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Turbo Board ST
ShareWare Version 1.0
by
William J. Miller
Copyright 1990-1991
Bitblit Systems
1580 Liveoak Dr.
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L5E 2X6
Documentation by
John P. Miller
Limited Warranty
The Turbo Board ST programs are provided "as is" without warranty of any
kind either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The
entire risk as to the quality and performance of the programs is with you.
Should the program prove defective, you assume the entire cost of all
necessary repair or corrections. Bitblit Systems does not warrant that the
functions contained in the program will meet your requirements or that the
operation of the programs will be uninterrupted or error free.
Shareware Version of Turbo Board ST
This Version of Turbo Board which you have just downloaded, is a special
Shareware version of our software. We have released our Version 1 of Turbo
Board ST as Shareware, in the hopes of attracting more sysops to Turbo
Board, and to show what we are capable of accomplishing.
You are allowed to try out this software for a period of 30 days, at which
time you can decide to register your copy with us, or to delete it from your
system. We also have a printed Version 1 Turbo Board manual to send to you
if you register. The registration price? $45.00.
Please see the registration documents at the end of this doc for more
information.
Though version 1 of Turbo Board is very powerful as you will see, we have
progressed now from Version 1 of Turbo Board on to Version 2. Turbo Board
Version 2 has many more enhanced features over our original Version 1, and
we hope that you will consider upgrading your system to it. Please see the
special offer on upgrading to Turbo Board Version 2, later in this document.
We sincerely hope that you decide to register with us, or upgrade to Version
2 of our software.
Thanks for looking us over,
John Miller at ///Turbo Board Support - 416-274-1225
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 1 July 21, 1991
SETTING UP TURBO BOARD
UnLZHing Turbo Board
Turbo Board is contained in a FULL PATHNAME LZH file and if you are reading
this document, it means that you successfully uncompressed it with LHarc.
If you found this file in a folder called Turbo, then it was uncompressed
properly. If you didn't found this DOC file with a jumble of other files,
then you must use an LHarc program that will create subdirectories for you.
LHA 1.3 or XLHARC 1.2 both support subdirectories. Unlzh 1.7+ also supports
full pathnames, just make sure that you turn OFF create folders. If the
Turbo folder is not on your C: drive, then you will have to edit the drive
field in TURBO.OPT later on.
If all goes well, there will be a new folder on your hard disk called TURBO.
Enter the Turbo folder and you will be in the main TURBO bbs directory.
This file called TURBO.DOC should be located in the TURBO folder.
Modifying TURBO.OPT
Note: When editing files for use by Turbo Board it is important that the
editor NOT add any blank lines and that you not use special characters, such
as the TAB key or formatting commands, if the editor inserts those
characters in the text. If you use a word processor program, make sure that
you save the message as a text file.
Load the file TURBO.OPT from the main TURBO bbs directory into any suitable
text editor you have available. View the TURBO.OPT file as you read the
entry descriptions here. As you can see there are many 'options' for Turbo
Board available to you.
The first line is labelled BAUD. The following entries may be placed on
this line:
300 1200 2400 9600 HST
The above rates are the Connect rates recognized by Turbo Board. If your
modem's highest connect rate is 2400, then you would place 2400 on this
line. Turbo Board will set the BBS to the modem's connect rate on an
incoming call.
There is one further option that you may wish to use here, and it is known
as the HST option. If you place HST on the BAUD line, then Turbo Board will
assume the following conditions:
You are using a high speed, error checking modem and you wish to use the BBS
set at a fixed link of 19200 bps, running under RTS/CTS Flow Control, to
control the data flow to the modem.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 2 July 21, 1991
All 9600 modems that we have seen will operate under this mode. The most
popular 9600 error checking modem in use by SysOps seems to be the US
Robotics HST modem. V.32 9600 modems can also use this method of control.
For the HST modem, you must set the modem's Nram using a terminal program
set at 19200. Enter the following codes and hit Return to set the HST up
properly:
AT &H1 &R2 &B1 &A0 V0 E0 Q0 S7=15 S15=8 &W
The above codes will set up the flow control and also make sure that
the HST is reporting back the proper codes to the BBS. Read your modem
manual for more details on these commands.
HARD DISK - If you are using a hard disk and will be booting Turbo Board
from the HD, then change the OFF in line two to ON. If OFF, Turbo Board
will ask you to insert your Data disks when the system boots.
RESET LOG - Line three is used in conjunction with the Log-to-disk feature.
