TOPIC: HELP

This HELP System may be entered either from the H command on the main
menu or by entering HELP at any command prompt in the BBS.


Help Information is available on the follow command or topics:

B   D   E   F   G   H   J   L   M   O   S   U

^C  ^S  ^Q  ^W  ^X  ^Y  <SPACE> <CR> 

COMMAND_STACKING    MACROS   PAGING   SYSOP_MODE


Enter the name of the listed item you need help with.

Note: At any topic/subtopic prompt, entering ? will repeat the current
topic. Hitting Return by itself exits HELP

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TOPIC: B

B) Reprint the logon system bulletins.

This will display the System Bulletins contained in the Database section. 
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TOPIC: D

D) Data base system

You will enter the Database sub system where you may read text files that
the SysOp has placed there.  At this menu, you may change to another data
base by hitting O, toggle download protocols off and on by hitting T, or
list any entry by hitting L and the entry number.  If an Archived file (LZH
or ARC) is present in the database, you may type any file within that
archive by selecting it when the download protocols are turned OFF.  If the
protocols are turned on, then you can download the file as normal.

Turbo Board will also allow a privileged user the ability to upload text
files to the database system.  If you have a text file that would be of
interest to all, feel free to upload it to the SysOp. If privileged, you
will also have the ability not only to upload a text file to the database,
but to create an entire Sub Menu for your files.
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TOPIC: E

E) Electronic Mail system (E-Mail)

The E-Mail system is used for sending private messages to another user on
the system. The messages may include an 'attached' file, in which case it is
F-Mail (File mail). All F-Mail is received (message read and attached file
downloaded) within the E-Mail section. When a user enters the E-Mail section
they are notified if there are any E-Mail or F-Mail messages for them with
a line such as:

You have 2 piece(s) of mail waiting.

At this point you have five options: Read, Send, Word wrap toggle, F-Mail
send or Quit to the Main menu.

~Additional Information Available

READ SEND F-MAIL
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TOPIC: E READ

Reading E-Mail

If the Read command is entered and there are messages either to him or from
him in the system, you will be asked which messages you wish to read with
the following prompt:

Read mail [F]rom you [T]o you [B]oth:

You will then be at the Email Read submenu. At this point you will be able
to select a forward read by date, by just hitting <Return>, or you can hit ?
to list the options available to you:

n         Start at message N, (nR  Reverse read from N)
+ or F    Forward Read (default)
- or R    Reverse Read

You can also reverse read email, or read a certain range of messages using
the a number within the range of the number of messages addressed to you.
The messages satisfying the read parameter that you input will then be
displayed.

At the end of each message read the user is given a selection of options.
You may:

[@]gain  - Reread the message
[A]nswer - Answer the message
[N]ext   - Read the next message
[Q]uit   - Quit to the E-mail menu

You will also see [B]ack if you have more than 1 piece of Email and have
already read more than one. What this will allow you to do is go back to the
Email you previously read and read it again. This will come in handy if you
think of an answer for the previously read message.

Additionally, if you have the required privileges granted by the SysOp he
may:

E - Edit and resave the message if it was "From" him/her.  The
    message editor will be entered and errors may be corrected or
    changes made to the message. 
S - Save message.  The message will not be automatically deleted
    at the specified E-Mail deletion time.
$ - Save as an Fnet message. 

With additional privileges, normally reserved for the SysOp and co-SysOps,
the following commands are available:

D - Delete message
E - Edit the message, even if not from the current user.
P - Print message on the system printer 
F - Display who an anonymous message was from.
T - Display who the message was To if it was a reply to an 
    anonymous message.
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TOPIC: E SEND

Sending E-Mail

If you select S at the E-Mail menu, then the system will first check to see
if there is room for a new message.  E-Mail messages are saved until read or
deleted by the SysOp and will not be deleted automatically to make room for
new messages.  If there is no room you will be informed of this and
requested to try again at a later date.

If there is room, you are shown the prompt

To [?=Help]:

If the ? is entered for help, the following will be displayed:

Enter addressee's name or

List       - Send messages to 1-50 users
Search     - Search for user name spelling
Fnet       - Send F-Net message to remote BBS
Fido       - Send Fido compatible Net mail
<Return>   - Address message to 'ALL'

Note:  You can not send E-Mail to ALL, so if you press <Return> with no
input, the system will default to the Search routine.  In the message bases
this function works properly.

If List is typed, the system will ask for the name to send the message to,
and repeat asking for the name to send to until 50 users have been selected
or you enter a bare <Return> to end the input of names.  If Search is typed
(or a bare <Return>) the system will display the instructions for searching
and then show

Enter search name:

The search is accomplished using whatever string you input.  For example,
if searching for a user named John Smith, then you could enter John, or Joh,
or John S, etc.  Any match on the string entered with a user name will be
shown.    On each match the system will ask you if you want to send the
message to this user, continue the search, or abort. If you wish to stop at
every user on the system you may enter ALL as the search string.


If you enter the name to send to directly, then the system will search the
password list to insure there is a user with that name. The system will not
accept an E-Mail message to a user whose name does not exist in the
password system.

Once a name has been entered and verified the BBS will ask for the subject
of the message.   If no subject is entered the message is aborted and the
send E-Mail command is exited.

Once an addressee has been selected you will be notified of how many
messages are waiting to be read by the addressee.

If you have the send anonymous messages privilege they will be asked for a
Yes/No answer on whether you wish to send the message anonymously.

You will then enter the message editor and may leave your message normally.

See Also:  Message Editor
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TOPIC: E F-MAIL

F - Send F-Mail

F-Mail is a method for a user to send a file to from one to 50 other users. 
F-Mail may also be sent over the Fnet to other BBSs.   F-Mail may be sent
from the E-Mail section. When you enter F at the first E-Mail sub-menu,
Turbo Board will display the instructions on how to send the file and then
ask the user to:

Enter F-Mail filename:

After entering a filename, Turbo Board will check to insure an F-Mail file
of the same name is not already waiting to be sent.  If it is you will be
informed that the filename is in use and asked to re-enter a new name.    
After a valid filename has been entered Turbo Board will ask you to select 
the file transfer protocol desired.

Once the file has been received you will be entered into the E-Mail section
and asked to address the F-Mail and enter an E-Mail type message to the
addressee.  The F-Mail message is saved in the E-Mail message base, and is
identical to the standard E-Mail message other than a file is now attached 
to it.

When the addressee logs on they will be advised that they have F-Mail.  To
receive their F-Mail they must enter the E-Mail section and read the F-Mail
message. After displaying the F-Mail message Turbo Board will indicate that
there is F-Mail attached, to use the X command to download, and if not
downloaded the file will be erased after [x] days. 

The X command referred to by Turbo Board at this point is to be entered now,
NOT at the main menu.  If the user enters a question mark to see the
command choices available after reading his F-Mail message the X command
will be displayed.

After entering an X to receive his F-Mail file, the user will be shown the
filename and size and asked to select a download protocol.

If the user does not download his F-Mail, then Turbo Board will not erase
his F-Mail file or message and the next time he/she logs on they will again
be
advised that they have F-Mail waiting. Once the file has been downloaded, or
if the user does not download the file in the alloted number of days, Turbo
Board will erase the file.

Note:  To send F-Mail to more than one user enter the word LIST at the To:
prompt. F-Mail, just as E-Mail, may be sent to from 1 to 50 users this way.
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TOPIC: G

G) Goodbye/logoff

You are first asked to verify the logoff.  If you are a new user you are
asked if you would like to have your user ID number saved for future use.
If you answer yes, then your logon information is sent to the system log 
and the system checks to see if there is space to save the record in the
password file.

