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@CLS@ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ╓╥╖ ■ ╥─┐ ╥─┐ ╓─╖ ╖ ╖ ╥╥╖ ╖ ║ ╓╖ ╖ ╟─┤ ╟─┤ ╙─╖ ║ ║ ╓─ ╓╖ ╓╖ ╓─ ║║║ ┌╖ ╓╖ ╖╖ ┌╖ ║ ╙ ╙ ╙ ╨─┘ ╨─┘ ╙─╜ ╙─╜ ─╜ ╙─ ╙ ─╜ ╙╙╙ └╨ ╙╙ ╙╜ └╨ ╙ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ BBS POLICIES & REGULATIONS You can use your real name or alias. If you want, you can always change your Alias by going to the Main Menu, selecting "Y" for Your Information and then "L" for Alias. Anything that is considered illegal is not welcome here and will be deleted. Do not upload commercial software, GIFS or ADULT files. We are using the NEW PKZIP version 2.04G file compression format here. We PREFER ZIP to other formats, but you CAN upload other formats. Thank you for your time and effort in sharing some of your shareware programs with your fellow users. We reserve the right to read ALL messages. Obscenities are not allowed. This is a family board, so keep it clean. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters would like to continue to expand its usefulness to the community. Therefore, the owners/operators appreciate any suggestions and contributions. QUICK LOG ON After you are connected to Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters and you make the appropriate color choice, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you to enter your name as follows: You can login with your name/handle and password on the SAME line by typing your name followed by a semicolon (;) and your password. Like illustrated below. ---------------------------------------------- Enter your FIRST and LAST name: John Doe;..... ---------------------------------------------- If you want in EVEN FASTER, you can bypass all the logon screens by putting an "*" in front of your name and password. Like so: ---------------------------------------------- Enter your FIRST and LAST name: *John Doe;.... ---------------------------------------------- You should note that for security reasons Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display the password as a series of periods <.>. Also note that if you put the * in front of your name for quick login, if there is any LOGON PERSONAL MAIL for you, then you will NOT receive it. This applies to usergrams and send notes from other users and from the sysop. You also will miss any news updates or important system announcements. so try to login without the "*" at least once every week or two so you don't miss out on something important. MAIN MENU The Main Menu is the central hub of the board. Use this menu to gain access to other menus of the system. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display the following: ---------------------------------------------- [B] Bulletins Menu [M] Messages Menu [F] Files Menu [D] Doors Menu [Q] Questionnaires [T] Telechat Menu [W] Who's online? [C] Comment to Sysop [A] Toggle ANSI Graphics [R] Toggle RIP Graphics [N] Newsletter [Y] Your Personal Information [I] System Information [U] List of Users [X] Expert Mode [P] Page Sysop [G] Goodbye ---------------------------------------------- Descriptions of the 16 Main Menu items are as follows: [B] Bulletins Pressing will branch you to the Bulletin Menu. [M] Messages Pressing <M> will branch you to the Message Menu. [F] Files Pressing <F> will branch you to the File Menu. [D] Doors Pressing <D> will branch you to the Door Menu. [Q] Questionnaires Pressing <Q> will branch you to the Questionnaire Menu. [T] Telechat Pressing <T> will branch you to the Telechat Menu where you can summon other users online to chat w/you. [W] Who's Online Pressing <W> will display a status screen showing you which other users are connected on the other lines. [C] Comment to Sysop Pressing <C> will let you send a private message to the sysop. The message will be saved in the board's first message conference (which is private to the Sysop). [A] Toggle ANSI Graphics Pressing <A> will toggle ANSI color graphics on and off. [R] Toggle RIPscript Graphics Pressing <R> will toggle RIPscript graphics on and off. RIPscript can only be viewed on a VGA color monitor through the use of a special terminal emulation for RIP. Many of the telecommunications programs are only now offering this in their programs. If your comm prog does not offer RIPscript support, download RIPterm 1.54 and use it for those BBSes offering RIP. [N] Newsletter Pressing <N> will display the board's newsletter. [Y] Your Personal Information Pressing <Y> will display your user information. You can then edit some of that information. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display the following menu to you: -------------------------------------------------------------- Name......: John Doe Alias.....: Mystery Man Address...: St. Louis, MO Phone.....: 314-765-4321 Birth.........: 10/11/55 First Call: 11/23/92 Last Call.....: 12/07/92 08:36 Uploads...: 66 Downloads.....: 49 K Uploaded: 168 K Downloaded..: 603 Messages..: 14 Editor........: None Times On..: 95 Security Level: 90 Password..: Stall Protocol......: None Chat......: Available Check Mail: No <A>ddress, A<l>ias, assword, Phone <N>umber, <D>efault Protocol, <E>ditor, Un<v>ailable for Chat, Check for <W>aiting Mail, <Q>uit: --------------------------------------------------------------- As you can see, the "Your Personal Information" menu features the following seven options: <A>ddress Pressing <A> prompts you for your new city/state. A<l>ias Pressing <L> prompts you for your new Alias. assword Pressing prompts you for your new password. Phone <N>umber Pressing <N> prompts you for your new phone number <D>efault Protocol Pressing <D> prompts you to select a new default protocol. <E>ditor Pressing <E> prompts you to select a new default editor. <W>aiting Messages Pressing <W> prompts you on wether to tell you about messages waiting for you. <Q>uit Pressing <Q> returns you to the Main Menu. [I] System Information Pressing will display a number of Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters's