ÃÏÌÏÒ 64 ÂÂÓ ÖERSION 7.37 BY ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ ÃOPYRIGHT 1985, 1987 ÆOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: ÔIMOTHY Ê. ÁLLEN (A.K.A. ÄYNAMITE) 1222 Ó. ÁSH ÁVE., ÁPT.  ÍESA, ÁRIZONA 85281 ÔWILIGHT ÚONE ÂÂÓ (602)827-2706 OR ÒICHARD Ô. ÃUNNINGHAM (A.K.A. ×ANDERER) 8632 ×. ×INDSOR ÁVE. ÐHOENIX, ÁÚ 85037 ÄESERT ÏASIS ÂÂÓ (602)849-2892 ÆÏÒ×ÁÒÄ ÔHE ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ PROGRAM HAS UNDERGONE MANY CHANGES SINCE IT'S FIRST INCEPTION IN THE EARLY 1980'S. ÉT STARTED OUT WITH VERY LITTLE CAPABILITIES AND QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS. ÉT'S EVOLUTION THROUGH 1993 SAW ITS COMPATIBILITIES WITH EXISTING AND NEW HARDWARE BECOME REALITY. ÓOMETIME PRIOR TO 1993, ÆRED ÏGLE AND ÁNTHONY ÔOLLE (WITH PERMISSION FROM ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ) RELEASED ANOTHER VERSION CALLED ÃOLOR 64 ÖERSION ÓUPER ÍÌ. ÔHIS VERSION, 7.37, IS THE LAST VERSION DONE BY ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ HIMSELF. ÈE MADE A CONTRACT WITH ÆRED ÏGLE SOMETIME DURING LATE 1992 OR EARLY 1993 TO TRANSFER THE "RIGHTS" TO ÃOLOR 64. ÆRED ÏGLE NEVER PAID ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ FOR ÃOLOR 64 (OR THE SUBSEQUENT SALES OF ÃOLOR 64) WHICH MADE THAT CONTRACT NULL AND VOID. ÌATER ON, ÆRED ÏGLE (WITH THE HELP OF A VERY GOOD 64 PROGRAMMER BY THE NAME OF ÁNTHONY ÔOLLE) RELEASED A NEW VERSION OF ÃOLOR 64 CALLED "ÃOLOR 64 ÖERSION 8". Ö8 IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE PREVIOUS VERSION. ÉF HE HAD HELD UP HIS PART OF THE BARGAIN, HE WOULD HAVE PAID A PORTION OF THE SALES OF THE NEW VERSION TO ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ FOR THE USE OF THE ÃOLOR 64 TRADEMARK. ÁS OF ÓEPTEMBER 16, 1995 HE HAD NOT PAID A SINGLE CENT TO ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ FOR Ö7.37, THE SALES OF Ö7.37, OR THE USE OF THE TRADEMARK IN Ö8. ÔHROUGH THE GRAPEVINE (CONFIRMED), É AND MY FELLOW SYSOPS HAVE LEARNED THAT ÆRED ÏGLE HAS TURNED OVER Ö8 TO ANOTHER SYSOP (É THINK THE NAME IS ÍIKE ÓAPETA). ÉN REACTION TO ALL THIS, ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ MADE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT ON ÓEPTEMBER 16, 1995: "ÃOLOR 64 ÖERSION 7.37 IS NOW FREEWARE. É DO NOT EXPECT OR DESIRE PAYMENT FOR IT ANY LONGER. ÍAKING IT AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS IT, AND SEEING THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE USE OF IT, IS ENOUGH REWARD FOR ME. É MAKE NO CLAIMS AGAINST ÃOLOR 64 ÖERSION 8 BECAUSE É HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. ÉN THAT REGARD, É DO NOT SUPPORT IT IN ANY WAY. É TASK ÔIMOTHY Ê. ÁLLEN AND ÒICHARD Ô. ÃUNNINGHAM WITH PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ÃOLOR 