HYPER TAPE DOOR 3.2
Fixed Display Problem That Occured With A List Exceeding 20 Tape
Volumes.
Fixed Security Level Checking Bug That Appeared In Version 3.0
Added Default Extension For File Names.
Added LOCAL Display Of Parsed Tape Command Line
Added Loging Capability.
Added LOCAL Display of "Writing To Log..."
Added Ability To Disble Downloads from Door.
Added Time Estimations For Downloads.
Added Download Status Info including Mins Left and File Size.
Added Download Time Limit Enforcement.
Added Another Substitution Variable ~
Added Ability To View Log File.
Extended # Of Volumes Supported To 60.
Added Non Standard Return/Error Code Support for Irwin Users.
Upgraded Instruction File.
Upgraded Doc File.

SETUP:
Setup is not complicated! The most time consuming part is backing-up your
files if you have not done so already. Below is a list of steps that you
should follow EXPLICITLY to ensure that HYPER-TAPE DOOR works properly
the FIRST time! (Believe me I hate DOC's as much as you do so I will make
this as short as possible! )

Step 1 Copy Files:
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Copy the ALL files included in this .ZIP into your TAPE directory.
FILES that are needed by HYPER-TAPE DOOR are:
Required Files:
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TAPEDOOR.EXE HYPER TAPE .EXE file
HYPRTAPE.INS ONLINE instructions for Door Users (Edit as you wish)
TAPEDOOR.CFG **Sample TAPEDOOR CONTROL FILE *See Below!!!
VOLUME.CFG **Sample Volume CONTROL FILE *See Below!!!
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Other Files: (Vary With Configuration)
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DOOR **Sample DOOR Volume list file. *See Below!!!
GAMES **Sample Games Volume list file. *See Below!!!
DISK **Sample DISK Volume list file. *See Below!!!
DOOR.SYS **Sample DOOR.SYS File ** Use To Run In LOCAL MODE
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** Sample Documents provided as EXAMPLES ONLY and should be altered or
Deleted after reading Documentation!
TAPE BACKUP SYSTEM IF You Have Trouble consult the examples in this
ZIP file.

Usually I have No Problem with providing voice support.

IMPORTANT: ALSO COPY either DSZ.COM or DSZ.EXE into Your Tape Directory.
or GSZ renamed To DSZ In Your Tape Directory.

Step 2 Create the DOOR Batch file
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If you do not know how to install a DOOR in your BBS you should
consult your Bulletin Board System's documentation. Other than that ALL
commands to start TAPEDOOR.EXE and tell it which BBS and comm port it
is running on are passed on the command line. The Door SHOULD be started
from its default directory!

EXAMPLE BATCH FILE

cd\tape
tapedoor.exe (w/ commandline parameters *See Below!!)
cd\pcb
board

*COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
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PCBOARD
TAPEDOOR.EXE C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS 1

COMM PORT 1 2 or 0

PATH and NAME of PCBOARD.SYS file
HYPER-TAPE DOOR .EXE FILE

OR Set DOOR.SYS Flag To "Y" In DOORS SETUP And Use

TAPEDOOR.EXE C:\PCB\DOOR.SYS


PATH and NAME of DOOR.SYS file
HYPER-TAPE DOOR .EXE FILE
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DOOR.SYS Users!
TAPEDOOR.EXE C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS


PATH and NAME of DOOR.SYS file
HYPER-TAPE DOOR .EXE FILE
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WILDCAT! Users!
TAPEDOOR.EXE C:\WC\CALLINFO.BBS 1

COMM PORT 1 2 or 0

PATH and NAME of CALLINFO.BBS file
HYPER-TAPE DOOR .EXE FILE

OR

WILDCAT 3.02 Users Use DOOR.SYS file

TAPEDOOR.EXE C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1\DOOR.SYS

COMM PORT 1 2 or 0

PATH and NAME of CALLINFO.BBS file
HYPER-TAPE DOOR .EXE FILE

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* If You Have DOOR.SYS or PCBOARD.SYS or CALLINFO use them.
Do Not Rely On GENERIC.SYS I currently Do Not Support
GENERIC.SYS with this release. DSZ Downloading
requires a COM PORT and there have been a FEW reported
cases ehere the com port gets lost with generic sys.
Try it if you like the only Resulting error, at worst,
will be that DSZ is passed a faulty Com Port and will return
to the TAPEDOOR.EXE file