statistics. [U] List of Users Pressing will display a list of the Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters's users. This is NOT reccomended due to the fact that the user list is well over 1800 users in length and it takes forever to view it all. [X] Expert Mode Pressing <X> will toggle your expert mode flag. If your expert mode flag is set for "Expert", Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will not display the menus and will only display the prompts for you. If your expert mode flag is set for "Super Expert", Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will not display the menus for you and will use abbreviated prompts. Otherwise, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display the menus. [P] Page Sysop Pressing will page the sysop. One of three screens will be displayed: one, if the sysop isn't available for chat; another, if the chat is initiated at your request; or, a third, if the chat is initiated by the sysop. [G] Goodbye Pressing <G> will log you off the board. BULLETIN MENU Bulletins are revised periodically, so you should check them from time to time to stay abreast of board and industry-related activity. The following is an example of the Bulletin Menu: ---------------------------------------------- MESSAGE MENU Selecting [M] from the Main Menu will cause the following to be displayed: ---------------------------------------------- [C] Change Message Conference [E] Enter a Message [R] Read Messages [N] New Messages [Y] Your Messages [S] Search Messages by a Keyword [Q] Set Conference Queue [M] Main Menu [X] Expert Mode [P] Page Sysop [T] TriMail [G] Goodbye ---------------------------------------------- Descriptions of the 10 Message Menu items are as follows: [C] Change Message Conference Pressing <C> will let you change your current message conference. After displaying a list of the conferences that are available to you, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you for the new conference. [E] Enter a Message Pressing <E> will let you enter a message in the current message conference. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you for the name of the person to whom the message is to be addressed. If the conference is a net mail conference, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will ask you if you want the message echoed. If the conference is a Fido-style netmail conference, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will ask you for the recipient's network address. If the current conference isn't a netmail conference, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will check to see if the addressee is a user of the board. (All messages addressed to the sysop will be changed to the sysop's name.) If the message is addressed to an individual, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will ask you if the message should be flagged as Public. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will then prompt for the message subject. From there, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will let you enter your message using the line or full screen editor. If you are using the line editor, the editor's menu can be displayed by pressing <Enter> on a blank line. The following are the options the line editor menu offers: <S>ave Pressing <S> will save the message. <A>bort Pressing <A> will abort the message. <C>ontinue Pressing <C> will start the line editor again where the message left off. <L>ist Pressing <L> will list the message. <D>elete Line Pressing <D> will prompt you for the line number you want deleted. nsert Line Pressing will prompt you for the line number you want a blank line inserted before. <E>dit Line Pressing <E> will prompt you for the line number you would like to edit. <R>eplace Text: Pressing <R> will prompt you for the line number you would like to search and replace text in. After selecting the desired line, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you to enter the search and replace strings. These strings are entered on the same line with a semicolon separating the two strings. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will then search the line for occurrences of the search string. If the search string is found, it will be replaced by the replace string. <Q>uote Pressing <Q> will allow you to quote from the message to which you are replying. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display the original message and then prompt you for the first and last lines to be quoted. (This option is only available if you are replying to another message.) pload Pressing will allow you to UPLOAD a prepared text file into the message. It will ask you for a file name (you can type in anything as long as it's in the following format "xxxxxx.xxx") and the upload will use you DEFAULT protocol if you have chosen one or ask you for a protocol if you have no default. If you are using the full screen editor, the editor's menu can be displayed by pressing <Esc>. The following are the options the full screen editor menu offers: <S>ave Pressing <S> will save the message. <A>bort Pressing <A> will abort the message. <C>ontinue Pressing <C> will return you to the full screen editor. <H>elp Pressing <H> will display a help screen that describes what control keys the full screen editor offers. While editing, you can use any of the following control keys: WORDSTAR IBM FUNCTION <Ctrl><S> <left arrow> Move left 1 character <Ctrl><D> <right arrow> Move right 1 character <Ctrl><E> <up arrow> Move up 1 line <Ctrl><X> <down arrow> Move down 1 line <Ctrl> <tab> Move cursor to next tab zone <Ctrl> <End> Move to end of line <Ctrl><W> <Home> Move to beginning of line <Ctrl><R> <Pg Up> Move up a page <Ctrl><C> <Pg Dn> Move down a page <Ctrl><G> Delete character under cursor <Ctrl><H> <Backspace> Delete character to left of cursor <Ctrl><Y> Delete current line <Ctrl> Reformat paragraph <Ctrl><L> Redraw screen <Ctrl><O> Quote message <Ctrl><V> <Insert> Toggle insert/overtype mode Please note that the IBM keys are only available to you if your communications program supports ANSI keyboard emulation. pload Upload a prepared textfile into the message. Same as with the line editor (see above). [R] Read Messages Pressing <R> allows you to read messages. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters allows you to read messages in the current conference only, all conferences, your queued conferences only, or quit to the Message Menu. For each message conference, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters prompts you to choose the number of the first message to be read, to read new messages only, or to quit to the Message Menu. While you are reading messages, you will be presented with the following options: <R>eply Pressing <R> will enable you to enter a reply to the message. If the message is public, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will allow you to make the reply private. Read Relies Pressing will enable you to read a message's replies. After you read all of the replies, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will return to the original message. (This option is only available if the message has replies.) <N>umber Pressing <N> prompts you to enter the number of the message to be read next. <D>elete Pressing <D> will allow you to delete the message. (This option is dependent upon three conditions: your security level, whether the conference allows user deletion, and whether the message is either from or to you.) <-> Prev Pressing <-> will move back to the previously displayed message. <+/Enter> Next Message Pressing <+> or <Enter> moves to the next message. <Q>uit Pressing <Q> will allow you to quit reading messages in this message conference. [N] New Messages Pressing <N> allows you to read new messages. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters maintains pointers in each message conference of the highest message number you have read. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you to choose to read messages in the current conference only, all conferences, your queued conferences only, or quit to the Message Menu. For each message conference, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters allows you to read the conference's new messages, skip the conference, or quit to the Message Menu. While you are reading messages, you will be presented with the same options that Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters uses with the "Read Messages" menu option. [Y] Your Messages Pressing <Y> allows you to read your messages. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you to choose to read your messages in the current conference only, all conferences, your queued conferences only, or quit to the Message Menu. For each message conference, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters allows you to read the messages to you in the conference or quit to the Message Menu. While you are reading messages, you will be presented with the same options that Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters uses with the "Read Messages" and "New Messages" menu options. [S] Search Messages by a Keyword Pressing <S> allows you to search the messages in either a given conference or all conferences by a specific word. Each message with the specified word will be displayed for you to read sucessively. [Q] Queue Conferences Pressing <Q> allows you to set a conference queue. A conference queue allows you to select whether or not a conference will be read while reading messages. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display a menu with the following three options: <L>ist Your Queue Entering <L> presents you with a list of the conferences that are available to you and indicates whether or not they are queued conferences. <####> Conference to Toggle Entering a conference's number toggles its queued status on and off. <Enter> to Quit Simply pressing <Enter> returns you to the Message Menu. [M] Main Menu Pressing <M> returns you to the Main Menu. [X] Expert Mode Pressing <X> will toggle your expert mode flag. If your expert mode flag is set for "Expert", Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will not display the menus for you. If your expert mode flag is set for "Super Expert", Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will not display the menus for you and will use abbreviated menu prompts. Otherwise, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display the menus. [P] Page Sysop Pressing will page the sysop. [T] TriMail Pressing <T> will branch you to the TriMail Menu. This is where you configure your conferences and message pointers in preparation of downloading a QWK message packet. You select <D> to download the QWK Packet when you are ready. Your default protocol (if you have one) is used. You will need to have an OFFLINE QWK MAIL READING PROGRAM (such as Blue Wave or SLRM) in order to read your QWK Mail. You can make offline replies and then when you call the BBS back, you can go to this menu again and select to upload a "REP Packet" which the BBS will import into the message base. This is the best way to save online time for other things, like file transfers or games. Several QWK READERS are available for use with TriMail in the File section under "Utilities [BBS RELATED]". [G] Goodbye Pressing <G> will log you off the board. FILE MENU Files on Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters use the ZIP 2.04g compression format (if the file date is later than Jan. 7th 1993). You may obtain a copy of this utility by downloading PKZ204G.EXE from the "Utilities [File Compression]" directory. Archive testing for errors and viruses is done on all files which are uploaded to Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters. The McAfee utility, Scan.exe, is used in this process. We take this precaution in our users' interest and are confident that our measures are adequate. Scan.exe is perhaps the best utility of its kind. However, it is not infallible so take additional precautions to protect your equipment. Selecting [F] from the Main Menu will cause the following to be displayed: ---------------------------------------------- [C] Change File Area [L] List Files [N] New Files [T] Lists Text Search [U] Upload File [D] Download File [E] Edit Your Download Queue [V] View Archive [M] Main Menu [X] Expert Mode [P] Page Sysop [G] Goodbye ---------------------------------------------- The following are descriptions of the 11 File Menu items: [C] Change File Area Pressing <C> will let you change your current file area. After displaying a list of the file areas that are available to you, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you for the new file area. [L] List Files Pressing <L> will let you view the board's file lists. