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MAIN100ASCMPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Main Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&@ &7&Sysop Menu. Quits the Main Menu and enters the Sysop Menu. The Sysop Menu will allow you to modify the user's file and drop to DOS from remote. &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the main menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the main menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&P &7&Page the Sysop. This selection will ring a bell on the SysOp's side. %SYSOP% will answer if they can and initiate a chat with you. Otherwise, they will automatically get a message saying you requested a chat and if they come in while you're on the BBS, they'll probably chat with you. &14&Q &7&Questionnaires. This selection will bring up a menu of questionnaires if the SysOp has made any available to you. &14&F &7&Files Menu. This selection will take you to the files area. The files area provides access to the BBS' files available to you. It also provides a means for you to transfer files to us. &14&B &7&Bulletins Menu. This will bring up the list of this system's important Bulletins and allow you to read them. &14&C &7&Leave Comment to Sysop. This is the fastest way to contact the SysOp if they are not available for a chat. &14&D &7&Doors Area. This selection will bring up a list of doors to external communications software available to you. This generally includes entertainment and sometimes system information. &14&M &7&Message Area. This selection will bring you to the message area. The message area includes two main functions: Reading existing mail and writing new mail. This is the best way to contact other members of the BBS or check out what other BBS users are talking about. It can also be a good resource for help on certain topics and technical support for computer hardware and/or software. &14&X &7&Expert Mode. This selection will either deactivate or activate displaying menus. If you are currently seeing menu screens AND prompts, Expert mode is off. Many experienced (or Expert) users opt to use this function after they have memorized all or most of the system functions and commands. Since menus aren't displayed with this toggle activated, it makes getting from place to place much faster. &14&N &7&Display Newsletter. This selection will display this BBS' latest newsletter. This may include information on upcoming events, how the BBS is doing, new features you should know about, etc.. &14&Y &7&Your Statistics. This selection will list your up-to-date statistics and let you modify some of them if you wish. MESSASCtPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Message Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the message menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the main menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&E &7&Enter a message. This option will allow you to write a message to another user on the BBS. If this BBS is networked, you will have the option to send this message via netmail. You may also send private letters if you don't other people to read certain messages. You may also use a previous message in your message by the "Quoting" feature. You may also opt to use our Built-in full screen editor. This editor allows you to create a message from top to bottom, all on the same screen. &14&R &7&Read a message. This option will allow you to read a message written by another user. If the message is private, you can't read it unless it is addressed to you. You also have the option of quoting a message in a reply to that message. &14&F &7&Files Menu. This selection will take you to the files area. The files area provides access to the BBS' files available to you. It also provides a means for you to transfer files to us. &14&C &7&Change message area. This option will allow you to change from one message area to another. A message area is a place where you can write messages to people about certain things. For example: Sci-Fi message area, Drama message area, Cooking message area. &14&SEL &7&Select/Deselect message areas. This allows you to select message areas you are interested in reading and deselecting message areas you aren't interested in reading. &14&S &7&Search for a message. This option allows you to find a message that you want to read. You can search for messages by telling the BBS to look for certain parts of the message. Then it will show all the messages which comply with your previously stated search criteria. &14&M* &7&Offline Message menu*. This option allows you to download messages from our message base so you can read them while not on our BBS. &14&X &7&Expert Mode. This selection will either deactivate or activate displaying menus. If you are currently seeing menu screens AND prompts, Expert mode is off. Many experienced (or Expert) users opt to use this function after they have memorized all or most of the system functions and commands. Since menus aren't displayed with this toggle activated, it makes getting from place to place much faster. *&7&-Available only if sysop wishes. MAINASC'PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Main Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the main menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the main menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&P &7&Page the Sysop. This selection will ring a bell on the SysOp's side. %SYSOP% will answer if they can and initiate a chat with you. Otherwise, they will automatically get a message saying you requested a chat and if they come in while you're on the BBS, they'll probably chat with you. &14&Q &7&Questionnaires. This selection will bring up a menu of questionnaires if the SysOp has made any available to you. &14&F &7&Files Menu. This selection will take you to the files area. The files area provides access to the BBS' files available to you. It also provides a means for you to transfer files to us. &14&B &7&Bulletins Menu. This will bring up the list of this system's important Bulletins and allow you to read them. &14&C &7&Leave Comment to Sysop. This is the fastest way to contact the SysOp if they are not available for a chat. &14&D &7&Doors Area. This selection will bring up a list of doors to external communications software available to you. This generally includes entertainment and sometimes system information. &14&M &7&Message Area. This selection will bring you to the message area. The message area includes two main functions: Reading existing mail and writing new mail. This is the best way to contact other members of the BBS or check out what other BBS users are talking about. It can also be a good resource for help on certain topics and technical support for computer hardware and/or software. &14&X &7&Expert Mode. This selection will either deactivate or activate displaying menus. If you are currently seeing menu screens AND prompts, Expert mode is off. Many experienced (or Expert) users opt to use this function after they have memorized all or most of the system functions and commands. Since menus aren't displayed with this toggle activated, it makes getting from place to place much faster. &14&N &7&Display Newsletter. This selection will display this BBS' latest newsletter. This may include information on upcoming events, how the BBS is doing, new features you should know about, etc.. &14&Y &7&Your Statistics. This selection will list your up-to-date statistics and let you modify some of them if you wish. MCHATASC/!PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &12&HELP ON USING THE BBS &3&──────────────────────────────────────────────────── &7&Even if this is not your first time using the BBS, you still ought to familiarize yourself with the available features of Powerboard. Please take time to read through this file. &15&HELP&7&: You may get help at virtually any prompt by typing &14&?&7& and pressing [ENTER]. To access the full online help system, you need to type &14&/?&7& and then press [ENTER]. &15&STACKED COMMANDS&7&: Powerboard 2.00 supports stacking commands. What this means is that you may type a list of commands to be executed in sequential order, separating each command by either a space, a semicolon (;), or a comma. For example, if you were at the main menu and wanted to go to the files menu and change to file area #3, you would ordinarily have to type 'F', press [ENTER], type 'C', press [ENTER], and then type '3' and press [ENTER]. However, stacked commands will let you achieve the same thing by typing 'F C 3' and pressing [ENTER]. &15&GLOBAL COMMANDS While in Multinode chat, there are many options that are available to you. A feature that you can use if you are calling with an ANSI terminal is color changes. If you are calling from an ascii (non-ansi) terminal, you will have the ability to enter the color codes, however, you will not be able to see the color changes. Colors available include foreground and background colors. Foreground colors are 0 through 15, 0-7 being low intensity colors and 8-15 high intensity. To put a color code in your message, you must first put in an & (ampersand) symbol, then the color number, then another ampersand symbol. With background colors, the color change code is a $ (dollar sign). You must type the $, then the color number (0-7), then another $. &11&Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &7&───────── ───────────── &14&/? &7&Show Help. Shows selections available while in Multinode Chat. &14&/QUIT &7&Quit Chat. Exits multinode chat. &14&/LEAVE &7&Leave current channel and return to main channel. Wherever you are in chat, typing /LEAVE will bring you back to the main channel. &14&/TIME &7&Time On. Display information about your time on and current time. &14&/WHO &7&Who is Online. Displays a list of all the users on the BBS and their locations. This list is of all users on the BBS, not just those in Multinode Chat. This option will not display which channels users in multinode chat are in. &14&/USERS &7&Users in Chat. Displays a list of all the users in multinode chat, and what channels they are in. &14&/LIST &7&Lists currently existing public channels. This option only lists public channels that have been created. It does not tell you whether or not there are any available channels which may be used to create public channels. &14&/JOIN &7&If you type /JOIN without specifying a channel name, you will create your own channel. The BBS will ask you whether or not you want to make your channel a private channel. If you want to join a pre-existing channel, type /JOIN followed by the channel name. For example, if you wanted to join a channel called 'Movies', you would type '/JOIN Movies' and press [ENTER]. &14&/ILIST &7&Displays a list of the users invited to your channel. &14&/INVITE &7&Invite users to your private channel. If you are in a private channel that you created, you have the power to specify which users should be allowed to join your channel. To do this, you should type /INVITE followed by the name of the user you wish to invite to your channel. You must specify the full name of the user you wish to invite. Partial names will not work! This option will only work in private channels you created. &14&/UNINVITE &7&Uninvite users who were previously invited to your private channel. To uninvite a user, type /UNINVITE followed by the full name of the user you wish to uninvite from your channel. Partial names will not work! If the user you are uninviting is currently in your private channel, he/she will not be kicked out. However, when the uninvited user leaves your channel, he/she will not be able to rejoin it. &14&/S &7&Send to Node. Lets you send a PRIVATE message to someone on another node. Whether or not they're in chat doesn't matter, as long as they are available (not in a door, not downloading/uploading, etc...). Format for this command: /S <node> <text_to_send>. Example: /S 1 Hey! It's %NAME%! &14&/C &7&Color Change. Lets you make a certain node number's messages always come up in the color you specify(as long as you're using ANSI graphics). This is normally used if you want to highlight a certain user, such as the leader of the discussion. Format for this command: /C <node> <node_color>. Colors are as follows: 0 - Black 1 - Dark Blue 2 - Dark Green 3 - Dark Cyan 4 - Dark Red 5 - Dark Purple 6 - Dark Yellow/Brown 7 - Dark White 8 - Gray 9 - Light Blue 10 - Light Green 11 - Light Cyan 12 - Bright Red 13 - Bright Purple 14 - Yellow 15 - Bright White Example for /C command: /C 1 14 &14&/I &7&Ignore Node. Lets you ignore all incoming messages from a specific node number. If that user tries sending you a message, you will not see it. This is usually good for a large chat room where someone is being a nuisance. Format for /I command: /I <nodenumber> Example: /I 1 &14&/DEL &7&Delete Ignores. Lets you delete the list of nodes you wanted to ignore. Example: /DEL &14&/K &7&Toggle Wait. Using this option will toggle the suppression of text until you have completed your sentences. REPLYASCàPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Message Reply Help &7&While entering a message, there are many options that are available to you. If you are accessing this system with an ansi terminal, you will have the ability to move around the message text with your cursor keys to correct spelling errors. Another feature that Powerboard %ver% provides is the ability to make different words different colors in your message. Again, you must be calling from an ansi terminal for this feature. If you are calling from an ascii (non-ansi) terminal, you will have the ability to enter the color codes, however, you will not be able to see the color changes. Colors available include foreground and background colors. Foreground colors are 0 through 15, 0-7 being low intensity colors and 8-15 high intensity. To put a color code in your message, you must first put in an & (ampersand) symbol, then the color number, then another ampersand symbol. With background colors, the color change code is a $ (dollar sign). You must type the $, then the color number (0-7), then another $. &11&Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the reply menu. (This Screen) &14&T &7&Throw Away Message. This command allows you to abort a message you don't want to send. &14&S &7&Save a message. This option will allow you to save a message you have written. &14&E &7&Edit your message. This command will allow you to edit the message you wrote. This is useful if you made one or two typing mistakes and would like to correct them before sending the message. &14&A &7&Add on to your message. This option will allow you to add onto the end of your message. This is good if you forgot to write something and you want to add it on the end. &14&L &7&List a message. This option will allow you to relist your message so you can look at again. &14&C &7&Change the name of the user you wish to send the message to. This option will allow you to send your message to a different user if you choose. &14&M &7&Modify the subject of your message. This option allows you to change the subject of your message if you feel a better subject name is possible. &14&D &7&Delete line. This option will allow you to delete a line from your message. This is good if you wish to remove an inappropriate line from your message. &14&Q &7&Quote. This command will allow you to quote from the message that you are replying to. ENTERASCµPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &12&MESSAGE ENTRY HELP &3&─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── &7&While entering a message, there are many options that are available to you. If you are accessing this system with an ANSI terminal, you will have the ability to move around the message text with your cursor keys to correct spelling errors. Another feature that Powerboard %ver% provides is the ability to make different words different colors in your message. Again, you must be calling from an ANSI terminal for this feature. If you are calling from an ASCII (non-ANSI) terminal, you will have the ability