If your log is being kept on the disk and you want the log to be reset each
time Turbo Board is run then leave the word ON in place. If you wish the
log to be continuous, with the new data appended to the old, then replace ON
with OFF.
SET TIME - If you wish to be prompted to set the time and date when the
board intializes, enter ON here.
DRIVES - On this line place the drives you desire Turbo Board to use, and in
the order you wish Turbo Board to search them for files. Example: If you
have two drives, A and B, for use with Turbo Board, then change line five to
AB. If you were using a HD and a floppy, you would probably want Turbo
Board to search the HD first, so you would enter a search order similar to
CDA for a single floppy and two partition HD.
LOG DRIVE - is the drive identifier of the drive you want Turbo Board to
save the user log to when you are not using a printer.
REMOTE SYSOP - is a master switch of whether Turbo Board will allow users
with the SysOp privilege to activate the SysOp mode when calling in.
Replace the OFF with ON if you will be allowing this feature.
GRAPHICS - For now leave this OFF. Alternate Graphics menus is discussed in
the Turbo Manual and will not be dealt with here.
COM PORT - Turbo Board ST users leave this set to 1.
NOT IN USE - This is a flag for future use. It is not currently implemented
and should be left OFF.
ADDRESS FILE - Turbo Board can automatically ask for user's street, city,
state and zip code. If you wish your users to be queried for this
information, change the OFF to ON.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 3 July 21, 1991
CHAT - Enables/disables the chat request function of the BBS. (See the Main
Menu and SysOp sections for more information.)
CHAT ON TIME - If you have Chat enabled the actual time Chat will be active
is controlled by the CHAT ON and CHAT OFF TIMEs. Enter the start time for
chat to be active. While chat is active and a user requests a chat the BBS
will ring the system bell and the bell on the printer if the system LOG TO
DISK is OFF. If you desire chat to be active all the time enter a time of
0000.
CHAT OFF TIME - Sets the time Chat will cease functioning. Set to 2400 for
chat to always be active.
LOG TO DISK (NO PRINTER) - ON will maintain the system log in a file on the
log drive, OFF will send the log to the printer.
GUEST - Enables/disables guest log-on. If on, a user may enter a first name
of Guest and the system will allow him/her access as a level 0 user and will
not ask for last name, address or age information.
ACCOUNTING - If ON, a monthly summary of user activities will be printed out
at midnight of the last day of each month. The user statistics (time,
uploads/downloads, etc) will also be reset. If OFF, no summary will be
printed and the user statistics will continue to accumulate, with the
exception of the monthly connect time which is reset.
ACCOUNT NUMBERS - If ON new users will be asked to enter an account number
when signing up. This number is not currently used by Turbo Board. You do
not need account numbers active in order to have accounting enabled.
GET USER AGE - You may set to OFF for Turbo Board to not ask for a new
user's age.
NEW USER SURVEY - If ON Turbo Board will present new users with survey
number one. (See Survey section in the main menu)
EMAIL DELETE - E-Mail is automatically deleted by Turbo Board after it has
been read by the addressee. This deletion can take place when the user logs
off or at the system batch maintenance time. If performed at batch
maintenance time it will continue to show the user that he has E-Mail each
time he logs on prior to the maintenance being accomplished. Use ON to
delete E-Mail when a user logs off after having read his mail, OFF to delete
E-Mail at batch maintenance time.
SYSOP EMAIL - If ON, a message to SysOp will be left as E-Mail to the SysOp.
If OFF then the message will be sent to the system log.
UPLOAD SYSOP - If ON, files uploaded to the BBS by the users will be set to
access level 32767. An access level of 32767 is the SysOp's access level,
making the file viewable only to the SysOp until he reviews it and modifies
the access level. IF OFF the user will be asked to set the access level for
the file.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 4 July 21, 1991
BULLETINS - Turn ON to show users the System Bulletins, OFF to skip the
Bulletins at log-on. (See Database section for the details on System
Bulletins.)
UPLOAD NOCHARGE - When a user uploads a file, you can have the time spent
performing the file transfer not counted against his time limits. If ON,
the time will not be counted, if OFF it will be counted.