If there is insufficient room in the password file you will be informed that
the system is full and that the SysOp has been notified of your request for
permanent access.  If the file has room for you then you will be issued an 
ID number to be used for future logons.

If your SysOp has the Greeting message option enabled you will now be given
the opportunity to leave a short greeting to the next caller.  

You are then given a thank you for calling message, your logon and logoff
times, connect time and time charged and then logged off.

See Also: MACROS
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TOPIC: H

H) Help system

Invokes the Turbo Board Help utility.   This may also be entered by typing
Help on any line outside of the message editor.  (Note: entering a message
subject of Help will also cause the system to enter the help utility.)

You may enter a topic name or a 'bare' <Return> in order to exit the help
system. A topic may have subtopics, in which case once the main topic has
been described a list of available subtopics will be shown.

When moving around in the help system it is important that the topic and
subtopic names be entered exactly as shown. For example, if one of the
topics was Sysop_mode, then the name would have to be entered with the '_'
character as shown.  

When you have entered a command to see help on, such as Sysop_mode, you
have moved one level down into the help system.   If that topic has
subtopics,you may move further into the system.  To move back up one level
you should enter a 'bare' <Return>.  A "?" entered will display the last
help screen.

See Also: HELP
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TOPIC: J

J) Jump to subprogram (Doors)

Turbo Board allows the SysOp to set up additional programs such as games or
quizes etc. for the users to run from within the BBS.  Access to these
programs is provided with the J command. 

With Turbo Board Version 2, you are able to run programs from any Main
Menu command or Submenu. Command J is to retain compatibility with older
versions of Turbo Board, and with Forem ST and may not be present on the
system.
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TOPIC: L

L) Leave message to system operator

This command allows you to easily send a message to the SysOp. First you
will be asked for the subject of the message, with the default subject,
shown in <>'s, being Message to Sysop. After entering a new subject or
pressing <Return> to keep the default subject, you will enter the Turbo
Board message editor where you may leave a standard sized message to the
SysOp.
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TOPIC: O

O) Other BBS listing

A list of BBSs, added to by the + command at the main menu, is obtainable by
using the O command. When O is selected the user will be shown:

Search by:

[0]-All
[1]-State
[2]-Area Code
[3]-Name
[4]-Baud
[5]-System type:

If anything other than 0 is selected then the user will be asked to input
the search string. The baud shown in the list is the maximum baud rate of
the BBS.  So if the user searches for 2400 baud BBSs, he will be shown only
the BBSs with a maximum baud rate of 2400 and would have to repeat his
search if he was also interested in 1200 and 300 baud systems.

The information shown following 9600 BAUD search is:

ST   Name                   Phone           Baud   Storage   Software

ON   TURBO BOARD SUPPORT    416-274-1225    9600   320       TURBO BOARD
UK   <<<INTER-NET>>>        4429-6395935    9600   120       TURBO BOARD
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TOPIC: S

S) Surveys

This command capability allows the SysOp to conduct user surveys.  Up to 99
surveys may exist at any one time. Upon entering the survey system you
will be shown a list of surveys to select from.  If a survey is selected you
will then be asked to answer the questions for that survey set up by the
SysOp.

Optionally, survey one may be automatically invoked at login for a new user,
following his password application.
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TOPIC: U

U) User Utility Sub Menu

This is the User Utility Submenu.  All of these commands are mostly User
related setting commands, and are grouped together for convienience.

~Additional Information Available

A    C    D    G    H    M    N    P    R    S    T    U

TOPIC: U A

A) Add to Other BBS list

When the A command is used Turbo Board will ask for the name, phone number,
maximum baud rate, storage capacity, state where located and system type of
the BBS to be added to the list.  The data will then be appended to the
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TOPIC: U C

C) Call System Operator.

If the chat mode is enabled then the SysOp will be paged by the console
bell.  Usually chat is active in the evening. If the SysOp doesn't respond
you may want to leave him Email.
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TOPIC: U D

Display Date/Time/Connect Time Toggle

The date, time, your connect time as well as the amount of time you have
left will be shown when this command is used.
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TOPIC: U G

G) Set Graphics/menu style

Turbo Board allows the SysOp to customize his BBS with alternate menus,
including the ability to display graphics files in place of standard Ascii
text files.  When this capability is active you will be prompted to make a
selection upon first logging on to the system of the style menus you wish to
use.  To change the selection later the G command is used.   This will
display the same text file as shown when your initial selection was made. 
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TOPIC: U H

H) Change BBS Handle

If this bbs supports the use of BBS handles and the Sysop has allowed you to
do so,  you may change your handle at this prompt.  Be advised, that if you
have messages or Email addressed to your old handle, they will be no longer
addressed to you if you change your handle
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TOPIC: U M

M) Available Macros 

This option allows a user to choose a "Macro" which is defined by the SysOp
to use a function that is popular. For example, .N might read all the new
messages.  To see what's available, type A at the Utility prompt and go from
there... If there's a macro you'd like added, let your SysOp know.

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TOPIC: U N

N) Make a New Password

You will first be asked to verify your old password by entering it again. 
If entered correctly you will be asked for a new 1-12 character password.
The new password will take effect on the users next call.
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TOPIC: U P

P) User Profile

The user will be shown his current account status.
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TOPIC: U R

R) Ringback command

This can be used for security measures or to save the caller long distance
charges. When the R command is used Turbo Board will display a message
stating that ringback was requested and then hang up the user. Turbo Board
will pause thirty seconds to allow the user time to set his modem to
autoanswer, after which it will dial the phone number in your password.
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TOPIC: U S

S) Set 'Clear Screen' mode

This command will toggle the user's clear screen setting.  If on the screen
will be cleared for each new menu or message shown.  To change the setting
simply select S.  Be sure that you have selected the proper terminal type
for this command to operate successfully.
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TOPIC: U T

T) Set terminal type/line feeds

The user will be shown the same mini-menu as a new user is shown for
selecting his line feed setting, screen width and terminal (computer) type.
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TOPIC: U U

U) Display User Log

You will be asked whether to display all users or only users on since a
specified date.  If a date is entered all users whose last logon date is
equal to or greater than the date entered will be displayed. If a date is
entered it must be in the form mm-dd-yy.
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TOPIC: ^C

Holding down the <Control> key and pressing C will abort the output of any
text screen, data base file, message, or ascii download.  Please note that
many Sysops will make the menu or other text files non- ^C -able, so it will
not work under all conditions.
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TOPIC: ^S

The <Control> S command will Pause any display from the bbs. Hold down the
<Control> key and press S for a ^S.

See Also:  ^Q
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TOPIC: ^Q

The <Control> Q command will restart any paused display. Hold down the
<Control> key and press Q for a ^Q.

See Also:  ^S
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TOPIC: ^W

Holding down the <Control> key and pressing W will allow you to delete a
word on either at a command prompt or in the message editor.   The word to
the left of the cursor will be the one deleted, and this command may be
repeated until all the words in the line, or at the prompt are deleted.
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TOPIC: ^X

Holding down the <Control> key and pressing X will delete any waiting input
on a line in the message editor, or a command at the command prompt.
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TOPIC: ^Y

The <Control> Y command, performed by holding the Control key down while
pressing Y, is used to abort to the main menu prompt.  This command will
only work though if used during text output by the BBS. If you wish to abort
to the main menu at other times (when the system is waiting for a command),
enter the word "MENU". 
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TOPIC: <SPACE>

Using the Space Bar is another means of entering a Yes or Y in Turbo Board.
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TOPIC: <CR>

Hitting the <Return> key is another means of entering a No or N in Turbo
Board. The only time this doesn't hold true is for the paging mode, you
must hit N to stop paging.
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TOPIC: M

MESSAGES

Turbo Board can support up to 64 separate message bases.  These bases can be
grouped in catagories called SIGS (Special Interest Groups) and there may be
up to 16 SIGS in the Message system.  Access to the SIGS are controlled by 
the Sysop, and you may not be able to access all of them.  The ones you
don't have access to, will not be shown to you.  Access to each message base
within the SIGS for both reading messages and entering of messages is
individually controlled by the SysOp for each user.  E-mail is an
individual message base that is not counted in the 64 message base
total.

