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Searchlight BBS Version 3.0 -- Features and Specifications

Searchlight BBS is the full-featured multiuser bulletin board software that
offers integrated RIP graphics features. It's the perfect way to run a great
BBS system with full RIP support.

But Searchlight is a lot more than just RIP: since 1987, we've been
providing one of the world's most popular DOS BBS packages with complete
support for all the features you need to run a successful BBS system,
whether large or small, for business, pleasure or profit. Here's a summary
of our most important functions.


RIP Graphics
þ RIP auto-detect
þ Built-in RIP mouse support in menus, text editor, and options screens
þ Intelligent selection of RIP, ANSI and Ascii screens
þ Additional internal RIP features in Searchlight 3.5 (free upgrade 8/93):
þ Auto icon checking and downloading
þ Automatic customizable dialog and menu generation
þ Graphical objects such as scroll bars, push buttons, check boxes,
radio buttons, pick lists, thermometers

Full-Screen Editor
þ Supports most common cursor and function keys & Wordstar commands
þ Uses full ANSI set for fast screen updating
þ Help messages stay on screen as you edit
þ Mouse support (RIP & local)
þ Quote individual lines from original message
þ Upload text with any internal protocol
þ Full editing capability in all data entry prompts & input screens too

Menu Building
þ Create and edit menus with sophisticated mouse-driven editing tool
þ Up to 64 commands per menu, no limit to total number of menus in system
þ Nested menus up to 40 levels deep
þ Over 100 internal functions can be arranged in any way you choose
þ Add door programs to any menu
þ Execute up to 64 commands in sequence
þ Regulate access to commands and menus by 6 criteria
þ Design custom RIP, ANSI or Ascii screens for any menu (or use built-in
default displays)

Doors System
þ Execute virtually any DOS application as a door
þ Emulates DOOR.SYS, DORINFOx.DEF and PCBOARD.SYS
þ Powerful I/O redirection feature allows you to run DOS shells and any
bios-compatible application online without external doorway programs
þ Write your own door programs without serial port or modem programming

Modem/Serial Support
þ Supports standard serial ports on any base address and interrupt (IRQ)
þ 16550 buffered UART support
þ FOSSIL driver support (no extra charge)
þ Intelligent DigiBoard support (no extra charge)
þ Fixed or variable baud rates up to 38,400 baud
þ Recognizes all connect speeds including 14,400 and 16,800

Message System
þ No limit to number of conferences or messages per conference
þ "One file per conference" storage architecture offers the best
combination of speed, size and reliability
þ Fast message searching in headers and/or text
þ Indexed personal message scans
þ Full thread maintenance including global thread operations (kill,
forward, download entire threads)
þ Message forwarding, carbon copy, text upload & download, auto purge
of old messages

Users and Security
þ Unlimited number of user accounts
þ Encrypted user passwords for maximum security
þ 24 independent security flags plus 256 access levels
þ Over 16 million access combinations
þ Regulate access to conferences, file areas, menu choices, doors, menu
branches, quoting, netmail features, and more
þ Read-only conference access
þ Upload-only and download-only file directories
þ Mutually exclusive security groups
þ Daily and session time limits
þ Account expiration dates

Electronic Mail
þ True private mailboxes for each user
þ Read new mail automatically at login
þ Recipient name lookup and name completion
þ Carbon copies
þ Alias names and group names
þ Integraded multizone netmail support
þ Automatic mail logging feature

File Transfer
þ Unlimited number of directories and files per directory
þ All directories indexed by filename and upload date
þ Individual file passwords
þ New uploads may be locked pending Sysop approval
þ Copy, delete, move and rename files
þ View internal directory of ZIP, ARC, LZH, LHA, ARJ and SQZ files
þ Complete logging of uploads and downloads
þ Dynamic download counts in directory listings
þ Single-keystroke file tagging
þ Built in protocols including Zmodem, Xmodem, Xmodem CRC, Xmodem 1K
þ Up to 15 external protocols supported
þ Bi-directional transfer supported (HSLink, BiModem, etc.)
þ Auto-processing/scanning of uploads supported
þ Download ratios based on kilobyte totals, with optional free files
þ Partial filename completion
þ CD-ROM support

Sysop Utilities
þ Purge old users & messages by date, access level, content, etc.
þ Rename users (changes name in messages, too)
þ Global adjustments to user access levels & attributes
þ Rebuild indexes and repair damaged data files
þ All sysop functions available from a remote location

Expandability
þ Multizone Fidonet support (both echomail and netmail)
þ Relaynet support (UTI drivers)
þ QWK mail support
þ Built in events scheduler
þ Compatible with all front-end mailers and mail tossers
þ Free high level software development kit for rapid development of
new applications

System Requirements
þ Minimum 250K RAM per node
þ Hard disk with DOS 3.3 or later required
þ Supports most multitasking operating systems including DESQview
(recommended), Windows and OS/2
þ Supports most local area network (LAN) systems including Novell, Novell
Lite, and Lantastic
þ Supports up to 10 lines on a single PC (requires 33mhz '386, DESQview
operating system, Intelligent DigiBoard)
þ No limit to number of nodes on a LAN

Upgrades and Technical Support
þ Voice support available during business hours
þ Continuous support via BBS, CompuServe, Internet mail, Fido conferences
þ No additional charge for support or access to support BBS
þ Annual major upgrades plus frequent minor upgrades
þ First major upgrade free

Super Survey
þ Full featured questionnaire software for Searchlight BBS
þ Stores survey results in DBase III files
þ Full screen interface matches Searchlight BBS interface
þ Answer branching -- control survey flow based on answers to previous
questions, skip unneeded sections
þ Edit command -- lets users review answers, cuts down on errors
þ Great for product orders, surveys, new user questionnaires, mailing
lists, opinion polls and more
þ Free with 10 line and Unlimited versions of Searchlight (for single
and 3 line versions, add $35)

Spotlight
þ Full screen user editor and profiler for Searchlight BBS
þ 15 different sorts, 5 display screens, 14 filters
þ View, edit, add, delete user accounts easily
þ Mark accounts on screen, then perform mass deletions or access level
adjustments
þ Profiling capability displays bar graphs by first and last access date,
access levels and attributes, and more
þ Free with 10 line and Unlimited versions of Searchlight (for single
and 3 line versions, add $35)


For more information or to obtain a working test-drive copy of our latest
version, please give us a call:

Searchlight Software (Voice): 516-751-2966
Searchlight Support BBS: 516-689-2566 (All lines V.32bis)
Searchlight Order Hotline: 800-780-LITE (USA only)