MIN BAUD RATE - Set to the minimum rate that you wish callers to use when
calling your BBS. If you set this line to 1200, then only callers using a
1200 baud modem or higher will be able to log on your board. Users at a
lower connect rate will see a message stating that they have no access to
the board. See CONTIME.DAT
USE UL/DL RATIO - ON will mean the number entered in the next line will be
used to determine if a user may download a file. If the user is past his
number downloaded for number uploaded and the UL/DL ratio is enabled, then
he will not be allowed to download a file until he uploads one. For a ratio
of 10:1, once a user has downloaded 10 files, he may not download another
until he has (at some point) uploaded a file. If the user has uploaded two
files, then he may download thirty files before the system will tell him he
has exceeded his UL/DL ratio (remember, the first 10 were 'free'). If
accounting is turned on, then the UL/DL information is reset at the end of
the month and the user may again download files without uploading.
UL/DL RATIO - This ratio is no longer set here, but in the user's
password file entry for ratio.
TIMEOUT - This is the number of seconds of inactivity to wait before logging
the user off for exceeding the idle user time limit.
FMAIL DELETE - The number of days for F-Mail to be maintained by the system
before deleting. F-Mail will also be deleted once it has been downloaded by
the recipient. (See the F-Mail section under Main Menu for further
information.)
MAIN BBS DIRECTORY - If you are running Turbo Board from within a folder
then enter the name of the folder here, with BOTH leading and trailing
backslashes. ie., If running from a folder named TURBO, then enter \TURBO\.
If you are running turbo Board from a root directory then leave a single \.
MESSAGE SUBDIRECTORY - You may place your message files inside folders.
This keeps your main BBS directory, or root directory if not using a default
BBS subdirectory, from becoming cluttered with files. Enter the name of
your message subdirectory here, with ONLY the trailing backslash. ie.
MESSAGE\
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 5 July 21, 1991
SURVEY SUBDIRECTORY - Likewise, you may place all your survey files inside a
directory (folder). Again, enter the name here, with only the trailing
backslash, or leave blank if not using this optional folder.
TEXT AND GRAPHICS FILES SUBDIRECTORY - Blank, or the name of a folder where
your text and optional graphics files are maintained if you desire to use
this feature.
ALTERNATE DIRECTORY FOR .DAT FILES - The final optional folder the system
can use is for many of the files with the .DAT extension. Note: If used,
you still must keep the files CONFIG.DAT, HELP.DAT, HELP.IDX, PAS.DAT,
PAS.IDX, and VALIDATE.DAT in the main BBS folder or root directory if not
using a folder.
SCREEN SAVER FEATURE - If you would like the screen to be blanked while no
user is on the system, enter ON on this line. If OFF is used then the
screen will be kept on at all times. Note: It is highly recommended that
this feature be left OFF until you are familiar with Turbo Board and have
your system running reliably.
RINGBACK DIALING COMMAND (LOCAL CALL) - This is the string to be sent to the
modem with the user's phone number if the ringback feature is used and the
call will be a local call. See the Ringback section under the Main Menu for
details.) You can have a maximum of 30 characters for your modem on this
line.
RINGBACK DIALING COMMAND (LONG DISTANCE) - Same as above, but for long
distance calls.
CLEANUP TIME - When the clock time equals the time entered on this line the
system will log any user currently on the BBS off and commence system
maintenance. The system maintenance consists of E-Mail cleanup and any
commands you have in the text file FMAINT.BAT
FNET ENABLE - If you are using the Fnet system to send and receive messages
and F-Mail files automatically with other BBSs, then enter ON here,
otherwise leave as OFF. IF ON, then your node number will be shown in the
log-on header and from FNET START TIME until the FNET END TIME no users will
be allowed on the BBS.
FNET RECEIVE ONLY START TIME - This is the start of the time period when
Turbo Board will only allow other BBSs to call for exchange of Fnet
information. It is not the time your BBS will dial out, that is set by the
CLEANUP TIME line.
FNET RECEIVE ONLY END TIME - End of the time period when Turbo Board will
only allow other BBSs to call. If FNET ENABLE is OFF then the START and END
times are ignored.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 6 July 21, 1991
FNET NODE NUMBER - If using the Fnet feature you MUST first be issued a node
number by Dave Chiquelin at the Atari OH! bbs in Texas. Once you receive
this number enter it here. See the documentation on the Fmailer in Appendix
B for more details. For now, enter a 0 in this position if you do not have
an FNET node number.
FNET NODE NAME - This is an up to thirty character name for your BBS that
will be shown on the log-in header if Fnet Enable is turned on. Do not
'line up' the second column (the text FNET NODE NAME) by moving it over to
the left. This field is 30 characters wide and if you move it over part of
it will be sent with your Fnet name on the messages that are delivered by
the Fnet system.
