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- /T\empest BBS v3.40 TServer Documentation (c) 1993-96
-
- (Revision Date: Janurary, 1996)
-
- Author: Michael Bockert
- Documentation: Michael Bockert
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- __________________________________________________________________________
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- C O N T E N T S
- __________________________________________________________________________
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- 1-0 Running TServer.....................................00
- 2-0 Display / Gadgets...................................00
- 3-0 Vanilla keys (HotKeys)..............................00
- 4-0 Pull Down Menus.....................................00
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- 1-0 Running TServer
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To run the server, just type 'RUN >NIL: TServer'.
- (You must use the BBSConfig prior to running the Server).
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
-
- 2.0 Display / Gadgets
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Screen To Back __
- \
- __ Quit BBS / Server Super Iconify Mode __ \
- / \ \
- / \ \
- .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
- |--| /T\empest BBS Server v3.xx (c) 1993-96 By Michael Bockert |--|--|
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | N# Login User Location Activity Baud |C|
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | 1i 11:22 The Skeleton Des Moines, Iowa Idle 28800 | |
- | 2i : Waiting for Call 115200 |_|
- | 3i : Waiting for Call 115200 | |
- | 4i : Waiting for Call 115200 | |
- | 5i : Waiting for Call 115200 |_|
- | 6i : Waiting for Call 115200 | |
- | 7i : Waiting for Call 115200 | |
- |-----.-----.-----.-----.-----.----.-----.-----.-----.-----.-----.------.-----|
- |Sysop|Local|Chat |Info |Edit | Msg|Panic| MsgA| Time|Sysop|Abort| Dump |@ B-A|
- |-----^-----^.----^-----^-.---^----^---.-^-----^----.^-----^-----|------^-----|
- |Sysop Login | Un/iconify |@ Not Avail | Startup | | BBSConfig |
- |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
- |Local Login | Un/Protect | Reset Modem| Shutdown | | E.A.E. |
- |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
- |Give Carrier| | Busy Modem|Startup All | | Terminal |
- |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
- |Reserve Node|Re-Load Data| Init Modem|Shutdown All| Statistics | Shell |
- |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
- | | | | | | |
- `------------^------------^------------^------------^------------^------------'
-
-
- 2.1 Sysop (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to sysop login to the node.
-
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- 2.2 Local (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to local login on a user's account.
-
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- 2.3 Chat (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to enter chat with a user online.
-
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- 2.4 Info (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to bring up info on a user online
- or info on the selected node if no user is online.
-
- Example of User Info Window:
-
- .-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- |--| User Info Window |--|
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | |
- | Alias: The Skeleton Voice #: 515-Private |
- | Real Name: Michael Bockert Data #: 515-255-3212 |
- | Address: Computer: A3000 Tower 040 |
- | City: Des Moines Sec Lev: 255 |
- | State: IA |
- | Zip Code: 50310 Birth Date: 07-Jun-68 |
- | Country: USA First On: 28-Dec-89 |
- | Comment: Programmer of Tempest Last On: 28-Nov-95 |
- | |
- | Calls: 5000 UL Files: xx UL Bytes: xx,xxx,xxx |
- | Posts: 3000 DL Files: xx DL Bytes: xx,xxx,xxx |
- | F/B Ratio: 00/00 CR Files: 0 CR Bytes: 0 |
- | CUR Ratio: 0.35 LI Files: 1000 LI Bytes: 30,000,000 |
- | |
- | Current Download Batch: xx/xx files, xx,xxx,xxx/xx,xxx,xxx bytes. |
- | |
- `-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
-
-
- Example of Node Info Window:
-
- .-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- |--| Node xx Info Window |--|
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | |
- | Last Caller: The Skeleton (On for xxx Minutes) |
- | |
- | Reserved Caller: None |
- | |
- | Calls: xxx UL Files: xxxx |
- | Posts: xxx UL Bytes: xxx,xxx,xxx |
- | Feedback: xx DL Files: xxxx |
- | Mins Busy: xxxx DL Bytes: xxx,xxx,xxx |
- | |
- `-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
-
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- 2.5 Edit (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to edit the account of the user
- online.
-
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- 2.6 Msg (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to send a msg to the user online.
-
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- 2.7 Panic (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If your server locks up after trying to send a command to a locked node,
- then use this gadget to free up the server again to work with other nodes
- which are not locked.
-
-
- 2.8 MsgA (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This gadget sends an online message to all users currently logged on the
- bbs and not just a single user.
-
-
- 2.9 Time (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to edit a user's time limit,
- time left, chat time limit, and chat time left.