Accessing the Message System

To access the message bases enter the M command at the main prompt. You
will then be shown a list of the message SIGS you have read access to.

///Turbo Board Support  Message SIG Selection

        '*' = Contains messages new to you   '-'=Sig OFF

          * 1) General          Wide Variety of Message Bases
            2) Sports           The Sports SIG
          *-3) Programmers      The Programmer's SIG


 [A]ll    [C]lear   [F]lagged   [R]everse   [T]oggle   [Q]uit  ?=Help

Select SIG>

At this point you are not yet in any SIG, but you have a variety of
functions available to you, and these are as follows:

[A]ll     - Allows you to read all new messages in all SIGS that you have   
            turned ON  
 
[C]lear   - Allows you to Clear all new messages, and set your High message
            read counters to the highest message in each message base.

[F]lagged - Will search all SIGS turned on for messages flagged to you.

[R]everse - Reverse, will allow you to reverse read each message base in    
            each SIG that you have turned ON, and contains new messages.   

[T]oggle  - Toggle allows you to turn each SIG on or off, so it will not be
            in a Read All or Reverse Read macro. (you will skip it)

[H]elp    - Will display a short help file outlining these options

[Q]uit    - Quit to main menu



At this point you are not 'in' a message SIG yet. As you can see,
Turbo Board will alert you to which message SIGS have new messages
that you have not read yet.  Turbo Board keeps track of the highest
message number you have read in each message base.  You will also be shown
which message SIGS are turned off.

Enter the number of the message SIG you wish to gain access to in
order to enter the message base or you can enter the letter of the read
option.   To exit the message SIG selection menu without entering a message
base you must enter a bare <Return> or by typing Q.  If you are following
along on your BBS, type a 1 to enter message base 1.

Switching to General

  '*' = Contains messages new to you   '-'=Sig OFF

General

      1) General              BBS news, and general messages
      2) Games                Games base
      3) ST-Report            ST-Report Conference

 [A]ll   [C]lear  [F]lagged   [R]everse   [S]igs  [T]oggle   [Q]uit  ?=Help

Select Base>

The options are all the same as they were at the SIG menu, except now they
only work on the Messages bases themselves within the SIG you have selected.

There is one additional option called [S]igs.  This option will allow you to
return to the SIG Selection Menu, if you use [Q]uit, you will exit back to
the main menu.

Now select base 1 by typing 1.

You will now see something like (depending on the name of your message base
1
and the number of messages in the base):

Switching to General

(A text file can be optionally displayed here)

///Turbo Board Support Message System

Current Message Base    : General

Total messages in base  :  200
High message # received :  22360
Last message # in base  :  22380
Number of new messages  :  20

Continuous scroll off,  Handles on

Msg Cmd (?=Menu):

The first 5 lines give you the base message statistics,  the important one
being the number of new messages.

"Continuous scroll off" means the system will stop after showing each
message to you.  Turning continuous scroll on and off will be covered below.

"Handles on" means that the System will allow you to leave a message using
your BBS Handle instead of your real name.  Depending on how the Sysop has
set up the message base, you may be able to enter  Messages using "Real
names only", or using "Handles only".  These would be displayed instead if
this were the case.

If a question mark is entered at the Msg Cmd prompt, or simply a bare
<return> (defaults to the ? command) you will see:

[A] = Check for All messages to or from you
[B] = Check for Messages Addressed from you
[C] = Check for Messages Addressed to you
[D] = Delete Message
[E] = Enter Message
[F] = Read Flagged Messages
[G] = Flag All Conf F-Mail Messages
[H] = Toggle Message Editor InItial Command Summary ON/OFF
[L] = Locate and Read (search) Messages
[M] = Read Marked Messages
[O] = Other Message bases
[R] = Read Messages
[S] = Scan/Mark Messages
[W] = Message editor Word Wrap toggle
[@] = Toggle continuous scroll on/off
[#] = Set continuous messages scroll delay
[Q] = Quit to Main menu

Msg Cmd (?=Menu):

Reading messages will be covered first, as many of the other commands are
extensions of the read command or alter it in some way. If you are just
starting the BBS and there are no messages currently in the message base
skip to Entering Messages.


~Additional Information Available

ABC  D  E  F  G  L  M  R  S  W  Y  @  #  O  EDITOR

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TOPIC: M R

Reading Messages

To read messages use the R command.  Turbo Board will show you:

Read/Scan Messages - General

This message base has 200 messages

The first message is # 22136
The last  message is # 22380

Read Cmd (?=List):

Notice that the current prompt, Read Cmd, is different than the previous
prompt, Msg Cmd.    This prompt has it's own set of options for choosing
which messages to read.  To see the choices enter a question mark or a bare
<Return>. You will see:

100;105;103     List
2-15            Range
+ or F          Forward read
- or R          Reverse read
N               New messages
Q               Quit

First, to list individual messages enter the message numbers separated by
semicolons.  This list does not have to be in ascending order as you can see
from the example.  If you want to read a block of messages you may enter a
range as shown.  Note you may also show the range in descending order, such
as 15-2, and Turbo Board will show them starting at message #15 and working
backwards to #2.    To read all the messages in ascending order, enter a +
or F.  Similarly, to read all the messages in descending order enter a - or
R.  To read all the new messages in ascending order, enter an N.  To exit
the Read Cmd enter a Q.

Once a valid Read Msg command has been entered the first message selected
will be shown.  If continuous scroll is on, all the messages chosen will be
shown.  

At the end of the message you will see:

Read Msg Cmd (?=List):

Again, this is a new set of commands, not to be confused with the Read Cmd
or Msg Cmd prompts.    The options shown will depend on the user's
privileges. A standard user with the ability to enter messages will see:

[@]gain
[A]nswer
[B]ack
[H]old after command
[N]ext
[Q]uit

The @ (again) command will re-display the message. Answer will take you
into the message editor for entering a message and will be covered in the
Entering messages section. Back will show the previous message if there is
one in the current Read message set of messages. Hold will allow you to
perform a function and then be back at the Read Msg Cmd for THIS message
again, to read the message again you will need to use the @ command.

For example: if you wanted to Answer the message but remain at the current
message in case you wanted to re-display it or enter another reply, you
could enter A/H to answer but remain at the current message. Next will
display the next message in the read message set of messages. Quit will exit
the reading of messages in this message base.

If the message you are reading is a reply to a message, then you will be
shown an additional command; [M]essage this is a reply to.   This allows you
to jump back the message reply chain, even if the message you are jumping to
is out of your current read 'set' of messages.

If the message has replies then the message numbers for the replies will be
shown at the end of the message, such as:

Replies: 99 103

Which means this message has two replies, message numbers 99 and 103.  You
will also see [R]eplies as a choice at the Read Msg Cmd prompt.  This allows
you to read all the replies to the message that have been entered; in this
case it would show you messages #99 and #103.   Once the replies have been
read the messages shown will pick up from the next message in your read
command set.  If you wished to read the replies and then remain at the
current message, perhaps to enter another reply to the message if the
current replies did not answer the message fully, you would enter R/H. 
After reading the last reply you would see a repeat of the Read Msg Cmd
prompt.  At this point you are back at the original message.  To see it
again type the @ command. To reply to the message enter an A.

