Category : BBS Programs+Doors
Archive   : PCBV403.ZIP
Filename : @INFO
@PHONE@ = phone number of user
@NEWUSER@ = new user's security level
@FIRST@ = first name
@USER@ = full name
@SYSDATE@ = system date
@SYSTIME@ = system time
@SECURITY@ = user security level
@KBLIMIT@ = dl byte limit
@TIMELEFT@ = time remaining
@EXPDATE@ = expire date
@HOMEPHONE@ = [not yet implemented]
@DATAPHONE@ = [not yet implemented]
@CLS@ = clear the screen
@BPS@ = connect speed
@BEEP@ = sound the bell
@BOARDNAME@ = system name (from CNF file)
@MORE@ = force a More Y/N/NS prompt
Color @ codes:
To send a color @ code, the command is as follows:
@Xbf
Where b is the background and f is foreground.
Colors work as follows:
Background * (blinking 8-F for background)
* * (8-F for hi intensity)
Black 0 8 0 8
Blue 1 9 1 9
Green 2 A 2 A
Cyan 3 B 3 B
Red 4 C 4 C
Magenta 5 D 5 D
Brown/Yellow 6 E 6 E
White 7 F 7 F
Example: @X84 = Blinking, black background, red foreground
@X0E = Black background, yellow foreground
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/