64 ÖERSION 7.37 AS LONG AS THEIR INDIVIDUAL ÂÂÓ'S REMAIN IN SERVICE." ÔHE COVER PAGE HAS THE ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS. ÆEEL FREE TO CALL OR WRITE AT ANY TIME. ÒEMEMBER, WE ALSO WORK FOR A LIVING AND CANNOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY -- PATIENCE ON YOUR PART IS REQUIRED. ÉN SUMMARY, THIS LAST VERSION BY ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ ENDED WITH SUPPORTING 2400 BAUD MODEMS. ×E ARE TRYING TO PERSUADE A COUPLE OF GOOD PROGRAMMERS TO WRITE THE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOW THE USE OF A ÕÁÒÔ. ÉT MAY OR MAY NOT COME ABOUT, SO YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO FIND ANYONE WHO CAN DO IT. ÒICHARD Ô. ÃUNNINGHAM - ÓEPTEMBER 24, 1995 ÔÁÂÌÅ ÏÆ ÃÏÎÔÅÎÔÓ ÓÅÃÔÉÏÎ ÄÅÓÃÒÉÐÔÉÏÎ ÔÉÔÌÅ ÐÁÇÅ ÆÏÒ×ÁÒÄ ÔÁÂÌÅ ÏÆ ÃÏÎÔÅÎÔÓ ÐÁÒÔ 1: ÉÎÔÒÏÄÕÃÔÉÏÎ ÐÁÒÔ 2: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÓÙÓÏÐ ÄÅÆÉÎÅÄ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ ÐÁÒÔ 3: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÄÉÓË ÄÒÉÖÅ ÁÓÓÉÇÎÍÅÎÔÓ ÐÁÒÔ 4: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÕÐÌÏÁÄ/ÄÏ×ÎÌÏÁÄ ÄÉÒÅÃÔÏÒÉÅÓ ÐÁÒÔ 5: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÕÓÅÒ'Ó ÔÉÍÅ ÌÉÍÉÔÓ ÐÁÒÔ 6: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÃÁÌÌÅÒ ÐÕÒÇÅ ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÔ 7: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅ ÃÁÔÅÇÏÒÉÅÓ ÐÁÒÔ 8: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÂÂÓ ÃÏÍÍÁÎÄÓ ÐÁÇÅ 1 ÁÎÄ ÐÁÇÅ 2 ÐÁÒÔ 9: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÃÏÌÏÒ ÃÏÄÅ ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÔ 10: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÃÁÒÒÉÅÒ ÓÔÁÔÕÓ ÐÁÒÔ 11: ÂÂÓ ÓÅÔÕÐ - ÓÙÓÔÅÍ ÆÉÌÅÓ ÐÁÒÔ 12: ÌÏÁÄÉÎÇ ÔÈÅ ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÔ 13: ÁÄÄÉÔÉÏÎÁÌ ÃÏÍÍÁÎÄÓ - ÃÏÎÓÏÌÅ ÍÏÄÅ ÏÎÌÙ ÐÁÒÔ 14: ÐÁÓÓ×ÏÒÄ ÆÉÌÅ - ÂÁÃËÕÐ ÁÎÄ ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ ÐÒÏÃÅÄÕÒÅÓ ÐÁÒÔ 15: ÕÓÉÎÇ ÃÏÌÏÒ 64 ÂÂÓ ×ÉÔÈ ÔÈÅ ÉÎÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ ÐÁÒÔ 16: ÕÓÉÎÇ ÃÏÌÏÒ 64 ÂÂÓ ×ÉÔÈ Á 2400 ÂÁÕÄ ÍÏÄÅÍ ÐÁÒÔ 17: ÇÌÏÓÓÁÒÙ ÐÁÒÔ 18: ÁÂÏÕÔ ÃÏÌÏÒ 64 ÖÅÒÓÉÏÎ 128 ÐÁÒÔ 1: ÉÎÔÒÏÄÕÃÔÉÏÎ ÔHIS ÂÂÓ PROGRAM IS WRITTEN IN ÂÁÓÉà WITH JUST ENOUGH MACHINE CODE TO ALLOW A 300-2400 BAUD MODEM TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE AT FULL SPEED. ÔHE MAIN PURPOSE FOR WRITING A ÂÂÓ IN ÂÁÓÉà IS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU, THE ÓÙÓÏÐ, TO DO YOUR OWN MODIFICATIONS. ÉF YOU CAN DO A LITTLE PROGRAMMING, YOU CAN MAKE ALMOST ANY DESIRED CHANGES TO THE ÂÂÓ. ÈOWEVER, IF YOU NEED OR WANT HELP AT ANY TIME, FEEL FREE TO ASK. ÔHE ÂÂÓ SUPPORTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MESSAGES WITH OR WITHOUT ÃÂÍ GRAPHICS, FILE TRANSFERS USING