** If You Are Running On A NON-STANDARD COM PORT CALL MY BBS FOR A SPECIAL
VERSION OF TAPEDOOR.EXE

Step 3 Create Restore Directory
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Create a DIRECTORY for your files to be restored to. THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT STEPS! CREATE A NEW DIRECTORY! This Directory Will Be Your
DESTINATION Directory For All Restored Files.
You Should Delete All Files From This Directory Durring your BBS Event using
utility Such as DELF.COM that does prompt for a "Y" when you use
Wildcards to delete files.
On My BBS it is called C:\OFFLINE\ and my TAPE.EXE files are in C:\MTN_TAPE\
PCBOARD USERS
Add the directory to THE TOP (LINE ONE) of your DOWNLOAD PATH file
(in PcBoard this is your DLPATH.LST file) If you do not add this directory
to the TOP of the DOWNLOAD PATH LIST then it may result in the message
"0 Length file found aborting file transfer" being diplayed when the user
attempts to download a restored file.

Step 4 EDIT TAPEDOOR.CFG file
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C:\TAPE\TAPE RESTORE #% C:\DESTINATION\PATH\% <-Command Line
BBS NAME <-BBS Name
0000000 <-Register Code
C:\DESTINATION\PATH\ <-DSZ DLD Path
.ZIP <-Default File Extension
YES <-Allow DLDS
YES <-Enforce HARD Time Limit
C:\TAPE\TAPEDOOR.LOG <-Path & Filename Of LOG
10~File NOt On Tape <-Error Codes
11~Restore Path Not Found
12~Etc. Etc.
! End Of Error List <-Last Line

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LINE 1: TAPE RESTORE COMMAND COLORADO:
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C:\COLORADO\TAPE RESTORE #% C:\DESTINATION\PATH\% /SWITCHES
Any Switches
Door Will Sub Filname Here
Put DESTINATION of Restored Files
Here
File Name Will Be Substituted wherever a %
is Found.
Volume Or Restore Path Will Be Substituted Here
Tape Command

HYPER-TAPE DOOR .EXE FILE

See File COLORADO.ZIP

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LINE 1: TAPE RESTORE COMMAND MOUNTAIN DRIVE:
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C:\MTN_TAPE\TAPE.EXE SRS #% /L~ /T\RESTORS\ /C++
Switch To Turn Off Local
Key Press Requirements
Put DESTINATION of Restored Files
Here (Default Drive)
Volume Name Will Be Substituted Here
is Found.
File Name Substituted Here
Path Will Be Substituted Here
Tape Restore Command

HYPER-TAPE DOOR .EXE FILE And PATH

See File MTN.ZIP

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LINE 1: TAPE RESTORE COMMAND IRWIN EZTAPE:
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C:\TAPE\EZTAPE RESTORE /t C:\RESTPATH /p 1 /k 0 /u 1 /m 1 /o 2 /s "# %"
Sub-
stitutions
From Volume.CFG
Required Switches (See Irwin Docs)
Path to Restore To (NO TRAILING BACKSLASH!!!
A Trailing Backslash here may CRASH Your
Hard Drive!)
Restore Command

