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- Welcome to our BBS!
-
- Revised: 7/17/94
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- First, the legal stuff:
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- I have the right, to do, whatever I want on my system, and I am NOT
- liable for anything on this system. You are taking YOUR OWN RISK when
- downloading files, and calling this BBS.
-
- Pursuant to the Electronic and Communications Privacy Act of 1986
- (18 USC 2510 et. seq.), notice is hereby given that there are no
- facilities provided by this system for sending or receiving private
- or confidential electronic communications!! ALL messages shall be
- deemed to be readily accessible to the general public! DO NOT use
- this system for ANY communication for which the sender intends only
- the sender and the intended recepient(s) to read! At the very least,
- the operators of this system can and do review all communications
- transmitted herein!
-
- WHAT'S HERE ON OUR BBS?
- We have E-Mail, Files, Forums, Doors, and Teleconference.
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- WHAT IS E-MAIL?
- E-Mail is Electronic Mail. You can send and receive messages here on the
- BBS. Messages can be public or private. If a message is public, anyone can
- read it. Everyone is encouraged to respond to public messages, even if you
- don't know the persons writing the messages. That's how you make friends.
- Private messages can only be read by the sender and recipient. If the volume
- of mail becomes large, you can download all of the messages, read them at
- your convenience, then upload your replies. This requires a QWK mail reader.
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- WHAT ARE FORUMS?
- Our little BBS is made up of different forums. A forum is simply a section
- of the BBS where people with similar interests can leave messages and
- exchange files. Use the Area Change command to change forums while at
- the message menu or while reading messages.
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- We plan to add more forums as the need arises. If you feel like there is a
- subject area that deserves its own forum, please send E-Mail to the Sysop
- (me), and I will consider it.
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- WHY DO WE HAVE FORUMS?
- Imagine this BBS as a convention in a hotel. In the main lobby of the hotel,
- people congregate (teleconference), talk (E-Mail), and exchange brochures
- (Files). Suppose that you wanted to talk about parenthood and the struggles
- and triumphs of raising a child. You could wander around listening to
- conversations (read E-Mail), trying to find someone with interests like
- yours. But what if there was a separate room in the hotel for parents?
- Surely you would go there. Well, that's what forums are for.
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- WHAT ARE DOORS?
- Doors are games. We call them doors because our BBS gives up the computer
- to another program. While you are in the door, you are out of our BBS.
- Don't worry, you'll come back to the BBS when you are done. Be sure to
- check out the high scores in the games!
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- WHAT'S TELECONFERENCE?
- Teleconference is an area where you can chat on-line with other callers on
- the system. You can enter a group chat with several other callers or enter
- a private chat with just one other caller.
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- In the teleconference you just type what you want to say and press enter.
- You can also send "Actions" in Teleconference. An action sends a message
- to the other people in Teleconference. For example, you could type "hug"
- and press <enter>. Everyone will see "<your name> is hugging everyone
- warmly!" Some actions can include another user's name. For example, if
- Betty had just typed "hug", you could type "hug Betty" and press <Enter>.
- Everyone would see "<your name> is hugging Betty closely!". For a list of
- the actions, please look in the Files section. You can also see a listing
- of the action commands when you first enter Teleconference. If there is
- an action you would like to see added, just let me know and I'll see what
- I can do!
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- WHAT'S IN THE FILES SECTION?
- The files section has files which you can download to your computer. Some
- of the files are programs like Telix, a communications program. Other files
- are information files like this in either WordPerfect or Windows Write
- format. As the BBS expands, we will add more files to the BBS.
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- You will need to choose a transfer protocol to download files. Be sure to
- pick the same transfer protocol on your end as you pick on our end. To
- see the files we have, pick List Files from the Files Menu. You can Mark
- files while viewing the lest. When you mark a file, our BBS will place
- that file in a list. When you go to download, our BBS will automatically
- send you those files.
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- WHAT IF I HAVE A QUESTION?
- From the Main Menu, select Page The Sysop. If I am nearby, I'll jump on
- the BBS and give you a hand. If not, please leave E-Mail to the sysop.
- It will come to me and I will answer your question ASAP. You can also
- leave a public message to ALL. That way other users can help you out.
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- Remember, I want you to enjoy this BBS to the fullest. If you have any
- suggestions or questions at all, please do not hesitate to let me know.
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