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CONTROL STATION V3.00
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SYSOP'S MANUAL

Written By
Michael Duff

Copyright (c) 1990-92 by Midas Touch Software, all rights
reserved.
Copyright (c) 1990-92 by James R. Berry, all rights
reserved.






















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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction Pg. 3
Program Layout Pg. 3
COMMANDS Pg. 4
Resetting THE PIT
Fossil Driver Activation
Communication Port Definitions
HIGH SPEED MODEMS and THE PIT Pg. 5
Locked Communication Port
Flow Control
DOOR FILES Pg. 6
Door File Type
Path if Door file
VIDEO CONFIGURATION Pg. 7
Video Write
Snow Control
GENERAL COMMANDS Pg. 8
Time on per game session
Number of Sessions per Day
Path of THE PIT files
TOP-10 LIST created by PBULL.EXE Pg. 9
Activate Top-10 List creation
ANSI Top-10 List creation
Non-color ANSI Top-10 List
Non-Graphic Top-10 List
MULTI-LINED SYSTEMS Pg. 10
Multi-lined Usage





































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Introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the configuration program for The Pit 2.00.
Use this program first to tell the game about your system.
We've done our best to provide useful options and make
things easy to configure.

Most problems that people encounter running The Pit can
be solved by adjusting these items. If something isn't
functioning properly, check this configuration file first.


System Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Pit 3.00 can run on any IBM system. It only takes
up 260k of memory and 400k of disk space initially. It is
possible to play The Pit in Local mode without being
connected to a BBS.

This version of The Pit supports multi-lines BBS's.
Specific information is provided later in this document.

Program Layout
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Just use the standard control keys (Arrows, Pg Up, Pg
Down) to move to the item you wish to change and press
Enter. The area will be highlighted while you're working on
it. When you're done, just press ESC.




































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COMMANDS
~~~~~~~~

Reset THE PIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This command will reset all of the data files used by
The Pit.

WARNING: Resetting The Pit will cancel all existing
data files, be careful.

Fossil Driver
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Use this command if you are running THE PIT with a
FOSSIL driver (X00.SYS, BRUN45, etc). The Enter key toggles
the Fossil Driver on and off.

Communication Port Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This command pops up a window allowing you to change
the defaults for any of your com ports, to a maximum of 8.
The default values in your Modem Users Manual will work for
90 percent of the users, but the option is here if you need
it.







































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HIGH SPEED MODEMS and THE PIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Locked Communication Port
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This command lets you lock your modem at a specific baud
rate. Most high speed modems should be locked (HST Courier,
Hayes 9600 Ultra, Everex 2400 MNP5, etc).

WARNING: Do not lock your modem unless you are certain it
supports this feature. Locking a modem that is not high
speed can cause the game to fail and lock up your system.


Flow Control
~~~~~~~~~~~~

This command gives you a number of flow control
options. Flow control is used by high speed modems to
control the transfer of information from one modem to
another. Your modem's user manual will have more specific
information on how this is set up. The standard used by
most BBS's is CTS/RTS; however, some WWIV Sysops have been
using CTS Uni-directional. XON/XOFF is a rarely used
protocol included for completeness.







































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DOORS FILES
~~~~~~~~~~~

Door File Type
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This command lets you select the type of Doors file you
will be running The Pit from. The game looks for this file
when it begins, be sure it is set correctly.

Path of Door File
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is where you tell The Pit where to look for your
Doors File. Do not type the actual file name here, that is
specified under Door File Type.

System Flags (NEW - Added in V3.00)
~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are several toggleable functions here:
Penalize all players that hang-up in game.
- YES or NO (For individual control see PEDIT.DOC)
Add game turns together for maximum time online.
- YES or NO
- Players are only forced from the game when their
entire BBS time online has run out or they
are defeated.
If playing locally, EGA is the default mode.
- YES - It always runs EGA without asking.
- NO - It asks you if you you want EGA.
- NOEGA - It never runs in EGA mode.
Show time left in game to player.
- YES or NO. Simply displays time left to player.


VIDEO CONFIGURATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Video Write
~~~~~~~~~~~
This command allows you to toggle between Direct Video
Write and Bios Video Write. Bios Video Writing relays
screen writes through the IBM Bios chip and is slightly
slower. It is included for machines that are not 100%
compatible or for users running Desqview.

Direct Video Writing accesses the video chip directly
and is much faster. However, this speed can cause some CGA
monitors to flicker. This can be corrected with the Snow
Checking Option.

Snow Checking
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option solves the flicker problem from CGA
monitors by "slowing down" direct video writes.

GENERAL COMMANDS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Time on per game session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This command allows the SysOp to specify how long
players are allowed to play The Pit in each game session.

Number of Sessions per Day
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This command allows the SysOp to specify how many
times users can play The Pit each day.








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TOP-10 LIST - Created by PBULL.EXE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Activate TOP-10 List creation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This program allows you to specify what type of Top Ten
List you want for your game. The options are Ansi, Non-
Color Ansi, and Non-Graphic. You can choose to have the
listing updated at midnight each day or after each
individual game.

ANSI Top-10 List
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This command asks for the file and path of your ANSI
Top-10 list.

Non-Color ANSI Top-10 List
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This command asks for the file and path of your Non-
Color ANSI Top-10 list.

Non-Graphic Top-10 List
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This command asks for the file and path of your Non-
Graphic Top-10 list.






































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MULTI-LINED SYSTEMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Multiline Usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use this command to turn Multiline usage on or off.
However, if Multiline usage is enabled, you must enter a
line number or specifier or it will automatically default to
off. This number should correspond to whatever line The Pit
is running on. This number will also appear in the
challenge and view logs when more than one person is playing
The Pit at the same time.

















































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Archive   : PIT353.ZIP
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