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1 LIST CHANGES WITH EDITION 105
I will be "flushing out" information on the list with edition
105. The list will use the "R" designation for RBBS and all
sections will be filled out. If I do not know a piece of
information, I will substitute a "?". As usual, this will apply
to NEW and UPDATED entries only.
The following modem information will be displayed for new and
updated boards starting with edition 105 of USBBS. Old boards
will be aligned with this column and the "UV" designation will
become "D". The field will be in columns 50-53 in the following
format:
mMxx
m = Minimum speed
M = Maximum speed
0 = 300
1 = 1200
2 = 2400
9 = 9600 and greater
xx = Modulation type(s):
V = V.32 or V.32bis
U = USRobotics HST
D = USRobotics Dual Standard (V32 and HST)
H = Hayes VSM
B = Hayes Ultra (V32 and VSM)
O = Other proprietary method
These modulation indicators will appear for those boards
supporting 9600 baud or greater maximum rates. As additional
modulation types are added, we will consider them for their own
letters.
These features appear to be the most important for a caller to
determine if they can connect with a board. Higher baud rate
claims (e.g. greater than 9600) depend so much on manufacturer,
modulation, and settings of both the calling modem and BBS modem
that 9600 will continue to be the maximum entry.
The entry will support two modulation types so boards which
support different types on multiple lines can indicate this.
2 UPDATE SCHEDULE
USBBS is updated from entries subitted by callers throughout the
month. Only updates made to an official update point through the
indicated method can be assured to make the list if the board
qualifies.
The final update to USBBS is made on the last weekend of the
month before the edition month unless the first is on a weekend.
The list is usually available Sunday morning. I distribute it
personally to the distribution points sometime during Sunday.
Here is the schedule for 1993:
Fri 01/01/93 USBBS 104
Sun 02/28/93 USBBS 105
Sun 03/28/93 USBBS 106
Sat 05/01/93 USBBS 107
Sun 05/30/93 USBBS 108
Sun 06/27/93 USBBS 109
Sun 08/01/93 USBBS 110
Sun 08/29/93 USBBS 111
Sun 09/26/93 USBBS 112
Sun 10/31/93 USBBS 113
Sun 11/28/93 USBBS 114
Sat 01/01/94 USBBS 115
Please note this schedule is subject to change without notice.
Check BOBsBBS (916-929-7511) Calendar of Events for the most
recent information on USBBS distribution.
3 BOARDS REMOVED (USBBSxxx.DEL)
Each month I find out about boards which are down for one reason
or another. I simply delete these boards from the list. Is
there any value of moving them to another file (USBBSxxx.DEL) for
a couple of months so they don't just disappear?
The file would be included with every edition. I would keep them
on this file with the date removed from the list for a couple of
months. Thus if they were removed in error, I can be notified
and they can be replaced.
If I do not hear from you, I will continue to remove the boards
without additional notification. Please leave comments at
BOBsBBS (916-929-7511) or on Compuserve (ID 72240,2230) via Mail
or in the IBMBBS Forum.
4 FILES
The following files are included in the USBBSxxx.ZIP archive:
USBBSxxx.LST The list itself.
USBBSxxx.TXT Distribution and Update points for the USBBS
list.
Eventually, there will be 4-5 update points --
one in each geographic part of the country. The
distribution points for the list are boards that
I personally upload the list to shortly after it
is updated.
This file will be included with each edition of
the list.
USBBSxxx.NWS You're looking at this file. It will be included
periodically as there is information to pass on
about the list.