If the message is an anonymous message (the From field shows Anonymous
instead of the user's name) and the current user has the privilege  to find
out who the sender was, there will also be the command shown of [F]rom
anonymous user name.    This command will display the name of the sender of
the anonymous message. To remain at the current message Read Msg Cmd prompt
after finding out the sender, type F/H.

If the message is a reply to an anonymous message and you wish to find out
who it is addressed to use the [T]o anonymous user name command.     Note,
you must have the required privilege to use this function, or see the
command at all. 

If the message is from you and you have the privilege to edit your own
messages, or you have the ability to edit all messages, you will also see
the command [E]dit listed in the Read Msg Cmd list.

There are additional options that are normally reserved for the SysOp's use.

These are:

[C]opy to another message base
[D]elete
[I]nvert Message Lock
[L]og/File print
[P]rint on printer
[$]ave as F-NET Message

The Copy message command allows the current message to be copied over to 
another message base.  Note: The message will not be deleted on the 
current message base when copied.  To copy and delete stack your commands 
as C/D.

Delete message will do just that.  The ability to delete any message is
normally reserved for SysOps.  If a message is from  the current user
then they will also see the Delete option as a valid choice. 

Log to print will log the current message to the system log, either the
printerif active or the disk log. Print on printer will print the message no
matter what the current status of the log is. You can also save the message
to a File, and will be prompted as for the filename you wish to use.

The $ command will allow you to redirect the current message as an Fnet
message.

Messages themselves are shown in the following format:

Message header consisting of:

Conf : General
Msg# : 22368   Lines: 16  Read: 2
Sent : June 16, 1991  at  9:39 AM
To   : Joe Blow at Fnet Node 96
From : John Miller
Subj : Crossnet Fun

Message body.

Replies: (If there are any)

If the first line of the message header says Locked Message, then that
message is only readable by the addressee, the sender, and those with the
privilege to read any locked message.

Conf: is the name of the Message base you are currently in.

Lines: is the number of lines in the message.  If the message is an extended
message the word EXTENDED will appear here. This is because extended
messages are saved as files and Turbo Board does not necessarily know how
many lines are in the file.

Read: is how many times the message has been read.

The Sent line is filled as Sent: Jun 16, 1991 at 9:39 AM

If the message is addressed to a name other than All, then when it has been
received by the addressee there will be an additional line in the header
between Sent and To of Rcvd and the date (only) the message was read by the
recipient.
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TOPIC: M E

Entering Messages

There are two ways to enter a message in Turbo Board.  You may use the E
command at the Msg Cmd prompt, or the A (for Answer) option at the
Read Msg Cmd prompt. If you use the E option at the Msg Cmd prompt you will
be asked first for the addressee of the message with the following prompt:

Attach File?

If you answer yes to this question, you will have to upload a file to be
attached to the message, similarly to F-Mail, but this message will be
public to all who read it. Just hit <Return> and you will see:

To: (?=Help)

Entering a question mark will display:

Enter addressee's name or

List       = Send message to 1-50 users
Search     = Search for user name spelling
<Return>   = Address message to 'ALL'

Note:  List is only valid when entering an E-Mail or F-Mail message.

If Search is now entered you will be shown an explanation of how to use the
search function.  The search function requests a name, or part of a name,
and will show all users that have the target string in their name.
The user will be asked to:

Enter search name:

Turbo Board will search the password files and look for any matches of the
string entered with the user names in the password file. For example if the
user was not sure of the spelling of BILL MILLER, but wished to send him a
message, they could enter BILL and have the BBS search for users with the
string "BILL" anywhere in the name.  When it finds a match it will display:

BILL MILLER  Last on: Jun 14, 1991 (0=Continue 1=Send 2=Abort):

Entering a 0 will continue the search, a 1 will automatically address the
message to that user, and a 2 will abort the search, returning you to the
To:

(?=Help) prompt.

If a bare <Return> is entered it will cause Turbo Board to substitute a 0,
continue, as the command.     Note: This search for the string BILL would
also stop at a name of JOE BILLIE.  The target string need not be the first
part of the user's name.

Privileged users may see additional commands available. These are:

Fnet       : Send F-Net message to a remote BBS
Sysusr:X   : Send message to level X users
Fido       : Send Fido Netmail compatible Netmail

To send an Fnet message the user must have the privilege. 

If you enter a bare <Return> at the To: (?=Help) prompt, the message will be
addressed to ALL.  You may also enter the word ALL as the addressee, but it
is easiest to just press <Return>.

If the message is entered as an Answer to a message at the Read Msg Cmd
prompt, then the addressee will be set automatically to the sender of the
message this is a reply to.

Next the BBS will ask for the subject of the message.  If the message is a
reply, then the subject of the message this is replying to will be displayed
in <>'s.  To keep the old subject simply press <Return>.  If entering a new
message (not a reply), or to change the subject on a reply message, just
type in the subject (up to 76 characters) for the message.  If entering a
new message from the Msg Cmd prompt and a bare <Return> is entered, the
system will abort the message send.

If the message is addressed to anyone other than ALL, Turbo Board will ask
if you want the message to be read only by the addressee.  If you answer yes
then the message will be a locked message, and only you, the addressee, and
users with special privileges will be able to read the message.   Turbo
Board will not check to see if there really is a user with the addressee's
name in the user log for messages sent 'locked', so if you enter as the
addressee "All 520ST users", it will still ask you if it is to be read only
by "ALL 520ST USERS".

If the user has the privilege to send messages anonymously the system will
ask if the message is to be saved anonymously.   If answered with a Y the
From field will show the word ANONYMOUS instead of the author's name. 
User's with the FANON_P privilege will still be able to obtain the name of
the sender using the F command when reading the message.

Note:  There is an additional address which may be used: SYSUSR:x.    This
is generally a SysOp privilege.  If you have the privilege and addresses the
message to SYSUSR:x, where x is a number between 1 and 32767, then the
message will be flagged as addressed to all users with a download (file)
access level of x or higher. If the message is sent as a locked message,
readable only by the addressee, then only users with a download level of x
or higher will be able to read the message.

Next you will be asked how you want to enter the message:
[A] Message editor, [B] Upload message, [C] Copy File or [D] BBS Remacs:

If a bare <Return> is entered at this prompt the system will default
to the Turbo Board Editor.

An uploaded message's body is also saved as a file, similar to an extended
message, but can be any length since the Turbo Board editor is not used to
enter the message.  Uploaded and extended messages may not be edited after
uploading as can be done with standard messages.

The Copy file command is used to take a text file already on the system
drives and add it as a message. This priviledge is normally reserved for
SysOps.

The [D] will only show if the R_Emacs program can be found on the BBS. It is
a version of Emacs that has been modified to work with Turbo Board.
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TOPIC: M EDITOR

The Message Editor

The last printed line immediately before stopping to let you enter your
message will display the status of the word wrap and line numbers.  If line
numbers are on you will see 1) on the line for you to begin entering your
message.  If word wrap is on you continue typing as in a word processor,
not pressing <Return> unless you want to force a new line at that point. If
word wrap is off the editor will not move to a new line until you press
<Return>. 

Quick Command Prompt

If the Quick Command Prompt is enabled in the message editor, you can call
up this prompt by hitting  [Return]  two consecutive times on a blank line.

It will show you a quick summary of the most used message commands:

[S]ave [A]bort [L]ist [G]oto [H]elp  >

You may either use the 5 command letters shown, or use the / editor
commands at this prompt.

