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This file, DEVELOP.ZIP, contains the following documents which cover the file
formats used by PCBoard:

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PCBDAT.DOC         The PCBOARD.DAT file is a text file.  This document covers
                   the contents of each line in the file.
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HEADERS.DOC        Discusses the Extended Headers used in MSGS for v15.x.  The
                   MSGS file for v15.x is strictly compatible with v14.x but
                   the use of Extended Headers allows additional functionality.
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MSGS.DOC           Documenation on the MSGS, MSGS.NDX and MSGS.IDX formats.
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PCBSYS.DOC         File format for PCBOARD.SYS.
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CNAMES.DOC         File format for CNAMES.@@@ and CNAMES.ADD files.  These
                   files store the conference information.
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USERS.DOC          File format for the USERS file.
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USERSYS.DOC        File format for the USERS.SYS file.
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USERNET.DOC        File format for the USERNET.XXX file.
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DIR.DOC            Documentation on the structure of DIR files
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DIRLST.DOC         File format for the DIR.LST files
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DIRIDX.DOC         File format for the DIR IDX files
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FILEIDX.DOC        File format for the IDX files used inside of DLPATH.LST
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PWRD.DOC           File format for the PWRD file.
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CALLERS.DOC        File format for the caller logs.
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145INFO.DOC        Background documenation describing original changes made to
                   PCBoard's files when version 14.5 came out which introduced
                   the USERS.INF and USERS.SYS files, among other things.
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FIDOCFG.DOC        File format for the PCBFIDO.CFG file.
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FIDOQUE.DOC        File format for the FIDOQUE.DAT file.
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ACCOUNT.DOC        File formats for Account Tracking Files (.DBF and .TXT)
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