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On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 10:20:23 PM UTC+3, Digital Man wrote:
> You're right: it's not quite that simple. :-) 
> 
> An install would overwrite your .cnf (configuratino) files in your ctrl and you probably don't want to do that. Custom text/menu files would be overwritten too. 
> 
> I'd go through the various sbup*.zip files in http://synchro.net/files/Main/SBBS_ARC/ and 
> http://synchro.net/files/Main/SBBS/(starting with sbup300c.zip) 
> 
> And then finally (once you get to v3.19b), run 'jsexec update'. 
> 
> Hopefully that works for you (make/keep backups) and if you run into any problems, let us know and we'll help you out. 
Fantastic, thanks!
I considered moving the subs, user db and custom menus/screens from old SBBS to fresh 3.19 install, but wasn't sure there haven't been any changes in the format of these files. The route you proposed sounds much more sensible, I'll try it out and report back how it went.
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