ØÍÏÄÅÍ OR ÐUNTER PROTOCOL (INCLUDING MULTI-RECEIVE MODE) FROM ANY NUMBER OF DRIVES, ON-LINE TEXT FILES, ON-LINE HELP FILES, VARIABLE BAUD RATES (300-2400), A SELF-MAINTAINING CALLER LOG, DATE AND TIME STAMPING ON ALL TYPES OF MESSAGES, DAILY TIME LIMITS, VARIABLE ACCESS LEVELS INCLUDING FULL REMOTE ÓÙÓÏÐ CAPABILITIES, VOTING, CHAT MODE, FEEDBACK STORED ON DISK IN YOUR PRIVATE MAILBOX, AUTOREPLY TO MESSAGES, AUTOMATIC DELETION OF OLD UNREAD MAIL, AUTOMATIC PURGING OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT CALLED FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, HIDDEN FILE TRANSFERS, ÓÙÓÏÐ TERMINAL MODE WITH PUNTER UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD CAPABILITIES (FOR CALLING OTHER BOARDS), LOCAL MODE (FOR CALLING YOUR OWN BOARD) AND DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES THAT KEEP ALL FILES DATED AND IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. ÔHE PROGRAM IS WRITTEN TO BE AS CRASH RESISTANT AS POSSIBLE, BUT IF A CALLER HAPPEN TO FIND A WAY TO CRASH THE SYSTEM (CAUSING A ÂÁÓÉà ERROR), A SMALL MACHINE CODE ROUTINE WILL AUTOMATICALLY RERUN THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM. ÔHIS ÂÂÓ PROGRAM WILL OPERATE WITH ALMOST ANY COMBINATION OF DISK DRIVES. ÏF COURSE SOME DISK DRIVES WORK BETTER THAN OTHERS. ×ITH THE BUGS IN A LOT OF THE 1581 DISK DRIVES, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THEY BE USED ONLY AS UPLOAD, DOWNLOAD, AND TEXT FILE DRIVES. ÃOLOR 64 WILL SUPPORT MOST ANY TYPE OF ÃOMMODORE PRINTER (OR OTHER PRINTER WITH A ÃOMMODORE INTERFACE), BUT A PRINTER IS NOT REQUIRED. ÔHIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS 1541 ÆLASH (ON DEVICE NUMBER 8 ONLY). ÔHIS ÄÏÓ SPEEDUP KIT, FROM ÓKYLES ÅLECTRIC ×ORKS, TRIPLES THE SPEED OF A 1541 MAKING THE ÂÂÓ MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE. ÉF YOU HAVE 1541 ÆLASH, THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY DETECT ITS PRESENCE AND INSTRUCT THE COMPUTER TO SWITCH TO SLOW MODE WHEN TALKING TO ANY DRIVE OTHER THAN DEVICE 8. ÁS THE PROGRAM IS WRITTEN, IT WILL WORK VERY WELL AT 110-500 BAUD WITH A ÃOMMODORE 1650 ÁUTO-ÍODEM, ÔOTAL ÔELE. 64-ÍODEM, ×ESTRIDGE, OR ANY OTHER 1650 EQUIVALENT MODEM AS WELL AS THE ÃOMMODORE 1660 ÍODEM 300 (UNITS WITH SERIAL NUMBERS GREATER THAN 100,000). ÆOR 1200 BAUD OPERATION, A ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 1200 (OR COMPATIBLE), 1670, OR OTHER 1200 BAUD MODEM CONNECTED THROUGH A SUITABLE INTERFACE IS REQUIRED. ÉF YOUR MODEM DOES NOT SUPPORT THE ÈAYES ÁÔ COMMAND SET, IT MUST BE AN AUTO-ANSWER, AUTO-BAUD-SELECT TYPE MODEM THAT SUPPORTS ÄÔÒ ON PIN 20, CARRIER DETECT ON PIN 8, AND HIGH SPEED INDICATION ON PIN 12 AND IS CONNECTED THROUGH AN ÏMNITRONIX INTERFACE. ÁCTUALLY THERE ARE MANY MODEM/INTERFACE COMBINATIONS THAT WILL WORK. ÒATHER THAN TRYING TO LIST ALL THE ONES THAT WILL WORK, WE'LL ATTEMPT TO GROUP THE DIFFERENT MODEM TYPES INTO CATEGORIES. 