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This is an attempt to explain some of the terminology used elsewhere.
Being an EE by education and a programmer by profession, I tend to write
in obsure jargon at times. This .DOC file will attempt to explain some
of it.
TRANSPARENT -- This refers to transmissions to a user. If a
transmission is TRANSPARENT then the BBS fills the packet to the
maximum packet length before sending it to the user. The end of
a packet may come in the middle of a word. Most TNCS will glue
the packets back together correctly but it may be annoying for a
user to see a partial word on his screen followed by a long wait
for the next packet. If TRANS0PARENT is off, the BBS will always
terminate a packet at a carriage return unless the line is more
than the packet length long.
For another BBS (especially other AA4RE BBS, MSYS, or anyone
running the G8BPQ code), turn on TRANSPARENT since the BBS
programs don't care.
TRANSPARENT is controlled by the "T" flag in user file. New
users receive their TRANSPARENT settings from the PARMS.BB
parameter called DEFAULT_TRANSPARENCY