/ Message Editor Commands:

/A   - Abort
/S   - Save
/J   - Center Justify preceding line
/T   - Goto top of message
/B   - Goto bottom of message
/Nnn - Next nn lines
/Dnn - Delete next nn lines
/Lnn - List next nn lines
/P   - Toggle Quick Command Prompt
/#   - Toggle line number mode
/W   - Toggle word wrap on/off
/MT  - Change Message To
/MS  - Change Message Subject

/C/text1/text2 - change first occurrence of text1 with text2
/I/text         - insert line text above the current line

Turbo Board uses a line editor.  This means you may only edit the line you
are currently on.  To move around in the message you use the commands /G /T
/B or /N.  /G is the Goto command, and you must enter a line number after
the G to goto, as in /G2 to go to line 2. /N operates the same as the /G
command.  /T will move you to the top of the message (line 1), and /B will
move you to the bottom of the message. 

Error Correction:

Type the change command, /C, another backslash (/), followed by the word 
as spelled on the line, a third /, then the correct spelling.

Example: to changed the word speled to spelled, you would use:

/c/speled/spelled

Now press <Return>. You should see the line retyped with the word corrected.


If Turbo Board says it could not find the word you asked it to change,
check your spelling and/or format of the command again. An important point
to remember with the change command is that it replaces the first occurrence
of the string requested with the second string.  You need to make sure your
first string is sufficiently unique so the correct string is replaced.
For example, if your line of text was:

This is speled correctly.

You would enter /C/speled/spelled and then it would be corrected.

To see how the list command works type /L on a new line. The entire message
is displayed and you are returned to the line you were on when the /L
command was issued. If you enter a number following the /L, then only that
many lines will be displayed.

To delete a line or group of lines use the /D command. If no number is used
with the command it will delete one line, the line you are currently on.  
If the command is used with an optional number, as in /D5, it will delete
that number of lines from your message, starting on the line you are
currently on.  You may also center justify the preceding line of text using
the /J command.

To insert a line in between two previously entered lines, use the /I
command. To use the insert command type /I/new line, where "new line" is
your new line of text. This line will be inserted above the line you are
presently on.  The /# command will toggle your line numbers on and off.   /W
will toggle word wrap on and off.  To abort a message use the /A command. 
If you enter /A, the BBS will prompt you with "Abort?" to verify you really
want to abort the message without saving.

/P this will toggle off and on the Quick Command prompt discussed earlier.

The last general message editing command is the /S for save command. When
you are finished entering your message enter /S on any line or at the Msg
Edit> prompt. 

There are two additional commands privileged users may use.  They are the
commands to change the message subject and who the message is addressed to.
The /MS command will change the message subject.
The /MT command will change who the message is addressed to.
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TOPIC: M ABC

The easiest searches to accomplish use the A, B and C commands at the Msg
Cmd prompt. These are used to search for messages addressed to you, messages
addressed from you, or both.  If one of these is chosen the message base
will be rapidly scanned and any messages matching your search parameter will
be displayed as Read message #xxx.

Note:  These commands only search for and flag the messages, they do not
show them to you.   To read the messages use the F command - Read Flagged
Messages.
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TOPIC: M L

The [L]ocate command enables the user to search messages for a specified
string in the message body, from, to or subject fields.  It also allows you
to search for messages from a specific Fnet node.  The search on the Fnet
node may use either the node number or BBS name.

When an L is entered the user will see the following prompt:

Select search field
      [A] - To
      [B] - From
      [C] - Subj
      [D] - Message text
      [E] - Node
      [F] - Date
      [G] - Conf Mail

The search field parameters may be combined to enable a search on multiple
fields. To combine search fields just enter the appropriate letter
associated with the fields you wish to search.    For example, to search for
the string "Atari ST" in either the Subject or Message text you would enter
CD. After making a selection the BBS will display:

Enter search string:

Enter your search target string and press <Return>.  Note:  The search will
ignore character cases, as in a search for the string "Atari" will match on
"ATARI", "atari", etc.

After pressing <Return> the system will show the first and last message
numbers and present the "Read Cmd" prompt. This allows you to restrict the
search, or specify the direction of the search within the message base.    
To search the entire message base in reverse order, enter a - or R.  To
search all the messages in the forward direction enter a + or F. To restrict
the search to a range of messages enter the message starting and ending
numbers, separated by a -, as in 100-200.

Turbo Board will now search the messages for the string you have entered.
If a match is found it will display the message.  To continue searching
press <Return> or enter N. To abort the search enter a Q.
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TOPIC: M D

A user may use the D (Delete) command to erase messages on the system.    
When the D command is used Turbo Board will ask for the message number of
the message to be deleted.   If the message was entered by the user or they
have the delete any message privilege the message will be deleted.
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TOPIC: M G

You may also flag all Conference Fmail in a message base using this command.
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TOPIC: M M

The M command is used to read messages that have been marked using the S -
Scan/mark command.  Only those messages marked will be shown.
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TOPIC: M S

S - Scan/Mark Messages will display the same Read Cmd prompt as the Read
Messages command.  However, once the range of messages to be scanned has
been entered only the message number and subject will be shown, along with a
prompt asking of the user wishes to mark the message.    If a Y is entered
the message will be Marked for later reading with the M command.
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TOPIC: M W

The W command is used the same way as the /W in the message editor. It will
toggle the word wrap on/off for message editing.
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TOPIC: M @

@ Command - This command will toggle continuous scroll on and off while
reading messages.  If off Turbo Board will stop after each message and
display the Read Msg Cmd prompt. If on, Turbo Board will pause for the time
set using the # command (see below) after each message.  If no key input is
received during the pause time Turbo Board will immediately display the next
message.
If you presseany key during the pause Turbo Board will stop and display the
Read Msg Cmd prompt, just as if continuous scroll had been off, but only for
the current message.    To simply stop the text output while reading
messages the Control S command may be used.
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TOPIC: M #

The # character at the Msg Cmd prompt will set the time, in 1/10 second
intervals, that Turbo Board will pause after each message if continuous
scroll is on.  To set it to pause for two seconds the value 20 would be
entered.
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TOPIC M: O

To switch message bases use the O (Other) command. You will be shown the
same message base selection menu, with asterisks in front of each base with
new messages, as displayed when first selecting the message bases from the
main menu.  Any of the Option commands shown  may be used at this point or
an individual message base number entered. 
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TOPIC: F

FILE AREA

Upon selecting F at the main menu you are shown a menu of available
file areas.

1 - STFILES - Atari ST Files
2 - PCFILES - PC and MSDOS Compatible files
3 - SYSOP   - Atari Sysop Files
4 - TURBO   - Turbo Board Support files

L= List ALL NEW files                l= List ALL files
S= Scan ALL NEW files                s= Scan ALL files

If a valid number (1, 2 or 3 in the example) is entered you will enter the
selected file area and be shown:

Turbo Board Files System

Current file directory is STFILES

Files Cmd (?=List)>

If a question mark or <Return> is entered at the Files Cmd prompt you will
be shown the commands that are valid in the File Area:

[A]rchive Tools - For Download of Partial Archives
[B]atch Files Transfer
[C]hoose directories for ALL NEW command
[D]ownload
[F]ind file
[L]ist files
[M]ark file for Batch
[O]ther file directories
[Q]uit
[R]emove from Batch
[S]can files
[T]oggle Continuous Scrolling Directory List On
[U]pload
[V]erbose ARC directory
[W]ide directory listing

xxxxxx total bytes available for uploading
yyyyyy bytes maximum upload file length

Current file directory is STFILES

Files Cmd (?=List)>

Where the xxxxxx is the total free space that is free and allocated for use
by the BBS, and yyyyyy is the free space on the drive with the largest free
available.  The free space figures are slightly smaller than the actual
free space to allow a buffer (8K on each drive) so the drives are not
completely filled.