1) ÔHE FIRST AND THE BEST TYPE OF 1200 BAUD MODEM TO USE IS ONE THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO NOT AUTOANSWER (ÁÔÓ0=0) AND WHEN THE PHONE RINGS WILL ACCEPT THE COMMAND ÁÔÁ TO ANSWER THE PHONE. ÔHIS GIVES US THE SAME POSITIVE CONTROL OVER THE MODEM THAT WE WOULD HAVE WHEN USING A 1650 TYPE MODEM (THAT IS, IT ONLY ANSWERS WHEN WE TELL IT TO ANSWER). Á ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 1200, ÖOLKSMODEM 12, THE ÎÅ× ÃOMMODORE 1670 MODEM (THE VERSION THAT HAS 4 SWITCHES ON THE BACK OF IT) AND MOST OTHER ÈAYES COMPATIBLES MODEMS WILL OPERATE IN THIS MODE. ÉF YOU ARE USING A ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 1200, SET THE INTERNAL ÄÉÐ SWITCHES 3, 5, AND 8 DOWN; ALL OTHERS UP. ÉF YOU ARE USING THE ÎÅ× 1670, ÓWITCH 3 UP AND ALL OTHER SWITCHES DOWN. 2) ÔHE NEXT BEST TYPE OF 1200 BAUD MODEM TO OPERATE YOUR ÂÂÓ ON IS AN AUTO-ANSWER MODEM THAT'S CONTROLLED BY ÄÔÒ. ×HEN ÄÔÒ IS FALSE, THE MODEM WILL DISCONNECT THE PHONE LINE AND NOT ANSWER ANOTHER CALL UNTIL ÄÔÒ IS MADE TRUE. ÔHIS FUNCTION IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE INTERFACE AND CABLE YOU ARE USING. ÁLSO, THIS MODEM/INTERFACE MUST EITHER SAY "1200" ON THE SCREEN OR SET ÕÓÅÒ BIT 32 HIGH (E.G. MODEM'S ÈÓ PIN 12 CONNECTED TO AN ÏMNITRONIX INTERFACE) WHEN RECEIVING AN INCOMING 1200 BAUD CALL. 3) ÔHE THIRD BEST 1200 BAUD MODEM TO OPERATE YOUR ÂÂÓ ON IS THE ÏÒÉÇÉÎÁÌ ÃOMMODORE 1670 MODEM (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE NEWER 1670 MODEM THAT HAS 4 SWITCHES ON THE BACK OF IT). ÔHIS MODEM DOES NOT SUPPORT EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS MODES, BUT WILL CONNECT UP VERY EASILY TO THE ÂÂÓ (NO EXTRA INTERFACE OR CABLE NEEDED), IS REASONABLY PRICED, HAS A GOOD CLEAN 1200 BAUD SIGNAL AND WORKS REASONABLY WELL. ÔHE 1670 IS SLIGHTLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO GIVING YOUR CALLERS A FALSE CONNECTION. ÔHAT IS, IF A CALLER IS ON-LINE THE ÂÂÓ AND HANGS UP WITHOUT PROPERLY LOGGING OFF, AND IF A SECOND CALLER IS AUTODIALING THE ÂÂÓ, AND IF THIS SECOND CALLER GETS A CONNECTION VERY QUICKLY, THEY MAY BE TEMPORARILY CONNECTED TO THE ÂÂÓ (BUT THEY WONT SEE ANYTHING ON THEIR SCREEN). ÔHIS CAN ALWAYS BE AVOIDED BY HAVING ALL OF YOUR CALLERS PROPERLY LOGOFF. ÆOR 2400 BAUD OPERATION, A ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 2400 OR GOOD COMPATIBLE IS REQUIRED. ÔHE Ã64 IS JUST BARELY ABLE TO SUPPORT 2400 BAUD AND THE QUALITY OF MODEM AND PHONE LINE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. ÐLEASE REFER TO THE END OF THIS MANUAL FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON SETTING