Directory Of Tape Software And EZTAPE Command

See File IRWIN.ZIP

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LINE 2 BBS NAME
Put Your BBS Name Here How You Want IT To Appear
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LINE 3 REGISTRATION CODE
0000000
The Registration code is SPECIFIC To Your BBS Name and will be assigned
by Me when You Register. After Registering call My BBS And I Will
Have Left The Code In A Message To You. The Registration Code Will Enable
60 Volumes And All REGISTERED Features and Kill The UNREGISTERED TIMER.
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LINE 4 DOWNLOAD PATH
C:\DESTINATION\PATH\
This Line Should Be The Same Path that you RESTORE Your Files To On
The Tape Command Line
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LINE 5 ERROR CODE
0
Error Code Returned By Your Tape Drive Upon Sucessful Restore Of File.
Usually 0
Irwin EZTAPE Users May Have To Set This To 36
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LINE 6 DEFAULT EXTENSION
.ZIP
This Line Should Be The Default Extension You Want Added To File Names
Entered By The Door USER when No Extension Is Entered.
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LINE 7 ALLOW DOWNLOADS
YES
Turns Door Download Option On/Off. Values Can Be YES=on or NO=off.
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LINE 8 ENFORCE HARD TIME LIMIT
YES
The Door Automatically Enforces The Time Limit Of The Caller But
when Toggled On Users Will Not Be Able To Download Files That They Have
Restored If They Do Not Have The Time.
These Files Will Be Deleted In Your Event And The User Will Have To
Restore The File AGAIN Before He/She Can Download.
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LINE 9 LOG FILE PATH AND FILENAME
C:\TAPE\TAPEDOOR.LOG
This File Must Exist. The Door Will Not Create This File.
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LINES 10-27 A List Of Error Codes Returned By Tape Software
10~File Not On Tape
11~Restore Path Not Found
12~Etc. Etc.
These Are Currently Not Required. No Harm Done If Left Out Of Config.
Take Note Of How The ~ is used! Reserved For Future Use.
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LAST LINE Must Start With a "!" anything After That Line Is Considered A
Comment
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-- Commercial Break....go get a beer and light another cigarette!
WHAT??..We are down to line 363 and you haven't thrown the docs out yet!
"Captain, I don't think she can take it any more..."

Step 5 Prepare a VOLUME.CFG File
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1^DISK UTILITIES*DISK#C:\DISK\PATH\[email protected]!
2^GAMES*GAMES#C:\GAMES\PATH\[email protected]!
3^DOOR UTILITIES*DOOR#C:\DISK\PATH\[email protected]!
End With A !
Put a @ Before Password
**See Below

Put a & Before Security
** See Below
Put A ~ Before The Name Of This
Backup Volume
BACKUP Path or Volume Name ON TAPE DRIVE
*** See ADDITIONAL SETUP NOTES BELOW!!
(Where Your Files Were When You Backed Up)
(20 Char)
Put # After Volume File Name
Volume File Name For File List Of Files In This Volume
(20 char)
Put A * After Nenu Entry (NO SPACE)
Name Of Volume To Appear On Menu (Spaces Allowed) (16 char)
After Number Put A ^ (NO SPACE)
Volume Choice Number In Sequential Order (First To Last)

PASSWORDS: If You DO NOT Want A Password Asked Then type NONE In The
PASSWORD FIELD

SECURITY LEVEL: If You Do Not Want To Check For Security Level Then
Put A 0 In Security Level Field. Users Must Have A Security Level
Equal To Or Greater Than That Of The Field Or they Cannot VIEW
Or Download From The Volume

SUBSTITUTION CHARACTERS # % ~
You Are Not Required To Use ANY Of These Variables ( # % ~ )
In Your Command Line. Use Only As Many Variables As You
Require To Pass The Proper Info To Your Tape Drive.

Field Sizes: Field Size Must Be LESS Than 21 Characters in Length. This
Should Be Adequate For Most Usage. If You Find You Need Larger
Field Lenths Please Let Me Now. I May Make Changes.

NOTE: UNREGISTERED Doors Will Only Recognize The FIRST Volume In This
List. Once Registered Doors Will Recognize Upto 40 Tape Volumes
It Is Suggested that you setup your tape software to allow MULTIPLE
Volumes On Tape

STEP 6
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Setup Volume List Files As Listed In Your VOLUME.CFG File
Look At "DOOR" "DISK" and "GAMES" file on disk For Examples

ADDITIONAL SETUP NOTES
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Suggestion: If You Have The Option Of Naming Your Volumes I Suggest You
Name Them The Original PATH of where your Files Were On Your
Hard Drive Before They Were Backed Up.
For Example: My Games Were On C:\FILES\GAMES\ So I Names My Tape Volume
"C:\FILES\GAMES" (No Quotes). This Saves Potential Confusion When
Interfacing with your Tape Software.

