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__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________ B B S S O F T W A R E ___________ / /\_____ _______ _____________ _____/\ \ /__________/ / // /\/ /\ \\ \ \__________\ \ ___ ____\/ // / / / \ \\ \/____ ___ / V \ \ /_____//______/ /______/ \_____\\_____\ / / V : \ \ \ ___\\ \ \ ___ \ / ____// ____/ / / . . \ \ \ \___ \ \ \ \ \ \__\ \ / /_\ / /___ / / . \ \ \ __\ \ \__\ \ \ ___/ / __/ \/___ / / / \ \ \ \____\ \ \ \ \ \ / /___\____/ / / / \_\/\_____\\_\/ \_\/\_\_/_____//_____/\/_/ V V V V V V V V | . : . . | : . . . : : . . /T\empest BBS v3.40 Documentation (c) 1993-96 (Revision Date: Janurary, 1996) Author: Michael Bockert Documentation: Michael Bockert __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ C O N T E N T S __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER I - Notices 1-1 Tempest General Information & History 1-2 Legal Information 1-3 How to contact the authors 1-4 How to register 1-5 Support BBS Sites 1-6 Distributors 1-7 Features List __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER II - Requirements & Installation 2-1 Software Requirements A) Kickstart B) Stack Handling C) Fifo-Handler D) SF (Serial Flusher for A2232 Cards) E) Required Libraries 2-2 Hardware Requirements A) C.P.U. B) Hard Drive C) Memory D) Operating System E) Serial Cards (Reviews) 2-3 Installation 2-4 Directories & Assignments __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER III - BBS Files 3-1 Data Files 3-2 Available files in (Text) Directory 3-3 Available files in (RipGfx) Directory 3-4 Available files in (Optional) Directory 3-5 Available files in (Scripts) Directory 3-6 Module Directory Files A) ArcCheck.mod B) BatchULBP.mod C) BBSConfig.mod D) FileArc.mod E) FLEdit.mod F) InternodeController G) InternodeLineChat H) InternodeLiveChat I) InternodeMsgSend J) MsgArc.mod K) Nuke.mod L) UserEditor.mod M) UserStatus.mod __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER IV - Commands 4-1 Function Keys 4-2 Pull Down Menus & HotKeys 4-3 Global Commands 4-4 Message/File Area (Both) Commands 4-5 Message Area Commands 4-6 File Area Commands 4-7 Message Reading Prompt Commands 4-8 Message Line Editor Commands 4-9 Message Full Screen Editor Commands 4-10 File Listing Prompt Commands 4-11 New User Menu Commands 4-12 Download Flagged Files Menu 4-13 Command Stacking 4-14 Re-Defining Commands __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER IX - Account Editor 9-1 Account Editor: Main Menu 9-2 Account Editor: Period Limits Menu 9-3 Account Editor: Period Info Menu 9-4 Account Editor: Totals Menu 9-5 Account Editor: Terminal Settings Menu 9-6 Account Editor: Msg/File/Conf Access Menu 9-7 Account Editor: Normal Related Optional Flags 9-8 Account Editor: Sysop Related Optional Flags 9-9 Account Editor: Presets __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER X - (~) Variable Codes __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER XI - Door Formats 11-1 Tempest Doors 11-2 Paragon Door Emulation 11-3 Arexx Door Interface 11-4 Dos / Shell Door Interface __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX A - Error Return Codes & Explanations APPENDIX B - Troubleshooting APPENDIX C - Console Editing & Ansi Codes APPENDIX D - Auto Description Detection/Creation System APPENDIX E - Hydra Bi-Directional Protocol APPENDIX F - Archive Checking APPENDIX G - New User Questions File APPENDIX H - Making Tempest & Utils Resident __________________________________________________________________________ INDEX....................................................At The End TERMS/GLOSSARY...........................................At Very End __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER I - Notices __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 1-1 /T\empest General Information & History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest and all supported files are compiled with SAS C v6.56 Compiler. o Tempest was the first in the world on Amiga to implement File_ID Auto Description detection, creation, & Stripping. o Tempest was the first in the world on Amiga to implement Hydra Bi-Directional Protocol. o Tempest was the first and still only software to have a Background Batch Upload Processor. __________________________________________________________________________ 1-2 Legal Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: The author of Tempest are not responsible for any damage occurring through the use of Tempest and/or its utilities. You use this software at your own risk. If you find any bugs or are having problems with running Tempest on your system, please notify me. I can only fix errors/bugs if I know about them. You are not allowed to modify ANY of the executable files or the documentation without prior consent. __________________________________________________________________________ 1-3 How to contact Author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest Support BBS - Dawn Of Eternity (515-255-3212) (10 Nodes) 515-255-3496 (node 2) .....Calling From England or Germany: 456-624-3212 .....Calling From Italy.............: 300-255-3212 .....Calling From Other Countries...: 150-255-3212 (TRY THE 3 ABOVE NUMBERS FIRST, IF THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED USE 515 NUMBER) Call the support BBS and leave comment to sysop InterNet Address: tempest@netins.net IRC Channel: #tempest Handle: Skeleton - Will try to be on this channel at these times for sure every week: Monday (2:00 pm USA Central Standard Time) (8:00 pm UK Time) (9:00 pm EUROPE Time) IRC Channel: #amiga Handle: Skeleton - Other Days at 12:30-2:00pm (USA Central Standard Time) I will be in #amiga often during the week around the same time. Try to be there a few minutes early, if you see me in the channel but I don't respond, leave any info you like and it will be in my capture. Make sure it is actually me that is in the channel, check the my inet address above. __________________________________________________________________________ 1-4 How to register ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do not register, you will not be able to have anyone download files on the bbs. You also won't get support for bug fixes/ideas. To register for Tempest send check or money order for $99. U.S. Dollars. ** Price subject to change at any time. ** If you wish to have the software mailed to you, then include $3. extra for cost of disks and shipping. Also any additional versions that you wish to have sent will cost $3. each time to cover costs of shipping it to you. If you would just like the latest demo of Tempest mailed to you send $3. to cover disks and shipping and I will mail you a copy. Send To: Michael Bockert 3846 - 36th Street Des Moines, Iowa 50310 United States Make sure to print out the Registration.form and fill it out, including it with your registration. Also call the support BBS and get yourself an account for future help and upgrades of the BBS Software. After your money has cleared you will get the latest BBS Software and your own personal key file which will allow user passwords to work. __________________________________________________________________________ 1-5 Support BBS Sites ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Support Status BBS Name Nodes BBS Number Sysop ==============-================-=====-=================-====================== World (My BBS).Dawn Of Eternity..10...515-255-3212......Michael Bockert 515-255-3496 (node 2) .....Calling From England or Germany: 456-624-3212 .....Calling From Italy.............: 300-255-3212 .....Calling From Other Countries...: 150-255-3212 (TRY THE 3 ABOVE NUMBERS FIRST, IF THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED USE 515 NUMBER) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia......Tombstone..........4...+61-2-5642439.....Firestarter Belgium........The Tribe..........8...+32-51-570513.....Sternone Brazil.........Midnight BBS.......4...+55-11-8446702....Best Brazil.........Phiber Way.........1...+55-51-3408083....Tranzstr England........Warp Speed.........1...+44-0151-9286610..Scouser England........Urban Logic........1...+44-01203-491463..Viper Not online 24 hours a day. Germany........Skyline............2...+49-30-824-10-71..Casa Nova Germany........Fast File System...7...+49-2241-924671...Scandic Holland........Ruins of Wisdom....2...+31-15-2142400....Taz Devil Sweden.........Infinate Power.....6...+46-171-67461.....Agamemnon __________________________________________________________________________ 1-6 Distributors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - NONE - __________________________________________________________________________ 1-7 Features List ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Complete GUI Server System with tons of gadgets, more than any other BBS Server! - Hydra Bi-Directional Protocol Support (First! on Amiga to support it). - Internal Hydra Protocol Support (First! on Amiga to do it). - Full Resident ability for all of Tempest. - Telnet ability with telnetd.device. - File_id.diz Auto Descriptions (First! on Amiga to support it). - Tempest was the first and still only software to have a Background Batch Upload Processor, files go online right away, no waiting for batch to get done! - Multiple Language Support. - RipGraphics Support (Remotely Only). - Most advanced flag/select files System of any bbs software. - Fax support for receiving incoming fax, - Internode Message Sending Module. - Internode Line Chat Module. - Internode Live Chat Module. - Internode Controller: - Abort user's transfers from another node (remote) - Kick users off from another node (remote) - Change online time of a user on another node (remote) - Shutdown nodes (remote) - Reboot Computer (remote) - Reserve Node (remote) - BBS Config program for setting up all configurations for all nodes. NO ICONS! - Special door version of the BBS Config program so you can define all configs from remotely. - Front End (TrapDoor) Support for Fidonet - Definable Prompts / Text, can even have different prompt files for different languages. - 128 Per User Flags for controlling Users! - Command History (Working on all term software!) - Flagged files remain flagged even if you lose carrier. - Flag / Select files for download with full range & wildcard support. - View/Test/Read Text Inside/Download file inside archives. - Tempest handles the stack internally, you never have to worry about the stack. - Ansi Type Support. - Full Screen Msg Editor. - Full drop to dos option. - External Account Editor System (In addition to the internal one) with Global Editing Options. - Can edit a user's account from another node, even if that user is on another node at the time, it updates the user online. - There are currently 2 servers for Tempest in the works. Some are beta testing these servers. Take your pick! There will be even more to choose from later on. Full programming info is given out to programmers that wish to code their own servers. We don't hide things from the programmers who like to code their own stuff. - Tempest supports its own Tempest doors. - Tempest supports Paragon Doors. - Tempest supports Dos Doors. - Tempest has its own Arexx interface for Arexx doors (hundreds of cmds). - Zippy search through the file listings for up to 10 patterns at once. 10 patterns with 1 scan of the file listing. - Protection against ZModem Leech utils which give users free downloads on other bbs software, but not on Tempest! - 3 Different sysop chat systems. Normal Chat, Horizontal Split Screen, and Vertical Split Screen. - Null Modem Hookup/Connect option. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER II - Requirements & Installation __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2-1 Software Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A) Kickstart ~~~~~~~~~ Tempest requires kickstart 2.04 (V37) or greater to run. You will also need the 2.1 (v38) or greater of the asl.library. B) Stack Size ~~~~~~~~~~ Stack is handled by Tempest completely, you don't have to worry about it at all. If your stack is too low for Tempest to run, Tempest sets it for you internally, worry free. Tempest runs in an 8k stack. C) Fifo-Handler ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest requires that you have the fifo-handler active. TServer will auto activate it for you if it is not already active. If you are running other servers for Tempest you may have to run the fifo handler before loading the server. You must have the fifo-handler installed in your L: directory and the fifo.library installed in your LIBS: directory. After you have installed the handler and library you need to add the following line to your startup-sequence only if you are not running a server that auto activates it. If you are using TServer that comes with Tempest, there is no need to add this line at all. RUN <nil: >nil: L:fifo-handler D) SF (Serial Flusher) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are running your bbs with an A2232 Serial Card you will need to run the SF (Serial Flusher) Util. Use the following template in your startup script for the bbs. Run >NIL: SF 2,3 40 45 TEMPEST: \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_ Path to BBS Setup Directory \ \ \ \ \ \ \____ Buffer \ \ \ \ \ \______ Delay \_\_\_\_\________ Device Numbers of all Nodes Make sure to use a delay of 60 and buffer of 45, they have been tested as the best possible results that I can find. E) Required Libraries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ asl.library : (v38+) Used for requesters in Tempest. if you don't have v38 or greater of the asl.library installed, undo v38 asl library in the Tempest files and install it. Fifo.library : Used for Remote Shell & Dos Doors. rexxsyslib.library : Used for Arexx Doors & Interface. F) Font Requirement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest works best with an 8 point font, however you can use smaller/larger fonts if you wish. When using larger fonts, keep in mind that if your screen is not large enough, you may not see all information on the screen at once and it may be un-useable, in which case you should go back to an 8 point font. __________________________________________________________________________ 2-2 Hardware Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A) C.P.U. ~~~~~~ If you want to run more than 1 node and you have high speed modems of 14.4+ it is suggested that you have an accelerator. Tempest has been tested on: 68000 / 010 / 020 / 030 / 040 / 060!!! Tempest also works with full copyback mode on 040's. Tempest has been FULLY Tested on a Cyberstorm 060, runs GREAT! B) Hard Drive ~~~~~~~~~~ Not needed but to run a good system you need one. C) Memory (For current version, always changing) ~~~~~~ - TServer will use around 120k of memory. - Making Tempest resident will use 300k of memory. - Tempest uses 130k per node when made resident. Otherwise it will take around 427k per node. - To run one node on Tempest you will need minimum 1 meg of memory. Memory Usage Charts =================== No Users Online Users on all nodes. Non- Non- Resident Resident Resident Resident --------.--------.--------. --------.--------.--------. 1 Node | 550 k | 550 k | 1 Node | 650 k | 650 k | 2 Nodes | 680 k | 980 k | 2 Nodes | 880 k | 1180 k | 3 Nodes | 810 k | 1410 k | 3 Nodes | 1110 k | 1710 k | 4 Nodes | 940 k | 1840 k | 4 Nodes | 1340 k | 2240 k | 5 Nodes | 1070 k | 2270 k | 5 Nodes | 1570 k | 2770 k | 6 Nodes | 1200 k | 2700 k | 6 Nodes | 1800 k | 3300 k | 7 Nodes | 1330 k | 3130 k | 7 Nodes | 2030 k | 3830 k | 8 Nodes | 1460 k | 3560 k | 8 Nodes | 2260 k | 4360 k | 9 Nodes | 1590 k | 3990 k | 9 Nodes | 2490 k | 4890 k | 10 Nodes | 1720 k | 4420 k | 10 Nodes | 2720 k | 5420 k | - Charts above includes memory usage of all nodes and server. - All values are for current version of Tempest and are always changing with new versions. - All values are estimated! - Additional memory usage when users logon the bbs as you can see. Around 40-100k per node depending on what the user is doing. D) Operating System ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest works on operating systems running at least 2.04(v37)! Tempest will not work on kick start 1.3 machines, unless they are using a kick program to kick a rom image file into memory. NOTE: Workbench v3.1 is the best operating system to run on. Tempest has been tested on: v2.04 / v2.1 / v3.0 / v3.1 E) Serial Cards ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any serial card will work with Tempest, however you must consider different things like max DTE rate when considering which serial card to buy. Tempest has been tested on the following cards: GVP I/O, Multiface III, ISDN Cards, ISDN Modems, ASDG, a2232. The best card I have found overall is the GVP I/O Externders. The A2232 would be the best if it only supported more than 19.2 dte rate and didn't have the bugs. Advantages/Disadvantages of serial cards I have used and know about: o A2232 Serial Card (BAD, LOW DTE! & Problems) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Advantages) - Has 7 serial ports. - Does not slow up the machine at all!!! - Easy to hook up and install. (DisAdvantages) - Can only use 5 of the ports at 19.2 dte rate. - Maximum DTE rate of 19200 baud which is too low for most new modems such as 28.8's. - Has some other problems with ascii sending to the bbs too fast. - Requires the use of the Serial Flusher to maintain the lines properly. - The serial card has been disconntinued a long time ago. o Multiface III Serial Card (OK, SLOW CPU & Minor Problems) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Advantages) - Supports High Dte rates up to 115,000 baud. (DisAdvantages) - Has only 2 serial ports per card. - Slows up the machine a lot!! More than any other card! o GVP I/O Extender Card (GOOD CHOICE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Advantages) - Supports High Dte rates up to 115,000 baud. - Slows up the machine but not near as bad as the multiface iii. (DisAdvantages) - Has only 2 