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you to enter a file mask which uses the same format as the DOS "Dir" command. After you enter the appropriate file mask, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will ask you if you want to view the file list for your current file area or all file areas. The "More" prompt will allow you to flag files for downloading by pressing <F>. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you for the name of the file(s) you want to flag. [N] New Files Pressing <N> will let you view the board's new files. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you to enter a date for which to begin the search. If you simply press <Enter>, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will use the date of your last new file search. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will then ask you if you want to see the new files for the current file area or all file areas. [T] Lists Text Search Pressing <T> will let you search for a text string in the board's file lists. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you to enter the string to be searched and will ask you if you want to search the file lists for the current file area or all file areas. [U] Upload File Pressing will let you upload a file. The upload screen is displayed and you are prompted for the filenames and descriptions for the files to be uploaded. If a blank description is entered for a file, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will attempt to extract and use either a FILE_ID.DIZ or DESC.SDI file for the description. You will be prompted to select an appropriate protocol if you haven't chosen a default protocol. [D] Download File Pressing <D> will let you download one or more files. The download screen is displayed and Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will prompt you for the names of the files to be downloaded. After you enter a blank line in the description field, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will ask you to select an appropriate protocol if you haven't selected a default protocol. [E] Edit Download Queue Pressing <E> will pull up a menu of all the files you have currently flagged in your batch download queue. You can choose which one(s) to delete from the list if you have changed your mind. [V] View Archive Pressing <V> will let you view the contents of an archive. Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will uncompress the archive and display a complete list of it's contents. You then have the option of either relisting the archive's contents, displaying one of the archive's files, compressing and downloading one or more individual members of the archive, or returning to the File Menu. [M] Main Menu Pressing <M> returns you to the Main Menu. [X] Expert Mode Pressing <X> will toggle your expert mode flag. If your expert mode flag is set to "Expert", the menus will not be displayed. If your expert mode flag is set to "Super Expert", abbreviated menu prompts will be displayed. Otherwise, Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters will display the menus. [P] Page Sysop Pressing will page the sysop. [G] Goodbye Pressing <G> will log you off the board. DOOR MENU Doors are gateways to external programs that are available to users of Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters. Selecting [D] from the Main Menu will cause the following to be displayed: ---------------------------------------------- [1] TriMail : A QWK Mail Door for Offline readers [2] TriBank : A BBS Time Bank for storing online time. [3] Sendnote : A Small E-Mail door for sending short notes. [4] BBSList : An interactive BBS List Door for you BBSes. [5] Solar Realms Elite I : A strategic online game. [6] Solar Realms Elite II : " [7] Barron Realms Elite I : A strategic online game. [8] Barron Realms Elite II : " [9] Global Wars : A "Risk-like" conquest online game. [10] User Profiles: User registry of descriptions. ---------------------------------------------- You gain access to these and other external programs by making a selection at this prompt. QUESTIONNAIRE MENU Questionnaires are offered on Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters so that we may continually gauge the needs of our users or to obtain statistical information for analysis of our industry. Selecting [Q] from the Main Menu causes the following Questionnaire Menu to be displayed: ---------------------------------------------- [1] New User Information [2] General Information [3] Religious Belief Survey ---------------------------------------------- Selecting a number allows you to complete a questionnaire. FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS The file area allows movement of files between Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters and your computer. Transfer protocols control that movement. Data transfer can be done by using a number of protocols available on Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters. New error checking protocols are being added on a regular basis, and the following is a summary of those which are available. Ascii This is the slowest way possible to transfer. It is not reccomended IF you can find any other protocol to use! Xmodem Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters supports ALL variations of the Xmodem protocol, originally developed by Ward Christensen. Xmodem offers the advantage of error checking on a block by block basis to assure that the data sent contains no errors. Ymodem Ymodem is a protocol devised by Chuck Forsberg of Omen Technology which adds a number of enhancements to protocol based transfer. Block sizes are variable at 128/1024, but 1K is the usual size. Error checking makes use of CRC-16, accurate to 99.99%. By definition, all Ymodem transfers are capable of sending multiple files (batch) at one request, with the file size and date included in the "header block" sent prior to each file. Use of Ymodem, if it is supported by your software, is recommended speed over Xmodem, Xmodem/CRC and Xmodem-1K because of its speed, reliability, and features. Ymodem-G This variation of Ymodem is available only to you if you make a "reliable" connection using a modem supporting MNP (Microcom Networking Protocol) or the U.S. Robotics ARQ hardware error checking. MNP is a hardware-based system in which the modems perform the actual error checking and correction. Ymodem-G is among the fastest protocols with the exception of the newer versions of Zmodem discussed below. If you have a modem that supports MNP or ARQ, Ymodem-G should be your choice. Zmodem This is another protocol developed by Chuck Forsberg. It is a "streaming protocol" which sends variable sized blocks of data with CRC-32 error checking for an accuracy of 99.9999%; it does not wait for an acknowledgment from the receiving computer. The sending system assumes data received is correct unless a repeat request is sent for a specific block. This streaming activity tends to make Zmodem one of the fastest protocols available (but very slightly slower than Ymodem-G or Xmodem-1K). Zmodem also supports multiple file transfer capability, and should be considered in situations where MNP is not available, or another batch transfer protocol cannot be used. Zmodem also has the unique capability to resume file transfers that have been aborted for some reason and thus only partially completed. This is called crash recovery. Also Available is HS BiDirectional Link. This allows you to SEND a file(s) at the SAME time you are RECIEVING file(s). MAINTENANCE All messages marked "Deleted" by users are removed on a daily basis. All unread messages that are older than 30 days will be deleted from Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters's message base. Game scores are updated after each log off. SUPPORT You may obtain assistance by leaving a comment for the sysop or by entering a message for the sysop in the appropriate conference. Also, your fellow users may be able to help, so public messages are encouraged. If you are having a problem with Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters, please try to be as specific as possible. For example, don't say something like "I can't download a file". Unfortunately, statements like this are all too common and do nothing to help resolve the problem. Instead, try to explain as best you can exactly what is happening when you try to download. Tell the sysop what you do on your end, what the transfer looked like, what protocol you were using etc.. Most problems can be cured in one message if the problem is explained in enough detail. However, if you do not provide specific details, it can take many messages and a lot of frustration before resolving the problem. GLOSSARY OF TERMS Abort To terminate the execution of an operation. Access Time The time allotted for use of the system. ANSI An acronym for American National Standards Institute, an organization that develops and publishes industry standards. Archive A file which contains all or parts of a shareware program or text file. It is created and expanded by using of a compression format. Asynchronous Unpredictable or irregular with respect to the time interval between characters transmitted (not synchronized). Batch A number of files grouped together for the purpose of processing them as a single unit. Baud Rate The measure of signaling speed equal to the number of code elements per second. Bit A binary digit; a unit of data in binary notation. Block A unit of information to be transferred. Carrier A flow of energy that can carry information. Compression Format A routine which reduces the size of a shareware program while preserving its content and purpose. Download The process of moving files from Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters to you. Editor A routine which performs editing operations of messages. Error Correcting Code A code constructed in such a way that the representation of each character contains a number of redundant bits, allowing the character to be correctly recognized if certain of the bits are erroneously transmitted. Flag A method of selecting a file to be added to a queue for batch downloading. Header Block The first part of information used for identification purposes. Line Noise Unwanted signals, such as current or voltage variations, that interfere with data transmission over telephone lines. Parity Equivalence of value in the check digit of the transmitted and received data. Parity Bit A binary digit appended to an array of bits to make the sum of all the bits always odd always even. Queued Conferences A list of conferences to be read. Shareware Copyrighted software which is marketed to consumers with the understanding that the software may be shared and used without cost for a specified trial period. In other words, "try it before you buy it" software. Synchronous Predictable and Regular with respect to the time interval between characters transmitted (synchronized). Stop Bit In asynchronous serial transmission, the last element of a character used to insure recognition of the next start element. Transfer Protocol Software which synchronizes data transmission. Upload The process of moving files from you to Fire Escape's BBS Directory Headquarters. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ @PAUSE@