DEFAULT MESSAGE BASE FOR NON-FMAIL FNET MESSAGES - Fnet F-Mail and E-Mail
messages received will be saved in the E-Mail section. Other messages will
try to be saved in the best match of the message base on your board to the
message base the message came from. If there is no 'best match', then the
messages will be saved on the message base specified on this line. Enter
the number of the message base for these messages.
VIA MESSAGE BASE FOR IN-TRANSIT FNET MESSAGES - The Fnet system can send
messages to your BBS for you to forward to another BBS. These 'VIA' messages
can clutter up your normal message bases and cause the messages between your
users and between your BBS and the other BBSs to scroll off sooner than they
normally would. For this reason you have the option of setting up a
separate message base to store these in-transit messages. You may use one
of your normal message bases instead of a separate unique base. Enter the
number of the message base to be used for this purpose on this line.
DOORINFO.DEF DIR- This line shows the destination directory for the
doorinfo.def file written for doors games. It is usually placed in the
default bbs directory. Note there is no \ at the end.
USER DEFINED GREETING MESSAGE - This option will allow your registered users
to leave a short 5 line greetings that will appear before the Main Menu, or
the Bulletins if they are enabled to appear.
FORCE USER TO READ EMAIL - This option will force all users directly into
the EMAIL system if they have either EMAIL or FMAIL waiting for them.
SAVE NEW USER AFTER NEWUSER.TXT - If you like, turning this option on will
prompt a new user to save his password just after the new user text is
displayed. If the user chooses not to save his password, he will be allowed
on the board at a 0 access level, and will still be prompted again at logoff
to save his access a second time.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 7 July 21, 1991
TYPE TEXT FILE - This option will allow a user to type any text file that
may be contained in either an ARC or LZH file, and display it on the screen.
If you enable this option, make sure you have LHARC.TTP and ARC.TTP also
present in the main bbs directory. (Use ARC 6.02 and rename it to ARC.TTP.)
Make sure you name these arcing utilities properly or Turbo Board will not
be able to locate them. Turbo Board will create a directory called TMP if
you use this feature.
BATCH FILE SUBDIRECTORY - This is an optional directory, but if you have
many BAT files lurking around or you run Binkleyterm, this may be a good
idea to use. Note the trailing backslash (\) like the other subdirectories.
Leave this entry blank if you don't wish to use this sub directory.
All done? Then save your new TURBO.OPT file inside the same folder as
TURBO.PRG. This file will be read by turbo Board and the SysGen program
when they start to run so they will know your default settings and where to
find all of your system files.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 8 July 21, 1991
RUNNING TURBO SYSGEN
You will now create your password file and message base files for the BBS.
You will also initialize your file directories, and caller info.
Turbo Board ST System Generator
Ver. 1.04
By Bill Miller
Copyright 1990,1991 by Bitblit Systems
A - Initialize System J - Expand/Compress password file
B - Add a message base K - Reinitialize password file
C - Rename a message base L - Rebuild password IDX file
D - Delete a message base M - Delete password entry
E - Expand a message base N - Change caller number
F - Reinitialize a message base O - Reset high message counters
G - Rebuild message base IDX ISM P - Add download directory
H - Check message base integrity R - Remove download directory
I - Change next message number S - System checkout
T - Change System Colours
Q - Quit
SysGen>
SysGen will read the TURBO.OPT file, and will check the drives that you have
specified as being online. If you have created a BBS directory and various
system subdirectories, SysGen will also create them for you on all drives
specified in TURBO.OPT.
The next prompt from the SysGen program will ask for the number of users to
allocate space for. Enter your starting number, remembering that it is
easier to add additional password space later than it is to decrease the
password file size. The maximum number of passwords allowed is 2,000. The
SysGen program will create the PAS.DAT, PAS.IDX and VALIDATE.DAT files based
on the size you have allocated. Turbo Board uses the .DAT extension for
DATA files, and the .IDX extension for the INDEX files associated with the
DATA files. The VALIDATE.DAT file is used to store validation masks which
will be covered later.
Next the program will ask for the number of message bases to initialize.