serial ports per card. - Second serial port is a simple custom cable that you have to buy seperate just to get the 2 ports out of the card. - Slows up the machine a little bit, but not near as bad as the multiface iii. __________________________________________________________________________ 2-3 Installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before we start, I would like to say that if you have already installed an older version than this one, it is best to start over on the installation. Simply Delete your old version and re-install the current version. Once you are registered you will get update releases with full changes file and full conversion/upgrade steps so you won't have to start over. However, with demos archives, it is best to start over everytime you upgrade a demo to check out. Step 1: Unarchive the BBS Software on your hard drive into its own directory. C Directory files goes to your C: etc.. Step 2: Make an assignment to the directory you just made. Example: Tempest: Step 3: Make an assignment of NODE: to your T: Example: Assign NODE: T: Step 4: Load the BBSConfig Utility to configure your BBS. This is REQUIRED to be able to run the BBS. To load the config util you type the name of the config util followed by the node number to edit, followed by the assignments of your bbs files that you made above. Example: run >NIL: Tempest:BBSConfig Consult the BBSConfig docs to understand how to use it. After setting up the bbs in the bbsconfig program, you are ready to load the server. Example: Run >NIL: Tempest:TServer After loading the TServer all nodes will auto load. - The demo contains a pre made accounts.data file for you, the sysop account is already created!.. All you must do is hit F7 to access account editor and edit the account to your handle and stats, or you can do a sysop logon and type 'TS' to edit your personal information. The pre-made sysop account has full access to everything on the bbs. __________________________________________________________________________ 2-4 Directories & Assignments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A) Directories (Some Required, others definable) ~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCOUNTS -- Defineable path, Used by all nodes. Contains 2 sub directories: APPLICATIONS - New User application answers. FLAGGEDFILES - Lists of user's flagged files. OLM - Old Online Msgs that were not read. PMAIL - Storage for Personal Mail files. All sub-directories are hard coded names! BULLETINS -- Contains all your bulletins. HardCoded name, Used by all nodes! CATALOGS -- Contains all file listings / Catalogs. Definable path, Used by all nodes! DOORS -- Contains your doors. Definable path, Used by all nodes! FILES -- Contains directories for all uploaded files. Definable path, Used by all nodes! LOGS -- Contains your log files. Definable path, Used by all nodes! MODULES -- Important doors needed for the bbs to operate. MSG -- Contains directories for all messages. Definable path, Used by all nodes! OPTIONAL -- Contains many important files for the bbs including files to re-define commands throughout the bbs. RIPGFX -- Contains all .rip files for rip graphics. SCRIPTS -- Contains all scripts and batch files used by Tempest. SETUP -- Contains all .data files needed by bbs. TEXT -- Contains most text files viewed through out the bbs. If you are using languages.opt file for multiple languages then you need to put a set of the text files in a sub-directory for every language you use. B) Assignments ~~~~~~~~~~~ NODE: (must be assigned). T: in RAM would be best place. * TServer will auto assign NODE: to T: if not assigned. You must also have an assignment for your main bbs files. This assignment must contain the Setup directory. For Example you could call it TEMPEST: Whatever you choose to call it is fine. It is also a good idea to make a few other assignments for the locations of your files, doors, and messages. Examples: Assign DOORS: TEMPEST:DOORS Assign MSG: TEMPEST:MESSAGES Assign FILES: TEMPEST:FILES These are just suggestions so that defining things in the bbsconfig can be made easy and if you ever change where your files are to another hard drive, this makes it easy to make the switch. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER III - BBS Files __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 3-1 Data Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Accounts.Data ---- Data on the users. Accounts.inx ---- Index of User's Handles for fast access to Accounts.Data Accounts.csum ---- Check Sum file of User's Handles, for faster access! __________________________________________________________________________ 3-2 Available files in (Text) Directory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Languages Note: You must define your language directories inside your Language.opt file in the optional directory. After defining all your languages make sub-directories in your text directory that match the languages in your .opt file. Make sure your Default Language is listed first in the .opt file! For Example: English Then put a copy of these files in each sub-directory for all languages you have defined. (All files can have .ami or .ibm ansi type support as well, depending on what the user has selected for their ansi type) (Add .ansi to filenames for color version) ## = Security Level of the User (Optional) Command Text Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cmds-CommentToSysop## -- Multiple Comment to sysops text. Cmds-JoinConference## -- Join Conferences Menu Text File. Cmds-PasswordChange## -- Text displayed before user changes/enters password. Cmds-SysopDownload## -- Text displayed before a sysop download prompt. Cmds-ViewArchive## -- Text displayed before viewing an archive. Cmds-ZippySearch## -- Displayed before zippy search prompt. Help Text Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help-Bulletins## -- Help file for Bulletins Area Commands Help-Conf## -- Help file for Conference Menu Commands Help-Doors## -- Help file for Doors Area Commands Help-FileArea## -- Help file for File Area Commands Help-FileList## -- Help file for File Listing Commands Help-MsgArea## -- Help file for Message Area Commands Help-MsgRead## -- Help file for Message Reading Commands Menu Text Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Menu-AccountEdit## -- Account Editing Menu Menu-Bulletins## -- Bulletin Menu Menu-CatalogMaint## -- Catalog Maintance Menu Menu-Conf## -- Conference Menu (If msg/file areas are linked) Menu-DLFlaggedFiles## -- Text displayed just before download selection when user has flagged files. Menu-Doors## -- Doors Area Menu Menu-FileListNormal## -- File listing prompt menu - normal menu Menu-FileListSysop## -- File listing prompt menu - sysop menu Menu-FileMail## -- File Mail Menu Menu-FileArea## -- File Commands Menu-GlobalCommands## -- Menu of all area Global Commands Menu-LogOff## -- Logoff Menu. Menu-LogOff_FF## -- Options for handling flagged files at logoff. Menu-MassMail## -- Mass Mail Menu. Menu-MsgArea## -- Message Commands Menu-MsgEditNormal## -- Message editor menu - normal menu Menu-MsgEditSysop## -- Message editor menu - sysop menu Menu-MsgReadNormal## -- Message reading prompt menu - normal menu Menu-MsgReadSysop## -- Message reading prompt menu - sysop menu Menu-MsgScan## -- Message scanning menu Menu-NewFileScan## -- New Files Scan from Date prompt menu Menu-NewUser -- Menu of New User Options Menu-PMail## -- Personal Mail Menu Menu-UserListNormal## -- User List Command Menu (Normal Access). Menu-UserListSysop## -- User List Command Menu (Sysop Access). Menu-Voting -- Menu of Voting booth options. Menu-ViewLogs## -- View Logs menu. Password Prompt Text Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pass-NewUser -- Displayed before new user password prompt Pass-RemoteShell## -- Displayed before Remote Shell Password Prompt Pass-SysopCommands## -- Displayed before Sysop Commands Password Prompt Pass-SystemEntry -- Displayed before the System Password Prompt Normal Text Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text-Birthday -- Displayed to user's on their birthday. Text-Countries -- Country Codes List Text-EnterChat -- Displayed when entering chat Text-ExitChat -- Displayed when exiting chat Text-GoodArchive -- Displayed after a file has been uploaded and passed the archive check. Not displayed if the BatchULBP.mod is in use. Text-Joined -- After joining BBS Text-JoinedFileArea -- displayed when a user joins the file area and they have the 'file stats display' disabled Text-Joining -- Joining the BBS txt file Text-Logon -- Logon screen Text-Logoff## -- Logoff text Text-MsgNextCaller## -- Message left to next caller Text-NewUserQuestions -- Text displayed just before sysop defined new user questions are asked. Text-PreConnect -- Displayed before connect information on logon. Text-PostConnect -- Displayed after connect info, and before ansi y/n prompt. Text-PostLogon -- Post Logon Text, displayed directly after a user logs on with valid password. Text-States -- State Codes List Text-SystemInfo## -- Info on BBS System's hardware/software Text-Welcome## -- Displayed to all users when logging on Text-[#MONTH]-[#DAY] -- Dated text files. This allows the sysop to define text files to be displayed on certain days of the year. EXAMPLES: Text-12-25 (displayed on Dec 25) Text-01-01 (displayed on new year) Text-07-04 (displayed on July 4th) Warning Text Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warn-BadByteRatio -- Displayed when user has exceeded thier byte ratio. Warn-BadFileRatio -- Displayed when user has exceeded their file ratio. Warn-BatchULBP## -- Displayed after an upload when the Batch Upload BP flag is set on in the System Flags. This text will inform the user that most or all of their uploads have been processed in background and are online. It should also inform the user to please wait while in left over background processor's are running. Warn-CoruptArchive## -- Displayed when a file fails archive check. Warn-CreatedAccount## -- Informs user that their account was auto created and that they must answer the following questions to complete their account info. Warn-DailyExpired## -- User calls in and has no time for the day Warn-LockedOut## -- Displayed to users who you lock out of bbs Warn-LowSecurity## -- Msg to lower access than allowed at that time Warn-LowUploadSpace## -- Displayed when the hd space is getting low for uploads, sysop definable value. Warn-NewSlow -- New user & baud rate too slow Warn-NoDescriptions -- Displayed to users when they have files that need descriptions from a previous call. Warn-NoMoreTime## -- while online and time runs out for the day Warn-NoUploadSpace## -- Displayed when there is not enough hd space for uploads, sysop definable value. Warn-OnAnotherNode## -- Text displayed when user tries to logon 2 nodes. Warn-OverCalled## -- Called TOO many times in one day Warn-PassHacking -- Text displayed when password hacking occurs Warn-ReservedCaller -- Text displayed to user if bbs is waiting for a reserved caller assigned by the sysop. Warn-Sleeptimeout## -- Sleep Timeout text. Warn-SysopUnAvail## -- Sysop not available for chat text. Warn-TooSlow -- Baud rate too slow NUQuestions -- New User Questions/Answers Info. Example Entry: (Q) 2:Where did you get this bbs number? (A) 0: (A) 0: Line 1 is of the question type and tells the BBS that we have 2 answer lines. The next 2 lines are of the answer type, and tell the bbs the minimum number of characters that must be entered on every answer line. Other Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CatList.# --- This is the text file where you define the list of sub file listings that are used in an area. If you don't have any sub file listings, there is no point in having this file for the area. C_Area.# --- Would be the txt file displayed when going to a Conference Area 0-39 (Used instead of M_Area & F_Area if you have your msg/file areas linked together) (EXAMPLE: C_Area.1) M_Area.# --- Would be the txt file displayed when going to Message Area 0-39 (EXAMPLE: M_Area.1) F_Area.# --- Would be the txt file displayed when going to File Area 0-39 (EXAMPLE: F_Area.5) F_Pass.# --- displayed before password to access a file area (#=Area) M_Pass.# --- displayed before password to access a msg area (#=Area) C_Pass.# --- displayed before password to access a conference (#=Area) DownloadInfo.# --- Would be the txt file displayed before downloading in File Area 0-39 (EXAMPLE: DownloadInfo.2) MsgPostInfo.# --- Would be the txt file displayed before posting mail in File Area 0-39 (EXAMPLE: MsgPostInfo.2) UploadInfo.# --- Would be the txt file displayed before Uploading in File Area 0-39 (EXAMPLE: UploadInfo.3) .G --- Any of the above files that have a .g instead of the .x (x=Area) number will be the global default for any areas that don't have their own file. Prompts.set -- Definable Prompts/Text. Refer to the separate Prompts-Docs. __________________________________________________________________________ 3-4 Available files in (RipGfx) Directory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RipGfx directory uses the languages.opt file just like the text dir. So if you use languages you must make sub-directories inside this directory just like you would on the text directory for the languages. Menu-ConfArea.rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rip Graphics Menu File for the Conference Menu, when Msg & File Areas are linked. Menu-MsgArea.rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rip Graphics Menu File for the Message Area Menu. Menu-FileArea.rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rip Graphics Menu File for the File Area Menu. Menu-Doors.rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rip Graphics Menu File for the Doors Menu. Menu-Bulletins.rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rip Graphics Menu File for the Bulletins Menu. YesNoPrompt.rip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rip Graphic Support for Yes/No selections. __________________________________________________________________________ 3-5 Available files in (Optional) Directory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bulletins.opt (Command Definitions) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Define Bulletins & Commands in bulletins area. BadDownloads.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For filenames that you don't want anyone to ever download like: accounts.data, register.data, etc. BadUploads.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For filenames that you don't want anyone to ever upload, or file patterns you want to lock out for filenames. This is global for all areas, below is how to restrict just a single area. BadUploads-X.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Area) Same as above except this file will only be used by the area defined with the x. BypassReserveCaller.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This contains a list of sysops and co-sysops that are allowed to connect to the bbs even if the bbs is in reserve caller mode. CommentToSysop##.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A list of Co-sysops that can get mail when a user does a comment to sysop. Requires Cmds-CommentToSysop in Text directory. Also allows ability to use different ones for different access levels. Doors.opt (Command Definitions) ~~~~~~~~~ Define Doors & Commands in doors area. DownloadPaths.opt (Additional Paths for Downloads/Duplicate Checking) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Additional paths to be searched for files when a user is selecting files for downloading. Also used for searching for duplicate uploads. Global Default File. DownloadPaths-X.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Area) This is so you can define additional paths for one area without having to include additional paths for other areas like you would in the above global downloads.opt. Remember that this file is also used for duplicate upload checking as well. Example for 'DownloadPaths-1.opt' Area 1 additional Paths: GIG1:Area-01/ GIG2:Area-01/ GIG3:Area-01/ Drop_Carrier.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contains connect rates that are not allowed on the bbs. EXAMPLE: CONNECT CONNECT 1200/* These examples would lock out 300 & 1200 Baud from connecting to the bbs. FileIdStrip.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows you to define pattern matches for locking out unwanted text from the file descriptions. This works if user's type the descriptions manually or if there is a file_id file found. All patterns will be automatically not used in the online description. Examples: *Uploaded*by* *Call*BBS* *Spreaded*by* FileListing.opt (Command Definitions) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Redefines file listing prompt commands. FileMenu.opt (Command Definitions) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Redefines file base commands. FreeDownloads.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows you to have pattern matching for filenames that you would like to be automatically free downloads! Like a certain prefix or extension. Example: *.iff *.txt GlobalMenu.opt (Command Definitions) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows you to define global commands for doors, modules, printing text files, etc. MACRO & FORCE commands will NOT be valid in this file! CLONE command is only valid if you are cloning a GLOBAL command. Languages.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Defines the different languages you wish to have on your system. All new languages should be added to the end of the list. Example: English French German Italian - Only define these languages in the .opt file, if you have a sub-directory already created for that language and all text files within it. - If the languages.opt file is not found, Tempest will look for text files in the root directory of Text directory. - The first language in the Languages.opt will be the default language. MainMenu.opt (Command Definitions) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Redefines message base commands. Members-X.