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1 The ANNOTATED USBBS?
When sysops enter information for consideration for USBBS, they
are asked additional information about their board. What would
you think of a *SEPARATE* USBBS list which contains additional
lines with this information?
The list would be larger and would be maintained the same as
USBBS. However, it would contain two-three additional lines for
each board containing comments from the lister. It would be
delivered in a separate ZIP file on the same schedule as USBBS.
A listing would look like this:
916-929-7511 CA Sacramento Bob Breedlove X 29V 26+BOBsBBS, USBBS 2/1
FOCUS: Business, communications, programming
Home of USBBS National BBS List, BOBsLIST. Communications,
utility, business, programming files for MS-DOS
The list would be produced for NEW and UPDATED boards only. As usual,
I will make no particular effort to verify any of this information.
I want your comments on this. If I don't here from enough of you, I
will NOT produce this list. Please leave comments on BOBsBBS
916-929-7511. Thanks for your comments.
NOTE: So far, I have received only a couple of comments. It looks
like the list will NOT be produced at this point.
2 LIST CHANGES WITH EDITION 105
There are several format changes starting with edition 105
(February, 1993) of the list:
The list uses 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 is displayed for new and updated
boards. The field is 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 appear for those boards supporting
9600 baud or greater maximum rates. As additional modulation
types are added, I 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 supports two modulation types so boards which support
different types on multiple lines can indicate this.
3 UPDATE SCHEDULE
USBBS is updated from entries submitted 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.
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.
FILE_ID.DIZ Suggested expanded file description for posting
USBBS.