ADDITIONAL SETUP NOTES FOR IRWIN USERS:
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*** Do Not Place The Drive Letter Here In The Config File.
Your PATH Only. Example \FILES\GAMES\ You Will Get A Path Not Found
Error If You Use The Drive Designator.
Also Some EZTape Versions Return A Non-Standard Error Code upon completion
of Tape Restore. A Special EXE file Is Available on My BBS in the Zip File
HYPNSRxx.ZIP xx Being the Current Version Number. With this Release It Is
HYPNSR31.ZIP For HYPER TAPE Non Standard Return EXE.

NOTE: HYPER-TAPE DOOR checks the VOLUME File Before restoring a file
from tape IF the FILENAME is not listed in the VOLUME LIST File nothing
will be restored View example Volume Files For Examples.

SYSOP COMMANDS:
F5 Shell To Dos.
F8 Return User To BBS.
F9 Toggle Display On/Off.
F10 Chat Mode.
*F3 Toggle Printer On/Off
*F4 Toggle Page Bell On/Off
*F7 Toggle Caller Alarm On/Off

ALT-H Toggle Between Different Status Lines. Refresh Status Line.
*ALT-N Toggle Sysop Next.
*ALT-X Toggle Exit To Dos After Call.

Functions Marked With an * Only Work On Doors That Run Under PCBOARD.SYS
The Rest Are Functional With Any System.

REGISTRATION:
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UNREGISTERED DOORS Display An Unregisterd Notice And The Door Will Only
Recognize The First Tape Volume!!!
REGISTERED DOORS Display A Registered To: BBS NAME and Allow For Up To 40
Tape Volumes. The User Can Also Restore Multiple Files Before Returning
To The BBS.
With This Release Registration Is $25.00 Upgrade From Users Registered On
Or Before 5/1/92 is Free. Call My BBS To Obtain A NEW REGISTRATION CODE
FOR THIS RELEASE
Quite a bit of work went into this DOOR! The UNREGISTERED screen and related
garbage (personally I hate wasting time programming it almost as much as
much as you hate looking at it!) will be disabled upon registration and addition
of the serial code and your bbs name to the TAPEDOOR.CFG file. Registration
requires that the form (below) and $25.00 (Check or M/O) be sent to my address.
The Required Serial Code will then be made available to you (On My BBS) that
will register this release of HYPER-TAPE DOOR. Registered Users Will Please
allow at Least 2 weeks after mailing the registatration before you start
sending hate mail!

Thank-You For You Support!
.\\ark Chickering
SUPPORT:
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Call My BBS: TERRAPIN FLYER (703) 886-7825 And Leave A message...I will Leave
A Reply ASAP. Registered Users Will Get A PROMPT Response! And At Your
request and My Option I May give out my home number for VOICE SUPPORT.

LICENSE/WARRANTY:
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You have A LICENSE to use this product for a period of no more than 10
days before you are required to register.
Any Hacking, Decompiling or Pirating Of This Program Is An Immediate Willfull
Termination Of Licensure And Is Punishable By Law.

ALL CODE AND DOCUMENTATION FILES ARE COPYRIGHTED 1992 BY MARK CHICKERING
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

I make no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without
limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular
purpose. I shall not be held liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect,
special or consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in
the manner desired by the user. I shall not be held liable for any damage to
data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by the use of
this program. In no event will I be held liable for any damages, including
(but not limited to) any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this program,
or for any claim by any other party.

DISTRIBUTION:
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This program can be freely distributed as SHAREWARE! in its ORIGINAL .ZIP
file only. ANY alterations to the ZIP file or to the program itself is a
willful TERMINATION OF LICENSURE.

MULTINODE SYSTEMS:
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HYPER-TAPE DOOR may be used on a multi node system provided a separate
batch file is maintained for each node. And Providing A Locking System Is
Used To Prevent More Than One User Acesses Tape Drive At A Time
Desqview users may experience problems with TAPE.EXE FILE.
Any DV user who succeeds in getting TAPE.EXE to run under DV is invided
to tell me his DV settings!

WATCHDOG/CTTY:
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CTTY and WATCHDOG are not required. The Door Monitors CARRIER And Will
Return To The BBS When Dropped.