19.5 MULTI-NET SUPPORT
At the present time, there is no network administrator. However, support
is available by contacting the sysop (Caped Crusader) at the Batcave in
Denver. The phone number of the Batcave is (303)252-0735. Another way to
contact Caped Crusader, is email via the Internet. His email address is
[email protected].
19.6 SETTING UP MULTI-NET
Of the files you downloaded or received on your disk, please note the
following filenames, and where they should go:
sys.menu 4
........................................................................Your
System Drive
All files beginning with prg.net(filename).........................Your P-
files Drive
It is important to note that some of your prg.* files will be replaced to
incorporate the network (at the present time, all files that are required
to operate the network are included in your copy of C-NET v6.* along with
the BBS files). We felt that some of the changes to be made were simply
too big to be done as mod.files, so we elected to just replace the entire
file. There is NO additional mods, or colors added to the new files, and
you are free to put those mods and colors back in. Keep in mind the length
of the files are a little longer, and you’ll have less room to work.
That is originally all you need to do to set Multi-Net up. Next, call the
Batcave BBS, and leave the Sysop this information either in feedback, the
network application (in the P-files), or in your new user comment area:
1. Handle you use on YOUR BBS
2. Your real name
3. Your BBS name
4. Your BBS number
5. Where you are geographically located (your city and
state/prov)
6. A four letter ID that you would like to have your system
know as
(for example, the Batcave BBS is know as CAVE)
7. Your maximum baud rate
8. Your voice phone number (used if we need to contact you).
9. A password for network connections (see 18.7 for more
info)
Within a few days, after you advise the Node Administrator that you have
the software, and have it installed on your system, you will receive a call
from who your ‘previous connection’ will be (covered later on in this
manual). You will receive a file called “Nacti.LLLL/ **” (where the ‘LLLL’
represents your four letter ID, and the ‘**’ representing your node
number). This file is the file that will activate your system onto the
network. Once your system is ‘activated’, you’ll be able to set up the
remainder of your network node. To activate your networking, you must turn
on the flag from your MACS screen. Once that is done, use the ‘Commodore
Key N’ to force a network routine. The “Nacti.LLLL/ **” file will make the