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- Australian Bulletin Board System Registry -- ASCII Data File Guide
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- BBSAALL.DAT
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- Australian Bulletin Board System Registry -- ASCII Data File Guide
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- The data file created by the registry is to allow users to
- create custom listings and online enquiry systems. Only
- "public" information is included with the file.
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- The first record in each data file includes release
- information, anyone writing utilities should make use of
- this record to ensure that old data files are not used.
- Always obtain the lastest listings, whether data file or
- formatted lists, help eradicate out of date lists.
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- Each other record is a system record, the contents of the
- records are explained below. Records are delimited ASCII,
- this means almost any programming language can process the
- file easily.
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- For dBase specify "Append from xxxx delimited" then retrieve
- record number 1 and store the details and delete the record,
- you now have a usable dBase database file.
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- BASIC programs should be able to LINEINPUT the records, C
- programs will need to either manually scan the strings or
- use scanf() to process the information.
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- To simplify processing the shorter header record (with the
- release information) has the same number of fields as the
- data records, each of the unused header fields has a null
- string present.
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- The data fields are;
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- Field Format Description
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- 1 Int BBS Registration Number
- 2 Int Region Code - (Note 1 )
- 3 Int System Status - (Note 2)
- 4 C 40 System Name
- 5 C 40 SysOp Name
- 6 C 40 Telephone - (xxxx) xxxx-xxxx Multi-Line
- [xxxx]
- 7 C 15 Network Title 1
- 8 C 40 Network Address 1
- 9 C 15 Network Title 2
- 10 C 40 Network Address 2
- 11 C 40 Baud Rates
- 12 C 40 Access
- 13 C 30 Hours 1
- 14 C 30 Hours 2
- 15 C 30 Computer
- 16 C 30 OS
- 17 C 30 BBS Software
- 18 C 40 Emulation
- 19 C 30 Established
- 20 C 40 Location
- 21 C 40 Note 1
- 22 C 40 Note 2
- 23 C 40 Info 1
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- 24 C 40 Info 2
- 25 C 40 Info 3
- 26 C 40 Info 4
- 27 C 40 Info 5
- 28 C 40 Info 6
- 29 C 40 Info 7
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- The header fields are;
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- Field Format Description
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- 1 Int Literal 0
- 2 Int Data file version - Literal 3
- 3 Int Spare - Unused
- 4 C 40 Release Information
- 5 C 40 Release Date
- 6 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 7 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 8 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 9 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 10 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 11 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 12 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 13 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 14 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 15 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 16 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 17 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 18 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 19 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 20 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 21 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 22 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 23 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 24 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 25 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 26 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 27 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 27 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 28 C 0 Spare - Unused
- 29 C 0 Spare - Unused
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- NOTE 1: Region Codes are - 0 - Australia Wide
- 1 - Australian Capital Territory
- 2 - New South Wales
- 3 - Victoria
- 4 - Queensland
- 5 - South Australia
- 6 - Western Australia
- 7 - Tasmania
- 8 - Northern Territory
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- NOTE 2: Status codes are - 0 - Online
- 1 - Unknown (Can not contact)
- 2 - Temporarily Offline
- 3 - Permanently Offline
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- 4 - Name Changed
- 5 - New System
- 6 - Amended
- 7 - Status changed to Online
- 8 - Status changed to:
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- - Temporarily offline
- - Permanently offline
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