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Currently used as a bypass for NonMembers.opt files. Members.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~ Same as above, just global for all nodes, not used if there is a Members-X.opt for the node. NonMembers-X.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Lock out certain users from a node with user names in a text file. Just make a simple text file with a list of users to lock out. NonMembers.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Same as above, just global for all nodes, not used if there is a NonMembers-X.opt for the node. MsgReading.opt (Command Definitions) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Redefines message reading prompt commands. Names.opt ~~~~~~~~~ Locked out handles that are not allowed such as: SYSOP, ALL, etc. Passwords.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Locked out passwords that no user is allowed to use. Such as easy to hack passwords or common passwords. Sysop_vol.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This file contains all paths that will be allowed to be downloaded from in sysop downloading or for local uploading. UploadPaths.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Additional upload storage paths. The paths defined in this file will be used if the original path for a file area is full and there is no room for storing the file on that hd. In that case the bbs will scan this file, checking the paths to see if there is room to store the file and will place it in the first path that has room. UploadPaths-X.opt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Area) Same as above except this file will only be used by the area defined with the x. __________________________________________________________________________ 3-6 Available files in (Scripts) Directory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AfterUpload-X.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Script executed after an upload or batch upload. AfterUpload.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Default AfterUpload batch file if there is no node specific script defined. LoadFax-X.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Script activated when an incoming fax is detected. If there is no loadfax scripts, then the fax will be ignored. - In this script you place the arexx interface command to interface the fax software with the modem. One will be provided for GVPFax. LoadFax.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Default LoadFax batch file if there is no node specific script defined. LoadTerm-X.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Script activated when you hit HELP Key while waiting for a call. Loads your Term up and will put bbs back online when you quit the term. You may have to use the pause util in the script if the term detaches itself from the script this is run from. LoadTerm.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Default LoadTerm batch file if there is no node specific script defined. LogOff-X.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Script executed when a user logs off the BBS. LogOff.bat ~~~~~~~~~~ Default Logoff batch file if there is no node specific script defined. RemoteShell-X.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Script executed when you enter remote shell through the bbs. These are like your shell-startup scripts. Can have a different one for every node. RemoteShell.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Default RemoteShell batch file if there is no node specific script defined. Startup-X.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Script executed when a node is loaded/started up. Startup.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~ Script executed when a node is loaded/started up. ShutDown-X.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (X=Node) Script executed when a node is shut down normally. ShutDown.bat ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Script executed when a node is shut down normally. __________________________________________________________________________ 3-7 Module Directory Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A) ArcCheck.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Needed for archive checking, striping, & adding For docs on archive checker, see APPENDIX F - Archive Checking. B) BatchULBP.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Batch Upload Background Processor Module. This module will put files online in the background while a user is still uploading more files. This option is controlled with a system flag (on/off). C) BBSConfig.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBSConfig program loaded through the bbs Completely config the BBS from remotely. See BBSConfig-Docs for information on this module. D) FileArc.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Archive & Download File Listings Uses CD/Dat Temporary path for temporary files. - Module activated with 'AF' Global Command. - Can now archive file listings from a date. E) FLEdit.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ File Listing Editor (Edit File Descriptions and other info) F) InternodeController.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perform functions remotely to other nodes, following can be done: o Kick a user off the bbs. o Abort a user's transfers. o Change a user's online time. o Reset computer. o Shutdown a node. o Reserve a node for a caller. - Module activated with 'IC' Global Command. G) InternodeLineChat.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internode Line Chat Module (CB Module) for multiple users to chat with other users online. H) InternodeLiveChat.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internode Live Chat one on one. A user can chat with another user on another node in real time. The users both see what the other types immediately after he types a character. - Module activated with 'CHAT' Global Command. CTRL-P = Page a user to invite them to enter chat. CTRL-R = Enter Private Rooms. CTRL-S = Send private text to a user already in chat. CTRL-W = Who is online. CTRL-X = Exit Chat. I) InternodeMsgSend.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send internode messages from one user to another user on another node. Supports sending a message to every user online at once. Supports a built in who is online display. - Module activated with 'OLM' Global Command. J) MsgArc.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Archive & Download Messages Uses CD/Dat Temporary path for temporary files. - Module activated with 'AM' Global Command. K) Nuke.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~ Nuke Module for killing files offline and taking credits. L) UserEditor.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lets users change some of their personal data and terminal settings. M) UserStatus.mod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Online User stats display. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER IV - Commands __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4-1 Function Keys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A) While the BBS is waiting for a Caller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F1 -- Sysop Logon ~~~~~~~~~~~ Sysop logon as the sysop, slot 1. This by-passes the logon screens, system passwords, and handle/password entry. F2 -- Local Logon ~~~~~~~~~~~ Local logon as any user. Can use the Local Login password override so you don't have to know the user's password to logon as them. F3 -- Open Shell ~~~~~~~~~~ Open a new shell. F4 -- Reset Modem ~~~~~~~~~~~ Resets the modem with the reset string. F5 -- Extra Tools Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 - Reserve A Caller 2 - Instant Connect (From Voice Call) 3 - Enable Serial Routines 4 - Disable Serial Routines F6 -- Toggle Operator Page On/Off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F7 -- Account Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F8 -- Load BBS Data ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F9 -- Exit the BBS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ F10 -- Exit the BBS Off Hook (Busy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HELP - Execute Term Software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Executes a script 'LoadTerm-x.bat' (X=Node) which is used to autoload your term. Then once you quit the term the bbs goes back online automatically. May need to use pause program if your term auto runs in the background. This script is located in the Tempest scripts directory. B) While a caller is on the BBS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F1 -- Enter / Exit Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F2 -- Add 5 Minutes to the Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F3 -- Remove 5 Minutes of Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F4 -- Turn Serial Input/Output On/Off on user ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This locks the user so he does not see anything and can not type as well, this way the sysop can perform operations on the bbs and the user doesn't see any of it. F5 -- Remove/Add User Status Bar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This will remove / add the user status bar that shows selective info about the user online. F6 -- Toggle Operator Page On/Off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F7 -- Edit Account of user online ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A please hold message will be displayed to the user while you are editing his account. F8 -- Load BBS Data ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F9 -- Kick user off the BBS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F10 -- Temporary Sysop Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To temporarily grant sysop access to a User, or remove it. If user logs off the bbs the bbs will automatically remove the temporary sysop access. Also any account editing while temporary sysop access is on will not be saved! This sysop access will also be removed after selecting files for a sysop download. HELP - Capture Log On/Off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________________________________ 4-2 Pull Down Menus & HotKeys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System Menu .------------------------------. | Sysop Login | | Local Login | | Send Carrier | | Account Editor | | ./ Sysop Available [A] P | | Shell [A] N | | Re-Load Data [A] L | | ./ Capture Log [A] V | | ./ Printer Dump | | About Tempest | |------------------------------| | Quit Node [A] Q | `------------------------------' User Menu (Only usable while a user is online) .------------------------------. | Chat (Enter/Exit) |--> .-----------------. | Add time [A] + | | Normal Chat | | Remove Time [A] - | | Horizontal Chat | | Edit User Online [A] E | | Vertical Chat | | ./ Sysop Access [A] S | `-----------------' | Display Text File to User | | Send File to User | |------------------------------| | Drop User [A] D | `------------------------------' Screen Menu .-------------------------------. | Iconify BBS [A] I | | ./ Status Window [A] B | | ./ Half Size | | ./ Use Workbench Screen | | Font | | Screen Mode | `-------------------------------' __________________________________________________________________________ 4-3 Global Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [*] = Commands that are considered Sysop Related in nature. [ AF ] - Archive File Listings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will call the external module FileArc.mod to archive and download file listings. - Archive files from date support. - Local Downloading to path ability. _______________________________________________________________________ [ AM ] - Archive Messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will call the external module MsgArc.mod to archive and download messages. - Local Downloading to path ability. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ CA ] - Create Account ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fast way for a sysop to create a new account, asks for user's handle, password and a preset to give the user for access. When the user logs on with his auto created account, they will be asked to fill out the rest of their account information. _______________________________________________________________________ [ CF ] - Clear Flagged Files: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clear / UnMark all flagged files. _______________________________________________________________________ [ CHAT ] - Internode Live Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows users to chat live with other users on other nodes. Command calls external module: InternodeLiveChat.mod _______________________________________________________________________ * [ CONFIG ] - Load BBS Config Module ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a command to load the BBSConfig.mod file and edit bbs settings. - A special password can be defined for extra security. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ DIR ] - Directory: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows a user to enter a path and bring up the directory listing of that path. _______________________________________________________________________ [ DL ] - Download Flagged Files: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Download Flagged Files Only. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ DOS ] - Remote Shell: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows a user to enter a shell just as if he was on the system operator's computer. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - This command will be password protected, using the Remote Shell password in the BBSConfig. If the sysop has not defined a password then the bbs will not allow anyone into the command. This option requires a password no matter what! - When entered, the bbs will check the S: directory for a script called TempestNode-x (x=Node), and will execute a new shell using that script, if it exists. - To exit the shell just simply type EndCli and you are back to the bbs once again. - Entry of the shell will be recorded in the Sysop Activity Log. _______________________________________________________________________ [ DR ] - Doors Area: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this area the user can enter whatever doors the sysop has installed. - The Doors are defined in the Doors.opt file in the Optional directory. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ DS ] - Sysop Download: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows a user to download files from the hard drives that are not listed in the file listings. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - This command will be password protected if the sysop has defined a sysop commands password in the BBSConfig. - User flag for controlling whether a user can download from any path or just paths listed in the Sysop_Vol.opt file in the Optional Directory. So with the Sysop_Vol.opt & if user doesn't have the download from any path user flag on, you can restrict where users can download from. - You can lock out certain files from being downloaded with the BadDownloads.opt file in the Optional directory. In this file you can enter filenames you don't want anyone being able to download. Such as: Accounts.data and Register.data. - Entry of the sysop download will be recorded in the Sysop Activity Log. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ ED ] - Edit a text file: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lets a sysop edit a text file from the hard drive, such as a script or startup-sequence. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - This command will be password protected if the sysop has defined a sysop commands password in the BBSConfig. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - Entry of the editor will be recorded in the Sysop Activity Log. _______________________________________________________________________ [ FM ] - Private File Mail: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows users to send private files to each other just like they would in a message base except they are posting files instead. This is also where you go to download files sent to you. Commands: [ S ] Send File Mail to a User. [ V ] View File Mail sent to you. [ C ] Check File Mail you have sent. * [ L ] List All File Mail (Sysop Option). [ Q ] Quit back to main menu. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ G ] - Goodbye (Logoff BBS): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command logs the user off the bbs. - If the user still has flagged files they will be prompted if they are sure about logging off. If they logoff their flagged files will remained flagged for their next call to the system. - If the user has incomplete uploads the bbs will prompt them asking if they want to logoff still. - If the user selected not to see the Text-logon upon logging on then the logoff text will not be displayed either. - If the sysop has the global flag on and your personal user flag is on you will be prompted if you want to leave a message to the next caller before logging off. - If the sysop has turned it on, the user will go to a Logoff menu where they can, select from following menu: [ L ] Leave comment to sysop. [ M ] Message to next caller. [ N ] No, don't log off. [ R ] Re-Logon [ Y ] Yes, Log off [Default]. _______________________________________________________________________ [ H ] - Help Text Display: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will display the current area's help text. - Command requires the proper help text file for the area the user is in to display information. _______________________________________________________________________ [ I ] - System Information: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ File: Text-SystemInfo This command will display to the user information on the BBS system's hardware/software setup, or anything the sysop feels he wants to display in the text file. - Command requires Text-SystemInfo file in the TEXT directory. - The sysop can define separate Text-Systeminfo files by adding the security levels at the end. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ IC ] - Internode Controller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows sysops to control other nodes from remotely. Sysops have option to kick users off nodes, abort transfers, shutdown nodes, reboot computer. Command calls external module: InternodeController.mod _______________________________________________________________________ [ INV ] - Invisible Mode (On/Off): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lets user toggle the Invisible Mode On/Off. In invisible mode the user will be hidden from other users seeing him online in the who is online displays. - This option can be turned on/off globally by the sysop to prevent anyone from hiding. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ LF ] - List Flagged Files: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows you to view, select, de-select flagged files. - Ranges Supported. - Wildcards supported (*,?). [C] - Clear All Flagged Flies. [L] - List / De-Select Flagged Files. _______________________________________________________________________ [ MM ] - Mass Mail Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows sysops to post mass mail to many users with restrictions. Commands: [ R ] Read Mass Mail. * [ E ] Enter Mass Mail. [ C ] Comment to Sysop. * [ K ] Kill/Reset Mass Mail File. (Deletes all mass mail) [ S ] Scan Mail. With this option the user can scan msg headers and message body text for a given string. [ G ] Goodbye/Logoff. [ Q ] Quit back to Main Menu. [ ? ] Brings up the menu. Restriction Abilities: (Any Combination) - Can restrict msg by State Code. - Can restrict msg by Country Code. - Can restrict msg by minimum access level. - Can restrict msg by maximum access level. - Can restrict msg by minimum age. - Can restrict msg by maximum age. _______________________________________________________________________ [ MU ] - Mute Internode Messages: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows user to turn on/off the ability of other users to send internode messages to the user. _______________________________________________________________________ [ NF ] - New File Global Scan: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows a user to view all the new files uploaded to the system since their last call. - Does not work from file listing prompt however. _______________________________________________________________________ [ NM ] - New Mail Global Read: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows a user to view all the new messages posted to the system since the last time they read mail. All un-read messages will be displayed. - Does not work from msg reading prompt however. _______________________________________________________________________ [ O ] - Page System Operator: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command pages the system operator for a chat by the user. - There is a system flag set by the sysop that will allow/disallow the user to enter a reason for the chat. - If a user pages the sysop more than the allowed maximum per call, the bbs will inform them the maximum pages has been reached and tell them to post mail to the sysop. The maximum value is definable by the sysop. - If the sysop has the Sysop Available flag turned off the bbs will search for the text file 'Warn-SyopUnavail' and display it, if not found the bbs will inform the user with a default prompt that the sysop is not around and will not page the sysop. - If the sysop has turned it on, the bbs will ask the user to enter a reason for chat. If the user hits return on this prompt, it aborts the entire operator page. - After a user has paged the sysop, if the sysop does not enter chat, the bbs will add a "C" flag to the server window by the user's handle to inform the sysop that the user has paged him. Also if the node is un-iconified the user's name in the User Status window will change color as well (If the node is using at least 3 bitplanes). - If the sysop enters chat with the user the bbs will display Text-EnterChat (entering chat) and Text-ExitChat (exiting chat), if they exists, if not there are default prompts. - While in chat with a user. CTRL-C allows the user to exit chat himself, if the sysop has allowed such an operation. CTRL-G will sound the beep/bell. CTRL-T will display the current date and time. CTRL-W will display who is on the other nodes. - As soon as the user starts the paging, the bbs will use workbench's sound preferences and will give a single beep, flash, both, or none depending on the preferences. This flash will be displayed on all screens just to let the sysop know that someone has paged them. - All sysop pages are recorded in the callers log along with the reason, if one was given. - When a user pages the sysop, the server will pop up a small window showing who is paging and reason why asking if you want to chat, ignore, send msg to user. _______________________________________________________________________ [ OLM ] - Internode Msg Send ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows users to send internode messages to users on other nodes. Command calls external module: InternodeMsgSend.mod - Support for stacking the node number with the command, 'olm 1'. _______________________________________________________________________ [ PM ] - Personal Mail Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows users to view/scan their personal mail. Commands: [ R ] Read Personal Mail. [ E ] Enter Private Mail to another user. [ C ] Comment to Sysop. [ K ] Kill/Reset your Mail File. (Deletes all your messages) [ S ] Scan Mail. With this option the user can scan msg headers and message body text for a given string. [ G ] Goodbye/Logoff. [ O ] Operator Page. [ Q ] Quit back to Main Menu. [ ? ] Brings up the menu. - When entering this area the bbs will auto scan for any new personal mail files that are unread and display their header. _______________________________________________________________________ [ PW ] - Password Change: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows user to change their password. - User's will not be allowed to enter a password that matches their handle. - BBS will scan the passwords.opt file for invalid passwords locked out by the sysop. _______________________________________________________________________ [ RF ] - Resume Files List ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows a user to view their files that can be resumed and allow the user to delete them. _______________________________________________________________________ [ RL ] - Re-Logon to system: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows a user to Re-Logon to the bbs as if he logged off and recalled. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ RUN ] - Run a DOS program: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows the user to run a dos program in background of the bbs. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - This command will be password protected if the sysop has defined a Remote Shell password in the BBSConfig. - Any activity with this command will be recorded in the Sysop Activity Log. - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. _______________________________________________________________________ [ T ] - Time Display: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will display the current time and date to the user. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ TD ] - Test a Door: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows the sysop to test a doors without having to define them first in one of the .opt files in the Optional directory. You can test Tempest, Paragon, Dos, and Arexx Doors from this command. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - This command will be password protected if the sysop has defined a Remote Shell password in the BBSConfig. - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. _______________________________________________________________________ [ TS ] - Terminal Settings: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MENU ~~~~ Terminal Settings: ( 1) Screen Length: 25 (12) Time Bar: (Now On) ( 2) Screen Width: 80 (13) MsgBase Info: (Now On) ( 3) Language: English (14) Msg SCR Clears: (Now On) ( 4) Msg Editor Type: FullScreen (15) File SCR Clears: (Now On) ( 5) Who Prefs: Deluxe (16) Ask Read PMail: (Now On) ( 6) File Scan Prefs: Classic ( 7) Ansi Color: (Now On) ( 8) Ansi Type: Rip Graphics ( 9) Help Level: (Now Off) (10) U/L Protocol: /T\ Internal ZModem (11) D/L Protocol: /T\ Internal Hydra Bi-Directional (M) Turn Msg Bases On/Off (L) Logon Flags (F) Turn File Bases On/Off (S) Signatures EXPLANATIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Screen length/height that the user can see on his screen. 2) Screen width that the user can see on his screen. 3) Language the user has chosen. 4) Message Editor type, (Line Editor or Full Screen). 5) Type of who display the user has chosen. 6) File Scan mode the user has chosen. 7) Ansi Color On/Off. 8) Ansi Type (Normal Ansi, Amiga Ansi, IBM Ansi, Rip Graphics) 9) Help level, type of help a user gets from the bbs. 10) Selected Upload Protocol. 11) Selected Download Protocol. 12) Turns time bar that is displayed over main prompts on or off. 13) Turns msg base stats on/off for the user. 14) Turns screen clears on/off between messages. 15) Turns screen clears on/off between screens in the file listings. 16) Gives user a prompt upon logon, asking if they want to check their personal mail now or later. M) Allows a user to turn On/Off Msg Areas. F) Allows a user to turn On/Off File Areas. L) Logon Flags that lets the user define what they see when they logon. S) Define Msg and/or File Signatures. Msg Signatures are auto added to the end of all messages posted by the user. File Signatures are auto added to the end of file descriptions of every file uploaded by the user. _______________________________________________________________________ [ UL ] - User List Menu: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will show a list of all users who have access to the current area the user is in and are matched by one of the following patterns. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - Another User Flag controls whether or not a user can access the sysop related functions on the second half of the menu. User List Pattern Matching Normal Options: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) By Alias 5) By Country Code 2) By Real Name 6) By Computer Type 3) By City 7) By Age 4) By State Code 8) By Gender * User List Pattern Matching Sysop Options: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11) By Access Level 15) By Area Access 12) By Normal Flags 16) By File Ratio 13) By Sysop Flags 17) By Byte Ratio 14) By Sysop Comment Select Pattern Matching Type: - Wild Card support on strings. - Range Support on Access Levels and Age. _______________________________________________________________________ [ US ] - User Settings: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows user to edit his personal Data. Personal Data: 1) Alias: MyAlias 8) Voice Phone#: 555-555-5555 2) Real Name: John Smith 9) Data Phone#: 555-555-5555 3) Address: 5555 - 55th Street 10) Computer(s): A3000 Tower 4) City: Des Moines 11) Birth Date: Jun 15, 1968 5) State: IA 12) Gender: Male 6) Zip Code: 55555 7) Country: USA _______________________________________________________________________ [ VER ] - Display BBS Version and Author Info: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Displays the current version of the software and author information. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ VL ] - View/Download Logs: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will allow the user to view callers log(s), sysop activity log(s), and the debug log(s). It will come up with a menu asking which log type you wish to view, then ask which node's log you wish to view. 1) Callers Log(s) 2) Sysop Activity Log(s) 3) De-Bug Log(s) 4) Capture Log(s) 5) Special User Log(s) View which kind of log: (V)iew Log, (R)everse View, (D)ownload Log: - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ VN ] - View New User Applications: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View new user applications. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ WH ] or [ WHO ] - Who is Online: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows a user to view who is on the other nodes. - Choice of 5 different internal displays, each user chooses which they want to have displayed by selecting the format in Terminal Settings menu. - Command uses internal routine, if you wish to replace it with an external door, you will have to edit the .opt files for the areas you want the command re-defined. - Users can hide from this display with [Q]uiet mode command. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ WHM ] - Who is Online/Monitor Mode: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows a user to view who is on the other nodes over and over in a monitor type mode. Simply hitting any key will stop the monitor mode. _______________________________________________________________________ [ Y ] - Your Online Stats: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Displays information on your account such as calls, posts, uploads, downloads, area access, and other info. - Command requires UserStatus.mod Module to be in your modules directory. _______________________________________________________________________ [ ? ] - Display Menu: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Displays the current area's menu of commands. _______________________________________________________________________ [ ?? ] - Display Global Commands Menu: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FILE: Menu-GlobalCommands Displays the Global Commands Menu. Text Directory File: Menu-GlobalCommands _______________________________________________________________________ [ / ] - Change File Listing View Mode: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are currently 7 different view modes for viewing the file listings. View Mode #1 - Browse: Heavy Verbose ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Mode #2 - Browse: Light Verbose ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Mode #3 - Scan: (Filenames 4 Across) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Mode #4 - Scan: (Standard) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Mode #5 - Scan: (Classic) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Mode #6 - Scan: (Simple) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Mode #7 - Scan: (Compressed) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________________________________ [ CURSOR UP ARROW ] - Scroll upward in command history buffer: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows you to scroll upward through your previously entered commands on the bbs. _______________________________________________________________________ [ CURSOR DOWN ARROW ] - Scrolls downward in command history buffer: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows you to scroll downward through your previously entered commands on the bbs. _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4-4 Message / File Area Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * [ AE ] - User Account Editor: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows a user to edit other user's accounts. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - This command will be password protected if the sysop has defined a sysop commands password in the BBSConfig. - It is impossible for anyone to edit the system operator's account except for the system operator. - Passwords will not be seen in the account editor if a user is in the editor remotely. - More info is provided in the Account Editor Section of the docs. _______________________________________________________________________ [ B ] - Bulletins Area: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this area the user can view any bulletin the sysop has made. - The Bulletins are defined in the Bulletins.opt file in the Optional directory. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ J ] - Join Area: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command lets a user switch from one area to another. Works in both Message and File areas. - Upon entering a new area the bbs scans for new messages in that area that are addressed to you. - You can do some command stacking with this command and include the number of the area on the same line with a space in between like so: J 5 _______________________________________________________________________ [ L ] - Leave Feedback to Sysop: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command lets the user leave private E-Mail to the sysop. - If commenttosysop.opt file is in use in the Optional directory, you can setup multiple sysops so the user can select which sysop to leave mail to. The CommentToSysop.opt file handles the list of sysops (Normal Sysop Excluded from list) and the Cmds-CommentToSysop in the text directory is where you have the menu setup. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ SE ] - Self Edit: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows a user to edit his own account since a user can not edit his own account in the normal account editor. