"               биг хелп!"
" "
"  тHIS IS A CONVERSATION ORIENTED 'ROOM SYSTEM' "
"ббс.  иT MAY HAVE UP TO A DOZEN PUBLIC ROOMS "
"ON A SINGLE HALL.  тHERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL "
"лежелс (HALLS) AVAILABLE WHICH CAN BE GOTTEN TO BY PRESSING "
"A [нумериц кеы] AT ANY ROOM PROMPT FOR THE "
"LEVEL DESIRED.  лIKE IN AN ELEVATOR! "
"оR YOU MAY USE THE TWO [арров кеыс] > AND <."
" "
"  еACH TIME YOU [логон] WITH YOUR PASSWORD "
"YOU MAY [гото] ANOTHER ROOM WITH THE [G] "
"KEY AND READ [нев] MESSAGES WHICH HAVE BEEN "
"LEFT SINCE YOU WERE LAST ON WITH THE [N] "
"KEY (FOR нEW MESSAGES).  тHE FIRST MESSAGE "
"YOU WILL SEE WILL BE THE LAST OLDEST -- "
"TO INTENTIALLY SERVE AS A REMINDER OF YOUR "
"LAST ENTRY OR OF THE GENERAL TOPIC UNDER "
"DISCUSION IN THE ROOM."
" "
"  фOR A COMPLETE мену OF ALL SINGLE LETTER COMMANDS TYPE A "
"[яуестион марк] AT ANY ROOM PROMPT."
" "
"  фOR THE LISTING OF THE MULTI-ENTRY 'DOT' "
"COMMANDS TYPE:"
" "
" .VTDOT"
" "
"  ыOU WILL SEE:"
"  "
" .жIEW тEXTFILE DOT"
"  "
"  тHE 'DOT COMMANDS.HLP' FILE GIVES THE FULL LISTING OF "
"SUCH COMMANDS AVAILABLE."
" "
" "
"  е-маил MAY BE SENT TO OTHER USERS.  тHIS "
"MAIL IS PRIVATE AND IS NOT SEEN BY THE SYSOP.  аND FURTHER, MAIL IS "
"ENCRYPTED ON DISK."
" "
"  тO ENTER YOUR 'ELECTRONIC MAIL' FIRST DO A "
"'дот' COMMAND - THAT IS, TYPE A [период]. "
"тHEN AN [E] FOR 'еNTER.'  тHEN ANOTHER [E] "
"FOR 'е-маил.'"
" "
"  ыOU WILL SEE:"
" "
" .еNTER е-MAIL"
" "
"  ыOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NAME OF YOUR "
"MAIL'S RECIPIENT.  иF YOU ARE NOT SURE OF THE NAME YOU "
"SHOULD FIRST CHECK THE усерлог."
" "
"  тO SEE THE усерлог TYPE A 'DOT' COMMAND-"
"-THAT IS A [период]. тHEN TYPE A [V] FOR "
"[жIEW]. тHEN A [U] FOR [уSERLOG]."
" "
"  ыOU WILL SEE:"
" "
" .жIEW уSERLOG"
" "
"  нOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE TRUE SYSTEM USERLOG WHICH A USER CAN VIEW, "
"BUT IS THE HALL ACTIVITY LOG.  бY CHECKING THIS LOG ONE MAY TELL WHO WAS "
"ACTIVE ON THE PARTICULAR HALL SINCE ONE LAST WAS ONESELF.  аFTER A USER "
"тERMINATES THE USER'S NAME IS MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE HALL ACTIVITY LOG."
" "
"  тHE SYSTEM USERLOG, WHICH CONTAINS PASSWORDS, ON THE OTHER HAND, "
"ONLY CHANGES AFTER A нев USER тERMINATES.  тHE NEW USER'S PASSWORD "
"ACCOUNT IS ALWAYS PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE SYSTEM USERLOG. "
" "
"  сINCE THE SYSTEM USERLOG HOLDS EXACTLY 100 USER ACCOUNTS THIS MEANS "
"THAT AFTER ANOTHER 100 USERS HAVE CALLED SINCE A GIVEN USER HAS THAT "
"USER WILL BECOME SCROLLED ON OUT OF THE SYSTEM USERLOG.  "
"тHERE IS A SIMPLE WAY TO PREVENT BEING SCROLLED OUT OF THE ббс'S SYSTEM "
"USERLOG.  аND THAT IS BY USING THE цонфигуратион COMMAND.  тHIS ALLOWS "
"ANY USER TO CHANGE HIS OR HER пассворд OR лоцатион DATA.  аND IN DOING "
"SO A USER'S ACCOUNT BECOMES MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE SYSTEM USERLOG.  "
"дOING THIS PERIODICALLY WILL PREVENT ONE FROM BEING SCROLLED OUT OF THE "
"SYSTEM USERLOG.  пLUS, IT MAKES LOGGING ON THE BOARD FASTER, AS THE "
"SYSTEM DOESN'T NEED TO SEARCH SO FAR DOWN THE LOG WHEN A USER'S "
"ACCOUNT IS KEPT UP AT THE TOP OF THE LOG.  "
"рEGULAR MAINSTAY USER'S SHOULD DO A цонфигуратион ROUTINELY.  иT TAKES "
"BUT A FEW MOMENTS.  нO WAITING, AS THE ACCOUNT IS CHANGED ON DISK ONLY "
"AFTER A USER PROPERLY тERMINATES."