You may have up to 64 message bases, provided you have enough disk storage
space. For each message base you will be asked for the name you will call
the message base and the number of messages to create space for. Each
message base name may be up to 40 characters long, and each message base may
have a maximum of 500 messages. The program will generate MESAGEx.DAT,
MESAGEx.ISM and MESAGEx.IDX for each of your message bases. The 'x' in the
name is the number of the message base, as in MESAGE1.DAT for message base
one.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 9 July 21, 1991
Following your normal message base initialization you will be asked for the
number of messages to allocate for the E-Mail section. E-Mail is separate
from the other message bases in Turbo Board, with all E-Mail being locked
(private) and users alerted to any E-Mail waiting for them when they log on.
If the E-Mail section is full the system will not delete the oldest message
as in the standard message bases, but will instead not allow new E-Mail to
be entered. E-Mail is deleted after it is read by the addressee. You may
allocate up to 500 messages for E-Mail.
SysGen will next ask for the number of download category sub-directories,
and then the name for each directory. Enter the short name of your file
directories. Remember, eight characters maximum for the directory (folder)
names you will be using. It will also create all the necessary folders on
each drive, and initialize each directory.
The last question to answer is the starting caller number for your BBS. If
you have been running another BBS system you can enter the last caller
number from your old system to maintain continuity. To use 0 simply press
the Return key.
SysGen will now save the configuration data in a file named CONFIG.DAT and
return you to the main SysGen menu. Exit SysGen by typing the Q character
(or X if you like).
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 10 July 21, 1991
MODIFYING MODEMDAT.TXT
Included in this LZH is a file named MODEMDAT.TXT This file is used to tell
Turbo Board the commands to give your modem. You may use any text editor,
or the editor built-in to Turbo Board for editing the file. The file
included is set up for the industry standard AT command set. A modem that
uses the AT command set is recommended for use with the BBS, as some of the
features of Turbo Board will not work with other command-driven modems. One
example is the auto baud rate detect. When a user logs on to the BBS it
will adjust to their baud rate automatically IF the modem supports the AT
command set and returns the proper Verbose codes.
The first line of MODEMDAT.TXT is the escape code to put the modem into
command mode. ("+++" for normal AT modems) The second line is a command
sent to the modem by Turbo Board before it begins waiting for a caller.
("AT S0=1 S7=15 S2=5 V0 E0") The last line is the command sent to the modem
to hangup the user. ("AT H0")
It is suggested that you set the modem to answer on the first or second
ring, and not let it wait for more than 15 seconds for a carrier. The
exception to this rule is if you are using an error correcting modem. These
modems sometimes take several seconds to sync up and connect, so if you are
using a modem with the MNP error correction protocol, or some other error
detection/correction system, and find your callers are having problems
getting onto the BBS you might increase this time slightly.
The modem set-up should include:
Echo commands while in command state: NO
Force carrier detect on : NO
Force DTR control line on : NO
Send result codes : YES
Send VERBOSE result codes : YES
A good safety precaution available on some modems is the ability to have the
modem always hang up when the escape to command mode signal is received.
This prevents someone from taking control of your modem remotely. If your
modem has this capability it is suggested that it be turned on.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 11 July 21, 1991
RUNNING TURBO BOARD
Open a window for the drive with the Turbo.PRG file by double clicking on
the drive icon. If using a default directory then open it also. Now double
click on the Turbo.PRG file.
If you have SET TIME 'ON' in your TURBO.OPT file then you will now see a
prompt to enter the current time. Enter the time using the format shown on
the screen. Note: this is entered in 24 hour format - no AM or PM is used.
A time of 3:15:20 PM would be entered as 15:15:20. If you are not concerned
about the seconds you may enter the time as hhmm, where the h is the hours
and the m is the minutes. For example 7:30AM could be entered as 0730,
3:15PM as 1515. Next you will be asked to enter the current date. Enter
this using the format shown on the screen. Be sure and enter leading 0's.
ie., a date of 9 April 1990 would be entered as 04/09/90.
Turbo Board will now create a window at the top of the screen. This is the
Status Window of Turbo Board and displays information about the system while
it is running. Turbo Board will display:
Lot: Turbo Board ST Ver 1.0 Off: Page On
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Age: 0 Ph: Ca: 0-0
Dla: 0 Dba: 0 Dd: 0 Du: 0 Dl: 0 Ul: 0 Mai: 0 Fml: 0 Fnt: 0
Fre: 6604123 Mes: 0 MiS: 1295 Ni: 0 No: 21 Si: 0 So: 61 9600 8N1
Fun: Fil:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Where:
Lot: displays the logon time of the current user.
Off: shows the logoff time of the last user.