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - Entry of the self edit will be recorded in the Sysop Activity Log. _______________________________________________________________________ [ * ] - List Message/File Areas: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows a user to view which areas he has access to with a description of the area. _______________________________________________________________________ [ > ] - Go to next higher available area: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Move to next higher available area the user has access to. _______________________________________________________________________ [ < ] - Go to next lower available area: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Move to next lower available area the user has access to. _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4-5 Message Area Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [*] = Commands that are considered Sysop Related in nature. [ E ] - Enter a Message: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command lets a user enter a message on the bbs system. The message can be public, private, anonymous, to all users, forwarded, or password protected. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - You can stack the user's name to enter mail to like so: e User's Name This will put the name given into the TO: prompt automatically. - To post a public message simply hit return or enter 'ALL' when asked who you want to send the message to. - To post a private message enter the name of the user you would like to send mail to and select 'Y' yes when asked if you want to make the message private. - To post anonymous message, if the system flag allows it and the user's user flag is set to yes, you simply select 'Y' yes when asked if you want it anonymous. * - To post priority messages (message to all users) you enter 'EALL' when asked who to enter message to. User must have user flag on to be able to do this command. - To post password protected messages, if sysop allows it and the user's flag is on, you simply say 'y' yes to the prompt asking if you want it password protected. - When asked who to enter a message to if you enter a pattern with a '*' wildcard the bbs will go through all accounts finding matches and asking the user if that is who he wants to post mail to. - See also section on message editor. _______________________________________________________________________ [ FB ] - Goto File Base: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will take you to the File Base Area. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ R ] - Read Message(s): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - See also section on Message Reading Commands. _______________________________________________________________________ [ SM ] - Message Scanning Area: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows a user to scan through a message base with different options to find the message(s) they are looking for. SCAN OPTIONS: [1] All message(s) to you. [2] Your message(s) that you have not read. [3] Enter text to be searched for (Zippy Search for messages) This option will let you scan through the message headers or if you choose it will also scan through the entire message body as well!!! This will show you all messages that are not private. [4] Message(s) written by you. [5] Message(s) from and to you. [6] Messages you wrote that have not been read. _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4-6 File Area Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [*] = Commands that are considered Sysop Related in nature. [ D ] - Download files: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - File numbers or file names accepted. - Ranges Supported. - Wildcards supported (*,?). * Local downloading file(s): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is now possible to local download files on Tempest. If you want to flag files that you would like to look at you can then go to download them and the bbs will ask for a destination path to copy the files to. Also useful for flagging files and sending them to a path to upload to another bbs. - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. _______________________________________________________________________ [ F ] - View files (QuickMode): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ * [ LU ] - Local upload a file(s): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Local upload file(s) from your hard drive to your file listings. - This is considered a Sysop option and should only be given to those you trust. - This command will be password protected if the sysop has defined a sysop commands password in the BBSConfig. - If the file Sysop_Vol.opt exists in the optional directory, then the path the user enters, must be in the list of paths in the sysop_vol.opt file. If it is not then the bbs will not allow the local upload to continue. If the sysop_vol.opt file does not exist then the user can local upload from any path. - Wildcards supported (*,?). - File_ID.diz (Auto Descriptions) detection supported. - Archive Checking supported. - Area selection supported (if sysop has it the flag on) - Has built in protection to prevent users from local uploading the accounts.data or the register.data. - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. - ASL requester supports multiple selection at a time. - Support for mass local uploding options for making it fully automated without the sysop having to input answers to questions on every file. _______________________________________________________________________ [ MB ] - Goto Message Base: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will take you to the Message Base Area. _______________________________________________________________________ [ N ] - New files from a date: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - N S U = New Files Since Last Call. - N Y U = New Files Since Yesterday. - N T U = New Files Since Today. - N -5 U = New Files since 5 days back. _______________________________________________________________________ [ R ] - Read a text file: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ RZ ] - Direct Upload: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command will throw the BBS into Direct Upload. Usually started by the user just starting his upload without selecting a command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ U ] - Upload files: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. - A list of previous uploads that can be resumed will be displayed directly after the upload free space info. - Upload resuming is fully automatic on Tempest, the user doesn't have to worry about selecting to resume, the bbs detects incoming files and checks for resumable files automatically. _______________________________________________________________________ [ V ] - View Archive Contents: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows the user to view the contents of an archive or in some formats even let them test the archive for errors on line. - A User Flag controls whether or not a user can access this command. _______________________________________________________________________ [ Z ] - Zippy Search for a file: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will search through the file listing for given pattern. - Multiple Searches at once supported, up to 10 patterns at once! - Wildcards supported (*,?). - When entering this command the bbs will search for Cmds-zippysearch file in the text directory and display it if it is found. - If user searches for filenames including a '.' in the pattern, the bbs will search through the catalog index files only and the speed is unreal compared to searching through the massive catalog files. _______________________________________________________________________ [ ZU ] - Zippy Search for all files uploaded by a certain user: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zippy search through the listing for all files uploaded by given uploader name. - Wildcards supported (*,?). _______________________________________________________________________ [ + ] - Change direction of file scan to old->new: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When selecting this the file listing will go forward from old to new when you enter (F) for quick mode. _______________________________________________________________________ [ - ] - Change direction of file scan to new->old: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When selecting this the file listing will go backwards from new to old when you enter (F) for quick mode. _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4-7 Message Reading Prompt Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [*] = Commands that are considered Sysop Related in nature. [ A ] -- Read Message Again. [ C ] -- Copy message from one area to another (NOT IMPLEMENTED) [ D ] -- Delete Message (if message is not locked). [ E ] -- Re-Edit the message over in the message editor. Can only edit your own messages unless you have sysop flag for that area, then you can edit all of them. * [ EH ] - Edit Message Header - TO, FROM, SUBJECT, Msg Type, etc * [ F ] -- Forward message to another user [ H ] -- Help text explaining all commands. * [ L ] -- Lock/Unlock a message from deletion * [ M ] -- Move message to another msg area. (NOT IMPLEMENTED) [ NS ] - Non stop message reading (CTRC-C to abort) * [ P ] -- Put/Save file to a path*filename - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. [ Q ] -- Quit message reading [ R ] -- Reply to message [ S ] -- Scan Mail. With this option the user can scan msg headers that have just the msg #, to, from, subject, and number of lines long the message is. This makes it fast and easy to scan mail quick to read only what you want to read. * [ TA ] - Trace/Display author of msg [ TM ] - Touch Message, Return it to Un-Read Status. Used when 2 users use the same account and one user is reading mail intended for the other person using the account. [ X ] -- Download Current Message. [ ? ] -- Displays command listing / menu. [ - ] -- Change direction of message scan to backwards [ + ] -- Change direction of message scan to forward * [ ! ] -- Edit account of user that posted current displayed message (account editing) __________________________________________________________________________ 4-8 Message Line Editor Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Tabs implemented. - Can backspace on the first character of a line to go back to previous line! - Can setup the editor to give command line when hitting return on a blank line or you can toggle a switch to make it accept '/' or '.' on the first character of each line.. and return just goes to next line. - Message Editor supports 75 characters across by 100 lines down. [*] = Commands that are considered Sysop Related in nature. (A)bort - Abort the entire message being entered. (C)ontinue - Continue with the editing of the message. (D)elete - Delete line(s) from the editor. Ranges Supported! (E)dit - Edit a line in the editor. (F)ileAttach- Save current message and attach files to it. (I)nsert - Insert a line of text in between / before another line. (L)ist - List entire message. (N)ew - Re-Start the entire message over, erasing all text entered. (Q)uote - Quote part of the previous message that is being replied to. This option is only available when replying to a message. (S)ave - Save current message being entered. (V)isual Ed - Visual Editor Toggle. This allows the user to change between line editor and full screen visual editor. If the user is in the line editor, they move to the visual editor, if they are in visual editor, they move to the line editor. * (G)et - Get text file and bring it into message editor. Sysop only option! - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. * (P)ut - Put text to a file on the harddrive. Sysop only option! - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. (X)fer - Upload the message. - Supports ASL File Requester in local mode. [BACKSPACE] - On first position of a line if you hit backspace the cursor jumps back to previous line to edit it. __________________________________________________________________________ 4-9 Message Full Screen Editor Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ CTRL-C ] - is used to exit editor and bring up command line prompt with commands listed above in the line editor commands. [ CTRL-K ] - Kill / Delete current line in editor. [ CTRL-S ] - is used to save message and exit. __________________________________________________________________________ 4-10 File Listing Prompt Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [*] = Commands that are considered Sysop Related in nature. * [ C ] --- Copy file entry and/or file to another file area * [ CM ] -- Catalog Maintance options menu. [ D ] --- Download files [ E ] --- Edit file descriptions or other file info (Uses FLEdit.mod Module in Modules Directory) * [ EX ] -- Exchange 2 file entries in the file listing [ F ] --- Flag/Mark files for downloading [ H ] --- Help text explaining all commands. * [ K ] --- Delete files from listing, hard drive, or both then you have the ability to remove credits. Also ability to lock file out so no one can upload it again. (Uses Nuke.mod Module in Modules Directory) [ L ] --- List flagged/marked files * [ M ] --- Move file entry and/or file to another file area [ N ] --- Stop/Quit file listing [ NS ] -- Non Stop file listing -(CTRC-C to abort) ** [ P ] --- Protect Files. Can protect them from deletion or protect them from being edited. [ Q ] --- Stop/Quit file listing [ R ] --- Read/Display text file * [ S ] --- Sysop validate a file [ U ] --- Upload files [ V ] --- View archive contents (View/Test/Read Inside/Download Inside) Once in this command you have different options available for various formats. Possible functions are: (V)iew Archive Contents. (T)est Archive. (R)ead Test file inside archive. (D)ownload file inside archive. (A)bort. [ X ] --- Display extended file description on a file [ ? ] --- Displays commands listing / menu. [ - ] --- Change direction of scan to backwards [ + ] --- Change direction of scan to forward [ / ] --- Change type of file listing view mode -(7 Modes) * [ ! ] --- Edit user account of an uploader of a file. (account editing) __________________________________________________________________________ 4-11 New User Menu Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ R ] --- Register (Fill out application) [ G ] --- Guest Account [ E ] --- Re-Enter your name [ D ] --- Disconnect (Hang Up) __________________________________________________________________________ 4-12 Download Flagged Files Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This menu comes up right before downloading files when you have flagged files. These are commands that can be performed with your flagged file list. [ U ] --- Unflag Individual Files. Allows user to answer Yes/No/All/Done prompt on every file in the flagged file list to de-select any files they don't want to download and don't want to remain flagged. [ S ] --- Select Individual Files From List to Download. This option does same as above command, except it does NOT de-flag the files, it preserves them for your next download. [ N ] --- No, don't download flagged Files, return. Don't download any files and return to main menu prompt. [ C ] --- No, don't download & CLEAR OUT flagged files. Don't download any files and erase all flagged files. [ L ] --- List flagged files. Has option to de-select any of the flagged files in the list. [ RETURN KEY ] --- Download all Flagged Files. __________________________________________________________________________ 4-13 Command Stacking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Command Stacking on New Files Search: [ N ] = New Files command [ N S ] = 'S' Since Last Call [ N T ] = 'T' Since Today [ N Y ] = 'Y' Since Yesterday [ N -x ] = '-x' Since so many days back, example: N -2 U [ N 01-01-93 ] = '01-01-93' Actual Date to scan from [ N S U ] = 'U' = Upload Directory [ N S A ] = 'A' = All file listings in this area [ N S G ] = 'G' = Global Scan of all conferences [ N S U NS ] = 'NS' = Nonstop file listing. - Command Stacking for Zippy Search: [ Z ] = Search command [ Z file.dms ] = Search for "file1.dms" [ Z file.dms U ] = Search for "file1.dms" in upload directory [ Z file.dms U NS ] = Search for "file1.dms" in upload directory with nonstop listing __________________________________________________________________________ 4-14 Re-Defining Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OPTIONAL MENU EDITOR FOR RE-DEFINING COMMANDS Guide Lines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. These file are optional, but if used they must be located in the OPTIONAL DIRECTORY for Tempest to find them. 2. These are the areas of the BBS in which you may define your commands. a. The Main Menu Area. Actual File name: MainMenu.opt b. The File Area. Actual File name: FileMenu.opt c. The Doors Area. Actual File name: Doors.opt d. The Bulletins Area. Actual File name: Bulletins.opt e. The File Listing Prompt Actual File name: FileListing.opt f. The Msg Reading Prompt Actual File name: MsgReading.opt g. Any of hte above prompts Actual File name: GlobalMenu.opt 3. Any line that does not start with the '[' is considered a comment to the BBS. Syntax. ~~~~~~~ [10-,12N,2,5,1]=NF|MACRO|F;N;;G \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_ Stacked Commands to execute with this command. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_____ Command Type (Explained Below) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_______ Command User actually types for your command. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \________ Limit the command to range of areas. \ \ \ \ * = Disables this security check. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_______ Must have access to this file area # \ \ \ * = Disables this security check. \ \ \ \ \ \______ Must have access to this msg area # \ \ * = Disables this security check. \ \ \ \______ Optional Flag Security Check. \ # + Type, Examle: 22N or 33S \ The Number is Flag Number user must have set on \ Type is 'N' for Normal Flags and \ 'S' for Sysop Related Flags \ * = Disables this security check. \ \____ Access/Security Level Security Check. This is a single/range of security levels that a user must have to use this command. * = Disables this security check. [10-,12N,2,5,1]=NF|MACRO|F;N;;G \\\\\\\\\\ \\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ Stacked commands to be executed. \\\\\\\\\\ \\ \\\\\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\\\ \\ \\\\\ The Type of command (Explained Below) \\\\\\\\\\ \\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\\\ \\ The command the user types at the prompt \\\\\\\\\\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\\\ : A break down of the security needed for command. ~~~~~~~~~~ : They must have a Security level of 10 or higher. : They must have Normal option flag #12 set on. : Access to Message Area #2 : Access to File Area #5 : Limit this command to area 1 only. However, you may use an '*' in the Security Field which would omit that part of the Security Check. An Example Follows. [*,*,2,5,*]=NF|MACRO|F;N;;Y \\\\\\\\\ \\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ Stacked commands to be executed. \\\\\\\\\ \\ \\\\\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\\ \\ \\\\\ The Type of command (Explained Below) \\\\\\\\\ \\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\\ \\ The command the user types at the prompt \\\\\\\\\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\\ : A break down of the security needed for the command. ~~~~~~~~~ : I don't care what security they have. : I don't care what Option Flags they Have. : Access to Message Area #2 : Access to File Area #5 : I don't care what area your in, works in all areas. COMMANDS Available: KILL,PRINT,MACRO,CLONE,T-DOOR,T-DOORL,P-DOOR,P-DOORL, D-DOOR,MODULE,REXX,REXXL,ECHO,FORCE,EXECUTE,DOWNLOAD Command Types ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - CLONE: ~~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = FILES | CLONE | F Tells the BBS to accept the Command 'FILES' and make it do the same thing as the internal 'F' command would have done. - D-DOOR: ~~~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = info | D-DOOR | C:Info If a user types 'info' it will run the info command in C: and display the output just like it would in a regular shell. - DOWNLOAD: ~~~~~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = RIP | DOWNLOAD | DL:Rip.lha With this command you can setup a command to send a file to the user with zmodem. - ECHO: ~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = HELLO | ECHO | Hello World Prints a one liner to the screen. - EXECUTE: ~~~~~~~ Ability to execute a script with a command. [255,*,*,*,*] = UPDATE | EXECUTE |S:UpdateScript.bat - FORCE: ~~~~~ This is a slightly dangerous command. If not used properly it can disable many of your commands. This command is designed ONLY for sysops who have their msg and file areas linked together. Basically this command will take whatever was entered and throw it into the opposite area. So if the user was in the Msg Area and typed in 'D file1.dms' it would normally not work! But if you had the following line at the bottom of your mainmenu.opt file: [*,*,*,*,*] = D | FORCE | .. Then the command 'D' would force the user into the file area and it would then use whatever was on the command line as if you entered it from the file area. Same process works the other way as well. Typical MainMenu.opt file entries: [*,*,*,*,*] = D | FORCE | [*,*,*,*,*] = Z | FORCE | Typical FileMenu.opt file entries: [*,*,*,*,*] = E | FORCE | - KILL: ~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = @ | KILL Removes the '@' command from this prompt. - MACRO: ~~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = rz | MACRO | f;u;; Tells the BBS, if some one starts an upload right here, jump to the file area, and start an upload. [*,*,*,*,*] = NF |MACRO |F;N;;G Tells the BBS to jump to the File Area, and start a 'New' file search globally. - MODULE: ~~~~~~ [10,*,*,*,*] = Edit | MODULE | Config.mod [10,*,*,*,*] = Arc | MODULE | MsgArc.mod [255,39,*,*,*] = Config| MODULE | BBSConfig.mod The above 3 commands would run the modules located in the 'Modules' Directory. - PRINT: ~~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = Rules | PRINT | Bulletins:rules.txt If a person types the command 'Rules' it will display the following text File. - P-DOOR: ~~~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = Time Bank | P-DOOR | Doors:timebank If a user types 'Time Bank' it will run this door, in [partial paragon,*] mode. - P-DOORL: ~~~~~~~ Same as P-DOOR, except it creates an exclusive lock so only 1 node can run the door at a time. - REXX: ~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = Time Bank | REXX | REXX:tbank If a user types 'Time Bank' it will run the Arexx Script Door. - REXXL: ~~~~~ Same as REXX, except it creates an exclusive lock so only 1 node can run the door at a time. - T-DOOR: ~~~~~~ [*,*,*,*,*] = Empire | T-DOOR | Doors:Empire/Empire Runs a Tempest Door, when a user types 'Empire' - T-DOORL: ~~~~~~~ Same as T-DOOR, except it creates an exclusive lock so only 1 node can run the door at a time. [-254,*,*,*,*] = REMOVE OTHER COMMANDS | ; Disables the internal BBS commands with people the security level of ; 254 and below. But the '255' level sysop still has all the internal ; commands. This command placed in your 'optional files' will allow you to disable all the commands that follow this line. Including the BBS's internal commands, so it is very powerful for letting you define your commands. Please note the trailing seperator '|' is mandatory. PLEASE NOTE, this command will ignore all internal BBS commands so if you wish to use them, you must 'clone' them in the optional file before the 'REMOVE OTHER COMMANDS' line. ** NOTE ** All extra comments and blank spaces will slow up the speed of the bbs when it scans through the optional files. So keep your comments, blank lines, and extra spaces to a minimum. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER IX - Account Editor __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 9-1 Account Editor: Main Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ User Slot..: # 1 14> User Status..: Active 1> Alias......: SysopHandle 15> Access Level.: 255 2> Real Name..: John Smith 16> Sex..........: Male 3> Voice Phone: 555-555-5555 17> Preserve.....: Yes 4> Data Phone: 555-555-5555 18> Weed Days....: 0 5> Address....: 5555 55th Street 19> Reduce Days..: 0 6> City.......: Des Moines 20> Reduced Lev..: 0 7> State......: IA 21> File Credits.: 0 8> Country....: USA 22> Byte Credits.: 0 9> Mail Route.: 55555 23> .............: 10> Computer(s): Amiga 3000T 040 24> .............: 11> Birth Date.: Oct 14, 1968 Age: 25 25> Time Left....: 300 12> Password...: User's Password 26> Chat Min Left: 300 13> Comment....: Sysop's Note 27> DL Files Left: 1000 Last Call..: Sat Jan 08 13:16:16 1994 28> DL Bytes Left: 10,000,000 <C> Conferences <TS> Term Settings <L> Period Limits (Limits) <F> File Areas <O> Optional Flags <I> Period Info (Amount Used) <M> Message Areas <P> Presets <T> Totals E)xit, S)ave, R)eActivate, D)el, U)ndo, V)iew App <,>,+,-,? => Commands: ~~~~~~~~ [ # ] --- Number of item you wish to edit. [ C ] --- Edit user's conference access (Both MSG & FILE Areas). [ D ] --- Delete user. [ E ] --- Exit Account Editing with no save. [ F ] --- Edit user's file areas access. [ I ] --- Edit user's period/daily info used. [ L ] --- Edit user's period limits. [ M ] --- Edit user's msg areas access. [ O ] --- Edit user's option flags. [ P ] --- Pre-Define user's access by preset account setups. [ R ] --- Re-Activate user (UnDelete). [ T ] --- Edit user's all time Totals. [ TS ] -- Edit user's Terminal Settings. [ U ] --- Undo all changes. [ V ] --- View New User Applications. [ < ] --- Go backwards 1 account. [ > ] --- Go forward 1 account. [ - ] --- Scan backwards through accounts when hitting return. [ + ] --- Scan forward through accounts when hitting return (Default). [ CR ] -- Return will take you to the next account. Options: ~~~~~~~ 9-1.1 Alias ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.2 Real Name ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.3 Voice Phone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.4 Data Phone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.5 Address ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.6 City ~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.7 State Code ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.8 Country Code ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.9 Mail Route ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.10 Computer(s) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.11 Birth Date & Age ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.12 Password ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.13 Comment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.14 User Status ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.15 Access Level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.16 Sex ~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.17 Preserve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.18 Weed Days ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.19 Reduce Days ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Not working yet) 9-1.20 Reduced Level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Not working yet) 9-1.21 File Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This value is how many file credits a user has before downloads start counting against the user again. This would be used normally for payers who pay for so many files to download. Set the value and it counts down to zero. You would need to put the user on a 2/1 file ratio to enforce the limit when it reaches zero. 9-1.22 Byte Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This value is how many byte credits a user has before downloads start counting against the user again. This would be used normally for payers who pay for so many bytes to download. Set the value and it counts down to zero. You would need to put the user on a 2/1 byte ratio to enforce the limit when it reaches zero. 9-1.23 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.24 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-1.25 Time Left ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the amount of minutes left on the system the user has for the day. 9-1.26 Chat Min Left ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the amount of minutes left in chat system the user has left for the day. 9-1.27 DL Files Left ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the amount of downloadable files left for the day. 9-1.28 DL Bytes Left ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the amount of downloadable bytes left for the day. __________________________________________________________________________ 9-2 Account Editor: Period Limits Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are your limits put on users per period (Day). .---------------. | Period Limits | (111): The Skeleton `---------------' 1> Period Length........: 24 (Hours) (NOT USED YET) 2> Period Type..........: Hours (NOT USED YET) 3> Time Per Period.....: 5,555 (Mins) 4> Chat Time Per Period.: 10 5> Calls Per Period.....: 1,00 6> Msgs Per Period.....: 1,000 7> File Ratio...........: Disabled 8> Byte Ratio...........: 2/1 9> Period File U/L Limit: 1,000 10> Period Byte U/L Limit: 5,000,000 11> Period File D/L Limit: 1,000 12> Period Byte D/L Limit: 5,000,000 __________________________________________________________________________ 9-3 Account Editor: Period Info Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are the amounts used during the period (Day). .---------------------. | Current Period Info | (111): The Skeleton `---------------------' 1> Calls...........: 334 2> Posts...........: 334 3> Uploaded Files..: 100 4> Uploaded Bytes..: 100,000,000 5> Downloaded Files: 100 6> Downloaded Bytes: 100,000,000 7> Chat Time Used..: 555 Mins __________________________________________________________________________ 9-4 Account Editor: Totals Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are the total amounts for a user. .--------. | Totals | (111): The Skeleton `--------' 1> Total Calls...........: 4,736 2> Total Posts...........: 1,793 3> Total Uploaded Files..: 4,776 4> Total Uploaded Bytes..: 4,445,056,679 5> Total Downloaded Files: 1,770 6> Total Downloaded Bytes: 4,334,444,444 7> Total Time Bank Mins..: __________________________________________________________________________ 9-5 Account Editor: Terminal Settings Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .-------------------. | Terminal Settings | (1): The Skeleton `-------------------' 1> Screen Height [5-255]....: 31 2> Screen Width [75-255]....: 80 3> ByPass Idle Time [0-255].: 0 4> Ansi Color On/Off........: 0 5> Ansi Type [norm,ami,ibm].: Amiga Ansi 6> File List View Mode [1-7]: 5 __________________________________________________________________________ 9-6 Account Editor: Msg/File/Conf Access Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MSG = Msg Base Access, FILE = File Base Access, CONF = Conference Access 0 CONF (Y) 20 CONF (N) 1 CONF (S) Amiga 21 CONF (N) 2 CONF (Y) IBM 22 CONF (N) 3 CONF (Y) Macintosh 23 CONF (N) 4 CONF (Y) etc 24 CONF (N) 5 CONF (Y) etc 25 CONF (N) 6 CONF (N) 26 CONF (N) 7 CONF (N) 27 CONF (N) 8 CONF (N) 28 CONF (N) 9 CONF (N) 29 CONF (N) 10 CONF (N) 30 CONF (N) 11 CONF (N) 31 CONF (N) 12 CONF (N) 32 CONF (N) 13 CONF (N) 33 CONF (N) 14 CONF (N) 34 CONF (N) 15 CONF (N) 35 CONF (N) 16 CONF (N) 36 CONF (N) 17 CONF (N) 37 CONF (N) 18 CONF (N) 38 CONF (N) 19 CONF (N) 39 CONF (N) Possible ( ) Flags for above: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Global Flags (Works in all areas) [ N ] --- No access to this area. [ Y ] --- Access to this area. [ S ] --- Sysop access to this area. Msg Base Only Flags [ R ] --- Read messages only access in this msg area. [ W ] --- Write messages only access in this msg area. File Base Only Flags [ U ] --- Upload only access in this file area. [ D ] --- Download only access in this file area. __________________________________________________________________________ 9-7 Account Editor: Normal Related Optional Flags ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1|Msg Base Access....:On 22|Read Mass Mail.....:On 43|View File Listings.:On 2|File Base Access...:On 23|Read Messages......:__ 44|Download Ability...:__ 3|Bulletins Access...:__ 24|Post Messages......:__ 45|Upload Ability.....:__ 4|Doors Area Access..:__ 25|Reply to Messages..:__ 46|View Text Files....:__ 5|Voting Booth Access:__ 26|Post Anonymously...:__ 47|View/Test Archives.:__ 6|File Mail Access...:__ 27|Upload Msg Ability.:__ 48|Uploads Auto Valid.:__ 7|...................:On 28|...................:On 49|Send File Mail.....:On 8|Can Change Alias...:On 29|...................:On 50|CD Rom/Tape Worm...:On 9|Able to Re-Logon...:On 30|Msg To Next Caller.:On 51|Delete Own Files...:On 10|Defeat Page Toggle.:On 31|Forward Own Mail...:On 52|...................:On 11|Defeat Slow Baud...:On 32|Edit Own Mail......:On 53|...................:On 12|Defeat Low Access..:On 33|...................:On 54|...................:On 13|User Listing Menu..:On 34|...................:On 55|...................:On 14|Break Sysop Chat...:__ 35|...................:__ 56|...................:__ 15|View Welcome Screen:On 36|...................:On 57|...................:On 16|View Node Lists....:On 37|...................:On 58|...................:On 17|Internode Msg Send.:On 38|...................:On 59|...................:On 18|Internode Line Chat:On 39|...................:On 60|...................:On 19|Internode Live Chat:On 40|...................:On 61|...................:On 20|Receive Node Msgs..:On 41|...................:On 62|...................:On 21|Ability to Hide....:On 42|Archive Messages...:On 63|Archive Catalogs...:On [A]ll, [N]one, # to change: 9-7.1 Msg Base Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to access msg bases. 9-7.2 File Base Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to access file bases. 9-7.3 Bulletins Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to access bulletins area. 9-7.4 Doors Area Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to access doors area. 9-7.5 Voting Booth Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to access voting booth area. 9-7.6 File Mail Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to access file mail area. 9-7.7 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.8 Can Change Alias ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to change alias or not. 9-7.9 Able to Re-Logon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to re-logon the bbs without logging off. 9-7.10 Defeat Page Toggle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass sysop operator page toggle. 9-7.11 Defeat Slow Baud ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass slow baud security. 9-7.12 Defeat Low Access ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass low access security. 9-7.13 User Listing Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view area user lists. 9-7.14 Break Sysop Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to break out of sysop chat. 9-7.15 View Welcome Screen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view Text-Welcome text on logon. 9-7.16 View Node Lists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view online who displays. 9-7.17 Internode Msg Send ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to send internode msgs. 9-7.18 Internode Line Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to enter internode line chat. 9-7.19 Internode Live Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to enter internode live chat. 9-7.20 Receive Node Msgs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to receive internode msgs from other nodes. 9-7.21 Ability to Hide ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to hide from other nodes. 