From: ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: NN258's DIRSCAN program
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 01:06:03 PDT
Organization: Ian Justman's pitiful excuse for an AT clone

jbla@giraffe.in-berlin.de (Johannes Blankenstein) writes:

> It would be easier to help if we get more information.

OK, here we go...

> How much memory
> do you have free when DIRSCAN is started?

According to MEM, a little under 615,000 bytes.

> How does your CONFIG.SYS and
> your AUTOEXEC.BAT look like?

For said configuration which gives above memory:

CONFIG.SYS

files=48
BUFFERS = 30
dos=high
device=c:\dos\himem.sys
shell=c:\4dos.com /e:1024 /p
device=c:\devdriv\nansi.sys
device=c:\devdriv\mouse.sys

AUTOEXEC.BAT

@echo off
prompt=$p$g
c:\devdriv\fdread
set /r c:\ijenv
set dosver=ms50
alias /r c:\ijalias
kstack
ncc /fast
smiley

(the alias /r and the set /r take into account that 4DOS can
store environment and aliases into files and read them back in).



> How did you try to start DIRSCAN?

As the docs say I should.  DIRSCAN D:\WAFFLE\SYSTEM\NWREADER.CFG

> How does
> your USENET file look like?

# sample USENET definition file

# This has only a few Usenet newsgroups, as most DOS sites
# can't handle a full feed. This keeps the last 200 messages
# posted to each newsgroup, and there is no need for an expire

# /sig=sig will append /user/xxxx/sig if it exists to all Usenet posts

FORUM /sig=sig /dir=d:\NEWS /name="[Newsgroup %N]"

DEFAULT /type=USENET /keep=999 /new=NO /post=1 /fast /spy=monitor /mexp=24 /expire

comp.os.cpm
comp.os.cpm.amethyst
alt.bbs
alt.bbs.waffle /mexp=72
alt.bbs.ads
alt.bbs.internet
alt.bbs.lists /mexp= 12
alt.bbs.lists.d /mexp=2
alt.bbs.allsysop
alt.config
alt.folklore.computers /mexp=48
alt.tv.tiny-toon
sac.general /dist=sac
sac.test /dist=sac
sac.swap /dist=sac
comp.bbs.waffle /mexp=72
comp.binaries.ibm.pc
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
comp.sys.ibm.pc
comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
comp.virus
comp.mail
comp.mail.elm
comp.mail.uucp
comp.mail.maps /mexp=72
comp.mail.misc
news.admin /mexp=12
news.sysadmin /mexp=12
news.announce.important
news.announce.newgroups /mexp=12
rec.arts.animation
rec.arts.startrek /mexp=24
rec.arts.startrek.info /mexp=1
rec.arts.theatre
rec.arts.drwho /mexp=12
rec.bicycles /junk
rec.org.sca
rec.photo
rec.video /junk
rec.video.satellite
rec.video.production /junk
rec.video.releases /junk
rec.video.cable-tv
rec.arts.disney
rec.arts.tv.uk
rec.audio.high-end /mexp=48 /junk
to.ijpc
misc.forsale /mexp=12
misc.forsale.computers /dir=d:\news\misc\forsale\comp /mexp=12

# Newsgroups that we do not carry but wish to have ability to post on

misc.wanted
comp.sys.misc
alt.flame  /mexp=1
alt.activism /mexp=1
talk.politics.mideast /mexp=1
news.misc

# Things that we are fed but do not carry get shoved into "junk"
# If things get placed in junk often, something is wrong.

junk			/post=9

# /spy without arguments sets the "monitor" group as a destination
# for copies of any posts originating locally..

monitor                 /post=0 /spy /keep= /mexp=168

# You *MUST* have a "control" group. Right now we don't do a whole
# lot of control messages processing in the DOS version, though.

control                 /post=0 /mexp=1

# Where we add new newsgroups until we finish doing the affairs of
# catching up on mailreading and uploading.



> How does your STATIC file look like?

# hardware parameters

device       : 1
speed        : 2400
initialize   : AT H0 M1 S0=1 V1 E1 X1
video        :

answer       : ATA
dial         : AT S0=0 V1 X1 M1 E1 DT %i

# system parameters

node         : ijpc.UUCP
alias        : ijpc.SAC.CA.US
uucpname     : ijpc

organ        : Ian Justman's pitiful excuse for an AT clone
timezone     : PST 8 PDT
bar          : %! %c %A (%W) <%a> %@ %# %?
colors       : 7 15 112
timeout      : 450
slow         : 250
ul_slow      : 300
dl_slow      : 300
buflines     : 1024
maxquote     : 1024
new          : new
smarthost    : sactoh0
backbone     : ames.arc.nasa.gov

ask          : Subject
# bbs parameters

# comment    : Level %L: %R
disks        : c: d: d:\PUBLIC
forums       : usenet
ignore       : Path Message-ID References In-Reply-To Sender

# prompts

prompt       : %B%|%T (?=help) -> %
scan         : [^RET^] %[-%], ^Q^)uit: %
scan_end     : ^P^ost, ^L^ist, [%[-%]] ^Q^uit: %
newscan      : ^Qs>^ %
newscan_end  : ^Qs>^ End new messages.  Post here? %
error        : Monkey + Typewriter = %i.%|
boardname    : %B
login        : %|Login or NEW: %

# level restrictions

mail_ok      : 1
netmail_ok   : 2
journal_ok   : 4
poof_ok      : 1
plan_ok      : 1
cookie_ok    : 1
chat_ok      : 0
ch_level     : 6
ch_name      : 8
# ch_rank    : 5

# posts, mails, ul:dl ratio, calls/day, time

calls:  32767 32767 32767 32767 32767 32767 32767 32767 32767 32767

posts:  0  3  3  3  3  4  4  5  6  9

mails:  3  5  5  8  8  8  8  8  8  8

ratios: 20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20

times:  45  60  60  90  90  90  90  90  90  32767
#  directories

bin          : c:\waffle/bin
files        : d:/public
spool        : d:/spool
temporary    : d:/temp
user         : d:/user
waffle       : d:/waffle

#  headers

mail         : %A (%W)
netmail      : %A@%n
netnews      : %A@ijpc.UUCP (%W)

#  exit codes

exit         : 0
cron         : 20
quit         : 80
fail         : 100

# UUCP Parameters

uu.fail      : 1
uu.exit      : 0
uu.time      : 30
uu.anon      : d:\public
uu.windows   : 3

# File parameters

fileacc      : @access
fileinfo     : descript.ion

>         Hannes

Hope this helps.

BTW, for those of you who can run it successfully, what kind of
processor are you using and are you using international stuff?