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Sendt : 13-Mar 06:40
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BID (MID) : 28947_LA6CU
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Tittel : CP LA6CU: FBB7 install suggestions
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From: VE4KV@VE4KV.#WPG.MB.CAN.NA
To : FBB@WW
Hi guys, now that the dust is starting to settle with the v7.00 release there
are some install suggestions that were not mentioned. I have tried to put
some of these together for a "typical" basic bpq plus phone modem install.
It appears the install is not overwritting the old 5.15c english.txt
language file. So the first thing to do is rename it to anything other than
english.txt so you get the updated file. (there are afew extra lines in the
new english.txt for the themes and msg hold functions) Now proceed with
copying the install files to a floppy and put in drive A: . Do the install.
DO NOT load FBBIOS or ESS comport drivers if you run WinFBB. The
FBBCOMM.DRV takes their place in the backround with windows. Check your
autoexec.bat now to see they are disabled.
WinFBB does it's own memory management so do not use EMM386 or QEMM in
either Win95 or Win3.11. With Win3.11 use himem.sys only.
Do not use smartdrv.exe with Win95. (Yes use it with Win3.11)
To prevent bpq and windows both trying to grab the same comports put the
following in your c:\windows\system.ini file MaxComPort=0
Put bpqcode.386 and bpqdll.dll in the c:\windows\system directory. Start
bpqcode.exe from your autoexec.bat.
Use a single inittnc1.sys for bpq and another for the phone port.
(inittnc4 in this case)
inittnc1.sys for bpq
A1
R0
UMAIL
M1
N1
inittnc4.sys for Robotics V Everything modem.
ATZ
ATZ^M
AT B0 V1
AT &B1 &C1 &H1 &M4 &N0 &K3 &A3 X3
AT S7=45
ATS02=255
ATS0=1
DO NOT load more than one inittnc.sys for bpq ! Check NOW to see no others
exist and delete all not required.
When WinFBB is installed it will be in the test mode by default. Run it in
test mode for afew minutes to see that the server files are working
(FBB_SVC.PIF) . If the bbs crashes at this point there could be several
reasons. Some servers are no longer compatable and must be rewritten as
DLLs. The same goes for the PG files like some password programs that use
the C_filter. If in doubt disable all PG and server files and bring back up
one at a time once the bbs is stable.
Another source of crashes at startup appears to be a possible problem with
AUTO7P message or WP imports. Nukem if in doubt.
Here is what your port.sys should look like for a modem port and 3
bpq comports.
Notice that the first tnc is MultCh 0. Important if you wish to monitor the
radio channels !
In the bpqcfg.txt a SINGLE virtual comports is defined as com8 and is
reflected in the above. The modem is on Com2 and mouse on Com1. In reality
the real physical comports are on a STB-4 port card and reside on high
inturrupts and spare port address's. ie int12 03E8 etc. This is ofcourse
defined in the bpqcfg.txt in the physical port stuff. Nice that bpq takes
care of all this ! (thanks from all of us to G8BPQ !!)
If your users attempt a ZPUT on the phone port you will probably get port
overruns unless you have a special IO card like the Hayes ESP. It works well
in windows and has a 1k buffer for both TX and RX.
On the subject of Comports you ARE using atleast 16550s on your radio ports
?? I hope so or you will see protocol errors from bit dropping. This is
really critical for 386 and low end 486 machines.
The runfbb.bat must be checked before walking away. The default one will
try to backup to B:\ . If the system GPFs on shutdown check the runfbb.bat
for typos.
If the screen writes are slow monitoring the freq then you need a Windows
vidio card with some horsepower.
Hopefully these hints will be enough to get you going.
The following are some sites you may wish to send detailed reports of
problems ...
Beta test Managers -
G1DIL @ GB7BBS - Andy
LA6CU @ LA6CU - Per
Long term Beta testers who work with G1DIL
G6FCI @ GB7FCI - Chris
VE4KV @ VE4KV - Doug
KE0WO @ KE0WO - Dean
Sorry I'm not sure who is working with LA6CU at this time.