~Additional Information Available

A  B  C  D  F  L  M  O  S  T  U  V  W  BATCH_UPLOAD  PROTOCOLS

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TOPIC: F A

A - The Archive Tools is used to download, clear or add to the temporary
files ARCDL.ARC or LZHDL.LZH.  This can only be used in conjunction with
files that have been saved on the BBS using the ARC (Archive) or LZH (LHARC)
file compression programs.  When a file is ARCed or LZHed it can contain one
or many individual files.  If a user desires to download only one file from
a larger group of files that have been ARCed or LZHed into a file, he should
use the A command at the List Cmd prompt to add it to the approiate file.
ARCDL.ARC for files with a .ARC extender or LZHDL.LZH for files with a .LZH
extender.  When the Archive Tools command is used Turbo Board will show the
files currently contained in ARCDL.ARC, LZHDL.LZH and ZIPDL.ZIP (Note: ZIP
support is currently under development and is not supported at this time).
If you haven't added any files yet they will all show as empty.  You will
then be given the following prompt:  "Arctools, Enter type: [A]rc [L]zh
[Z]ip >".  (ZIP files have not been implemented yet.)  After making your
selection Turbo Board will then display three sub-commands for use with the
Archive Tools command - [A]dd [C]lear [D]ownload.

For ease of reading, in the following the file ARCDL.ARC is used, if you had
specified LZHDL.LZH substitute that file name.    If Add is selected Turbo
Board will ask for the file name or number, then display the individual
files within the ARCed file, and ask which file to add. If Clear is selected
Turbo Board will erase the current ARCDL.ARC file.  Download will allow the
user the download the ARCDL.ARC file.
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TOPIC: F B

B - Batch file transfer is used after one or more files have been marked for
batch download.  Files may be marked for batch download using the M command
at the Files Cmd, or the B command at the List Cmd.  If files have been
marked for batch download, then Turbo Board will locate the files that have
been marked and then display a sub-menu for selecting the batch file
download method:

[Y]modem 
[G]Ymodem-G 
[S]EAlink 
[F]modem 
[Z]modem. 

If a valid file transfer protocol is entered, either Y, S, F or Z then the
transfer will begin.
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TOPIC: F C

C - Choosing the directories for the ALL NEW commands is similar to the Y
command in the message bases.  A list of the file directory short names,
with associated numbers, will be displayed and a YES/NO depending on the
current state of that directory for the ALL NEW commands. You may enter the
number of the directory to switch, stack a list of directories to switch, or
press <Return> by itself to end the command.  The ALL NEW commands the
Choose command is referring to are the L and S commands when selecting a
file directory. In our example BBS the C command would show:

1 - STIFLES         YES     2 - ATARI_ST              YES
3 - SYSOP           YES     4 - TURBO                 YES

If you did not want to see the Atari ST files when using the L or S commands
at the "Select" prompt, they would enter 1 and then press <Return>. Turbo
Board will then redisplay the file areas, showing the new status.  You may
make further changes or press <Return> by itself to exit the C command.
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TOPIC: F D

D - If you desire to download a file, and know the file name or file number,
you may use the D command at the "Files Cmd" prompt.   Turbo Board will
then search the drives and locate the selected file.  After locating the
file the file size, transfer blocks using the different file transfer
protocols, and time to download will be shown. If you do not have sufficient
time remaining to download the file you will be so advised and the D command
will be aborted.  If sufficient time remains the user will be shown a list
of the file transfer protocols to choose from.  See the File transfers
section for details on the file transfer protocols. Note: The time displayed
is the approximate time for the transfer using Xmodem protocol. The actual
time may be different depending on the transfer protocol used, number of
block retransmittals any delays in saving the file to disk.
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TOPIC: F F

F - The find file command will search every file area you have access to for
a match on the string entered with the filename and/or description. This
command uses the List command and you may perform the same function manually
by using the List and Other file directories commands.  When the search for
the file has been completed you will be in the last file directory you have
access to.
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TOPIC: F L

L - The list command displays the full information on the files, one file at
a time unless continuous scroll of the directory lists is enabled. When you
enter L for list files, they will be shown a sub-menu of:

[A]ll files
[N]ew since last on
[S]ince specified date
[F]ile number >=
[L]ocate/search

Select>

For all the selections, Turbo Board will only display file information on
files that have an access level lower than or equal to your file access
level. [A]ll will display all the files that meet this requirement in the
current directory.

[N]ew will only show the files that have a date equal to or greater than the
date you were last on.   Note:  New users on their first call will have a
last call date of the current date, so would be shown only files uploaded on
that date.  It is important to remember that this function will show files
since the last call date, not necessarily since you last checked the file
section.

[S]ince specified date allows you to enter a date in the format mm-dd-yy,
and Turbo Board will display the files uploaded on or after that date.   
This can be used if you do not check the file area each time you call, in
order to see the files uploaded since they last checked.

[F]ile number >= will allow you to enter a file number and then display all
the file's with a file number that is greater than or equal to the entered
number.

[L]ocate/search is a powerful command that will display the prompt:

File Locate:

[N] Name 
[D] Description 
[A] Application 
[U] Uploader
[O] Offline files
[F] Free Files

Select Search Field or Combination>

If Name, Description or Uploader is specified in the search field number you
will be shown the prompt:

Enter search string:

If the application is being searched you will be shown a list of the
application types and asked to select one.

If you enter O or F, it will search for any file flags for Offline or Free
files.

The entry process is the same as the Locate feature of the message bases,
ie., the search fields may be combined. When the search fields are combined
it is an OR search. For example, if searching the Name and Description (ND
entered as the search field) for the string "QUIZ", a match on the string
"QUIZ" in either the name OR description will pause the search and display
the file.  If the search combines a text search with an application search
it is still an OR search, so any match on the file application OR the string
will result in the file being displayed.

Once the list sub-menu has been completed Turbo Board will display all the
files that meet your list parameters and that are at or below your file
access level.  Turbo Board will display the following information for each
file:

File # 452      Filename: EXEC_V25.LZH

Uploaded on   : May 19, 1990         Uploader      : John Miller
Application   : Turbo Board Utility  Level         : 1000
File Type     : Binary               Rating        : 100
Byte count    : 29338                Access Count  : 74
Last Download : Jan 06, 1991         Download Time : 2 minutes
Blocks        : 230 -Xmodem/SEAlink, 29-Y/Zmodem,  8-Fmodem

Description:

Executive version 2.5T - Our Turbo Board version with re-written docs.

List Cmd (?=List)>


If a question mark is entered at the List Cmd prompt the user will see:


[B]atch mark
[D]ownload
[N]ext
[Q]uit
[S]how again

If the file has an extension of .ARC, .LZH or .Zip Turbo Board will also
display the choices:

[A]dd to ARC/LZH/ZIPdl
[T]ype File (will extract from archive)
[V]erbose Archive


See the section on Archive Tools, above, for information on the file
ARCDL.ARC.

The Verbose listing will display the same information as shown when the
Verbose ARC directory is used at the Files Cmd prompt (see below).  Type
File will allow you to view a text file that is contained in an archived
file.  Batch mark will mark the file for later download using the Batch
Files Transfer as described above, and the Download selection will allow the
user to download the file using one of the file transfer protocols described
in the File Transfer section.

