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         LORD IGM: KITERIA'S LORD BANK   **FREEWARE**
         VERSION 1.00  -- DOCUMENTATION

         IGM Development started on Oct. 01, 2004.

         v1.00 officially released on Jan. 11, 2005.
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AUTHOR:  Donald Tidmore
Email:   donald.tidmore@usa.net or donald.tidmore@fidotel.com (primary)
         gtidmore@hiwaay.net (secondary)
         ktidmore@bellsouth.net (use ONLY if unable to use primary addresses.)

ICQ:     Belgarion - #238685196.  Used rarely.

Web:     http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/camelot5.htm
         Castle Camelot LORD Links Page
         --  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/LordApps.htm
         Castle Camelot LORD Apps Page
         --  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/camelot6.htm
         Castle Camelot LORD IGMs Page

Fidonet: 1:123/450
         http://www.filegate.net/camelot/
         Camelot LORDNews FDN. Official Fidonet distrbution site.

Address: 1111 Berenice Street, Tuscumbia, Alabama 35674-3503
         United States of America.
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1.0  DISCLAIMER:
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This is a BBS game written as a hobby.  The only warranty given is
that the program will take up a small amount of disk space on your
computer's hard drive, and will run under all versions of Legend of
the Red Dragon that support IGMs.

Currently, *NO* support is available for any of my LORD programs
for usage under LORD for Linux (LORD/X) or LORD for Windows
(LORD/32).  As of mid-October 2004, both are in beta processing,
and neither one supports IGMs in any way.
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NO OTHER WARRANTY IS HEREBY EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR SUGGESTED.
USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

KITERIA'S LORD BANK IS A *FREEWARE* 'IN GAME MODULE' (IGM) FOR LEGEND OF
THE RED DRAGON (LORD).

  LORD (Legend of the Red Dragon) is a multi-player battle game
  created for Bulletin Board Systems (BBS).

     (c) Copyright 1992-1997 Robinson Technologies
     (c) Copyright 1998,1999 (2000-2005) Metropolis, Inc.
     Created by Seth Robinson.  Developed by Michael Preslar.
     All rights reserved.

This IGM is fully tested under LORD v3.55 through v4.07 beta
(early September 2004 compilation).  Full IGM support is offered
only for DOS LORD usage, as of early January 2005.
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2.0  INTRODUCTION:
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  These are the goals for this IGM - all of which have been fulfilled.

  1) Provide LORD Players with an IGM, which is fully supported by
  an active LORD author, that protects the integrity of their bank
  accounts on a daily basis.  DONE.

  2) No one under any circumstance can steal another player's gold
  or gems.  Killing the Red Dragon will not affect your IGM accounts
  like it does in LORD.

  3) The player receives 10% interest on their Bank Gold on days
  when they actually use the igm.  No igm usage during a day means
  that you do NOT get any interest.  There is NO interest on Gems
  that you keep in the IGM Gems Bank.

  4) The IGM does not allow Gems in Bank to exceed 1 Million Gems.
  I seriously doubt any user will ever get anywhere close to that
  amount.  Gems Deposits and Gems Withdrawals are also subject to
  the 1 Million gems limit.

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  Usage limits:

  1) My IGMs all honor Seth Robinson's request that IGM authors honor
  the boundaries he set up for each LORD stat. Those include not raising
  Gold beyond Two Billion, or Gems above 32,000.

  2) IGM uses are limited to 10 visits per day.  During IGM
  configuration, the end-user/sysop may use a smaller Visits/Day
  setting if they wish to do so.  Use KITBANK INSTALL to do
  this during IGM installation, or KITBANK CONFIG to just change
  the Max Visits/Day setting.

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  Future IGM development plans:

  1) Allow players to transfer Gold from their IGM bank account
  to another player's IGM bank account.  Once that is coded
  and working, I will do the same with Gems.

  2) I will be considering setting the IGM up to cover other
  LORD stats such as Skill Use Points or Forest Fights.

  The transfers will be done entirely inside the IGM.  Since
  that would be the easiest way to handle the process.  A player
  would only be able to do a bank transfer to someone who has
  either Gold or Gems on account in the IGM.  The person who is
  sent Gold/Gems would be sent in-LORD mail to notify them about
  the deposit(s) to their Gold/Gems accounts.

