Category : Pascal Source Code
Archive : GSBBS.ZIP
Filename : FILEHLP.TXT
Output of file : FILEHLP.TXT contained in archive : GSBBS.ZIP
Files subcommands (Uploading requires access level 2 or higher):
A - Ascii upload file to BBS (no error checks or masks)
C - XMODEM Upload file to BBS (CRC mode)
D - Directory of available (public) files
G - Goodbye - sign off system
H - Help file
Q - Quit back to main BBS
S - Send file from BBS (XMODEM protocol)
T - Type file from BBS to caller (text dump)
X - XMODEM upload
- The IBM filename convention of using an 8 character filename with a 3 letter extension is observed.
- The XMODEM (Christensen) file transfer protocol is supported, as well as a 2K upload capture buffer with XON/XOFF handshaking. The XMODEM protocol only works if both ends of the transfer are using a program supporting the protocol.
- When uploading, the XMODEM protocol uses one of two error checking methods: checksum or CRC. Use the checksum upload ("X") option if you are unsure of whether your file transfer program can support CRCs.
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/