╘HE ─╘╩ ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD ╙YSTEM FOR THE ├OMMODORE 64 IS A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY SHAREWARE DISCUSSION-ORIENTATED ┬┬╙ PROGRAM THAT OFFERS BIG SYSTEM FEATURES. ╔T IS WRITTEN IN ┬┴╙╔├ (COMPILED BY ┬LITZ!) AND MACHINE LANGUAGE. ╘HIS SOFTWARE WILL RUN UNDER A VARIETY OF HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS AND HAS MANY CUSTOMIZABLE FEATURES.
╘HE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ OPERATES SIMILAR TO THE POPULAR ├ITADEL ┬┬╙ PROGRAM. ╘HIS TYPE OF SOFTWARE IS CALLED A GENERAL DISCUSSION SYSTEM BECAUSE IT PLACES MORE EMPHASIS ON GOOD DISCUSSION AREAS THAN ON THINGS LIKE FILE TRANSFERS OR ON-LINE GAMES.
╘HE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ IS A NON-├OMMODORE SPECIFIC ┬┬╙ PROGRAM. ╔T DOESN'T FEATURE ├OMMODORE COLOR GRAPHICS OR OTHER ├OMMODORE-TYPE FEATURES. ╔NSTEAD, THE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ WAS WRITTEN WITH ALL COMPUTER USERS IN MIND. ╘HE SOFTWARE DOESN'T ACT LIKE MOST ├OMMODORE SYSTEMS DO. ╔N FACT, MANY USERS THINK THE SOFTWARE RUNS ON A ╨├!
╫HILE MANY OF THE COMMANDS ARE SIMILAR, THE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ IS NOT A CLONE OF ├ITADEL. ╔T IS MORE USER-FRIENDLY, ESPECIALLY FOR NEW USERS. ╒NLESS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ OR ├ITADEL PROGRAMS, YOU MAY FIND "GETTING AROUND" ─╘╩ A BIT USUAL AT FIRST COMPARED TO OTHER BULLETIN BOARD PROGRAMS, BUT IN A SHORT TIME YOU WILL FIND THE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ TO BE MUCH EASIER, FASTER, AND MORE POWERFUL THAN OTHER ┬┬╙ PROGRAMS.
╘HE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ IS EASY TO SET UP. ╩UST RUN THE SEPARATE SUPPORT PROGRAM (INCLUDED), ANSWER 5 QUESTIONS, AND INSERT BLANK DISKS WHEN THE COMPUTER TELLS YOU TO. ╘HE SUPPORT PROGRAM WILL SENSE WHAT KIND OF DISK DRIVE(S) YOU HAVE ATTACHED AND CONFIGURE THE ┬┬╙ TO USE THOSE DISK DRIVE(S) AUTOMATICALLY. ┴ND ONCE THE ┬┬╙ IS CONFIGURED, YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THE SETUP TO SUIT YOUR TASTE.
╘HE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ PRACTICALLY MAINTAINS ITSELF. ╘HIS FREES UP YOUR TIME TO DO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE VALIDATE NEW USERS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS. ┴ND WHEN A PROBLEM DOES OCCUR, THERE'S A TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION IN THE DOCUMENTATION TO HELP YOU OUT.
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├╧═╨╒╘┼╥: * ó├64, ╙╪64, OR ├128 (IN THE 64 MODE).
* ó╞OREIGN 50HZ ┴├ POWER IS ALSO SUPPORTED.
╙╘╧╥┴╟┼: * ó1 TO 24 ─╧╙ 2.6 COMPATIBLE SERIAL PORT DRIVES. ╘HE 1541, 1571, 1581 FLOPPY DRIVES, ├═─ HARD DRIVES AND ╥┴═LINK ARE FULLY SUPPORTED.
