BUZZ, version 1.3, is released!!
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The original role-playing DOOR of drug abuse. Try to reach the ozone 
layer before burning out all your brain cells. Go to jail, grow your 
hair, jump out the window if you take too many hallucinogens. MUCH 
more! Ratings are assigned at the end of the game, includes an online 
"Hall of Burnouts."
            
*DISCLAIMER* Buzz is for fun, and is not meant to condone the activities
mentioned within it. Please place the door in a restricted area so
children cannot access it.
                 
Version 1.3 has the following new features:

-- Added ability to save a game to disk and resume where you left off.
-- Streamlined code that updates your buzz on the screen.
-- Fixed code so the person who beats you up is always someone you burned
     previously.
-- Fixed several bugs where you could lose a third of your buzz despite
     having no buzz to begin with.
-- Made the game last longer (more brain cells, more miles per level).
     Harder to win the game now.
-- Combined all string constants to minimize function call overhead.

I originally wrote a lot of this software in college as a means to teach 
myself BASIC way back in 1980. Since I started writing door programs in C,
I decided at one point to port this program over as a door. I also received
a lot of encouragement from friends, many of whom actually did some of this
stuff in those days. The program you have before you is the result of this
effort, and at only $10 is a bargain in shareware.

You might want to know that in the past 15 years most of us have cleaned up 
our acts substantially!

Buzz offers the following sysop features (and more I've probably
overlooked in these docs):

-  As you would expect, Buzz monitors carrier detect functions, to
   automatically recover when a user drops carrier.                    
                                                                       
-  Includes a fully-adjustable inactivity timeout monitor. A warning is
   sent 5 seconds before the caller is ejected.

-  Share-aware file i/o for use in multi-node BBS systems. You must have 
   DOS's SHARE.EXE loaded for multi-node use.             

-  Supports most popular BBS door information files, such as DORINFO1.DEF,
   EXITINFO.BBS, CHAIN.TXT, DOOR.SYS, etc.  

-  Full-screen chat, play-the-sysop mode, simple configuration, "multiple
   personality" system, session logging, paging hours, supports CUSTOM
   DROP FILE FORMATS, and MORE!

-  Displays and updates a QuickBBS-style status line, with information 
   available to the sysop such as user name, location, baud rate, time left, 
   function keys, ANSI and AVATAR settings, and so on.
   
-  Keeps track of a user "wants-chat" indicator, just like the one in
   RemoteAccess, QuickBBS and other BBS systems. Allows for sysop page from
   the door, and integrated chat mode.

-  Provides the sysop with all the standard function keys for adjusting user 
   time, hanging up on or even locking out the user -- and sysop shell to DOS.

-  Full support for locked baud-rates of up to 115200 baud, using the FOSSIL
   driver for maximum compatibility with any system. If a FOSSIL is not
   available, Buzz will use its own communications routines. Auto-detect
   of local operation.

-  Buzz is also DesqView and Windows aware. It will automatically check 
   for the presence of a multitasker, and if available, will perform all of 
   its screen output through the appropriate function calls.
 
Contact me at ikc1@juno.com or http://pesonalpages.tds.net/dirtcheap and 
we'll find a way to get it to you!

Bruce Bowman,
DIRT CHEAP SOFTWARE