"Page On" or "Page Off" will be shown at the far right of the firstline,
depending on the status of the Chat mode. You will see a an inverse "-Chat-"
printed if the user had called the SysOp for chat.
Name:is the current user's name.
Age: is the current user's age.
Ph: will contain the current (or last if no one is on) user's phone number.
Ca: is two numbers. The first number is the total number of Callers since
the system was initialized. The second number is the number of Calls
since booting.
Dla: stands for Download access, and is the file access level.
Dba: is short for the Database access level.
Except for MiS, No, and So, all data explained below is 'since booting', not
since the system was initialized (first created).
Dd: the number of Database file that have been downloaded (read).
Du: the number of Database files that have been uploaded.
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Dl: the number of file downloads.
Ul: the number of file uploads.
Mai: is the number of E-Mail messages entered.
Fml: shows the number of Fmail messages entered.
Fnt: is the number of Fnet messages that have been entered on the BBS.
The next line contains:
Fre: the free upload space available on drives allocated to Turbo Board.
Mes: the total number of messages entered.
MiS: the total number of messages currently in the system.
Ni: the number of Fnet messages added to the message bases during the last
run of the Fmailer program. (Number in)
No: the number of Fnet messages waiting to be sent. (Number out)
Si: the number of SAFs (Stand-alone Files) that have been received from the
FNET mailer.
The far right entry shows the current Communications port (RS-232)
settings.
The communications port settings will be displayed in the order:
Baud, Word length, Parity, Stop bits, Translation mode
Translation mode is blank unless the caller is using ATASCII (Atari 8-bit
ASCII) mode, in which case it will display AT.
The last data line has two entries:
Fun: is a listing of the latest functions used by the current user.
Fil: is the current disk file in use.
When Turbo Board is finished booting, it will display the current date and
time in the center of the screen. This is the "waitring mode". Note: If
you have set the TURBO.OPT file for Turbo Board to blank the screen during
waitring, as soon as the system is initialized, the screen will go black.
If a modem is connected to the system it should show that it is in the Auto-
answer mode. If it is not then make sure your MODEMDAT.TXT file is set up
properly. You are now ready for your first logon to the system.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 13 July 21, 1991
YOUR FIRST LOGIN
With the system in the waitring state, press the <RETURN> key to logon
locally. The first lines that will flash across your screen show that you
are logged on to a Turbo Board ST bulletin board, with the version number
and date of last revision shown. Turbo Board will then inform you that you
have done a console logon and report the current time.
Follow the prompts on the BBS, and log in as a new User. When the board
asks you to save your password info, type Y, and Y to confirm, and your
record number will show on the screen. Since you are the first user, it
will be 00.
Now press the F1 function key. This key is used to enter into the SysOp
mode in Turbo Board. To see the SysOp menu press <RETURN>. You want to
change your user profile from that of a new user to that of SysOp, so type a
U followed by <RETURN>. At the PW> prompt, enter 99. This is a pre-
established validation mask for SysOp level access. Now enter an X to exit
from the User profile section, and then an X to exit the SysOp mode and
return to Turbo Board.
At the main menu prompt (Turbo Board>) enter a G to logoff. If you did not
have the alternate Save Password enabled, or you did not save your password
the first time, the BBS will ask you if you wish to save your password for
future access. Answer Y and note the ID number Turbo Board gives you. This
is the number Turbo Board requested in the initial logon prompt. The system
will pause for a few seconds to let you write down your ID number and then
continue the logoff, advising you of your total connect time and time
charged. Having logged off properly your password is now saved and you will
have SysOp level access whenever you log back on.
If you want to end the run of Turbo Board you may do so by entering SysOp
mode (press either the F1 or F2 function keys) and then entering the command
DOS or > at the Sysop> prompt.
The ID number issued by Turbo Board is actually the record number of the
user's password, with a 0 as the first digit. As SysOp, your ID number is
00, the next user's ID would be 01, etc. You can use your ID number format
knowledge to issue ID numbers to users who have lost their Turbo Board
generated ID number. Why use the ID number when you can also use your full
name? The reason is speed. If a name is entered Turbo Board must search
the password file for a match, if the user ID number is used then Turbo
Board can go directly to the record.
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QUICK SUMMARY
We can't place the full manual here on disk as it is around 150 pages in
length and this documentation is intended to give you just enough
information to start you on your way.
There are a couple of help files available to you in the bbs itself. The
first is accessed merely by hitting the [Help] key on your keyboard when
the bbs is up and waiting for a caller. The file displayed (HELP_FNK.TXT)
will show you the various function key assignments for Turbo Board.
