╘HIS ╚┼╠╨ SECTION WILL SHOW YOU HOW THIS ┬┬╙ OPERATES. ╔F YOU'RE NEW TO THE ─╘╩-┬┬╙, OR NEW TO BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS IN GENERAL, DON'T WORRY! ╒SING THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT AS HARD AS IT MAY SEEM!
╞OR STARTERS, IT'S ALOT EASIER TO FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THAN ON OTHER PROGRAMS. ╘HERE ARE NO LONG LISTS OF MENUS YOU HAVE TO WADE THROUGH SINCE ALMOST EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE FROM THE MAIN ├╧══┴╬─ PROMPT.
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╩UST BEFORE THE COMMAND PROMPT, THE ┬┬╙ GIVES YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE.
╘HE FIRST LINE IN BRACKETS TELLS YOU WHICH "ROOM" (I.E. MESSAGE BASE) YOU ARE IN AND HOW MANY NEW MESSAGES IT CONTAINS.
╘HE NEXT LINE IN BRACKETS TELLS YOU WHICH ╙╔╟ (╙PECIAL ╔NTEREST ╟ROUP) THE ROOM BELONGS TO AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MESSAGES IN THE ROOM. ╘HINK OF A ╙╔╟ AS A MINI-┬┬╙ WITHIN THE MAIN ┬┬╙. ┼ACH ╙╔╟ HAS IT'S OWN ROOMS AND FILE TRANSFER AREAS.
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╘HE ├╧══┴╬─ PROMPT IS WHERE YOU TELL THE ┬┬╙ WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. ╘HE ┬┬╙ WILL SIT THERE, WAITING PATIENTLY SO YOU CAN DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO READ YOUR EMAIL, DOWNLOAD A FILE, OR WHATEVER. (╔F YOU CAN'T MAKE UP YOUR MIND IN 3 MINUTES, THE ┬┬╙ WILL THINK YOU WENT TO SLEEP AND IT WILL HANG-UP.)
╔F YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ┬┬╙ CAN DO, JUST PRESS YOUR ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY (OR ┼╬╘┼╥ KEY ON SOME COMPUTERS) AND A LIST OF COMMANDS WILL BE DISPLAYED.
╘O SELECT A COMMAND, JUST PRESS THE LETTER OF THE COMMAND THAT IS IN BRACKETS, AND THEN PRESS YOUR ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY.
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╙OME COMMANDS REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL KEY OR KEYS TO BE PRESSED. ╔F YOU DON'T TYPE IN ALL THE REQUIRED KEYS, THE ┬┬╙ WILL DISPLAY A LIST OF ADDITIONAL KEYS YOU CAN PRESSED.
╞OR EXAMPLE, PRESSING ╥ AT THE ├╧══┴╬─ PROMPT WILL SELECT THE ╥┼┴─ COMMAND. ┴FTER SELECTING THE ╥┼┴─ COMMAND, YOU NEED TO TELL THE ┬┬╙ WHAT YOU WANT TO READ. ╞OR EXAMPLE, PRESS ╬ TO READ ╬┼╫ MESSAGES, OR PRESS ┼ TO READ YOUR ┼═┴╔╠.
╥EMEMBER THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TYPE IN, PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AND A MENU OR ADDITIONAL HELP WILL BE DISPLAYED.
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╙OME COMMANDS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TEXT FOR YOU TO TYPE IN.
╞OR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD, THE COMMAND TO DO THIS IS [┼]DIT [╨]ASSWORD. ┬EFORE YOU PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬, TYPE IN THE NEW PASSWORD YOU WANT.
╔F YOU LEAVE OUT THE PASSWORD, THE ┬┬╙ WILL PROMPT YOU FOR ONE. ═OST COMMANDS OPERATE THIS WAY. ┘OU CAN'T HURT THE ┬┬╙ BY TYPING WRONG OR INCOMPLETE COMMANDS.
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╙UPPOSE YOU PRESS THE WRONG KEY AND GET A COMMAND YOU DON'T WANT. ╔F YOU HAVEN'T PRESSED ╥┼╘╒╥╬ YET, YOU CAN UNDO THE COMMAND BY PRESSING YOUR ─┼╠ OR ┬┴├╦╙╨┴├┼ KEY. (─ON'T USE YOUR CURSOR KEYS; THEY WON'T WORK.)
╔F YOU DID PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ON THE WRONG COMMAND, AND YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO THE COMMAND PROMPT, JUST PRESS ├╧╬╘╥╧╠-├. ╘HIS WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE ├╧══┴╬─ PROMPT FROM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE ┬┬╙. ╔N ALOT OF PLACES, PRESSING ┴ WILL DO THE SAME THING.