  No timetable set for this work, other than later this year.
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  Brief IGM usage summary.  The Gem Trader, Peddler Jack, has
  a very sexy, young and beautiful daughter.  Her beauty rivals
  that, nearly, of Lady Violet at the LORD Inn.  She is the
  banker.  Your only relationship with her is banking activity.
  At least at the current time.

  No one is allowed to rob this bank.  You may do deposits and
  withdrawals to the LORD gold stats, Gold in Hand and Gold in
  Bank.  You may also do deposits and withdrawals to your IGM
  Gold Bank account.  The IGM may be used up to 10 times per day,
  as of Dec. 21, 2004.

  A short summary of Bank accounts status is available at IGM
  entry, from the IGM's main menu.  It shows how much you have
  on account as to Gold and Gems, and how much Interest, if any,
  you received for the current day.

  All player's bank activity is shown at igm exit to the current
  player, so everyone will know who has been using the IGM. It
  is also recorded in the IGM Usage report disk file, which can
  only be viewed by the sysop/end-user. (See KITBANK REPORT.)
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  Configuration:  If igm has not been installed yet, you must
  start IGM usage by executing KITBANK INSTALL.  Otherwise, you
  may change the Sysop Handle info by using KITBANK CONFIG. No
  other fields are change-able via that command at this time.
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  Installation:

  * Obtain copy of KLBank10.zip from me via email, or download
    it from one of several download source sites:

  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/LordApps/klbank10.zip
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  1) Unzip KLBank10.zip's files into an IGM sub-directory under
  your LORD game. I suggest using KitBank for directory name.

  If you are updating from a beta version, unzip the archive's
  files using overwrite mode.

  2) At your DOS Prompt, type KITBANK INSTALL and press the ENTER
  key.  That will execute the IGM's installation module.  Follow
  the on-screen dialog box prompts and answer each one.  Once
  installation is completed, if you use the LordMenu utility,
  remember to update its data files.  Visually verify your
  3rdparty.dat file just to be sure it is updated properly as well.

  Then start playing the IGM when you start Lord the next time.
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  Two other distribution sources for this IGM are:
  * http://www.filegate.net/camelot/lordfile/klbank10.zip

  * http://www.nightfallgames.com/files - See the LORD IGMs
    directory.
  --------------------------------------------------------

  The installation process needs to know answers to these
  questions:  Where is your LORD Directory.  Where is the
  IGM Directory.  What is your Sysop Name - first/last name.
  What is your BBS/Web-site Name.  What is your Sysop Handle.
  How many visits per day, up to 10, do you want to allow.

  The Sysop Handle field refers to the Lord name of your primary
  Lord character.  *NO* LORD Color codes may be used with ANY of
  the IGM configuration values.

  Answer ALL questions asked by the IGM.  Even if you are not
  a sysop, this is a BBS door game, so it uses standard BBS
  game terms. Regarding BBS Name field, if you have a web-site
  you can use its name.  If you have neither a BBS or web-site,
  just use something that you like.

  Except for Lord Path and IGM Path, *ALL* configuration values
  may not exceed 40 spaces in length.  Anything longer will be
  ignored or disallowed by the IGM.

  The IGM will add a two-line entry to your 3rdparty.dat file,
  and an installation notice is added to the LORD Daily News
  lognow.txt file.  Exit the IGM when told to do so.

  A computer mouse may be used to navigate the window prompts,
  but is not usable inside the IGM when it is running under LORD.
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  IGM Usage Reports:  Providing that you have a a BankPlay.dat
  file, which is created/updated with each IGM usage, you can
  run KITBANK REPORT to create or update the Bank-use.txt usage
  report disk file.  There are two usage reports.  The first
  shows user's Lord Name, Gold Deposits, Gold Withdrawals,
  IGM Gold Bank balance, and # of Visits made.  The second report
  shows player's Lord Name, Gems Deposits, Gems Withdrawals, and
  Gold Interest, if any, the player received in current day.

  The Usage reports are automatically updated during IGM exit
  process for every user, and is displayed on-screen for all
  users during IGM exit process.


  Simple Configuration updates:
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  Run KITBANK CONFIG, and the program will let you change
  the Sysop Handle and Max Visits/Day settings.


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  Un-Installation:  Run KITBANK REMOVE, and follow all on-screen
  commands.  IGM statements will be removed from 3rdparty.dat file,
  and an IGM Removal notice is written to LORD's lognow.txt file.

