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User Account Display/Edit
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This service allows you to:
o View some statistics on your account
o Edit many of the answers you gave when you first signed up
o Transfer credits from your account to another
o Change the default language to use when you log on
Credits
Some BBSes track your usage or charge for your usage by issuing
"credits". Being online consumes credits and using various services
also consumes credits. If the BBS does deal with credits then you'll
see them in your account menu:
User-ID: Arthur Berg
Credits: 693150
S ... Display statistics on your account
A ... Display or edit account information (address/phone/password)
T ... Transfer credits to another user
Your choice (or X to exit):
S = Display Statistics on your Account
This choice shows you a few statistics on your account.
User-ID: Arthur Berg
S ... Display statistics on your account
A ... Display or edit account information (address/phone/password)
T ... Transfer credits to another user
Your choice (or X to exit): S
User-ID .................... Arthur Berg
Account Created ............ 02/09/91
Last Logon ................. 05/14/92
Account Class............... CUSTOMER
Time Limit Per Call......... UNLIMITED
Time Limit Per Day.......... UNLIMITED
ANSI setting this session .. ON
User-ID: Arthur Berg
S ... Display statistics on your account
A ... Display or edit account information (address/phone/password)
T ... Transfer credits to another user
Your choice (or X to exit):
Your account was created when you first signed up. The day you last
logged on, (prior to your current session) is recorded also.
Your class determines how long you can stay online and what services
you are allowed to use, and on some systems, whether you are charged
for using the BBS or not. In the above example, Arthur has no limits
on how long he can stay online. The ANSI-ON condition means that his
terminal is receiving color and cursor movement commands from the BBS.
You can change your ANSI setting if you like. More on that below.
A = Editing Your Account Information
On most BBSes, you can edit your answers to the sign-up questions. You
won't be able to change your User-ID, though. And some custom
questions are only asked at sign-up, and can't be changed later.
The Full Screen Data Entry service is used to change your account
information if your terminal has ANSI capability. You'll see all your
account information on screen. Use your up and down arrows keys to
move around to different fields. To retype a field, just type over the
old information. To change a field, start by moving the cursor right
or left to the correct position. Then type over the old stuff, or:
<Del> or <Backspace> delete a character
<CTRL-F> insert a character
See below for editing your account information when you don't have ANSI
(using the Linear Data Entry service).
You can leave this screen any time by hitting one of these keystrokes:
<CTRL-G> Save your changes and exit
<CTRL-O> Quit and abandon your changes
Name, Address, Phone Numbers
On some of these fields there are certain minimum lengths required.
You'll be notified if your answer is too short. This information is
treated by most Sysops as highly confidential. It would be used mainly
to contact you in the event of a question or problem with your account.
Many Sysops also use this information to mail announcements,
newsletters, etc.
Computer System
On some systems, different menus are provided for users that have IBM
computers and users that don't. IBM computers as terminals can display
a wide variety of special extended ASCII characters, including box
borders, shading, international characters, etc. The only other impact
of this question is on demographic statistics that the Sysop can see.
ANSI Preference
This answer concerns whether or not your terminal should be receiving
ANSI commands for cursor positioning, colors, and other attributes.
ON ANSI commands will be sent to your terminal
OFF ANSI commands will not be sent to your terminal
AUTO Each time you log on, the BBS will decide whether
or not to send ANSI commands to your terminal. The BBS
may automatically detect whether you have ANSI or not,
or it may ask you, or it may be prewired by the Sysop
to be on or off.
Usually you can leave it set to AUTO. But if this appears to be making
the wrong choice sometimes, you can change it. If you see bland
colorless text on your color monitor, set it to ON. If you see lots of
annoying bracket characters with numbers and letters after them, like
"[33m" or "[0;1;47;52m", you may want to set it to OFF.
Screen Dimensions and Pausing
Here are some examples of different screen configurations:
Screen size: 80 columns by 24 lines
Pause output? PAUSE
Standard 80x24 terminal, the BBS pauses
when it has 23 or more lines to display
Screen size: 80 columns by 24 lines
Pause output? CONTINUOUS
Standard 80x24 terminal, the BBS doesn't
pause, display is continuous
Screen size: 80 columns by 43 lines
Pause output? PAUSE
Enlarged 80x43 terminal, pause each 41
lines
Default Editor
This answer helps to determine if you should be placed in the Full
Screen Editor or the Line Editor when the system needs to invoke
a system text editor. The chooses are FSE or LINE.
Password
Your password appears as a string of asterisks (****). You can retype
your password once in a while to keep your account secure.
Save or Quit
When you're done editing, you can answer the question at the bottom:
SAVE Save your changes and exit
QUIT Quit and abandon your changes
Just pick S or Q and hit RETURN to exit the service back to the User
Account Display/Edit menu.
Editing your Account when you don't have ANSI
If your terminal doesn't have ANSI capability or if your screen isn't
long enough (24 lines is enough), then editing your account information
will have to proceed one question at a time.
Use the RETURN key to skip each field you don't want to change. When
you get to a field you want to change, you can back up over the
information that's already there and type new information, or just
start typing in completely new information.
To edit the information that's there, start with a <Backspace>.
To replace the information that's there, start by typing the first
character of the new
information
If you make a mistake, just use:
<Ctrl-U> to back up one field.
T = Transferring credits
With the Sysop's permission, you can transfer credits from your account
to another user's account. There's usually a minimum amount you can
transfer. By default it's 600 credits. Just select the T option if
you wish to transfer some of your credits to another user account.
L = Change language/protocol preference
If the Sysop allows it, you can tell the BBS to automatically switch you
to a particular language and protocol each time you log on (this switch
will take place right after you enter your User-ID and pass