╘HIS WORKS WHILE IN ╚┼╠╨ ALSO. ╫HENEVER YOU'VE READ ENOUGH OF THIS HELP INFORMATION, JUST PRESS ├╧╬╘╥╧╠-├ OR ┴ AND YOU WILL EXIT TO THE ├╧══┴╬─ PROMPT.
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┴NOTHER NIFTY KEY IS ├╧╬╘╥╧╠-╙. ╘HIS WILL PAUSE THE ┬┬╙ INCASE EVERYTHING SCROLLS BY TOO FAST FOR YOU TO READ.
╨RESSING ╨ WILL ALSO WORK AND IT'S EASIER TO USE BUT IT ONLY WORKS WHEN READING MESSAGES, EMAIL, TEXTFILES, THE USER LIST AND ROOM LIST.
╫HILE THE ┬┬╙ IS PAUSED, IT IS WAITING FOR YOU TO TELL IT TO CONTINUE. ╘O START THE ┬┬╙ AGAIN, JUST PRESS ANOTHER KEY EXCEPT ├╧╬╘╥╧╠-╙ OR ╨. ╔F YOU FORGET, THE ┬┬╙ WILL CONTINUE BY ITSELF AFTER 3 MINUTES.
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╬OW, FOR A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE COMMANDS AVAILABLE AT THE ├╧══┴╬─ PROMPT...
├ ├ó╚┴╘ - ╔F YOU WANT TO TALK DIRECTLY TO THE SYSOP (THE PERSON WHO RUNS THE ┬┬╙), USE THIS COMMAND.
┼ ┼ó─╔╘╧╥ - ╫HENEVER YOU WANT TO POST A MESSAGE OR SEND SOMEONE EMAIL (ELECTRONIC MAIL), ENTER THIS COMMAND. ╘HIS WILL LET YOU WRITE YOUR MESSAGE. ┴FTER YOU HAVE FINISHED WRITING, YOU CAN SAVE YOUR MESSAGE OR EMAIL BY USING THE ╙ COMMAND.
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╟ ╟ó╧╘╧ - ╘HIS ┬┬╙ HAS DIFFERENT AREAS CALLED "ROOMS". ╘HIS ARE THE SAME AS MESSAGE BASES ON OTHER BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS. ╒SE THIS COMMAND TO MOVE TO A SPECIFIC ROOM OR GET A LIST OF AVAILABLE ROOMS.
╚ ╚ó┼╠╨ - ╘HIS COMMAND NOT ONLY DISPLAYS THIS INFORMATION, BUT IT WILL ALSO GIVE YOU SPECIFIC HELP ON ANY COMMAND. ╩UST TYPE THE COMMAND LETTER IN AFTER PRESSING ╚, THEN PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.
╠ ╠ó╧╟╧╬ - ╫HENEVER YOU WANT TO LOGON OR RELOGON, USE THIS COMMAND.
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╬ ╬ó┼╪╘-╬┼╫ - ╘HIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO READ NEW MESSAGES ON THIS ┬┬╙. ╔T WILL AUTOMATICALLY MOVE YOU TO ROOMS THAT HAVE NEW MESSAGES AND READ THEM FOR YOU.
╥ ╥ó┼┴─ - ╘HIS COMMAND LETS YOU READ MESSAGES, EMAIL, TEXTFILES, AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE ┬┬╙. ╘HIS IS ALSO USED TO DOWNLOAD FILES.
╙ ╙ó┴╓┼ - ┴FTER USING THE ┼DITOR USE THIS COMMAND TO SAVE WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN AS A MESSAGE, TEXTFILE, OR EMAIL. ┘OU CAN ALSO UPLOAD FILES WITH THIS COMMAND.
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╘ ╘ó┼╥═╔╬┴╘┼ - ╫HEN YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE ┬┬╙, JUST SELECT THIS COMMAND AND THE ┬┬╙ WILL LOG YOU OFF.
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- ╨ó╥┼╓╔╧╒╙-╥╧╧═ - ╘HESE COMMANDS MOVE YOU TO THE NEXT OR PREVIOUS ROOM. ╘HEY'RE EASIER TO USE THAN THE ╟OTO COMMAND.
┴S MENTIONED BEFORE, SOME OF THESE COMMANDS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL KEYSTROKES.
╔F YOU NEED MORE HELP, TRY CONTACTING THE SYSOP EITHER THROUGH ├╚┴╘ OR VIA A MESSAGE WHEN YOU LOGOFF.
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╔ RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ THE FOLLOWING ╚┼╠╨ INFORMATION:
[╚]ELóP [┼]DITOR - ╫RITING MESSAGES AND EMAIL, UNSAVING MESSAGES, CHANGING YOUR PROFILE, ETC.
[╚]ELóP [╟]OTO - ╟ETTING AROUND THE ┬┬╙ AND GETTING A LIST OF ROOMS.