  Deletion of some IGM data files is left up to the user to do.
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3.0  FILES:
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The following files are included within the KITERIA'S LORD BANK
archive:

FILE_ID.DIZ  - Description file (KitBank.diz)
KitBank.DIZ - backup copy of archive identifier for BBS usage.
KitBank EXE - KITERIA'S LORD BANK IGM.  Setup is included inside.
KitBank TXT - Gem Trader docs - this file.

CCL-APPS.TXT - Info on all of my LORD Programming projects.

* KitBank.dat - IGM Configuration file.  Contains Lord Path,
		  IGM Path, Sysop Name and Handle, BBS Name.

* BankTime.dat - Used to keep track of change in Day, Month or
		  Year, so IGM knows internally when to reset its data
		  files for a new day's game usage. (Binary file)

* BankPlay.dat - IGM Player Database.  Binary file.  Tracks all
		  activity on daily basis of the IGM's users.  Even if a
		  player has not used the igm that day, they will have a
		  database record if they have Gold/Gems on account.

* Bank-Use.TXT - IGM Usage Reports disk file.  Shows activity by
		  players for current day.  Usage report #1 displays Lord
		  Name, Deposits and Withdrawals to Gold Bank account, Bank
		  Gold balance, and Visits counter data.  Usage report #2
		  shows Gems Deposits and Withdrawals, Bank Gems balance,
		  and Gold Interest data.

        File is created/updated automatically with each IGM use
        in LORD, -- provided IGM does not terminate due to user
        inactivity -- or when end-user/sysop uses the KITBANK
        REPORT command.
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4.0  3rdparty.dat IGM entry, IGM Usage Notes:
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Minus LORD color codes, which I don't always use myself, this is
what the IGM command lines in 3rdparty.dat should look like.
Each person installs IGMs their own way, so your directory path
will usually be different:

C:\INTERNET\LORD\KITBANK\KITBANK.EXE /N* /GC:\INTERNET\LORD
Kiteria's LORD Bank

(The actual description entry in 3rdparty.dat will contain
LORD color codes.  I seldom use them myself, but include them
for those who do.  And the codes can be changed to your own
preference. That is, you can change them in 3rdparty.dat.)

If you want the IGM description in 3rdparty.dat to include
version number, you will need to add that manually.

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IGM Usage Notes:
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While using this IGM, you MAY not rename any of the program or
data files.  Doing so can cause the program to crash or
otherwise not work properly.

KITBank.exe, BankPlay.dat, BankTime.dat - they may NOT
be tampered with in any way, or the program will not work.

KitBank.dat: Under NO circumstance may you use LORD color
codes in this file.  File can be edited manually if you
need to change something.  It is best to make changes via
the KITBANK INSTALL or KITBANK CONFIG commands.

I reserve the right to not provide technical support to
anyone who admits to violating the IGM usage directions.
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LORDMenu information:  To acquire LORDMenu v1.30 LORD utility,
contact me via Email.  Or contact Lloyd Hannesson at
dasme@dasme.org, who is the program's author.  The program may
also be downloaded via web browser from his web-site.

         http://www.dasme.org/techn/index.php

It is also available from various other sources on the Internet,
such as my Camelot LordNews FDN site (official Fidonet distribution
site), located at: http://www.filegate.net/camelot/. See the
the Lordfile directory.  Second source is the Nightfall Games
server, located at http://www.nightfallgames/files/. Lordmenu is
stored in the LORD Utilities section there.  Primary distribution
source is the author's personal web-site.

Specific URL:  http://www.dasme.org/techn/files/lrdmnu13.zip

         LORDMenu was created by Robert Fogt, and turned over through
	 me to Lloyd in early 2002.  Who provides all support for it.
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REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Any version of LORD that supports IGMs.   Testing was done
	  with versions 3.55 through v4.07 beta.

  2. DOS 6.x or later versions.  Probably works with DOS v3.xx forward
	  as well, but I can't say for sure.

  3. IGM is usable whether LORD is registered or not.
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TESTING:
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    KITERIA'S LORD BANK LORD IGM is tested under LORD v4.07 beta
    by myself, and with earlier LORD versions by various friends.

