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Searchlight BBS Version 3.0 -- Features and Specifications
Searchlight BBS is the full-featured multiuser bulletin board software that
offers integrated RIP graphics features. It's the perfect way to run a great
BBS system with full RIP support.
But Searchlight is a lot more than just RIP: since 1987, we've been
providing one of the world's most popular DOS BBS packages with complete
support for all the features you need to run a successful BBS system,
whether large or small, for business, pleasure or profit. Here's a summary
of our most important functions.
RIP Graphics
■ RIP auto-detect
■ Built-in RIP mouse support in menus, text editor, and options screens
■ Intelligent selection of RIP, ANSI and Ascii screens
■ Additional internal RIP features in Searchlight 3.5 (free upgrade 8/93):
■ Auto icon checking and downloading
■ Automatic customizable dialog and menu generation
■ Graphical objects such as scroll bars, push buttons, check boxes,
radio buttons, pick lists, thermometers
Full-Screen Editor
■ Supports most common cursor and function keys & Wordstar commands
■ Uses full ANSI set for fast screen updating
■ Help messages stay on screen as you edit
■ Mouse support (RIP & local)
■ Quote individual lines from original message
■ Upload text with any internal protocol
■ Full editing capability in all data entry prompts & input screens too
Menu Building
■ Create and edit menus with sophisticated mouse-driven editing tool
■ Up to 64 commands per menu, no limit to total number of menus in system
■ Nested menus up to 40 levels deep
■ Over 100 internal functions can be arranged in any way you choose
■ Add door programs to any menu
■ Execute up to 64 commands in sequence
■ Regulate access to commands and menus by 6 criteria
■ Design custom RIP, ANSI or Ascii screens for any menu (or use built-in
default displays)
Doors System
■ Execute virtually any DOS application as a door
■ Emulates DOOR.SYS, DORINFOx.DEF and PCBOARD.SYS
■ Powerful I/O redirection feature allows you to run DOS shells and any
bios-compatible application online without external doorway programs
■ Write your own door programs without serial port or modem programming
Modem/Serial Support
■ Supports standard serial ports on any base address and interrupt (IRQ)
■ 16550 buffered UART support
■ FOSSIL driver support (no extra charge)
■ Intelligent DigiBoard support (no extra charge)
■ Fixed or variable baud rates up to 38,400 baud
■ Recognizes all connect speeds including 14,400 and 16,800
Message System
■ No limit to number of conferences or messages per conference
■ "One file per conference" storage architecture offers the best
combination of speed, size and reliability
■ Fast message searching in headers and/or text
■ Indexed personal message scans
■ Full thread maintenance including global thread operations (kill,
forward, download entire threads)
■ Message forwarding, carbon copy, text upload & download, auto purge
of old messages
Users and Security
■ Unlimited number of user accounts
■ Encrypted user passwords for maximum security
■ 24 independent security flags plus 256 access levels
■ Over 16 million access combinations
■ Regulate access to conferences, file areas, menu choices, doors, menu
branches, quoting, netmail features, and more
■ Read-only conference access
■ Upload-only and download-only file directories
■ Mutually exclusive security groups
■ Daily and session time limits
■ Account expiration dates
Electronic Mail
■ True private mailboxes for each user
■ Read new mail automatically at login
■ Recipient name lookup and name completion
■ Carbon copies
■ Alias names and group names
■ Integraded multizone netmail support
■ Automatic mail logging feature
File Transfer
■ Unlimited number of directories and files per directory
■ All directories indexed by filename and upload date
■ Individual file passwords
■ New uploads may be locked pending Sysop approval
■ Copy, delete, move and rename files
■ View internal directory of ZIP, ARC, LZH, LHA, ARJ and SQZ files
■ Complete logging of uploads and downloads
■ Dynamic download counts in directory listings
■ Single-keystroke file tagging
■ Built in protocols including Zmodem, Xmodem, Xmodem CRC, Xmodem 1K
■ Up to 15 external protocols supported
■ Bi-directional transfer supported (HSLink, BiModem, etc.)
■ Auto-processing/scanning of uploads supported
■ Download ratios based on kilobyte totals, with optional free files
■ Partial filename completion
■ CD-ROM support
Sysop Utilities
■ Purge old users & messages by date, access level, content, etc.
■ Rename users (changes name in messages, too)
■ Global adjustments to user access levels & attributes
■ Rebuild indexes and repair damaged data files
■ All sysop functions available from a remote location
Expandability
■ Multizone Fidonet support (both echomail and netmail)
■ Relaynet support (UTI drivers)
■ QWK mail support
■ Built in events scheduler
■ Compatible with all front-end mailers and mail tossers
■ Free high level software development kit for rapid development of
new applications
System Requirements
■ Minimum 250K RAM per node
■ Hard disk with DOS 3.3 or later required
■ Supports most multitasking operating systems including DESQview
(recommended), Windows and OS/2
■ Supports most local area network (LAN) systems including Novell, Novell
Lite, and Lantastic
■ Supports up to 10 lines on a single PC (requires 33mhz '386, DESQview
operating system, Intelligent DigiBoard)
■ No limit to number of nodes on a LAN
Upgrades and Technical Support
■ Voice support available during business hours
■ Continuous support via BBS, CompuServe, Internet mail, Fido conferences
■ No additional charge for support or access to support BBS
■ Annual major upgrades plus frequent minor upgrades
■ First major upgrade free
Super Survey
■ Full featured questionnaire software for Searchlight BBS
■ Stores survey results in DBase III files
■ Full screen interface matches Searchlight BBS interface
■ Answer branching -- control survey flow based on answers to previous
questions, skip unneeded sections
■ Edit command -- lets users review answers, cuts down on errors
■ Great for product orders, surveys, new user questionnaires, mailing
lists, opinion polls and more
■ Free with 10 line and Unlimited versions of Searchlight (for single
and 3 line versions, add $35)
Spotlight
■ Full screen user editor and profiler for Searchlight BBS
■ 15 different sorts, 5 display screens, 14 filters
■ View, edit, add, delete user accounts easily
■ Mark accounts on screen, then perform mass deletions or access level
adjustments
■ Profiling capability displays bar graphs by first and last access date,
access levels and attributes, and more
■ Free with 10 line and Unlimited versions of Searchlight (for single
and 3 line versions, add $35)
For more information or to obtain a working test-drive copy of our latest
version, please give us a call:
Searchlight Software (Voice): 516-751-2966
Searchlight Support BBS: 516-689-2566 (All lines V.32bis)
Searchlight Order Hotline: 800-780-LITE (USA only)