UP FOR 2400 BAUD USE. ÔHIS ÂÂÓ USES PROGRAM OVERLAYS. ÉN ORDER TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE ÃOMMODORE 64'S LIMITED AMOUNT OF MEMORY, THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL PROGRAM OVERLAYS. ÔHE "ºBBS.INIT 7.35" PROGRAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIAL VARIABLE SETUP, CALLER LOGON, PASSWORD MAINTENANCE, AND ÓÙÓÏÐ TERM MODE. "ºBBS.MSGS 7.35" IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MESSAGES. "ºBBS.XFER 7.37" IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL UPLOADS, DOWNLOADS, AND DIRECTORY MAINTENANCE. "ºBBS.OVL 7.35" IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHAT MODE, VOTING, HELP AND TEXT FILES. "ºBBS.OV2 7.35" AND "ºBBS.OV3 7.35" ARE BOTH EMPTY SKELETON FILES. ÙOU DO NOT NEED THE LAST TWO FILES, UNLESS YOU WANT TO ADD SOME USER WRITTEN CODE AND STORE IT IN THERE. ÁLL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGING BAUD RATE, GRAPHICS MODE AND LOGOFF. ÔHESE OVERLAY FILES ARE ABOUT 100 BLOCKS EACH AND WOULD REQUIRE CLOSE TO 75 SECONDS TO LOAD ON AN UNMODIFIED 1541. ÓO IT'S REQUIRED THAT YOU USE AN ÅPYX ÆASTLOAD CARTRIDGE, ÁCCESS ÍACH 5 CARTRIDGE, 1541 ÆLASH, ETC. ON A 1541 OR 1571 IN 1541 MODE; ÉÅÅÅ ÆLASH ON AN ÉÅÅÅ ÄRIVE; OR ÃHIP ÌEVEL ÄESIGNS ÂURST ÍODE ËERNAL ÒÏÍ REPLACEMENT ON A 1571 IN 1571 MODE, ÉÃÔ HARD DRIVE (ÂÏÓ 7.1 OR LATER), OR 1581 DISK DRIVE; ØETEC HARD DRIVE WITH ITS OWN ÈOST ÁDAPTER (MAKE SURE YOU SET THE ÎÍÉ TRAP ON - 01 - IN THE ÌT. ËERNAL SETUP); ÃÍÄ HARD DRIVE; OR SOME OTHER SIMILAR HIGH SPEED DISK LOAD SETUP. ×ITH ANY OF THESE EXAMPLES, OVERLAYS WILL LOAD IN LESS THAN 15 SECONDS. ÌOADS ANY SLOWER THAN THIS WILL TEND TO RAISE COMPLAINTS FROM YOUR CALLERS. ÁNOTHER SOLUTION TO THE SHORTAGE OF MEMORY IN THE ÃOMMODORE 64 IS TO ADD A Ã1700, Ã1764 OR Ã1750 ÒAM ÅXPANSION ÕNIT. ÔHESE UNITS ADD 128Ë, 256Ë AND 512Ë (RESPECTIVELY) OF EXTERNAL ÒÁÍ TO YOUR 64 AND WILL COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR PROGRAM LOADING DELAYS IN THE ÂÂÓ. ÔO USE THE Ã1700, Ã1764 OR Ã1750, YOU JUST LOAD "START 1700" INSTEAD OF "BBS" OR "RESTART 1700" INSTEAD OF "REBOOT". ÔO SPEED UP THE INITIAL TRANSFER OF THE PROGRAMS INTO THE RAM MODULE, THE 1700 LOADER ROUTINE WILL LOOK FOR A FASTLOADER PROGRAM CALLED "TURBODISK64 3.0". ÉF IT'S NOT ON THE DISK, THE LOADER WILL STILL WORK FINE, JUST SLOWER. ÔHIS FASTLOAD PROGRAM WAS IN THE ÁUGUST 1986 ISSUE OF ÃOMPUTES ÇAZETTE! ÃOMPUTE HAS A VERY STRICT POLICY STATING THAT ANY PROGRAMS PUBLISHED IN THEIR MAGAZINE ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. ÓO WE ARE NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE A COPY OF "TURBODISK64 3.0" ON YOUR ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK. ÁNYWAY, IF YOU HAVE "TURBODISK64 3.0" AND IF THE DRIVE YOU ARE