    Testing has been done using all versions of Microsoft Windows,
    starting with Windows 95, and ending with Windows XP, using
    current v4.0x versions of Legend of the Red Dragon.
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5.0  DISTRIBUTION/UPDATES/REVIEWS:
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Current official versions of my LORD IGMs are available from
the following site links:

1. http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/camelot6.htm
	Castle Camelot LORD IGMs Page.

	http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/LordApps.htm
	Castle Camelot LORD Apps Page

2. Kiteria's Korner web-site's LORD IGM Page.  This web-page
   is updated periodically, and after each new IGM release that
   I or friends make.

	http://www.fidotel.com/public/kiteria/kit-igms.htm

3. http://www.filegate.net/camelot/LORDfile/
	Camelot LORDNews FDN - LORD Files directory.

4. Fidonet #: 1:123/450 - Donald Tidmore, updater.

5. http://www.nightfallgames.com/files/ - Michael Everett's
	new LORD Archive web-site.  New primary source for all LORD
	programs that I have in my LORD programs collection.

Regarding betas of LORD IGMs and Utilities, keep in mind that
sometimes they are not always stable.  Various features may be
in flux, and not fully tested.  If you have questions, you
should contact me.
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6.0  FEATURES:
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    1) You may view your LORD stats from various IGM section menus.

    2) A quick summary is provided at IGM entry of your bank accounts.

    3) You can deposit/withdraw Gold between LORD and the IGM.
       Subject to the limits that Gold fields can not exceed Two Billion.

    4) You can deposit/withdraw Gems between LORD and the IGM.
       Subject to IGM's limit of 1 Million gems in the IGM Gems account,
       and LORD's limit of 32,000 Gems in Hand.

    5) The end-user/sysop can view a summary of IGM activity off-line,
       outside of LORD IGM play, by reading the BANK-USE.TXT data file.

       Everyone gets to view the on-screen IGM Usage Reports as they
       are leaving the IGM to return to LORD.  There are two report
       screens which cover all Gold and Gems banking activities.

    6) The first player of the day will have a short wait during IGM
       entry while the IGM processes the previous day's player database,
       determines who has Gold or Gems on account, and creates a new
       player database.  Then the IGM does normal maintenance work.

    7) IGM usage is limited to 10 times per day maximum.

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7.0  SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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Gordon Lewicky  - He taught me most of what I know about LADY Script
                  programming, and has done diagnostic work on all of
                  my complex LADY Scripts when they had glitches.

Gary Hartzell   - For giving me feedback, support, and friendship.
                  And especially for encouraging me to become an LORD
                  IGMs author when I was considering it in May 2002.

Jason Brown     - For entrusting me with his LORD IGMs and utilities
                  as their co-author, maintainer, and updater.
                  Also for several long years of LORD friendship.

Charlie Wardick - My primary programming teacher.  For over a year
                  of training in how to write LADY scripts in a
                  logical manner, and then in relearning Pascal
                  language and usage of Turbo/Borland Pascal.

Chris MacPherson, Kenneth Padgett - Chris, for turning over his
                  Pawn Shop IGM to me.  Kenneth, for turning over
                  his Hiding In the Shadows igm to me.

Stephen Gibbs - For trustworthy assistance in testing this IGM,
                and debugging BBS usage glitches in the Hiding in
                the Shadows IGM for me and Kenneth. Previously has
                provided great assistance in pointing out problems
                in my Gem Trader IGM as well in prior years.

And to all of my other friends who've gone through my evolution
as a LORD games programmer since February 2002, by testing my new
Lady scripts, and LORD IGM/utility beta compilations, over those
many months.  Oh yeah, and most of all, for putting up with my
tendency to write occasionally LONG email messages to them <G>.
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Beta Testers:  Gordon Lewicky, Michael Everett, Paul Koukos, Joe
               Kinjin, Rob McGee, Charlie Wardick, Daryl Stout,
               Marty Blankenship, and a few others here and there.
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8.0  DEDICATIONS:
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This IGM was specifically created for dedication to my old friend
Suzanne Franklin, whose Lord nickname is Kiteria.  I thought it
was time that she had an IGM named after her.

