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- Welcome to the HOT BBS
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- Heart Of Tennessee Bulletin Board Service
- Murfreesboro
- The geographical center of Tennessee
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- The HOTtest BBS around brings you over 3 Gigs of free BBS!
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- Home of HOT DOORS Programers and there fine Door Programs.
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- Many a R.C.U.G. member has seen the logo of the HOT BBS. It often means
- that the auto dialer on that favorite communications program has finally
- gotten through. Now if you have enough time, take a look and grab the
- latest shareware programs available in this area. Then check your mail
- and your off to yet another BBS.
- This seems to be the click of most users who log on to this BBS. I
- would just like to point out that there is a lot more to the HOT BBS
- that a few programs.
- A few pointers to save time while on-line:
- 1 Capture your messages for down loading and then read them off line.
- You may also want to learn how to edit your messages off line, then
- upload back to the board, This saves time typing while on-line.
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- 2 If you do not have the latest PKZip program be sure to download
- it and and the latest listing from the Main Conference File area #1.
- All the files in this area are FREE in time and download bytes. This
- means it will not be charged to your allotted time.
- Read your listings off line using Van Buerg's List program or your
- favorite database. No need to download this more than once a month,
- because all new uploads are placed into a separate directory.
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- 3 Turn off the Menu (Expert mode), any time you need it to reference
- just go for Help or ? and it will be displayed. Pressing enter gives
- you the command line again. With the menu off you will also get
- shorter command prompt help.
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- 4 Turn on COLOR Menus. Many people will tell you that color
- (or Graphics) will slow you down. This is not true (maybe at 300
- baud). The color menus are more enhanced and easier to pick out the
- command you are looking for. Unlike many other Bulletin Boards, we
- have taken great pains to keep background colors off and use ANSI
- color for shorter menus and faster time.
- Be sure to have line feeds on for our color menus. We supply no
- carriage returns (CR) at the end of each line.
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- Shareware programs make up a lot of what BBS users call Bulletin
- Boards for! So I thought it only fitting to explain the term
- Shareware.
- Shareware is a general term for copyrighted software that uses a
- direct-to-the-consumer marketing method, eliminating the retailer
- and or middleman. Primarily using Bulletin Boards to advertize these
- products. Unlike the conventional software you buy, you have the
- opportunity to try it before you buy it. Some shareware programs
- may be purchased or registered for a fixed price, while other
- shareware companies or authors simply request a reasonable
- contribution.
- What a user gets for registering depends on the product. Many
- shareware authors give registered users a nicely printed copy of
- the documentation and one or more free updates. Others withhold some
- useful parts of the program to encourage users to register. Upon
- registration, they supply the new working version of the program.
- When Down loading Shareware programs from Bulletin Boards or
- purchasing shareware programs from vendors (Selling shareware disk)
- you are not purchasing the software. You are simply paying for the
- disk, copying and distribution service, or time to download. If the
- product is "SHAREWARE", the authors will still expect you to register
- and pay them later if you find the program useful.
- "PUBLIC DOMAIN" software authors authorize use of their software
- without paying the author any fees. "CRIPPLE WARE" and Demo ware are a
- waste of disk space for most Bulletin Boards because they offer
- nothing more than advertizing.
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- Please check out the other features on The HOT BBS
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