README.TXT CD-ROM to Accompany "The Successful Sysops Handbook" CD-ROM Revision 1.0 ---------------------------------------- OBTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES AND ADDITIONS ---------------------------------------- As with all software, the programs you'll find on this disc are subject to periodic updates, bug-fixes and other revisions. Moreover, in some cases, we were unable to secure permission to include some programs and utilities on the CD-ROM that we otherwise would have liked to include. To provide a more complete resource for readers of this book, and to aid you in finding updates or revisions when they are made available, the author will be launching three facilities you are welcome to use at any point during the normal lifetime of this book. These resources are: World Wide Web The author's World Wide Web server will provide new and updated files and information. If you have full Internet access, use your web browser, and open the URL: http://www.bryant.com/ Follow the instructions shown on the screen to visit the appropriate sections of the web site. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) The author's FTP site is the storage location for any updated or new files. While you should use the World Wide Web to access these files, if you have Internet access but don't have a web browser available, you can FTP direct to the file update sections. The domain name of the FTP site is: ftp.bryant.com Displays on the site and information files posted there will give further details on how to access the updates. Bulletin Board System For those without any Internet access, you can dial the author's BBS at (303) 733-0773, where file areas will be maintained with updates and additions. There are other file areas available there that may be of interest as well. ---------------------------- USING THE FILES ON THIS DISC ---------------------------- All the files on this CD-ROM have been archived and compressed using PKZIP. You will need the program PKUNZIP to decompress the files and break them back out into their individual components. Since most sysops have PKUNZIP already and know how to use it, we've not included it alone on the disc. If you don't happen to have PKUNZIP, the complete PKZIP/PKUNZIP distribution is included. It's stored on the disc as: \TOOLS\PKZ204G.EXE To use it, create a temporary directory on your hard disk, and change to that directory. Then, simply run the program direct from the CD-ROM. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is disk E:, from the temporary directory on your hard disk, you'd type: E:\TOOLS\PKZ204G.EXE Follow the instructions displayed on your screen. In your temporary directory, you'll find a copy of PKUNZIP, as well as documentation files on how to use the PKZIP/PKUNZIP system. PKZIP and PKUNZIP are shareware. Please make sure you're a registered user of these popular and valuable products; instructions on how to register can be found in its documentation.