to enter the color codes, however, you will not be able to see the color changes. Colors available include foreground and background colors. Foreground colors are 0 through 15, 0-7 being low intensity colors and 8-15 high intensity. To put a color code in your message, you must first put in an & (ampersand) symbol, then the color number, then another ampersand symbol. With background colors, the color change code is a $ (dollar sign). You must type the $, then the color number (0-7), then another $. &11&Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the enter menu. (This Screen) &14&T &7&Throw Away Message. This command allows you to abort a message you don't want to send. &14&S &7&Save a message. This option will allow you to save a message you have written. &14&E &7&Edit your message. This command will allow you to edit the message you wrote. This is useful if you made one or two typing mistakes and would like to correct them before sending the message. &14&A &7&Add on to your message. This option will allow you to add onto the end of your message. This is good if you forgot to write something and you want to add it on the end. &14&L &7&List a message. This option will allow you to relist your message so you can look at again. &14&C &7&Change the name of the user(s) you wish to send the message to. This option will allow you to send your message to a different user if you choose. In addition, this option will allow you to edit/create a list of users to carbon copy the message to. &14&M &7&Modify the subject of your message. This option allows you to change the subject of your message if you feel a better subject name is possible. &14&D &7&Delete line. This option will allow you to delete one or more lines from your message. This is good if you wish to remove an erroneous line or paragraph from your message. &14&D &7&Insert line. This option allows you to insert a block of text into the message at the specified line number. This can be useful if you remember something you wanted to mention in the middle of the message but had forgotten to write. &14&F &7&Full Screen Mode Toggle. This option will switch you between using the regular line editor and the full screen message editor. When you select this option, the BBS will tell you the current mode you are in. &14&U &7&Upload Text. This option lets you upload a text file which will be imported into your message starting at the end of the message. This is useful if you have a pre-typed message in text file format that you wish to send. FILEASC5 PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Files Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the file menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the file menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&D &7&Download a file. This option allows you to copy a file from us over the modem to you. Good for getting more files. &14&C &7&Change file area. Lets you switch from one file group to another. Allows you to get a wider variety of files. &14&J &7&Join a different conference. This option will allow you to join a Message\file conference group. Conferences have both messages and files relevant to the subject of the messages. &14&Q &7&Quit to main menu. Allows you to return to the main menu. &14&S &7&Search for a file. This allows you to search for a file you're looking for. This is good if you want a specific file. &14&U &7&Upload a file. This option allows you to copy a file over the modem from your computer to our hard drive so other people can download it. You also get time credit for your upload. &14&R &7&Read text file. Allows you to read a text file you wish to read. &14&X &7&Expert Mode. This selection will either deactivate or activate displaying menus. If you are currently seeing menu screens AND prompts, Expert mode is off. Many experienced (or Expert) users opt to use this function after they have memorized all or most of the system functions and commands. Since menus aren't displayed with this toggle activated, it makes getting from place to place much faster. &14&V &7&View contents of a Zip file. This option allows you to look at the files contained in a Zip file. It also allows you to view text files inside the zipfile. READNASC▓ PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Reading Message Commands &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&N &7&Next Message. Retrieves & shows the next available message. &14&Q &7&Quit. Quit reading and return to previous menu. &14&E &7&Edit Message. This command will allow you to edit the message IF you were the one who entered it originally. &14&H &7&Help. This command will show this screen. &14&O &7&Forward Message. This command will allow you to forward the message to another user IF you were the one who sent it originally. &14&R &7&Reply. This command will let you reply to the author of the message. &14&S &7&Show Again. This command will re-display the current message. &14&K &7&Kill Message. This command will let you kill the current message IF you were the one who sent it originally. &14&F &7&Forward Thread. If anyone has replied to the message that you are currently viewing, this option will let you see those replies, IF they are not private or are addressed to you. &14&P &7&Previous Message. This command will show the message that this message is a reply to (only if the current message