-
- Values can be modified by either clicking the text gadget and entering
- the value or by adjusting the scroll bars to the right.
-
-
-
- .-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- |--| Adjust Time for The Skeleton on Node 2 |--|
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | ______ _________________________________________ |
- | Time Limit: | 1400 | | | | | |
- | `------' `-----------------------------------------' |
- | ______ _________________________________________ |
- | Time Left: | 1350 | | | | | |
- | `------' `-----------------------------------------' |
- | ______ _________________________________________ |
- | Chat Time Limit: | 1400 | | | | | |
- | `------' `-----------------------------------------' |
- | ______ _________________________________________ |
- | Chat Time Left: | 1350 | | | | | |
- | `------' `-----------------------------------------' |
- | |
- `------------------------------[ DONE ]---------------------------------'
-
-
- 2.10 TempS (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to give a user temporary sysop
- access.
- - Confirm requester will come up if Confirm is turned on.
-
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- 2.11 Abort (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to abort a user's transfer.
- - Confirm requester will come up if Confirm is turned on.
-
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- 2.12 Dump (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to kick a user off the bbs.
- - Confirm requester will come up if Confirm is turned on.
-
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- 2.13 Bank Cycle (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Sysops can toggle the bottom 24 gadgets to other banks of gadgets.
- These other banks will be sysop defineable banks.
- (Currently not installed).
-
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- 2.14 Sysop Login (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to sysop login to the node.
-
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- 2.15 Local Login (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to local login on a user's account.
-
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- 2.16 Give Carrier (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to give a carrier to a user, so they
- can connect to the BBS from voice.
-
-
- 2.17 Reserve Node (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to reserve a node for a caller.
- You can enter either user id/slot number or user handle.
-
-
- 2.18 Un/Iconify (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to iconify/un-iconify a node.
-
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- 2.19 Un/Protect (Gadget)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To protect, click gadget and enter a password. This will lock out all
- gadgets from functioning except for the un/protect gadget.
-
- To unprotect the server again, click the un/protect gadget and enter the
- same password in. Then the server will work like before.
-
- Once you unprotect the server, it remains unprotected until you re-protect
- it again with a password like before.
-
-
- 2.20 (Not Used Yet
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
- 2.21 Re-Load Data
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to re-load the data for that
- node.
-
-
- 2.22 Sysop Avail
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Toggles the sysop available flag used to determine if users can page
- the sysop or not. Toggling affects all nodes.
-
-
- 2.23 Reset Modem
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to reset the modem on that node.
-
-
- 2.24 Busy Modem
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to busy the modem on that node.
-
-
- 2.25 Init Modem
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to initialize the modem on that
- node.
-
-
- 2.26 Startup
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to startup a node currently not
- loaded.
-
-
- 2.27 Shutdown
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to shutdown a node that is currently
- loaded.
- - Confirm requester will come up if Confirm is turned on.
-
-
- 2.28 Startup All
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Starts up all nodes.
-
-
- 2.29 Shutdown All
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Shuts down all nodes.
- - Confirm requester will come up if Confirm is turned on.
-
-
- 2.30 (Not Used Yet)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 2.31 (Not Used Yet)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 2.32 (Not Used Yet)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
- 2.33 Statistics
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- (Currently Not Installed)
-
-
- 2.34 BBSConfig
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Loads BBSConfig program.
-
-
- 2.35 E.A.E.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Loads E.A.E. (External Account Editor).
-
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- 2.36 Terminal
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Select a node, then select this gadget to deactivate Tempest and
- execute the loadterm script in your scripts directory.
-
-
- 2.37 Shell
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Opens up a new shell.
-
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-
- 3.0 Vanilla Keys (HotKeys)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- These are the vanilla keys that can be typed on the server window to do
- the same functions as gadgets with the Underscore letters.
-
-
- Supported Keys & Functions:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A...Abort Transfer
- C...Chat User
- D...Dump (Hangup User)
- E...Edit User Online
- I...Iconify Node Toggle
- L...Local Logon
- M...Msg (Send Online Message to User)
- N...iNfo (Info of user online)
- S...Sysop Logon
- T...Time (Adjust User Time)
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
-
- 4.0 Pull Down Menus
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- TServer Menu
- .------------------------------.
- | About TServer [A] A |
- |------------------------------|
- | Quit TServer [A] Q |
- `------------------------------'
-
- Prefs Menu
- .------------------------------.
- | ./ Workbench Screen [A] W |
- | ./ Compact Server [A] C |
- | ./ Screen to Front |
- | ./ Confirm |
- | ./ Double Click |
- | ./ Chat Requests |
- | Title Bar Clock .= |--> .------------------.