If a bare <Return> is pressed Turbo Board will default to the Next command
and display the next file's information.  If the file is downloaded you
will be returned following the download to the List Cmd prompt and may
resume their listing by pressing <Return> or N for Next file.
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TOPIC: F M

M - Mark file for batch

Files may be marked for batch download while listing individual files or
from the main Files Cmd prompt by using the M command. Turbo Board will ask
for the file name or number for the file to add, then search the drives,
looking in the current file directory, for the file and if the file is
found, with an access level at or below your access level, it will be added
to the list of files for batch download.
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TOPIC: F O

O - Other file directories

When an O is typed at the Files Cmd prompt the file area selection menu will
be shown.  You may select an individual file area or use the ALL commands
(L,l,S and s) at this point.

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TOPIC: F S

S - Scan files

After selecting Scan files, you will be shown the same sub-menu as for
Listing files.  When displaying files after the submenu selection has been
made, Turbo Board will display each file on a separate line with the
information shown of:

#=Off-line file, * = Free Download
Number Filename          Length    U/L'ed     Description

* 452) EXEC_V25.LZH       29338    05/19/90   Executive version 2.5T - Our 

(The description is the first 40 characters of the first line in the file's
description.)

Notice the # =Offline file, and and * =Free File.   If the file you want to
download has a # in front of it, you will have to ask the Sysop to place
the file back online, as the actual file has been removed from the system.
If the file is marked with a *, it is a free download, and if this bbs has a
ratio system in effect, you will not be charged for the download.

You will also be shown a Scan Cmd> submenu, that will allow you to:

[A]rc      - Use Arc Tools
[B]atch    - Batch Mark files
[D]ownload - Download Files
[E]dit     - Edit files (if privilege is given)
[L]ist     - List File
[P]rev     - Backup to Previous Page of scanned files
[Q]uit     - Quit to File Cmd menu
[S]how     - Show current page of scanned files again
[T]ype     - Type out file (ascii dl) or extract from Arc and type
[V]erbose  - Verbose listing of Arc Lzh or Zip archive files

All these commands are shown on one line for reference. They are displayed
as shown for explanation only.
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TOPIC: F T

T - Toggle Continuous Scrolling Directory List On/Off

Normally Turbo Board shows a single file at a time when listing files,
or a screen at a time when scanning or using the Wide directory listings.
To have Turbo Board display the files without stopping use the T command
to switch to continuous scroll on. Once set on it may be turned back off
by again using the T command.
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TOPIC: F U

U - Upload

To upload a file to the file area the U command is used. When entered the
system will ask:

Batch upload?

For now enter a N at this prompt.  See BATCH_UPLOAD for more information on
Batch Uploading.

You will then see the prompt:

Enter filename: 

Enter the filename, and the system will then show you the name and ask you
to verify that is the correct name of the file to upload.  (Please note that
you MUST enter both a name and extension, Turbo Board will not allow
anything but a proper filename.)  If the filename is correct Turbo Board
will then do a search of the file directories to see if there is a duplicate
file name already on the BBS. If there is it will say:

Filename in use.    Try another name.

And again show the "Enter filename" prompt. Once a valid name not in use has
been selected Turbo Board will ask:

Enter YOUR rating of this file (0-100):

Now you can rate this file, if it is a good one, give it a high rating, if
not so good, give it a low one.  Hitting <Return> will give it a rating of
50.

If you have been given the privilege, the system will then prompt you if you
wish to make the file, a 'Free' Download, so if a ratio is being used, the
people will not be charged for downloading this file

If Turbo Board didn't recognise the extension of the file you will then be
asked whether the file is an Ascii text or binary file.  Only text files
should be specified as Ascii, all others should be binary.

Next you will be asked to enter the type of application that the file is.
You will be given a menu of the various choices and then asked to input the
number of your choice at the following prompt:

Select program application type:

Next the  System prompts you for what access that you wish to place the
uploaded files at:

Access to: [A]ll  [S]ysop  [Y]our Access [1000]:

If you hit [Y]our access, the file access will be set to 1000 in this
example.  Access to [A]ll sets the access to 0, and access to [S]ysop sets
the access to 32767.

After selecting an access level you will use the message editor to enter a
description of the file. This description may be up to five lines in length.

The same editor commands as used to enter messages are used.  If the
description is saved using the /S command the user will then be asked to
select a file transfer protocol.  See the File Transfer Protocal section
for an explanation of the protocols used by Turbo Board.

If the BBS is running low on drive space you will be asked if the file
length is greater than the maximum single drive free space.   If you answer
No the file transfer will begin. If yes the file transfer will be aborted.

If the file is uploaded successfully the log will be annotated with the file
information entered by the user. It will also be noted in the UPLOAD.LOG
file.
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TOPIC: F V

V - Verbose ARC directory

The V command may be used to display the contents of an ARCed or LZH'ed
file on-line. If selected from the main Files Cmd prompt the user will be
asked for the file number or name.  If a valid file name or number is
entered and the file is either an ARCed ot LZH'ed file, Turbo Board will
display the individual entries within the file using the format:


Filename       Size     Comp     %Comp  Date      Time      Method    CRC
------------   -------- -------- -----  --------  --------- --------  -----
WHEEL.BAS          6656     4676  30%   14-02-89  12:35:02  Crunched  2B5D
------------   -------- -------- -----
Total    1         6656     4676  30% 

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TOPIC: F W

W - Wide directory listing

The last of the three file listing methods is the Wide directory listing. 
This selection will also display the same sub-directory as used by the L and
S commands, but when displaying the files will only show the file name and
size. It does this in three columns across the screen, as in:

SIMON.ARC           1505      SWITCH.ARC       8287      ROAD.ARC       7150
ANADATA.ARC        14144       POWER.AMS       2586

If continuous file directory scroll is off it will stop after every 15 lines
and allow you to continue the listing (the N command, or a 'bare' <Return>),
Download a file or Quit the listing.  If continuous scroll is on all files
that meet the user's selection criteria will be displayed, non-stop. 
This is handy for capturing a list of the files on the BBS.
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TOPIC: F BATCH_UPLOAD

To  batch upload a file to the file area the U command is used.  When
entered the system will ask:

Batch upload?

Enter Y at this prompt, and the system will then ask you  if you wish to
hang up after the batch upload has been completed.  If you answer Y here,
you will be logged out, after the transfer is finished.

Next the  System prompts you for what access that you wish to place the
uploaded files at:

Access to: [A]ll  [S]ysop  [Y]our Access [1000]:

If you hit [Y]our access, the file access will be set to 1000 in this
example.  Access to [A]ll sets the access to 0, and access to [S]ysop sets
the access to 32767.

You are then prompted for the batch protocol you wish to use:

[F] - Fmodem
[S] - SEAlink
[Y] - Ymodem
[G] - Ymodem G
[Z] - Zmodem

At this point you will select the transfer and then batch upload the files
that you wish to send.

Usually how you select the files for a batch upload, is you place them all
into a subdirectory on your system, with ONLY the files you wish to batch
upload present in the subdirectory.  Change your current directory to this
directory, then select the batch upload protocol, (one of the ones
previously listed) and use the *.* mask as your file parameter.  Start the
transfer, and Turbo Board will accept all the files you wish to upload.

After the transfer is over, you will be prompted to update all the pending
files that you have batch uploaded.  To do this, use the X command.  It will
then take you to the files, and step you through them one by one, allowing
you to fill in the descriptions, and to select the proper destination file
directory for each one. 