The second source of help is the bbs's online help system, and it will help
you answer any questions in operation of the bbs from the User's side.
As for the Sysop functions, we don't have the room here to explain them all,
so experiment with them, and see what the various functions do.
Please remember that we do send a complete manual to the people that
register with us.
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Turbo Board Information files
The following files are also located in the DATABASE folder and are numbered
DB001.001 to DB001.004.
Turbo Board's NEW Features over FoReM ST 2.3:
-Conference Fmail (in any message base)
-Ability to View, and Type Fmail arc files
-Improved Message Editor (also R-emacs support if you so desire)
-ARC(V6.02) LHARC, and ZIP verbose listings
-TYPE a text file from any ARC or LHARC file
-LZHdl.LZH in the ARCtools (ZIPdl.ZIP still under developement)
-Integrated MSDOS style CLI/BATCH shell for running Batch files
-FULL BinkleyTerm mailer support (Pcommand not needed)
-Much easier when editing User Passwords
-Local Sysop Inactivity Timer
-Keyboard Lock feature
-Option to set Snoop mode on bootup
-New Scan file commands, does all the List commands + more!
-External program hooks, Executive, Chat.prg, Survey.bat, Syspas.bat,
Fmail.bat, Logon.bat, and many other new batch files
-Backup command in Email base while reading Messages
-Greetings message can be entered at logoff by registered users.
-Sysop can now have a No-window VT-52 option if he chooses
-Help key for Function key assignments displayed
-Undo key will attempt to abort any file transfer in progress
-Any alternate CHAT program can be used by the sysop if he so chooses
-Improved (greatly) paging control ( *More?(Y/N/C) prompt)
-Ringback working for long distance callers
-Many bugs that were present in FoReM ST are eliminated in this program
(you sysops know what they were...)
-MSH program NOT needed for the Doors programs
-Program size approx 200K, saves memory, and doesn't loose any!
-Faster execution than FoReM ST on initialization, and operation
-Smaller Window Size, frees up 2 lines on the Window
-PLUS all the features of FoReM ST, including FULL F-net and Crossnet
support (+ Conference Fmail support, Forem doesn't have this)
-Fidonet message bases, are under developement, but Binkley and Fidodoor
work just fine. Also the FIFO program is Fully Compatible with our BBS.
-This board is FoReM ST data file compatible, meaning that all the data
files that you use for FoReM will work on this board.
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July 21, 1991 Ser# ___________________
___________________
TURBO BOARD VERSION 1.0 ST REGISTRATION FORM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SYSOP'S REAL NAME:_______________________________________________
STREET ADDRESS :_______________________________________________
TOWN/CITY :_______________________________________________
STATE/PROVINCE :________________
COUNTRY :________________
ZIP/POSTAL CODE :________________
VOICE NUMBER :_______________________________________________
BBS NAME :_______________________________________________
BBS NUMBER :_______________________________________________
FNET NODE # :________
FIDO NODE # :________
This form is dated July 91, and prices are valid for one year from this
date.
Amount Enclosed: $45 US Dollars (convert to CDN$ if CDN res. Add PST
if ONT resident)
$6 for Airmail delivery (optional)
$12 Airmail for overseas (optional)
$25 for Express Mail delivery (optional)
_______
Total:_______
** CERTIFIED CHEQUE OR MONEY ORDER ONLY!! -- Payable to BITBLIT SYSTEMS **
Send your registration to:
Bitblit Systems
1580 Liveoak Dr
Mississauga, ON
Canada
L5E 2X6
American and Foreign residents, remember to check for correct postage.
Comments:
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Turbo Board REGISTRATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Turbo Board Version 1.0 is distributed under a Share Ware system. We have
allowed you to sample the operation of our program for a period of 30 days,
at which time you must decide to either delete this software, or register
it with us, at the price shown in the above registration form.
The TURBO-V1.LZH complete BBS package may not be resold by any person, and
may only be made available on PD/SHAREWARE disks with the WRITTEN PERMISSION
of BITBLIT SYSTEMS. This LZH file may be free distributed on any BBS or
other Online System. This LZH file may only be distibuted if complete
and intact with all documentation and order forms included.
Registration of Turbo Board with us gives you a complete full sized
printed manual, outlining all the features of Turbo board, plus a release
disk that includes all the programs necessary to full NETWORK your new
BBS on the Atari Fnet System.