Otherwise the IGM is dedicated to all of my close LORD friends.
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9.0  RELEASE INFO:

v1.00 -- Released on January 11, 2005, with online distribution
			done on January 11, 2005 to Castle Camelot web-site,
			Camelot LordNews FDN site, NightFallGames server,
			Lloyd Hannesson's LORD IGMs project, and the Fidotel.com
			BBS server's LORD IGMs directory.
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10.0:   { Castle Camelot LORD Apps Summary: }

See:  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccl-apps.txt

      Contains more detailed info on each program release.
      Along with Future Update/IGM development info.
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  Belgarion's LORD Lady Scripts. Scripts by Donald Tidmore,
      Gordon Lewicky, Michael Everett and Dan Stovall.

  ChasWare LORD Player Editor v1.20.

  The Forest Outhouse.  Update of Robert Fogt's Outhouse IGM.
  --- The Forest Outhouse RHP Pack.

  The Gateway.  Maintained for Jason Brown.

  The Gem Trader.  My first IGM.

  Hiding In The Shadows.  Adopted from Kenneth Padgett.

  Kiteria's LORD Bank.  My fourth IGM.

  The L.O.R.D. Cavern.  Maintained for Jason Brown.
  -- LORD Cavern RHP Sets #1, #2, and #3. Contains RHP scripts
     created by Jason Brown, Michael Everett, and Donald Tidmore.

  LordStat (utility). Maintained for Jason Brown.

  Love Shack II.  My first tribute IGM, dedicated to Trevor Herndon.

  The Nice Hag.  My second IGM.

  The Outlands Tavern. Maintained for Jason Brown.
  --- The Outlands Tavern RHP Pack.  Contains RHP Scripts by myself
      and Gary Hartzell.

  The Pawn Shop. Maintained for Chris MacPherson.

  RHP Toolkit. RHPTest and LordType utilities, by Jason Brown.

  The Ruined Castle.  My third IGM. Based on Dan Stovall's LADY script.

  Turgeon's House.  Adopted from Mike Ciesiensky.

  Violet's Cottage II. My second tribute IGM.
  -----------------------------------------------------------

  Note: I also updated the LORD Gambling Casino IGM, created by Tobin
  Fricke.  It was turned over in June 2004 to Chris Martino (www.oddware.org)
  for him to continue support and development of it.

  In gradual development: Conversion of Paul Mullins' Realm of LORE LORD
  IGM to Angel toolkit.  Has not been released for BBS beta testing yet.

  Scheduled for creation in January 2005: Two new IGMs:
  1) The Werewolf II:  a rewrite of Jay Hodges' Werewolf IGM.

  2) Doofus the Gnome: IGM version of Gordon Lewicky's LADY Script.
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11.0  SUMMARY
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Your comments, questions, suggestions are welcome and appreciated.  I'd
like to know that people are actually using my IGM. :)  I've put a lot
of work into it and I hope it is appreciated.
	 -Donald Glenn Tidmore

Postal contact info.  You can send snail mail to me at:
1111 Berenice Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674-3503

If outside the United States, add "United States of America"
or "USA" to the address.  The state name is Alabama if you
wish to spell it out.

I lost interest in ICQ in 2004, and have not used it in several
months. So I have removed my ICQ contact information from this file.

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IGM Crashes:  If you experience a crash while using the IGM,
please send me a capture log of your BBS session which most
comm programs and Telnet clients are able to generate.  Please
send it in a .zip file archive, made using Winzip, PKzip or some
other ZIP-compatible utility.  Send JPG snapshots of IGM crash
details, and/or the zipped up data files, to one of my email
addresses.

Primary addresses, checked daily:  gtidmore@hiwaay.net,
ktidmore@hiwaay.net.  Secondary address, checked daily:
donald.tidmore@fidotel.com.  Primary address, checked
occasionally, used mostly for newsletters and non-Lord interests
is donald.tidmore@usa.net.

Copies of your LORD games play*.dat files, lognow.txt/logold.txt
files, and the LORD error.log file may also be of use to me in
finding source of any IGM crashes.  So consider zipping those up
also, and sending them to me.

Since I do not operate a BBS, I can not personally check on
BBS usage issues, but I have a few Lord friends who will do that
for me, such as Stephen Gibbs.

I hope that anyone using this IGM finds it to be of value to
you, and to your BBS users, if applicable.  Donald.

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KitBank.txt -- End of documentation.

Copyright 2004-2005. Donald Glenn Tidmore. Castle Camelot LORD Apps.

Updated on January 11, 2005.

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