" "
"  тO DO A цонфигуратион TO CHANGE PASSWORD OR LOCATION DATA TYPE:"
" "
" .EC"
" "
"  ыOU WILL SEE:"
" "
" .еNTER цONFIGURATION"
" "
"  ыOU WILL BE ASKED FOR A нев PASSWORD, BUT YOU CAN ENTER IN THE OLD.  "
"нEXT, YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR YOUR лоцатион, TYPE IN WHAT YOU LIKE.  "
"тHAT'S IT."
" "
"  фROM TIME TO TIME VARIOUS теьтфилес MAY"
" BECOME AVAILABLE.  тO SEE THEM TYPE A 'DOT'"
" COMMAND (A PERIOD) AND THEN A <V> FOR жиев]."
" тHEN A [T] FOR теьтфиле. аND THEN ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE "
"YOU WANT TO SEE AND PRESS [ретурн]."
" "
"  ыOU WILL SEE:"
" "
" .жIEW тEXTFILE [FILE NAME]"
" "
"  пARTIAL FILE NAMES ARE ACCEPTED."
" "
"  а тEXTFILE CALLED 'дирецторы.хлп' IS ON EACH HALL WHICH MAY BE ON THE "
"SYSTEM AND WOULD HAVE A LISTING OF THE OTHER "
"FILES YOU COULD SEE.  дO LOOK AT IT!"
" "
"  ыOU MAY [аборт] THE FLOW OF ANY TEXT WITH "
"THE [A] KEY OR THE [ретурн] "
"OR THE [есцапе] KEY."
" "
"  ыOU MAY [паусе] THE FLOW OF ANY TEXT WITH "
"THE [P] KEY OR THE [спацебар] OR BY SENDING A [цтрл с]."
" "
"  тO RESUME WHILE PAUSED TOUCH THE [спацебар] OR THE [P] AGAIN, OR SEND "
"A [цтрл я]."
" "
"  тEXTFILES ARE UPLOADED INTO THE SYSTEM WITH "
"THE COMMANDS:"
" "
" .ET"
" "
"  ыOU WILL SEE:"
" "
" .еNTER тEXTFILE"
" "
"  тHE FILE NAME WILL BE THEN ASKED FOR.  еNTER IT "
"AND THEN PRESS [ретурн]."
" "
" "
"  а [цтрл з] MAY BE EMBEDDED AT THE END THE END OF A TEXTFILE OR MESSAGE "
"TO AUTOMATICALLY сторе THE FILE.  оR IT MAY BE GIVEN MANUALLY.  аLSO, "
"A NORMAL сTORE COMMAND, AN [с], MAY BE ISSUED AFTER "
"TWO RETURNS IN A ROW."
" "
"  а 'мANAGER' (SYSTEM HELPER) CAN SEE A FULL LISTING OF SPECIAL COMMANDS"
" BY ENTERING:  .жIEW тEXTFILE MAN"
" "
"  тHIS ббс ALLOWS USERS TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE "
"THEIR NAMES AT THE HEADING OF THEIR MESSAGES.  "
"ыOUR NAME IS ON LINE # ONE (1) IN THE EDITOR.  "
"тO CHANGE IT USE THE [бADWORD] COMMAND, "
"[B], AT THE EDITING MENU PROMPT."
" "
"  нAME CHANGES SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR CREATIVE "
"LITERARY PURPOSES AND NEVER TO INTENTIONALLY "
"CONCEAL ONE'S IDENTITY FOR THE SAKE OF CONVEYING"
" ILL WILL.  еACH MESSAGE IS MARKED WITH THE "
"IDENTITY OF ITS SENDER SO FORGERY IS NOT "
"POSSIBLE."
" "
"  фOR е-MAIL, NAME CHANGING IS NOT AVAIL"
"ABLE."
" "
"  тO [ентер] A REGULAR MESSAGE JUST TYPE AN [E] AT "
"THE ROOM YOU WISH TO ENTER A MESSAGE INTO.  "
"тHE MESSAGE EDITOR HAS A SPECIAL SET OF COMMANDS "
"OF ITS OWN.  тHESE WILL ALLOW YOU TO [жиев] "
"OR [сторе] OR [аборт] THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE BEEN WRITING, AMONG "
"OTHER THINGS."