LOADING YOUR PROGRAMS FROM SUPPORTS IT, JUST ADD IT TO YOUR ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK. ÁS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, EACH OF THE PROGRAM OVERLAY FILENAMES BEGAN WITH A º. ÔO TYPE THIS CHARACTER, YOU MUST PRESS AND HOLD EITHER SHIFT KEY, THEN PRESS THE @ KEY. ÔHIS WILL PRODUCE A CHARACTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A CHECK MARK. ÔHIS SPECIAL CHARACTER IS USED TO HIDE ALL OF THE SYSTEM FILES FROM BEING SEEN OR DOWNLOADED BY YOUR CALLERS. ÁNYWAY, AFTER YOU HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER ALL YOUR HARDWARE AND ASSEMBLED YOUR SYSTEM, IT'S TIME TO RUN THE ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ ÓÅÔÕÐ PROGRAM. ÙOU'LL NEED A BLANK FORMATTED DISK IN EACH OF THE DRIVES YOU PLAN TO USE ON THE SYSTEM (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DRIVES THAT ARE UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD ONLY). ÐÁÒÔ 2: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÓÙÓÏÐ ÄÅÆÉÎÅÄ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ ÔHE FIRST THING YOU'LL NEED TO DO WHEN SETTING UP YOUR ÂÂÓ IS TO DEFINE A FEW ÓÙÓÏÐ SELECTABLE PARAMETERS. ÔO DO THIS, PUT THE "ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ" DISK INTO DRIVE 0, DEVICE 8 AND LOAD"SETUP",8,1. ÙOU MAY WANT TO RUN ÓÅÔÕÐ THE FIRST TIME WITH ÆASTLOAD DISABLED. ÏN SOME SYSTEMS, YOU WILL GET A "ÎÏ ÃÈÁÎÎÅÌ" ERROR WHEN CREATING ÒÅÌ FILES WHILE ÆASTLOAD IS ENABLED. ÉF AT A LATER DATE YOU RERUN ÓÅÔÕÐ TO JUST CHANGE A PARAMETER, IT'S OKAY TO LEAVE ÆASTLOAD ENABLED. ÉT SEEMS TO BE SAFE TO READ AND WRITE ÒÅÌ RECORDS WITH ÆASTLOAD ENABLED, JUST DON'T CREATE A NEW FILE. ÁFTER LOADING IS COMPLETE, INSERT AN ALREADY FORMATTED BLANK DISK INTO DRIVE 0, DEVICE 8. ÔHIS DISKETTE WILL BE USED AS YOUR "ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ" DISK AND MUST ALWAYS BE IN DRIVE 0, DEVICE 8. ÍAKE SURE YOU LABEL IT APPROPRIATELY. ÙOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO START WITH A BRAND NEW HIGH QUALITY DISKETTE SINCE IT WILL GET A LOT OF USE ONCE YOUR BULLETIN BOARD GOES ON-LINE. ÁFTER YOU PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ, YOU WILL SEE THE FIRST SCREEN OF ÓÅÔÕÐ. ÂUILT INTO THIS ÓÅÔÕÐ PROGRAM IS A SIMPLE PRINT SCREEN UTILITY. ÕSE ÃÔÒÌ-F1 TO ACTIVATE IT. ÔHIS ONLY WORKS IN ÓÅÔÕÐ. ÙOU MAY WANT TO PRINT EACH SCREEN AFTER FILLING THEM IN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. ÔHE FIRST QUESTION IS FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LINES TO LIMIT EACH MESSAGE. ÔHE DEFAULT IS 100 WITH A RECOMMENDED RANGE OF 20 TO 100. ÔHE SMALLER MESSAGES WILL TAKE UP LESS DISK SPACE, LEAVING MORE ROOM FOR MORE MESSAGES OR OTHER FILES, WHILE LONGER MESSAGES CAN SAVE A LOT OF "CONTINUED" MESSAGES. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COLUMNS PER LINE. ÉT DEFAULTS TO 38. ÔHAT WILL WORK BEST FOR CALLERS USING A Ã64 WITH ITS 40 COLUMN SCREEN. ÔHIS WILL KEEP ÃOMMODORE'S SCREEN EDITOR FROM THROWING IN THAT ANNOYING EXTRA LINE WHEN THE CURSOR REACHES THE 40TH COLUMN. ÁNOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN TO HANDLE A MAXIMUM OF 4000 CHARACTERS PER MESSAGE. ÔHE PRODUCT OF THE PREVIOUS VALUE AND THIS VALUE SHOULD BE LESS THAN 4000. ÉF YOU SET UP YOUR LINE LENGTHS AND NUMBER OF LINES TOO LARGE, THE ÂÂÓ WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOWER THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LINES PER MESSAGE TO KEEP THE SYSTEM FROM GETTING AN "OUT OF MEMORY" ERROR. ÉT'S POSSIBLE TO SET THE LINE LENGTHS TO 78 IF YOU WANT TO CATER TO 80 COLUMN MACHINES. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PUBLIC MESSAGES THE SYSTEM WILL KEEP ON-LINE AT ANY ONE TIME. ÔHE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE THE OLDEST PUBLIC MESSAGE WHEN A NEW MESSAGE IS POSTED AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC MESSAGES ON-LINE EXCEEDS THIS VARIABLE. ÔHE DEFAULT IS 50 WITH A RECOMMENDED RANGE OF 25 TO 232. ÔHE ÃOMMODORE 1541 AND 1571 DISK DRIVES WILL ALLOW UP TO 144 FILES TO BE STORED ON ONE DISKETTE, WHILE AN ÓÆÄ 1001 ALLOWS 224 FILES AND THE 9060 AND 9090 HARD DRIVES CAN HAVE AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF FILES IN THE DIRECTORY. ÉF YOU DO SETUP FOR MORE THAN 135 MESSAGES, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LINES PER MESSAGE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REDUCED. ÅACH MESSAGE IN THE SYSTEM REQUIRES SEVERAL POINTERS IN MEMORY. ÔHE MORE POINTERS ALLOCATED, THE LESS MEMORY THAT WILL BE LEFT FOR ENTERING A MESSAGE. 232 IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PUBLIC MESSAGES THAT ÃOLOR 64 CAN HANDLE AT ANY ONE TIME. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PASSWORDS YOU WANT TO SET THE SYSTEM UP FOR. ÉT DEFAULTS TO 100 WITH A RECOMMENDED RANGE OF 25 TO 999. ÁCTUALLY 999 IS NOT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PASSWORDS, THE ÂÂÓ WILL SUPPORT AS MANY PASSWORDS AS YOUR DISK DRIVE WILL HANDLE (UP TO 32767). ÉF A NEW CALLER APPLIES FOR A PASSWORD CAUSING THIS VALUE TO BE EXCEEDED, THEN THE ÂÂÓ WILL SEND A MESSAGE ("ºMEMBERSHIP FULL") TELLING THE CALLER THAT THE MEMBERSHIP IS TEMPORARILY FULL AND TO CALL BACK AT A LATER DATE. ÙOU'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THIS VALUE SOME REAL CONSIDERATION AS IT WILL DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE PASSWORD FILE TO INITIALLY CREATE (APPROXIMATELY 120 BLOCKS FOR 250 MEMBERS). ÙOU CAN'T MAKE THIS FILE LARGER BY RE-RUNNING ÓÅÔÕÐ AND ENTERING A LARGER VALUE. ÉF YOU DO LATER CHANGE THIS VALUE