* ó╘HE ┬┬╙ SEES THESE DRIVES AS UP TO 26 "LOGICAL" DRIVES. ┼ACH LOGICAL DRIVE IS ASSIGNED A DEVICE NUMBER AND AN EDITABLE COMMAND CHANNEL STRING, ALLOWING YOU TO PARTITION 1571S, 1581S, AND ├═─ HARD DRIVES, AND USE OTHER DRIVES NOT DIRECTLY SUPPORTED SUCH AS THE ╔├╘ HARD DRIVES. ╘HE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ CAN DIRECTLY HANDLE UP TO 430═B IN 26 PARTITIONS ON A ├═─-╚─.
* ó┘OU CAN ASSIGN CERTAIN TYPES OF FILES (I.E. MESSAGES, DOWNLOADS, ETC) TO ANY ONE OR MORE DRIVES THAT YOU WISH. ╧NCE THE ┬┬╙ IS UP AND RUNNING, IT DOESN'T CARE WHAT KIND OF DRIVE YOU ARE USING FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF FILE.
═╧─┼═: * ó1650, 1660, 1670 (OLD AND NEW), ╚AYES, OR COMPATIBLE MODEMS SUPPORTED. ╘HE 6470/6480 MODEMS AND MODEMS THAT DO NOT SUPPORT CARRIER DETECT ARE NOT SUPPORTED.
* ó╙UPPORTS UP TO 2400BPS. ╫ITH AN OPTIONAL ╙WIFTLINK-232, SPEEDS UP TO 38400 BPS ARE SUPPORTED.
* ó┬AUD RATE IS FINE TUNABLE VIA THE SUPPORT PROGRAM INCLUDED WITH THE ┬┬╙. ╥ECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER FULL BIT TIMING CAN ALSO BE ADJUSTED INDEPENDANTLY OF EACH OTHER.
* ó├ARRIER AND/OR ─╘╥ LINES CAN BE CONFIGURED AS NORMAL OR INVERTED.
* ó┼DITABLE 1670 AND ╚AYES MODEM COMMAND STRINGS.
╨╥╔╬╘┼╥: * ó╧PTIONAL ├┬═ OR ┴╙├╔╔ PRINTER MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE SERIAL PORT.
╧╘╚┼╥: * ó╫ILL ALSO WORK WITH HARDWARE CLOCK/CALENDAR DEVICES SUCH AS ╘HE ╥IGHT ╘IME (╘═) AND THE ├═─ ╚─'S INTERNAL CLOCK. ╘HIS FREES YOU FROM HAVING TO SET THE DATE AND TIME WHEN YOU LOAD THE ┬┬╙.
* ó├AN AUTOBOOT ITSELF AFTER A POWER OUTAGE IF YOU HAVE A ├128 OR AN AUTOBOOT CARTRIDGE OR ╥┴═LINK FOR YOUR 64.
* ó╫ORKS WITH ╩IFFY─╧╙ (╘═). ═AY NOT WORK WITH OTHER HARDWARE DEVICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT REPLACE THE ╦ERNAL ╥╧═.
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┴├├┼╙╙: * ó╒P TO 999 USERS.
* ó┴CCESS IS BASED ON ╙╔╟S (GROUPS OF MESSAGE BASES). ╘HERE ARE 5 POSSIBLE ACCESS LEVELS THAT YOU CAN ASSIGN FOR EACH OF 15 ╙╔╟S. ╘HIS PROVIDES 5^15 OR 30 BILLION POSSIBLE ACCESS COMBINATIONS PER USER!
* ó╙YSTEM MAY BE MADE TOTALLY OPEN (LOGON OPTIONAL), TOTALLY PRIVATE (NO NEW USERS), OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN.
* ó╙YSOP COMMANDS INCLUDE EDITING ACCOUNTS AND SCANNING ACCOUNTS BY STATUS, NAME, PASSWORD, DATE, AND ACCESS.
╙╔╟S: * ó15 ╙╔╟S (SUB-BOARDS), EACH WITH THEIR OWN MESSAGE BASES, FILE TRANSFERS, AND ╙╔╟ BULLETINS (ANNOUNCEMENTS).
* ó╙╔╟ MANAGER (╙╔╟OP) FUNCTIONS GIVE SELECTED USERS LIMITED SYSOP-LIKE POWERS WITHIN CERTAIN ╙╔╟S.