is in fact a reply to a message). &14&D &7&Download Attach. This command will let you download the file that is attached to this message onto your system (providing there is a file attached. There will be a star and a message letting you know if this is the case). SEARASCxPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Search Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the search menu. (This Screen) &14&Q &7&Quit Search. Exit the search menu. &14&F &7&From. Allows you to search for a message with the text you specify. If a message is found that includes a portion of the text you specified in the FROM field, the message will be displayed to you. &14&T &7&To-Name. Allows you to search for a message with the text you specify. If a message is found that includes a portion of the text you specified in the TO field, the message will be displayed to you. &14&S &7&Subject. Allows you to search for a message with the text you specify. If a message is found that includes a portion of the text you specified in the SUBJECT field, the message will be displayed to you. &14&M &7&Message Text. Allows you to search for a message with the text you specify. If a message is found that includes a portion of the text you specified in the TEXT area, the message will be displayed to you. QUESASCsPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Questionnaire Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the questionnaire menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the questionnaire menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&X &7&Expert Mode. This selection will either deactivate or activate displaying menus. If you are currently seeing menu screens AND prompts, Expert mode is off. Many experienced (or Expert) users opt to use this function after they have memorized all or most of the system functions and commands. Since menus aren't displayed with this toggle activated, it makes getting from place to place much faster. &14&(number) &7&Questionnaire number. Choosing a number will allow you to answer, if available, the questionnaire corresponding with the number you entered. DOORASC"PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Doors Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the doors menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the doors menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&X &7&Expert Mode. This selection will either deactivate or activate displaying menus. If you are currently seeing menu screens AND prompts, Expert mode is off. Many experienced (or Expert) users opt to use this function after they have memorized all or most of the system functions and commands. Since menus aren't displayed with this toggle activated, it makes getting from place to place much faster. &14&(number) &7&Door number. Choosing a number will display, if available, the door corresponding with the number you selected. SYSOPASCPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Main Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the main menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the main menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&D &7&Shut Down another node. &14&O &7&Show Node. View the actual screen that is currently being displayed on another node. &14&K &7&Kill Node. Disconnect the user on another node. &14&E &7&Edit user file. &14&M &7&Message Menu. Go directly to the message menu. &14&F &7&Files Menu. Go directly to the files menu. &14&V &7&View Logs. View the callers logs for this node. &14&S &7&Shell to DOS. Use the operating system on the host computer. LSTASC«PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&File Listing Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&N &7&Nonstop Display. This option will temporarily turn off pausing after your screen is full of info. &14&T &7&Tag. This option will allow you to tag a file for later downloading. &14&C &7&Continue. This option will continue the file listing display. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the file list menu. (This Screen) &14&D &7&Download a file. This option allows you to copy a file from us over the modem to you. &14&S &7&Quit to files menu. Allows you to go back to the files menu. &14&V &7&View contents of a Zip file. This option allows you to look at the files contained in a Zip file. It also allows you to view text files inside the zipfile. READASCäPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Message Reading Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&(number) &7&Message Number. Start reading messages at the (number) you specify. Message reading will continue until you stop it or there are no more messages. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the Read menu. (This Screen) &14&M &7&Mail since last read. List Messages after the last Message you read. &14&Y &7&Your Mail. This will list all mail addressed to you. &14&Q &7&Quit. Exit read menu. &14&R &7&Reverse order read. Reading messages from last to first. Good for reading the latest mail. &14&S &7&Search for text. You tell the BBS to search for certain parts of messages to find messages you want to read. BULLASC(PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Bulletins Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the bulletins menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the bulletins menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&N &7&New Bulletins. This selection will list all (if any) bulletins posted since your last call. &14&D &7&Download. This selection will allow you to download one of the bulletins (transfer from the BBS to your computer). &14&(number) &7&Bulletin 1-Number of bulletins available. Choosing a number will display, if available, the bulletin corresponding with the number you selected. PROTASCPBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Protocol Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&Q &7&Quit. This will quit the protocol menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the protocol menu. (This Screen) &14&X &7&Xmodem CRC. A type of protocol. This is the old industry standard protocol. &14&C &7&Xmodem Checksum. A type of protocol. One of the first modem protocols. Predecessor of Xmodem CRC. &14&Z* &7&Zmodem. Much newer protocol. Today's protocol standard. Much faster if you have it. &14&B* &7&Zmodem Batch. Same as Zmodem but with batch (Multiple file) transfer. Any additional protocol is available only if sysop wishes. *&7&-Available only if sysop wishes. FILE100ASC┬ PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &3&█ █ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ &14&░░░░░░░░░ &3&█▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ &14&░░░░░░░░░░ &3&█ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀ █ █ █▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄ █ &10&Powerboard Ver %VER% &11&Files Menu Command Descriptions &15&Command Description &13&───────── ───────────── &14&? &7&Show Menu. Re-lists the selections available at the file menu. &14&H &7&Show Help. Shows the help screen for the file menu. (This Screen) &14&G &7&Goodbye. Disconnect from the BBS (hang up) &14&D &7&Download a file. This option allows you to copy a file from us over the modem to you. Good for getting more files. &14&M &7&Move File. This option lets you move a file from one directory to another. &14&C &7&Change file area. Lets you switch from one file group to another. Allows you to get a wider variety of files. &14&J &7&Join a different conference. This option will allow you to join a Message\file conference group. Conferences have both messages and files relevant to the subject of the messages. &14&Q &7&Quit to main menu. Allows you to return to the main menu. &14&S &7&Search for a file. This allows you to search for a file you're looking for. This is good if you want a specific file. &14&U &7&Upload a file. This option allows you to copy a file over the modem from your computer to our hard drive so other people can download it. You also get time credit for your upload. &14&R &7&Read text file. Allows you to read a text file you wish to read. &14&X &7&Expert Mode. This selection will either deactivate or activate displaying menus. If you are currently seeing menu screens AND prompts, Expert mode is off. Many experienced (or Expert) users opt to use this function after they have memorized all or most of the system functions and commands. Since menus aren't displayed with this toggle activated, it makes getting from place to place much faster. &14&V &7&View contents of a Zip file. This option allows you to look at the files contained in a Zip file. It also allows you to view text files inside the zipfile. BBSHLPASCô PBANSI ---- This file contains PBANSI codes, documented in manual under SAY control file command. @CLS@ &12&HELP ON USING THE BBS &3&──────────────────────────────────────────────────── &7&Even if this is not your first time using the BBS, you still ought to familiarize yourself with the available features of Powerboard. Please take time to read through this file. &15&HELP&7&: You may get help at virtually any prompt by typing &14&?&7& and pressing [ENTER]. To access the full online help system, you need to type &14&/?&7& and then press [ENTER]. &15&STACKED COMMANDS&7&: Powerboard 2.00 supports stacking commands. What this means is that that you may type a list of commands to be executed in sequential order, separating each command by either a space, a semicolon (;), or a comma. For example, if you were at the main menu and wanted to and wanted to go to the files menu and change to file area #3, you would ordinarily have to type 'F', press [ENTER], type 'C', press [ENTER], and then type '3' and press [ENTER]. However, stacked commands will let you achieve the same thing by typing '&14&F C 3&7&' and pressing [ENTER]. &15&GLOBAL COMMANDS&7&: Global commands are special options that can be accessed from almost any prompt that supports online help. Global commands always start with a slash (&14&/&7&). The following are currently available global commands: &14&/?&7& - Accesses the full Online Help System &14&/TIME&7& - Displays the current time and date. This also displays the amount of online time you currently have remaining. &14&/WHO&7& - Displays a list of who is online on other nodes. &14&/S # message&7& - Sends the specified message to the specified node #. For example, to send "Hello there!" to node 2, you would type: &14&/S 2 Hello there! &14&/BYE&7& - Takes you to the logoff prompt. &7&Those are the essentials you should know in order to make the most of you time on the BBS. You may review this screen at any time by doing the following: 1. Type &14&/?&7& 2. Press [ENTER] 3. Type &14&BBS Help&7& 4. Press [ENTER]