" "
"  иN THE EDITOR THE COMMANDS BECOME AVAILABLE "
"AFTER GIVING TWO OR THREE CARRIAGE RETURNS IN "
"A ROW WHILE ENTERING A MESSAGE."
" "
"  тHE [EьIT] COMMAND [X] WILL ALLOW YOU TO "
"LEAVE THE EDITOR AND GO BACK AND VIEW MESSAGES "
"WITHOUT LOSING THE HALF-DONE MATERIAL YOU "
"ARE WORKING ON.  тO RESUME JUST TYPE ANOTHER "
"[E] FOR [еNTER] AT THE SAME ROOM YOU WISH "
"TO HAVE YOUR MESSAGE TO APPEAR IN."
" "
"  тO [маке] A ROOM USE THE [M] COMMAND AT ANY "
"ROOM ALONG THE SAME халл IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE "
"TO HAVE A NEW ROOM APPEAR.  тHEN ENTER THE NEW ROOM NAME WHEN REQUESTED. "
" ыOUR NEW ROOM NAME MAY BE UP TO 23 CHARACTER "
"LONG."
" "
"  иT IS POSSIBLE TO [маке] SPECIAL гаме ROOMS.  "
"тHESE CAN BE MADE TO SUPPLY AUTOMATIC DICE "
"THROWS WHICH APPEAR AT THE TAIL OF EACH MESSAGE "
"ENTERED INTO THE ROOM.  фOR A GAMING ROOM "
"START WITH THE [M] COMMAND AT A ROOM PROMPT.  "
"тHEN BEGIN THE ROOM NAME WITH THE WORD, 'гAME,' "
"THEN PROVIDE A NAME LESS THAN 8 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND "
"FINALLY COMPLETE YOUR GAME ROOM NAME ENTRY "
"WITH A TWO DIGIT NUMBER WHICH REPRESENTS THE "
"HIGHEST POSSIBLE THROW OF THE DICE FOR YOUR "
"SPECIAL GAMING ROOM.  фOR EXAMPLE:"
" "
" > гAME OF дICE 12 "
" "
"  тHE DEFAULT VALUE IS 20.  тHIS NUMBER IS AUTOMATICALLY "
"PROVIDED IF но TOP VALUE HAS BEEN INCLUDED.  "
"(уSEFUL FOR ад&д GAMES.)"
" "
"  тO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD TYPE A 'DOT COMMAND' (A PERIOD) THEN AN [E] "
"FOR [еNTER] AND THEN A [C] FOR [цонфигуратион].  "
"еNTER YOUR NEW PASSWORD CHOICE WHEN ASKED TO DO SO.  тHIS ALSO ALLOWS "
"YOU TO CHANGE YOUR цITY/сTATE DESIGNATION."
" "
"  тHE 'DOT' [терминате/стаы] COMMAND [.TS] WILL "
"ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON WITH YOU TO [логон] "
"WITH THEIR OWN PASSWORD AFTER YOU HAVE VACATED "
"THE SYSTEM, AND WITHOUT THAT PERSON HAVING TO CALL BACK "
"CHANCING GETTING A BUSY SIGNAL."
" "
"  нORMAL [терминатион] OF THE SYSTEM IS ACCOPLISHED "
"WITH THE [T] KEY."
" "
"нEW USERS WILL NOT BE ENTERED INTO THE уSERLOG "
"IF THEY DROP THE CARRIER."
" "
"  иN SPECIAL SITUATIONS YOU MAY WISH TO нот "
"HAVE YOUR POINTERS UPGRADED.  иF SO THEN USE "
"THE [Q] KEY TO [яуит] THE SYSTEM."
" "
"  аLL COMMANDS INPUTED WHICH RESULT IN A VARIFICATION "
"REQUEST MAY BE EXECUTED MOST QUICKLY BY MERELY "
"HOLDING DOWN THE SPECIFIC KEY."
" "
"  фOR EXAMPLE AT THE QUERY:"
" "
"  сURE YOU WANT TO тERMINATE?"
" > "
" "
"  тHE [Y] KEY OF COURSE MAY BE PRESSED FOR "
"A [ыES] RESPONSE."
"  бUT ALSO THE [T] KEY FOR [терминате] MAY "
"BE PRESSED AGAIN.  оR REMAIN BEING HELD DOWN -- IF YOU "
"HAVE A REPEATING KEYBOARD."
" "
"  (тHE [ретурн] KEY WILL ALSO PRODUCE A POSITIVE "
"RESPONSE.)"
" "
"  тHIS SPECIAL 'USER-FRIENDLY' FEATURE EXISTS "
"AT ALL COMPARABLE COMMAND SITUATIONS."
""
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