* ó╙YSOP COMMANDS INCLUDE LISTING, RENAMING, DELETING ╙╔╟S, AND CREATING, EDITING, AND DELETING ╙╔╟ BULLETINS.
╥╧╧═╙: * ó╒P TO 50 ROOMS (MESSAGE BASES). ╒SERS CAN CREATE ROOMS IF THEIR ACCESS IS HIGH ENOUGH.
* ó┼ACH ROOM IS ASSIGNABLE TO ANY ONE OF THE 15 ╙╔╟S.
* ó├IRCULAR MESSAGE BASE SYSTEM OPTIONALLY DELETES ROOMS THAT HAVE NO MESSAGES IN THEM AUTOMATICALLY.
* ó╒SERS CAN TELL THE SYSTEM TO IGNORE ROOMS THEY AREN'T INTERESTED IN.
* ó╙YSOP COMMANDS INCLUDE RENAMING AND DELETING ROOMS, CHANGING ROOM STATUS AND PRIVACY LEVELS, AND MORE.
═┼╙╙┴╟┼╙: * ó╒P TO 3500 MESSAGES ONLINE SYSTEM-WIDE.
* ó╬UMBER OF MESSAGES IN EACH ROOM IS DEPENDANT ON THE POSTING ACTIVITY IN THE ROOM. ╘HE MORE ACTIVE THE ROOM IS, THE MORE MESSAGES WILL BE IN THAT ROOM.
* ó╔NDEXED CIRCULAR MESSAGE BASE STRUCTURE USED FOR SPEED AND SELF-MAINTAINABILITY. ╘HE INDEX IS LOCATED IN MEMORY SO THE ONLY DISK ACCESS NEEDED TO READ A MESSAGE IS FOR THE MESSAGE ITSELF.
* ó═ESSAGES ARE WRITTEN USING A "FREEFORM" MACHINE LANGUAGE EDITOR. ╫HAT THIS MEANS IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LINE NUMBERS OR HAVING TO PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AT THE END OF EACH LINE. ┘OU WRITE YOUR MESSAGE IN THE SAME WAY AS WHEN YOU USE A WORD-PROCESSOR, PRESSING ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ONLY AT THE END OF PARAGRAPHS. ╘HE BACKSPACE KEY WILL WORK UP TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CURRENT PARAGRAPH. ╘HE EDITOR WILL HOLD MESSAGES OF UP TO 4096 CHARACTERS, ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MANY CHARACTERS AS A NORMAL ┬┬╙.
* ó╙YSTEM TRACKS "NEW" MESSAGES AND THE USER CAN ALSO ADJUST THE NUMBER OF NEW MESSAGES HE/SHE HAS.
* ó╒SERS CAN ALSO CHOOSE IF THEY WANT MESSAGES THEY SAVE CONSIDERED AS "NEW" OR "OLD".
* ó╒SERS CAN UNSAVE OR APPEND TO THE LAST MESSAGE THAT THEY SAVED DURING THEIR CURRENT SESSION.
┼═┴╔╠: * ó├IRCULAR EMAIL SYSTEM HELPS PREVENT DISK FULL CONDITIONS. ╔F NECESSARY, THE OLDEST PIECE OF EMAIL WILL BE DELETED TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW MAIL.
* ó├ERTIFIED EMAIL OPTION NOTIFIES THE SENDER WHEN MAIL HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
* ó┴UTOREPLY FEATURE.
* ó─ELETION OF MAIL IS A USER OPTION AFTER READING. ═AIL IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY DELETED AFTER READING IT.
* ó═ESSAGES MAY BE SENT TO THE SYSOP AT LOGOFF. ╘HESE MESSAGES MAY BE APPENDED TO A LOGOFF MESSAGE FILE, OR SAVED TO A PREDESIGNATED ROOM.
* ó╒SERS CAN HAVE THEIR MAIL AUTOMATICALLY FORWARDED TO A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT.
* ó═AIL MAY BE LOADED INTO THE EDITOR FOR FORWARDING AFTER READING.
* ó═AILBOX MAY BE OPENED AND CLOSED BY THE USER.