John Miller, Turbo Board Support BBS 416-274-1225
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 18 July 21, 1991
Turbo Board ST Version 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Turbo Board ST Version 2 is a total rewrite of our original BBS program.
Over a year's work has gone into the total rewrite of Version 1, and Bill
Miller has really outdone himself this time! We think we have a very good
BBS program indeed! Version 2 IS Shipping!!
The Turbo Board Support bbs is running at bps rates from 1200-14400
if you would like to give us a call, the number is 416-274-1225
Our F-net number is node 18, if you are calling from an ST bbs in the Fnet.
Our Address:
Bitblit Systems
1580 Liveoak Dr.
Mississauga, Ont.
Canada L5E 2X6
Turbo Board Version 2's NEW Features
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Expanded User privileges and Bitmaps for Passwords
-KByte/File Ratio System
-Batch uploading & User File Description Editing
-Ymodem-g uploads for HST users
-BBS Handles/Real Name system
-Full User File Editor
-Masked Sysop commands ( For Co-sysops)
-Many NEW Sysop Functions, including new File Editor and Password Editor
-Execute files from Main menu commands
-Sysop definable Prompts, and menus
-Main Menu commands and functions fully programable (also Submenus)
-Many New Copy and Save Functions for Fmail, and other files
-Quick help edit prompt in message editor
-Modular BBS, (Main Module only uses about 80K of memory) for greater
free memory when running Binkley (Fido Mailer)
-NEW Database, you can use archives, and users can easily upload new
database entries, entries have access levels
-BBS handles line answering instead of modem
-NEW SIG system for grouping message bases, fully configurable by Sysop
-Quick Chat and DOS keys from local console
-NEW Turbo System Generator with expanded features
-UPDATE program for Turbo V1 and Forem ST Sysops to convert to V2
-New Version 2 Manual (addendum for Version 1 Turbo Owners)
-And many other new small features not listed here that are improvements
over our Version 1.0
-Version 2.0 is now running on our support bbs, and is available NOW.
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Pricing:
~~~~~~~~
$89.95 US - USA and International List price
$69.95 US - Special Limited time offer price
$29.95 US - Special Update offer for Registered Turbo Version 1 Sysops
(Canadian residents may send CDN dollars instead of US)
*******
We have noticed that the people writing the new versions of Forem ST have
copied many of our newer features that we had in version 1.0 of our BBS
program. Many of the sysops running Forem ST, look at Turbo Board and ask
the Forem guys to include our new features.
We only say, you can go with the leader, or you can stay with the followers.
Why wait for new features, when you can have them now, as it will take FOREM
a LONG time to catch up to us this time around.
Turbo Board Version 2 is the most advanced and powerful BBS program
available for the Atari ST.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 20 July 21, 1991
SPECIAL OFFER -- LIMITED TIME ONLY!!!
Turbo Board ST Version 2 - Order Form July 21,1991
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________
_________________
SYSOP'S REAL NAME:_______________________________________________
STREET ADDRESS :_______________________________________________
COUNTY/CITY :_______________________________________________
STATE/PROVINCE :________________
COUNTRY :________________
ZIP/POSTAL CODE :________________
VOICE NUMBER :_______________________________________________
BBS NAME :_______________________________________________
CURRENT SOFTWARE :_______________________________________________
BBS NUMBER :_______________________________________________
FNET NODE # :________
FIDO NODE # :________
Turbo Board ST Version 2 regular price is $89.95. For a limited time only
we are making it available for $69.95 US$.
Amount Enclosed: ____ $69.95 US Dollars ( Convert to CDN$ if CDN res.)
( Add 8% PST if Ontario resident )
Delivery Options: ____ $6 for Airmail delivery (Canada and USA)
____ $12 for Airmail Mail delivery (International)
____ $25 for Express Mail delivery (North America only)
Total:_______
** DUE TO AN INCREASE OF N.S.F. (BAD) CHEQUES, WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT
PERSONAL CHEQUES UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED. ALL UNCERTIFIED
PERSONAL CHEQUES WILL BE RETURNED TO SENDER.
Please make out your Certified Cheque or Money Order payable to
BITBLIT SYSTEMS.
Send your Completed Order Form with payment to:
Bitblit Systems
1580 Liveoak Dr
Mississauga, ON
Canada
L5E 2X6
American and Foreign residents, remember to check for correct postage.
Turbo Board 1.0 Shareware Version Page 21 July 21, 1991