9-7.22 Read Mass Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to read mass mail. 9-7.23 Read Messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to read messages. 9-7.24 Post Messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to post messages. 9-7.25 Reply to Messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to reply to messages. 9-7.26 Post Anonymously ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to post mail anonymously. 9-7.27 Upload Msg Ability ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to upload msgs. 9-7.28 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.29 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.30 Msg To Next Caller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to leave mail to the next caller upon logging off. 9-7.31 Forward Own Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to forward your own mail to another user. 9-7.32 Edit Own Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to edit own mail. 9-7.33 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.34 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.35 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.36 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.37 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.38 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.39 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.40 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.41 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.42 Archive Messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to archive msg's and download them. 9-7.43 View File Listings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view file listings. 9-7.44 Download Ability ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to download files. 9-7.45 Upload Ability ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to upload files. 9-7.46 View Text Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view/read text files. 9-7.47 View/Test Archives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view/test archives. 9-7.48 Uploads Auto Valid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to upload files and have them be online immediately. 9-7.49 Send File Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to Send private file mail. 9-7.50 CD Rom/Tape Worm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Not implemented yet ] Ability to access cd rom / tape worm files. 9-7.51 Delete Own Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability for user to delete files they uploaded. 9-7.52 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.53 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.54 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.55 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.56 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.57 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.58 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.59 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.60 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.61 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.62 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-7.63 Archive Catalogs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to archive file listings and download them. __________________________________________________________________________ 9-8 Account Editor: Sysop Related Optional Flags ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1|Edit Sysop Flags...:On 22|Post Mass Mail.....:On 43|File Maintance.....:On 2|Account Editor.....:On 23|Forward Any Mail...:__ 44|DL Files Not Listed:__ 3|Edit Own Account...:__ 24|Edit Any Mail......:__ 45|View/DL Sysop Files:__ 4|Drop To Dos........:__ 25|Edit Message Header:__ 46|Full Path Download.:__ 5|Edit Any Text Files:__ 26|Delete Any Mail....:__ 47|Delete Any File....:__ 6|BBS Config Module..:__ 27|View Password Msgs.:__ 48|View Password Files:__ 7|View BBS Logs......:On 28|Attach Files to Msg:On 49|Validate Uploads...:On 8|Special User Log...:On 29|View All E-Mail....:On 50|View All File-Mail.:On 9|View New User Apps.:On 30|...................:On 51|View Text by Path..:On 10|Create Accounts....:On 31|...................:On 52|Local Uploading....:On 11|...................:On 32|...................:On 53|...................:On 12|...................:On 33|...................:On 54|...................:On 13|Sysop User List....:On 34|...................:On 55|...................:On 14|...................:__ 35|...................:__ 56|...................:__ 15|...................:On 36|Bypass Kick Off....:On 57|...................:On 16|...................:On 37|Bypass Abort Trans.:On 58|...................:On 17|Sysop Who..........:On 38|...................:On 59|...................:On 18|Internode Control..:On 39|No Charges for DLs.:On 60|...................:On 19|Internode Watch....:On 40|Bypass UL/DL Limits:On 61|...................:On 20|Interactive Watch..:On 41|Bypass Msg Limits..:On 62|...................:On 21|Capture Users Calls:On 42|Bypass Time Limits.:On 63|...................:On [A]ll, [N]one, # to change: 9-8.1 Edit Sysop Flags ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to edit these sysop flags. Very good security flag to keep co-sysops from giving/editing these flags. 9-8.2 Account Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to edit accounts. 9-8.3 Edit Own Account ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to edit own account. 9-8.4 Drop To Dos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to drop to dos. 9-8.5 Edit Any Text Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to edit any texts file from path. 9-8.6 BBS Config Module ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to call up the bbs config module though the bbs. 9-8.7 View BBS Logs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view bbs logs online. 9-8.8 Special User Log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Turn this on if you want to keep a separate log of this user's activity. It is basically a clone of everything in callers log but saved in a special log with the user's name as the extension. Use this option to monitor users. 9-8.9 View New User Apps ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flags enables a co-sysop to view new user application answers. 9-8.10 Create Accounts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to Create New Accounts with 'CA' command. 9-8.11 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.12 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.13 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.14 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.15 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.16 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.17 Sysop Who ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view who is online, even if the user is in invisible mode. 9-8.18 Internode Control ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to access internode controler module to kick users offline, abort transfers, or change time of users on other nodes. 9-8.19 Internode Watch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Not implemented yet ] 9-8.20 Interactive Watch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Not implemented yet ] 9-8.21 Capture Users Calls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will allow the sysop to capture all activities of the user when they call the bbs. The bbs will turn the capture log on when they connect and turn it back off when they logoff when this flag is set on. NOTE: This flag being on will slow the bbs while the user is online. 9-8.22 Post Mass Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to post mass mail. 9-8.23 Forward Any Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to forward any message. 9-8.24 Edit Any Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to edit any message. 9-8.25 Edit Message Header ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to edit the message headers. 9-8.26 Delete Any Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to delete any messages. 9-8.27 View Password Msgs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view any password protected msgs without knowing the password. 9-8.28 Attach Files to Msg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Not implemented yet ] 9-8.29 View All E-Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view all private e-mail. 9-8.30 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.31 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.32 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.33 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.34 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.35 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.36 Bypass Kick Off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass anyone from kicking the user off from another node with internode controller. 9-8.37 Bypass Abort Trans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass anyone from aborting the user's transfer from another node with internode controller. 9-8.38 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.39 No Charges for DLs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to download without it counting against totals. 9-8.40 Bypass UL/DL Limits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass any ul/dl limits. 9-8.41 Bypass Msg Limits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass any msg posting limits. 9-8.42 Bypass Time Limits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to bypass any time limits. 9-8.43 File Maintance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to do file maintance, including editing descriptions and taking credits away from users that upload bad files, etc. 9-8.44 DL Files Not Listed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to download files not listed in file listings. 9-8.45 View/DL Sysop Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view/download sysop files. 9-8.46 Full Path Download ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to download from any path. (Sysop Download) 9-8.47 Delete Any File ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to delete any files. 9-8.48 View Password Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view any password protected files without knowing password. 9-8.49 Validate Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to validate uploads that are not online. 9-8.50 View All File-Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view all file mail to & from all users. 9-8.51 View Text by Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to view text files by path. 9-8.52 Local Uploading ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability to do local uploading or not. 9-8.53 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.54 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.55 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.56 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.57 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.58 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.59 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.60 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.61 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.62 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-8.63 [ Not Used Yet ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________________________________ 9-9 Account Editor: Presets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 16 Presets used to pre-define user's accounts. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER V - (~) Variables & Door Codes __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Special Control Codes to place in Text Files (case sensetive) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TextFiles , Arexx(tm) , Tempest Door ------------------------------------ How to use the following commands: 1) as a '~' command in a text file. Use the letter(s) that defines the action you wish to use. For our Example, lets say you want to show the Users Computer Type. (just use the letters not the Number) Your Computer is a: ~CT 2) In Arexx you would use the GetStr Code like so: GetStr 73 transmit 'Your computer is a : ' result 3) In a Tempest Door you would use the GetStr Command like so: char s[60]; GetStr(s,73); pl("Your computer is a: "); pl(s); *** NOTE *** If you see a '!' in the first column, that means this command can only be used through the '~' (Text commands), and not Arexx or the Doors The LIST TO FOLLOW is in no order except for the lenght of characters in the command name. GetStr (~) Text Code Description ========================================================================== TIMESTRING 15 Full Date & Time String ! DUMP_FILE 204 display a text file with NO tilde codes or pauses. Works same as show_file. ! SHOW_FILE 205 display a text file ~SHOW_FILE(Text:today.txt) SYSTEM 18 The Name of the BBS SYSTEM RCALL 90 Reserved Callers name (ONLY When BBS reserved!) ! DELAY 207 Pauses the BBS ~DELAY(50) is a 1 secound pause ! SHELL 202 SHELL w/ no input ~SHELL(c:status) FREE 206 how much free space for uploading? BAUD 19 Baud Rate BEEP 47 Send a Control-G (BEEP) over the modem DATE 16 Print the current date NODE 68 NODE # ! REXX 62 Arexx Door Command ~REXX(Rexx:Tempest.rexx) TDBT 100 Today's Total Downloaded Bytes TDFT 98 Today's Total Downloaded Files TIME 17 Print the current time TNUT 102 Today's Total New Users TUBT 97 Today's Total Uploaded Bytes TUFT 96 Today's Total Uploaded Files VERS 65 Display the version Number TMG 101 Messages entered today KEY 134 Wait for a key press ! DOS 135 Dos Call ~DOS(echo >speak: ~n is online ) CLS 110 Clear screen Returns Code to Clear screen With TCS 95 Total Calls to System/Node TCT 94 Today's Total Calls TFT 103 Today's Total Feedback to Sysop TAD 111 Today's Total Aborted Downloads TAU 112 Today's Total Aborted Uploads TUR 113 Today's Total Upload Resums TDR 114 Today's Total Download Resumes TMU 115 Total maximum users TBY 116 System Busy today # of mins since midnight TFS 122 Files FMAILED to sysop SSN 125 Systems Sysop Name CR Print return. ME 99 Display the authors name ;-) ! PD 61 Paragon Door Command ~PD(Doors:frogbog.par) ! TD 60 Tempest Door Command ~TD(Doors:frogbog.mod) TO 38 Time Used THIS CALL in Minutes. TR 39 Remaining Time avaliable today ~ 66 For printing one ~ + 48 Toggle the (Y/n/ns) prompts 0 52 Color 0 - No ANSI (White usually) 1 53 Color 1 - WHITE for SYSOP RED for User 2 54 Color 2 - GREEN 3 55 Color 3 - YELLOW/BROWN 4 56 Color 4 - DARK BLUE 5 57 Color 5 - PURPLE 6 58 Color 6 - CYAN/LIGHT BLUE 7 59 Color 7 - RED for SYSOP WHITE for User B 49 BOLD I 50 Italics L 41 Name of the Last Caller l 42 How long the Last Caller was online Q 69 Quit ALL ~ commands r 45 request a Press [RETURN] from the user U 51 Underline z 46 Toggle Control-C aborting... ^ 47 Send a Control-G (BEEP) over the modem UMF 126 User Msg base flags UFF 127 Users File Base Flags UOP Users option flags CLT 36 User's Calls Left Today UFL 88 User's Uploadable Files Left Today UBL 89 User's Uploadable Bytes Left Today DFL 86 Users Downloadable Files Left Today DBL 87 Users Downloadable Bytes Left Today 1 Get user input line string. GetUser (~) Text Code Description ========================================================================== n 0 User's Handle RN 2 User's Real Name LO 4 User's Location/City PN 8 User's Voice Phone Number AGE 11 User's Age CT 13 User's Computer Type FCL 15 Users First Call xx/xx/xx LCL 16 Users Last Call xx/xx/xx SN 18 User's Slot Number LEV 20 User's Security Level UTC 25 User's Total Calls UTM 26 User's Total Messages Posted UF 28 User's Total Uploaded Files UB 29 User's Total Uploaded Bytes DF 30 User's Total Downloaded Files DB 31 User's Total Downlaoded Bytes FR 38 User's File Ratio FB 39 User's Byte Ratio UCL 41 User's Calls Limit Per Period/Day UML 42 User's Msgs Limit Per Period/Day LUF 43 User's Upload Files Limit Per Period/Day LUB 44 User's Upload Bytes Limit Per Period/Day LDF 45 User's Download Files Limit Per Period/Day LDB 46 User's Download Bytes Limit Per Period/Day TL 47 User's Time Limit Per Period/Day (In Minutes) UCT 57 User's Calls Today UMT 58 User;s Messages Posted Today UFT 59 User's Uploaded Files Today UBT 60 User's Uploaded Bytes Today DBT 61 User's Downloaded Bytes Today DFT 62 User's Downloaded Files Today UMR 85 User's Message Base Rejoin # UFR 86 User's File Base Rejoin # PWF 100 User's Password Failures since last legal call ~SHOW_FILE(tempest:utils/today.txt) This command will allow you to call another text file within a text file however the 'called' text file will not have ~ detection. ~DELAY(ticks) 50 Ticks is equal to 1 Secound. To have the text file pause for 2 Secounds use ~DELAY(100); ~TD(door program) - tempest door ~PD(door program) - paragon door ~REXX(rexx file) - rexx door ~KEY - request a key Press #################### ### SHELL INFO ### #################### ~SHELL(c:status ^ c:list) Opens a cli and run these commands. Use the '^' to separate commands. NO USER INPUT IS ALLOWED! Its just for the SHOW ME STATS ########################### ### JUSTIFICATION INFO ### ########################### ~n no justification just shows the text ~n(20) format out 20 spaces right justiy ~n(-20) format out 20 spaces left justify examples - an example to show how to use the '~' commands. ~~~~~~~~ ~+~z Conference Numbers..:(0123456789012345678901234567890123456789) MsgBase Access.....: ~UMF(-40) FileBase Access.....: ~UFF(-40) Caller Online.......: ~n (quick logon #:~SN) Real Name...........: ~RN Location............: ~LO Phone & Computer....: ~PN & ~CT Downloads...........: ~DF(4)/~DB(10) bytes-TOTAL ~DFT(4)/~DBT(10) bytes-TODAY Uploads.............: ~UF(4)/~UB(10) bytes-TOTAL ~UFT(4)/~UBT(10) bytes-TODAY Daily Allowed Dl's..: ~LDF(4)/~LDB(10) bytes-TODAY ~DFL(4)/~DBL(10) bytes-LEFT Todays Posted Msg's.: ~UMT out of ~UML (Total Msgs by You is ~UTM) Calls Used Today....: ~UCT out of ~UCL (you may call back ~CLT more times today) First & Last Call...: ~FCL thru ~LCL Password Hack Count.: ~PWF Last Caller.........: (~l Minutes) ~L Baud Rate...........: ~BAUD System Calls........: ~TCT/~TCS Upload Space........: ~FREE ~DOS(echo >speak: ~n is online) Press Any Key : ~KEY Running Msg Scan Door : ~TD(dh1:doors/new/scan.mod) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER XI - Door Formats __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 11-1 Tempest Doors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest has its own Door format, see Programmers-Docs for Door Code. When defining Tempest doors in .opt files, use 'T-DOOR' to define the door as a Tempest door. __________________________________________________________________________ 11-2 Paragon Door Support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest Supports Paragon doors internaly. You only have to specify the door as a paragon door, (see 4-12). __________________________________________________________________________ 11-3 Arexx Door Interface ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tempest has a full set of arexx commands to create scripts and doors in arexx. Tempest emulates most commands from all other bbs packages. A complete list of arexx commands are listed in the Programmers-Docs file. __________________________________________________________________________ 11-4 Dos / Shell Door Interface ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With Tempest you can run any cli program that uses STANDARD INPUT/OUTPUT. If the program does not use Standard Input/Output, the program will lock. All you have to do is define the command in the .opt files with the 'D-DOOR' command for Dos Door. Look at section on re-defining commands. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX A - Error Return Codes & Explanations __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ If the BBS gives you an error return code, then this is the look up table for finding the explanation of the problem. Code Explanations ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Error, could not create message port. 10 Error, could not allocate enough memory. 20 Error, could not load data files from setup directory. 30 Error, could not open the Intuition.library, perhaps you are not running at least OS 2.04(v37) or greater. 40 Error, could not open the graphics.library, perhaps you are not running at least OS 2.04(v37) or greater. 45 Error, could not open the dos.library, perhaps you are not running at least OS 2.04(v37) or greater. 46 Error, could not open the asl.library, perhaps not installed. Tempest REQUIRES v38 Asl.library to be installed, there is a copy of v38 with Tempest. If you have v38 or greater then there is no need to install v38. 47 Error, could not open the gadtools.library. 50 Error, could not open serial.device. 60 Error, could not open console.device. 70 Error, could not initalize the console.device. 71 Error, could not create pull down menus. 80 Error, could not initalize the serial.device. 100 Error, could not open defined font. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX B - Troubleshooting __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ - PROBLEM: Your BBS seems to be running slower when a low baud rate user is online. ANSWER: You need to turn your DTE Rate to FIXED, instead of VARIABLE. Modem Settings in BBSConfig util. __________________________________________________________________________ - PROBLEM: Your modem is not reseting properly or is reseting over and over. ANSWER: Check your Modem RESET STRING in the BBSConfig. __________________________________________________________________________ - PROBLEM: You can not un-iconify Tempest. ANSWERS: You have NOT defined the screen modes properly in the BBSConfig? You probably don't have enough chip memory to open the screens? __________________________________________________________________________ - PROBLEM: If your prompts in the BBS are not matching with the options and everything looks messed up. ANSWER: When re-defining your text / prompts in the promnpts.set file, you may of messed up by deleting an line or adding lines. Restore the defaults prompts.set file or refer to the propmts.set docs to try to locate where you messed up the file. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX C - Console Editing & Ansi Codes __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ C-1 Console Editing: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These commands are available through Tempest BBS on most input prompts. - Also avaiable on EAE (External Account Editor). CURSOR UP..........Scroll up through the command history. CURSOR RIGHT.......Scroll down through the command history. CURSOR LEFT........Moves cursor key to the left through the current input line. CURSOR RIGHT.......Moves cursor key to the right through the current input line. SHIFT CURSOR LEFT..Moves cursor to the beginning of the line. SHIFT CURSOR RIGHT.Moves cursor to the end of the line. [DEL KEY]..........Deletes current position of cursor. [BACKSPACE]........Deletes the character to the left of the cursor. CTRL-A.............Moves cursor to the beginning of the line. CTRL-G.............Send Bell (Flash screen on local console). CTRL-H ............Deletes the last character (same as Backspace). CTRL-I.............Tab over 5 characters. CTRL-K.............Deletes everything from the cursor forward to the end of the line. CTRL-M.............Same as [Return Key] CTRL-X.............Clears/Deletes current line. CTRL-U.............Deletes everything from the cursor backward to the start of the line. Remaining text is moved over to column one. CTRL-V.............Validate the line, the current line will be re-displayed. CTRL-Z.............Moves cursor to the end of the line. C-2 Amiga ANSI Codes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a complete list of ANSI codes that you can use in text files through out Tempest. Color Change Codes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ESC [30m - Black (foreground) ESC [31m - Red (foreground) ESC [32m - Green (foreground) ESC [33m - Yellow (foreground) ESC [34m - Blue (foreground) ESC [35m - Purple (foreground) ESC [36m - Cyan (foreground) ESC [37m - White (foreground) ESC [40m - Black (background) ESC [41m - Red (background) ESC [42m - Green (background) ESC [43m - Yellow (background) ESC [44m - Blue (background) ESC [45m - Purple (background) ESC [46m - Cyan (background) ESC [47m - White (background) Style Controls: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ESC [0m - Reset ANSI codes ESC [1m - Boldface on (*) ESC [3m - Italics on ESC [4m - Underline on ESC [7m - Inverse on (*) In 16 colour ANSI, boldface text is rendered as a slightly brighter color, thus giving you access to the 8 additional colors in the palette. Cursor Controls: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ESC [A - Cursor up ESC [B - Cursor down ESC [C - Cursor right ESC [D - Cursor left ESC [#A - Cursor up # lines ESC [#B - Cursor down # lines ESC [#C - Cursor right # spaces ESC [#D - Cursor left # spaces ESC [H - Cursor home ESC [#H - Cursor to line # ESC [#;#H - Cursor to a specific row and column ESC [s - Save the current cursor position ESC [u - Restore cursor to the last saved position ESC [0 p - Turn Cursor Off ESC [1 p - Turn Cursor On Miscellaneous Commands: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ESC [@ - Insert a space ESC [#@ - Insert # spaces ESC [L - Insert line ESC [#L - Insert # lines ESC [M - Delete line ESC [#M - Delete # lines ESC [P - Delete character ESC [#P - Delete # characters ESC [K - Delete to end of line ESC [1K - Delete to start of line ESC [2K - Delete entire line ESC [J - Clear to end of screen ESC [1J - Clear to top of screen ESC [2J - Clear entire screen NOTE: some ANSI commands can be stacked using the semi-colon (;), eg: ESC [1;43;34m - Blue bold text on yellow background __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX D - Auto Description Detection / Creation System __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ I would like to start off by saying that Tempest BBS Software was the first in the world to offer file_id.diz,disk.id, & desc.sdi auto description Detection/Creation on an Amiga run BBS Software Package. In fact Tempest had it 6 months before anyone on amiga even attempted to install a file_id system. - Universal Detection on (dms,doc,dox,txt,nfo,exe,mod,gif) - File_id.diz Detection on (lha,lzh,zip) - Desc.sdi Detection on (lha,lzh,zip) - disk.id Detection on (lha,lzh,zip) - Optional Ansi Stripping function to strip ansi out of file_id's - Optional pattern match stripping for unwanted bbs ads or text. see FileIdStrip.opt file in the optional directory. Suported Detection Formats: ========================== .dms - DMSDESCRIPT util is required for this format. .doc .dox .txt .nfo - TXTEXTRACT util is required for this format. .exe - EXEDESCRIPT util is required for this format. .lha .lzh - LHA util is required for this format. .lzx - lZX util is required for this format. .zip - UNZIP util is required for this format. .gif - GifDesc util is required for this format. .mod - ModuleDescript util is required for this format. & ModCheck util is required for this format. Suported Creation Formats: ========================= .dms - DMSDESCRIPT util is required for this format. .doc .dox .txt .nfo - TXTEXTRACT util is required for this format. .exe - EXEDESCRIPT util is required for this format. .lha .lzh - LHA util is required for this format. .lzx - LZX util is required for this format. .zip - ZIP util is required for this format. .gif - GifDesc util is required for this format. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX E - Hydra Bi-Directional Protocol __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ I would like to start off by saying that Tempest BBS Software was the first in the world to offer Hydra Bi-Directional Protocol on an Amiga ran bbs. Features: - Upload / Download / Chat with sysop all at the same time or just do single transfers as well. - Duplicate Uploaded checking through Downloadpaths.opt file in the optional directory. - Upload resume supported. - Live cps report for both uploads and downloads. Notes: - Tempest Hydra Protocol is now Internal to Tempest. No external files are needed. - To do successful bi-directional transfers, the callers must have the Hydra 'line' setting at 2400 and 'Handshake' setting to Hard. Example: line 2400 handshake hard - Users wanting to use the Hydra Protocol must first go to the 'TS' Terminal Settings Menu and change their protocol types to Hydra or at the last transfer prompt is the choice to change protocol. - Hydra transfers do not work completely on HST only modems, they do not have a back channel fast enough for bi-directional transfers. - If a user is doing bi-directional transfers and you enter chat with the user it can cause transfer errors. So if you see transfer errors while doing bi-directional and chating, leaving chat should improve the transfer. Most of the time it should be fine however. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX F - Archive Checking System __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Archive checking on Tempest is handled by the ArcCheck.mod program found in the Modules directory. Programmers can code their own version and replace this util if they choose. The default archive checker which comes with Tempest has the ability to check, strip, and add files to any archive format you choose, fully defineable. The files that control the archive checking are found in the scripts directory of your tempest files. FORMATS: test_(archive extension) strip_(archive extension) add_(archive extension) EXAMPLES: test_lha test_lzh add_zip add_zoo strip_lha strip_zip Inside these files is where you define the actual archive utility to be used and its commands. The test_xxx format must have both the '>%s' and the '%s' in the first line and the '>%s' must be directly after the archiver util, look at the examples. The following lines after the first line that defines the command, are for any error messages that are to be checked for to determine that an archive is corupted. Example test_xxx file: --- cut here ---- lha >%s t %s Operation not entirely successful --- cut here ---- add_xxx and strip_xxxx files contain only the '%s' in the first line and there are no additional lines after the first line that defines the command line to be used. Example add_xxx file: --- cut here ---- lha -z a #?%s BBSADS:AddFiles.lha/* --- cut here ---- Source code to the default archive checker can be obtained by asking the programmer of Tempest. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX G - New User Questions File __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ The file 'NUQuestions' is the new user questions file, which is stored in the text directory of tempest. In this file you can define any number of questions that you wish to ask new users. With this file you can define the questions, how many lines for answers are available for every question, and how many characters must be entered for every answer line. The 2 types of lines start with either (Q) = Question line, or (A) = Answer line. After this there are 2 spaces for a number value. If the line is a question line, then the number provided represents how many answer lines are available for this question. If the line is an answer line type then the number will represent the minimum characters that must be entered by the user for that answer line. You must have an answer line for every answer line you want the user to have. EXAMPLE: (Q) 1:Where did you find this bbs number -[1 line] (A) 0: (Q) 1:Enter Your Real Name and Voice Number -[1 line] (A) 0: (Q) 1:Are you a sysop [1 lines] (A) 0: (Q) 3:List some of the other boards you call -[3 lines] (A) 0: (A) 0: (A) 0: (Q) 3:Now tell me about yourself, if you want to -[3 lines] (A) 0: (A) 0: (A) 0: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX H - Making Tempest & Utils Resident __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Tempest, BBSConfig, EAE as well as all Utils, Doors, Modules that come with the Tempest Package can all be made resident. The resident command is a little tricky however. This is an example: resident Tempest:Tempest Tempest:tempest Force ^ ^ ^ \ \ \_ The actual path and file to make resident. \ \ \ \_ Actual Resident Name that TServer loads Tempest with. \ \_ Resident Command in your C: Now after running a command like this your Tempest will be resident in memory. Make sure you have this line before you run the Server! A possible problem is if your 'P' Pure Bit is not set on the file you are trying to make resident. If by chance this flag gets turned off you will have to turn it back on with the Protect command or a directory tool. __________________________________________________________________________ INDEX ~~~~~ ( Far from being complete, just starting to build the main structure for the future, Rough Draft. ) (A) Additional Paths: 3-5 Arexx: 2-1.E, 3-6, 4-3, 4-12, 5, 11-3 Arexx Code/Commands: See Programmers-Docs file for commands. Asl Requesters: 2-1.E, 4.3, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, APPENDIX A (B) BBSConfig: 2-3, 2-4.B, 3-7, APPENDIX B & I Bi-Directional Protocol, see 'Hydra' (C) (D) Doors, Arexx: see 'Arexx' Doors, Code: See Programmers-Docs file for Door Code. Doors, Dos Doors: Doors, Paragon: see 'Paragon Doors' Doors, Tempest: (E) (F) Fifo Handler: 2-1.C File_id Auto Descriptions: 1-1, 3-5, 4-6, APPENDIX D Front End: 2-5 Full Screen Editor: 4-9 (G) (H) Hydra Bi-Directional Protocol: 1-1, 4-3, APPENDIX B & E (I) Iconify, Toggle: (J) (K) (L) (M) Memory, Resident: see 'Resident' Memory, Usage: 2-2.C (N) (O) (P) Paragon Doors: 4-3, 4-12, 5, 11-2, 11-3 Protocols, Hydra: see 'Hydra' Protocols, Zmodem: see 'Zmodem' (Q) (R) Resident, Making: APPENDIX I Rip Graphics: 3-4 (S) Serial Cards: 2-2.E SF (Serial Flusher): 2-1.D (T) Trap Door: 2-5 (U) (V) (W) (X) (Y) (Z) ZModem: __________________________________________________________________________ TERMS/GLOSSARY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Far from being complete, just starting to build the main structure for the future, Rough Draft. ) (A) Arexx ~~~~~ Arexx is a script language used to code doors and scripts. (B) Bi-Directional Protocol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ File transfer protocol that transfers files to and from a bbs at the same time. (C) (D) Doors ~~~~~ Doors is a term used for programs that are run through the bbs that perform different tasks. (E) (F) Fifo Handler ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fifo-Handler is a handler in the L: directory that handles dos doors and remote shell in the BBS. Front End ~~~~~~~~~ Front end refers to a mode of the bbs where a front end util answers the modem and determines if the call is a user or an incomming mail packet transfer. (G) (H) Hydra ~~~~~ Hydra is a bi-directional protocol used to transfer files to and from a bbs as the same time and allows for chating with the sysop while you are transfering to and from the bbs. (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) (N) (O) (P) Paragon ~~~~~~~ Paragon is another BBS Package. It is mentioned through out the docs since Tempest supports their door format. (Q) (R) Resident ~~~~~~~~ This refers to the ability to make Tempest resident where there is one copy of the bbs in memory and all nodes use the same code in memory, saving the sysop alot of memory. Rip Graphics ~~~~~~~~~~~~ (S) (T) Trap Door ~~~~~~~~~ Trap door is a Front End util used to determine if the calls to the bbs are users or a mail packet that needs to be processed. (U) (V) (W) (X) (Y) (Z) ZModem ~~~~~~ Zmodem is a file transfer protocol used to transfer files to and from the bbs. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Amiga and AmigaDOS are registered trademarks of Commodore-Amiga, INC. Paragon (C) 1989 by Jon Radoff and Eric Drewry. TrapDoor (C) 1992 by Maximillian Hantsch and Martin Laubach. A-Rexx (C) 1987 by William S. Hawes.