* ó╙YSOPS CAN READ, REPLY TO, AND DELETE ANY USER'S EMAIL.
╞╔╠┼╙: * ó╞ILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL MACHINE LANGUAGE STORED IN SEPARATE FILES FOR EASY ADDITION OF FUTURE PROTOCOLS.
* ó╨ROTOCOLS INCLUDED WITH THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE ┬┬╙ INCLUDE ┴╙├╔╔ (╪╧╬/╪╧╞╞), ╨UNTER, ╪MODEM, ╪MODEM├╥├, AND 1K-╪MODEM.
* ó╘HE ╪MODEM PROTOCOLS INCLUDE A BUILT-IN PADDING STRIPPER AND SPECIAL ROUTINES FOR PREVENTING AND CORRECTING SYNCRONIZATION PROBLEMS SUCH AS A ╬┴╦ PURGER. ╘HE PROTOCOLS ARE OPTIMIZED FOR SPEED AND ARE THE FASTEST VERSIONS OF THE PROTOCOL AVAILABLE FOR THE ├64. ╞OR EXAMPLE, IN TESTS AT 19200BPS, OVER 106KB OF DATA WAS SENT IN 99 SECONDS USING CHECKSUM-ONLY XMODEM.
* ó╒SERS MAY SELECT WHICH PROTOCOL THEY WANT AND ┬┬╙ WILL REMEMBER THAT PROTOCOL FOR FUTURE SESSIONS.
* ó╘EXTFILES MAY BE READ ONLINE OR DOWNLOADED.
* ó╞ILE DIRECTORIES MAY BE AUTOMATICALLY READ FROM THE DISK DIRECTORY OR YOU MAY USE A DESCRIPTION FILE. ╘HE AUTOMATIC DIRECTORY INCLUDES THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF KILOBYTES, THE NAME OF THE FILE, AND THE NUMBER OF BYTES AVAILABLE ON DISK.
* ó┼ACH ╙╔╟ CAN BE ASSIGNED IT'S OWN DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD DRIVES.
* ó═ACHINE LANGUAGE FILE SERVER THAT SUPPORTS ┴╙├╔╔ AND ├┬═ CHARACTER SETS, WORD-WRAPPING, IMBEDDED PAUSE CODES, REAL-TIME PROFANITY CHECKER (WITH EDITABLE VOCABULARY), PARAGRAPH CENTERING AND INDENTING.
* ó╓ALIDATION OF UPLOADED FILES IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A SINGLE ╙╔╟OP COMMAND WHICH RENAMES THE FILE AND COPIES THE FILE TO THE APPROPRIATE ╙╔╟ FILE DRIVE.
╨╥╔╬╘┼╥: * ó╧PTIONAL PRINTER DUMP OF ALL OR ANY PART OF YOUR ONLINE SESSION.
* ó╨RINTED LOG OF USERS.
* ó╧PTIONAL AUDIT TRAILS FOR MONITORING PROBLEM USERS.
╔╬╘┼╟╥╔╘┘:* ó├ARRIER DETECT, 3-MINUTE (ADJUSTABLE) NO-ENTRY TIMEOUT, AND INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTABLE ON-LINE DAILY TIME LIMITS IMPLEMENTED.
* ó╨OWERFUL SYSOP-DEFINABLE "TWIT" DETECTOR CHECKS FOR HACKERS AND OTHER UNDESIRABLES BY ANALYZING COMMANDS ENTERED AND/OR CHECKING FOR PROFANITY. ╘HE TWIT DETECTOR IS COMPLETELY ADJUSTABLE.
* ó─ISK SPACE IS CHECKED BEFORE EVERY SAVE (OPTIONAL).
* ó┴MOUNT OF FREE ╥┴═ DISPLAYED IN SYSOP'S STATISTICS.
╧╘╚┼╥: * ó╞ULL SYSOP CONTROL FROM THE CONSOLE OR REMOTE INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO ENABLE OR DISABLE THE SYSTEM, EDIT FILES, SEND ─╧╙ COMMANDS (EXCEPT FORMAT), COPY FILES, ETC. ┼VERYTHING CAN BE DONE FROM REMOTE THAT CAN BE DONE FROM THE ┬┬╙ CONSOLE.