See Also: U PROTOCOLS
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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS

File transfer protocols

When a file is to be uploaded or downloaded Turbo Board will display the
following prompt:

Select file transfer protocol (?=List, <Return>=Abort):

If a question mark is entered the options below will be shown:

[A] - Ascii / Xon-Xoff
[F] - Fmodem
[S] - SEAlink
[X] - Xmodem
[K] - Ymodem / Xmodem 1k block
[Y] - Ymodem Batch
[G] - Ymodem G Batch
[Z] - Zmodem
[8] - 8 bit Atari Xmodem

~Additional Information Available

A    F    G    K    S    X    Y    Z    8
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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS A

Ascii / Xon-Xoff

If a file is transferred using the Ascii method it will be sent with no
error correction - a straight 'dump' of the file. This is useful only for
text files.  The Xon-Xoff refers to the characters used to start and stop
the file transmission.  Xon is the <Control> Q character, Xoff is the
<Control> S character.  Note: Ascii / Xon-Xoff may not be selected as the
transfer method when uploading if the file type was specified as binary.
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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS F

Fmodem (4K block)

Fmodem is one of the five batch capable file transfer protocols available on
Turbo Board.   A batch transfer protocol has the ability to send multiple
files from the BBS to the user automatically.  You must first mark the
file(s) for batch download, then select B at the main Files Cmd prompt. 
Also, your terminal program must, of course, support the batch file transfer
method being used.  Batch transfers may be used to upload or download files
to the BBS.

Fmodem is similar to Ymodem batch, but uses 4K block size instead of the 1K
used by Ymodem.  This results in fewer control bytes being transferred, and
less time spent in 'turn around' waiting for the acknowledgement of each
block of data.  Because of the large block size however, a single bad block
can negate any gain achieved by the larger block size. For this reason
Fmodem should only be used on connections that perform independent error
checking, such as between two USRobotics HST modems, or two MNP equipped
modems. MNP is the Microcomm Networking Protocol, a proprietary error
correction scheme available on many modems.

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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS G

Ymodem G

Ymodem G is a variant of the regular Ymodem Batch transfer, and is intended
for use with error correcting  modems only.  It will abort on any error it
encounters,  but if used properly, will give the highest cps rate of
any of the protocols available. See Ymodem for additional information.
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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS S

SEAlink

SEAlink is a sliding window Xmodem derivative developed by System
Enhancement Associates.  128 byte data blocks are used, but the sender does
not wait after each block is sent for an acknowlegment that the block was
received correctly.  Instead, each block acknowledgement is 'labeled' for
the block it is referring to and the sender may continue to send blocks
until the 'window', which is the number of blocks the sender may 'get
ahead', is reached. If a bad block is received the receiver sends a NAK (Not
AcKnowledged) signal, with the block number of the bad block, and the sender
goes back to the bad block and begins sending again.

This protocol is the most efficient method when there are inherent delays in
the communications link, such as when a packet switching network is used. 
An example of a packet switching network is the PCPursuit system.

SEAlink is also a batch file transfer capable protocol.
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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS X

Xmodem

Xmodem is one of the oldest file transfer protocols available. It was
originally developed by Ward Christensen circa 1979, using 128 byte blocks
and checksum error checking. Since then many variations have come about, the
most common being the use of CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check) error checking. 
With standard checksum error checking, one out of every 256 erroneous
complete or oversized Xmodem packets would have a 'valid' checksum. When CRC
error detection is used the theoretical calculations show it will allow only
one undetected error for every 10^14 bits transmitted. That equates to one
undetected error per 30 years of constant transmission at one megabit per
second! However, sometimes theoretical calculations and reality do not
agree.  Still, CRC error detection provides a very high reliability of
detecting any bad data before it is saved.

If downloading a file the type of error detection will depend on the
terminal program being used by the receiver.  When uploading a file Turbo
Board will attempt to use CRC error checking first.   If the file
transmission does not start with Turbo Board sending the CRC NAK character,
it will switch to checksum error correction and send the checksum NAK
character. Because of this procedure, users who are trying to use CRC error
detection on uploads must begin the file transfer as soon as possible. If
there is too long a delay from the time the BBS says it is ready to receive
until the first block is received, Turbo Board will have switched to
checksum error detection and the transfer will be aborted.
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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS Y

Ymodem

Ymodem is similar to Xmodem, but always uses CRC error checking and has 1K
block sizes.   Ymodem is also batch capable, but many terminal programs do
not support the batch Ymodem protocol. If you have questions you should look
in their terminal documentation to see if it supports batch file downloads
using Ymodem.
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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS Z

Zmodem

Zmodem also uses  1k blocks of data. It does it's error checking 'on the
fly' so there is no waiting for ACKs or NAKs. Zmodem is also batch capable
and is best used with a 9600 error correcting modem, although it will
correct  for any errors encountered during transmission. It is faster than
Ymodem Batch or Fmodem, but not as quick as Ymodem G for transfer rates.

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TOPIC: F PROTOCOLS 8

8 bit Atari Xmodem

The 8 bit Atari Xmodem is Xmodem with checksum (CHK) error detection.  It
will not attempt to use CRC error detection.  If your terminal program does
not supportXmodem CRC, then you should use the Atari 8-bit Xmodem protocol
even if not using an Atari.  This transfer protocol is also designed to work
with the Amodem terminal program, some early versions of which used
non-standard Xmodem parameters.  If an Atari 8-bit user has a terminal
program that supports Xmodem CRC, then they should select the Xmodem
transfer protocol and not the 8-bit Atari protocol.
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TOPIC: COMMAND_STACKING

Command Stacking

Most system entries that are not yes/no type answers or message prompt
responses may be 'stacked'.  This means you may enter a series of commands
on a single line, speeding up the process you wish to accomplish.  When
command stacking is used, all the text information Turbo Board normally
displays after a command is not shown.

To stack commands the / character is used to separate each individual
command on the line. For example the following string entered at the
main menu prompt will read all the new messages in message base 1, and
then return you to the main menu.  Note: this will only work if
continuous scroll of messages has been previously selected.

Main prompt> M/1/R/N/Q/Q
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TOPIC: MACROS

The Available Macros shown in the User Utility Menu, allow you to run many
stacked commands, just by typing in a keyword.  The current list of
keywords will be shown using the M command in the Utility submenu.

Also available are the Following System Macros:

(They are shown in Capitals, but are not Case Sensitive)

HELP  will bring you into this help system from any prompt in the BBS.

MENU  will return you to the main menu prompt from any submenu prompt in
Turbo Board.  This is handy if you want to back out of a function quickly.

OFF  from any menu prompt will automatically log you off the system.  If the
Greeting Messages are enabled, you will not be able to leave a greeting
message if you log off in this manner.

TIME   will display  the date, time, and  your connect time as well as the 
amount of time you have left.

STOP   will stop the execution of a macro or a stacked command, if you have
paused at any prompt.

See Also:  COMMAND_STACKING
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TOPIC: PAGING

The paging mode in Turbo board is very useful if you wish to read long
messages or text files online.  When you first logged on the system, you
were asked to set your page length, with the default being 23 lines.  When
you look at a text file, the page prompt -  More? (Y/N/C) - will be
displayed on your screen.  If you hit <Return> or Y the paging will continue
until the next 23 lines go by, then you will see the prompt again.  If you
hit N the file display will be aborted, and you will be sent to the next
prompt.  Some people prefer to capture their messages, so you may wish to
turn off the paging, by using the  C option, which means Continuous Scroll. 
You may turn off and on the paging mode in the User Utility menu, if you do
not wish to use it.
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TOPIC: SYSOP_MODE

Turbo Board has a Sysop Mode that can be entered remotely, but only if you
have been given the privileges by the Sysop.  This mode allows you to
perform many maintenence and housekeeping functions on the board.
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