* An ongoing debate between IB JOE and All rages on ...

 IJ> If upgrading from A35... do I need to find all the upgrade files
 IJ> between A35 and the latest version A39 and then follow all the steps
 IJ> set aside in the upgrade TXT file?? or can I just work with the latest
 IJ> version ???

If you install A39 fresh then everything will be fine, no upgrade needed :)

 IJ> I'd rather work through the upgrade process, if I can... just ideas

Ok, here ya go, backup A35 stuff, install A39 to a temp directory then:

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,----------------------.
| UPGRADING MYSTIC BBS |------------------------------------------------------
`----------------------'

 1. FIRST and ALWAYS create a backup of your BBS before upgrading.  Generally
    upgrading goes pretty smooth, but there is always the chance of something
    going wrong whether it is Mystic or operator error!

 2. There is no automatic upgrade process.  The process is to install the full
    installation to a temporary directory, so that you have access to the
    latest version of the files.  Then follow the upgrade instructions provided
    below for your specific version.  Usually this just means replacing new
    binary files contained in the new alpha.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INSTALL OVER
    YOUR EXISTING SETUP!

 3. REVIEW THE WHATSNEW.TXT for this alpha.  The WHATSNEW is structured to show
    what has been added/fixed between alphas, and also provides documentation
    for new or changed features.

 4. REMEMBER #1 TO BACKUP YOUR BBS DIRECTORY! :)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


 .-----------------------------------.
 | UPGRADING FROM 1.12 A29-35 to A39 |-------------------------
 `-----------------------------------'

 - Replace existing binaries with the new alpha binaries:

      mystic.exe
      mis.exe
      fidopoll.exe
      mutil.exe
      mbbsutil.exe
      nodespy.exe
      qwkpoll.exe
      mplc.exe (in scripts directory)
      mide.exe (in scripts directory)

 - Run upgrade.exe once to update your data files then you can
   delete it.

 - Copy cfgroot1.ans, cfgroot2.ans, and cfgroot3.ans to your DATA directory

 - Add prompts #528, 529, 530, and 531 to the prompt file for
   all themes you have on your BBS.  If you use the default
   prompts and have not customized, then you can simply replace
   default.txt in the DATA folder with that from the fresh
   installation.  These new prompts can be found below or in
   default.txt in the fresh installation.  See whatsnew for
   more information.

 - mbbsutil.exe is no longer used, delete it from your Mystic directory

  - Delete mis2.exe (the old mis is now gone and mis2 is now named mis) so
    you will need to be aware of that and possibly reconfigure your servers
    in the System Configuration and edit any auto-start scripts you may use

  - Recompile all MPL programs (run mplc -all in scripts directory)

  - Note that the phonebook in NodeSpy has changed slightly in A35, and in
    some cases you may need to edit out the "port" from the address field
    if you use NodeSpy's Terminal.

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That's it, you should be up & running!


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