Category : Pascal Source Code
Archive   : GSBBS.ZIP
Filename : BBSHELP.TXT
B - Read Bulletins
C - Chat with Sysop
N - Nail up a message (Requires access level 2 or higher)
Editor subcommands:
A - Abort message and return to BBS
C - Continue entering lines in message
D - Delete a given line in message
E - Edit a string in a message line
L - List message starting at a given line
R - Replace one entire message line
S - Store message.
F - Enter Files subsystem
D - Dematerialize (goodbye)
H - Help (displays this file)
I - Install user terminal (define clearscreen, backspace, lower case on/off, prompt bell, linefeeds, and terminal width)
K - Kill (Delete) message
L - User Log (cleared periodically)
M - Mail
O - Other Ships in area
P - Change password
R - Read message(s)
Read Subcommands:
# - Read Individual Message
Q - Quit Reading messages
S - Scan messages (prompts for start number)
U - Display User list
W - Reprints welcome file and bulletins
X - Expert mode on/off (menu display switch)
Y - System Information file
? - Help menu (valid only in expert mode)
# - Display caller and message system status
* - Change Sub-Boards
Typing Space or Control-C aborts any function or file display in progress, except for XMODEM transfers, which are aborted by Control-X.
System output is paused by "S" or control-S and is released by any character other than a null.
If the system waits 3 minutes for an input without receiving any characters, it will automatically disconnect.
Logon: System first checks for carriage return at 1200 baud: if any other character or garbage is received, it switches to 300 baud. Wait 1 second or so after connection is made, then press carriage return until system logs on.
Access levels:
0: Bozo: Disallowed user: no system access.
1: Voyager: cannot send messages or upload files.
2: Deckhand: Can send and delete messages, upload files.
3: Swabbie: Access to More subboards
4: Elite: Unlimited time on system
5: Captain: Read/Write/Delete access to all message, data and system files.
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/