Featured Door Author, Rob Williams from Oregon City, OR shares a little about himself and the software available from WCS Software. WCS Software is proud of the support we provide to registered and non-registered users of its products. We will make every effort to help in getting the games set up correctly, and to correct any problems you may encounter in their use. Feedback from users is essential to the growth and success of our business. Most of the new features that are added are from user suggestions! We also offer a very convenient way to register our doors. We offer an online registration door that you can use from our BBS (Phone Number - (503) 631-8439). This door allows you to call in, enter the appropriate credit card information, and within seconds, have your registered keys downloaded to you! No more having to send in a form and waiting for the mail to arrive to get your games registered. You can do it in as little as 3 minutes! If you need support, new versions, or a place to report bugs, there are several ways you can contact us. FIDO Netmail : 1:105/278 \ >----> These are the preferred methods Internet EMail : support@wcs.org / Log on to our support board at (503) 631-8439 and leave a [C]omment to the sysop with your question, problems, etc... US Mail : Rob Williams 18370 S. Henrici Road Oregon City, OR 97045 Frequently asked questions about WCS Software doors --------------------------------------------------- Q: - The door works fine locally, but the users get garbage when calling in remotely. What is wrong? A: - The most probable cause is the locked baud rate in the .cfg file. If you have your fossil driver locked, or your BBS software, it mus be the same value as in the .cfg file. General rules are: 2400 baud, not locked. 9600/14400, locked at 19200. 28800, locked at 38400. Q: - I can't seem to get the door to work right. Strange things keep happening when I run it. A: - Since there are multitudes of variations on the "standard" drop files, try the most "standard" of them all, DOOR.SYS (type GAP in the .cfg file) This has been found to solve a lot of strange drop file problems. Q: - I run my BBS under OS/2 warp, and the door used to work, but now I upgraded to a new version, and it locks up now. A: - Try re-installing the door from scratch. Sometimes OS/2 has extended attributes that cause problems. This has cured several problems with OS/2. ***** LATEST SOFTWARE RELEASES FROM WCS SOFTWARE ***** -------------------------------------------------------- BATTLE TRIP v1.4 Based on the popular card game Mille Borne, this door game allows you to compete against the computer and other players. Try and get to 1000 miles before the computer does! Supports all popular dropfile formats, non-standard com ports. Registered version has make-up/play ahead feature. Registration is only $15 single node/$20 multinode. PLAIN JANE TRIVIA V 1.8 Plain Jane Trivia is a door game for trivia enthusiasts. It features over 250 questions, plus the ability to add and edit questions. It even has an import/export capability to transfer questions between systems. Supports all popular dropfile formats, non-standard com ports. Registered version has make-up/play ahead feature. Registration is only $15 for single node/$20 for multinode WCS BLACKJACK v1.4 WCS BlackJack is a BlackJack game and MORE!! Fun, fast paced blackjack table against the computer. Split bets, double down, but watch out for the pickpockets! You might even find some money on the floor! WCS KENO v1.2 WCS Keno is just like playing the lottery! BUT, it is more fun! Choose your own numbers, or let the computer pick them, but watch out for the pickpockets! You might even find some money on the floor! WCS UNO v1.2 WCS Uno is similar to the card game Uno. Fast paced exciting play against the computer opponent. But Watch out! He (or she) is a tough opponent. Wildnews v1.2 Formats Wildcat newsletters. Makes them look like "green bar" paper, and adds a title with date and time.-**FREEWARE!** FreeTime v1.0 Allows doors to be "free". Saves the users time on entry to the door, and resets it when it returns, so the time spent in the door is not subtracted from thier online time. Works only with Wildcat 3.x/4.x BBSs.-**FREEWARE!** CallrBul v1.5 Daily caller bulletin generator- **FREEWARE!** Generates a daily caller bulletin with @ codes. Written specifically for Wildcat 3.x/4.x BBSs FAKEOUT v1.5 Phony DOS Prompt Stops those nosy people from looking at your PC. At bootup, presents the user with a normal looking C:> prompt. If they don't know to enter a password, after three tries, it will lock up the system with a "real" error message. It logs all attempts to get into the system, so you can see when the "peekers" are lurking. Registration is only $10 Mailstat v1.2 Create bulletin for last mail transfer-**FREEWARE!** Generates a bulletin with @ codes detailing the last mail transfers. Works for Wildcat 3.x/4.x TNet/wcECHO and WildMail. Other software soon to come! If you have suggestions for improvements to WCS Software, or ideas for new utilities or doors, please send them to: Williams Computer Services BBS (503) 631-8439 FIDO Address: 1:105/278 Internet: rob@wcs.org Or, US Mail to: Rob Williams 18370 S. Henrici Road Oregon City, OR 97045 DISTRIBUTIONS INFORMATION for WCS Software Games ----------------------------------------------- BBS Name Sysop Name Phone # FIDO City, State ---------------- ------------- ------------ --------- ---------------- WCS Software BBS Rob Williams 503-631-8439 1:105/278 Oregon City, OR Phoenix BBS Norman Scott 205-244-8969 1:375/8 Montgomery, AL ARTI BBS Walter Cade 903-758-2784 1:398/2 Longview, TX COM-DAT BBS I Mike Jordan 503-640-0278 1:105/317 Hillsboro, OR COM-DAT BBS III Mike Jordan 503-681-0543 1:105/314 Hillsboro, OR The Kings Castle Matt Somerville 618-533-5737 1:2250/8 Centralia, IL Midnite Oil Jim Hirschy 619-726-6347 N/A Oceanside, CA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION: BBS Name Sysop Phone Number Location --------------- ---------------- ------------------ ----------- SHIWA BBS Peter Gossweiler 011-41-33-54-8888 Switzerland Games can be FREQd with the following magic names (from FIDO Nodes): BATTLE - Latest version of Battle Trip TRIVIA - Latest version of Plain Jane Trivia WCSBJ - Latest version of WCS BlackJack WCSKENO - Latest version of WCS Keno WCSUNO - Latest version of WCS Uno WCSINFO - File for info on other WCS Door Games þ