* ó═ACHINE LANGUAGE MODULES CAN BE WRITTEN FOR THE ┬┬╙. ┴ GENERIC DATABASE MODULE IS INCLUDED.
* ó╘OPIC-ORIENTATED HELP SYSTEM.
* ó╙YSOP-CREATABLE NEW-USER QUESTIONNAIRE.
* ó┴LL FILE OUTPUT IS WORD-WRAPPED TO THE USER'S VIDEO WIDTH. ╓IDEO WIDTHS UP TO 140 COLUMNS SUPPORTED.
* ó┬UILT-IN TERMINAL MODE (WITH SAME PROTOCOL(S) AVAILABLE AS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE ON-LINE ┬┬╙). ╘ERMINAL MODE CAN HANDLE THE HIGHEST ╙WIFTLINK-232 SPEED (38400BPS) WITHOUT NEEDING FLOW CONTROL.
* ó┴CCURATE 12 HOUR ┴═/╨═ CLOCK/CALENDAR (WITH DAY OF THE WEEK).
* ó╫ORKS WITH AUTOBOOT CARTRIDGES. ┴N AUTOBOOT SECTOR IS WRITTEN TO DISK FOR ├128 USERS THAT ALLOWS AUTOMATIC REBOOTING OF THE ┬┬╙ PROGRAM FROM ANY DRIVE IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. ╘HE ┬┬╙ REPROTECTS THIS SECTOR AFTER DISK VALIDATIONS.
* ó┴UTOMATIC DETECTION OF 50HZ ┴├ POWER FREQUENCY. ╔F 50HZ IS DETECTED, THE SOFTWARE WILL SET THE HARDWARE CLOCKS TO OPERATE AT THAT FREQUENCY. ─EFAULT BAUDRATE VALUES ARE ALSO ADJUSTED TO OPERATE CORRECTLY BASED ON ╬╘╙├ OR ╨┴╠ VIDEO FREQUENCIES.
* ó┬UILT-IN SCREEN BLANKER PROTECTS YOUR MONITOR.
─UE TO SOME DIRECT ╥╧═ CALLS, THE SOFTWARE MAY NOT WORK WITH PARALLEL (╔┼┼┼) INTERFACES, FAST-LOAD CARTRIDGES, OR OTHER DEVICES THAT REPLACE THE ╦ERNAL ╥╧═. ╘HE SOFTWARE DOES NOT WORK WITH THE ╠T╦ERNAL HARD DRIVE AT THIS TIME. ╚OWEVER, THE SOFTWARE DOES WORK WITH ╩IFFY─╧╙.
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╘HE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ IS AVAILABLE ON A SHAREWARE BASIS. ╔F YOU LIKE THE SOFTWARE, YOU MAY SEND IN A SMALL (NO MORE THAN $35) DONATION TO:
┴NDREW ┬ERNHARDT
╨╧ ┬OX 669
┬EATTY, ╬EVADA 89003
╘HE ─╘╩-┬┬╙ IS AVAILABLE ON ╤-LINK, ╟┼NIE, BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS, OR THROUGH THE ABOVE ADDRESS (SEND TWO BLANK 5.25" DISKS OR A 3.5" DISK PLUS 50 CENTS ╨&╚). ╘HE LATEST REVISION IS AVAILABLE ON THE FLAGSHIP ┬┬╙:
╙ECOND ╚OME ┼LECTRONIC ├OTTAGE
(702) 553-2869
300-9600 BPS (╓.32)
╘HE ┬┬╙ COMES ON TWO DISKS, A PROGRAM DISK AND A DOCUMENTATION DISK. ╘HE 141 PAGE DOCUMENTATION MUST BE PRINTED OUT WITH A SUPPLIED PRINTING PROGRAM OR IS AVAILABLE PREPRINTED FOR $10 FROM ─╘╩ ╙OFTWARE.