- |------------------------------| | ./ Active |
- | Screen Mode | | ./ Military Time |
- | Font [A] F | `------------------'
- | Definable Gadgets [A] G |
- |------------------------------|
- | Save Prefs [A] S |
- | Load Prefs [A] L |
- `------------------------------'
-
-
-
- 4.1 About TServer
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Info about TServer.
-
-
- 4.2 Quit Tserver
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Shutdown TServer.
-
-
- 4.3 Workbench Screen (Toggle)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This toggles the Server between the Workbench screen or custom screen,
- defined with Screen Mode.
-
-
- 4.4 Compact Server (Toggle)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This toggles between full gadget display or a compact mode.
-
-
- 4.5 Screen To Front (Toggle)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This is whether or not the server screen comes to the front when a
- node is iconified.
-
-
- 4.6 Confirm (Toggle)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This is whether or not a yes/no requester comes up to confirm an
- operation.
-
- NOTE: A yes/no requester will come up no matter what this setting is
- when you try to shut down the server.
-
-
- 4.7 Double Click (Toggle)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This is whether or not a node will un-iconify/iconify when you double
- click on the node.
-
-
- 4.8 Chat Requests (Toggle)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When this is selected and a user pages the sysop, a window will open up
- on the sysop's current screen. This window will have the display of the
- user's handle, reason for chat, sysop comment on user, and several gadgets
- for selecting. These gadets are:
-
- .-------------------------------------------.
- |--| Chat Request Window |--|
- |-------------------------------------------|
- | User: The Skeleton |
- | Reason: I need to talk to you |
- | Comment: Programmer of Tempest |
- |----------.----------.----------.----------|
- | Ignore | Accept | Chat | Send Msg |
- |----------|----------|----------|----------|
- | Watch | | | Drop |
- |----------^----------^----------^----------|
- | .---------------------------------------. |
- | | | |
- | `---------------------------------------' |
- `-------------------------------------------'
-
- (Ignore) - Does nothing and ignores the chat request.
-
- (Accept) - Displays a message to the user that the sysop knows they
- paged and will enter chat if they wish.
-
- (Chat) - Enter chat with the user immediately.
-
- (Send Msg) - Send message, entered in the text gadget box of this window,
- to the user.
-
- (Watch) - Watch the user. The node un-iconifies and comes to front so
- the sysop can watch the user.
-
- (Dump!) - Dump User. Kicks the user off the bbs completely.
-
-
- 4.9 Title Bar Clock
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Active: Turns Date/Time titlebar clock on/off.
-
- Military: Toggles between military time (24 hour) and am/pm time display.
-
-
- 4.10 Screen Mode
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This is where you define the screen mode for the server to use when it is
- on its own custom screen.
-
-
- 4.11 Font
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- This is where you define the font to be used by the Server.
- Fonts defined while server is on workbench screen and custom screen will
- be saved seperately. So to have different font configurations when using
- workbench screen and custom screen, save prefs on each screen after
- selecting font.
-
- - Window positions of the server will also be saved seperately for each
- screen.
-
-
- 4.12 Definable Gadgets
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- On this window you can define the bottom 6 gadgets on the TServer. You
- define the text for the gadget and what it executes.
-
- .-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- |--| Definable Gadgets |--|
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | Gadget Text Gadget Execute String |
- | .--------------. .-------------------------------------------. |
- | Gad 1: | 123456789012 | | 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 | |
- | `--------------' `-------------------------------------------' |
- | .--------------. .-------------------------------------------. |
- | Gad 2: | 123456789012 | | 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 | |
- | `--------------' `-------------------------------------------' |
- | .--------------. .-------------------------------------------. |
- | Gad 3: | 123456789012 | | 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 | |
- | `--------------' `-------------------------------------------' |
- | .--------------. .-------------------------------------------. |
- | Gad 4: | 123456789012 | | 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 | |
- | `--------------' `-------------------------------------------' |
- | .--------------. .-------------------------------------------. |
- | Gad 5: | 123456789012 | | 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 | |
- | `--------------' `-------------------------------------------' |
- | .--------------. .-------------------------------------------. |
- | Gad 6: | 123456789012 | | 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 | |
- | `--------------' `-------------------------------------------' |
- | |
- `------------------------------[ DONE ]---------------------------------'
-
-
- 4.13 Save Prefs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Save preferences.
-
- - Server Window position on the screen will also be saved.
-
-
- 4.14 Load Prefs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Re-Load previously saved preferences.
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
-