IN ÓÅÔÕÐ TO A LARGER VALUE, THE PASSWORD FILE WOULD GROW ONE RECORD AT A TIME, SCATTERING ITSELF ALL OVER THE DISKETTE AND INCREASING THE TIME IT TAKES TO SEARCH THROUGH THE FILE. ÉF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH DISK SPACE, WE RECOMMEND YOU SET THE PASSWORD FILE FOR 250 TO 500 MEMBERS (DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE CITY YOU'RE IN). ÔHIS WILL CONSUME ABOUT 120 TO 240 BLOCKS OF DISK SPACE, BUT IN THE LONG RUN THE SYSTEM WILL RUN FASTER. ÉF YOU DID CREATE THIS FILE TOO SMALL AND LATER DECIDE TO INCREASE ITS SIZE AND IF YOU FIND THAT THE PASSWORD FILE GETS SCATTERED, YOU COULD USE "BAK PSWD 7.00" TO MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR PASSWORD FILE. ÔHEN ON A NEW BLANK DISK, RERUN SETUP TO MAKE A NEW LARGER PASSWORD FILE AND USE "RESTOR PSWD 7.01" TO RESTORE ALL YOUR PASSWORDS INTO THE NEW PASSWORD FILE. ÔHEN COPY ALL OTHER FILES (USING ÓUPER ØFER) FROM THE OLD DISK ONTO THE NEW ONE. ÔHIS WILL MAKE THE FILES CONTIGUOUS ONCE AGAIN, GREATLY SPEEDING UP DISK ACCESS TIME. ÏN ÓÅÔÕÐ SCREEN 3 YOU WILL BE DECIDING WHICH DRIVE TO PUT YOUR PASSWORD FILE ON. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF BLOCKS FREE ALLOWED ON THE "ÐÕÂÌÉà ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ" DISK BEFORE THE MESSAGES START CYCLING. ÙOU DO NOT WANT TO LET THIS DISK COMPLETELY FILL UP, ESPECIALLY IF IT WILL ALSO BE STORING PRIVATE MESSAGES ON IT. Á VALUE OF 50 IS DEFAULTED WITH A RANGE OF 25 TO 75 RECOMMENDED. ÉF BLOCKS FREE ON THIS DISK EVER FALL BELOW THIS VARIABLE, EVERY TIME ANY NEW MESSAGE IS POSTED, THE OLDEST PUBLIC MESSAGE WILL BE DELETED EVEN IF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MESSAGES IS NOT EXCEEDED. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF BLOCKS FREE TO ALLOW UPLOADS. Á VALUE OF 75 IS DEFAULTED WITH A RANGE OF 10 TO 75 RECOMMENDED. ÉF YOU ARE GOING TO BE STORING PRIVATE MESSAGES ON THE SAME DISK, THEN YOU'LL NOT WANT TO SET THIS VALUE LESS THAN 25. ÔHE ÂÂÓ WILL NOT ALLOW PRIVATE MESSAGES TO BE SENT IF THE DIRECTORY FALLS BELOW 25 BLOCKS FREE. ÙOU WILL NEVER WANT TO SET THE VALUE BELOW 10. ÔHIS IS TO ALLOW SPACE FOR THE "ºDIRECTORY" FILE TO BE PROCESSED AFTER AN UPLOAD. ÎOTE THAT THE FREE SPACE MESSAGE GIVEN AT THE END OF THE DIRECTORY LIST AND BEFORE AN UPLOAD WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DECREMENTED BY THIS VALUE. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ASKS FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS YOU'LL ALLOW PER CALL. ÉF YOU ENTER "999", THEN FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THERE WILL NOT BE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS PER CALL. ×HEN A CALLER REACHES THEIR MAXIMUM DOWNLOADS PER CALL, THEY MUST LOGOFF AND LOGON AGAIN BEFORE THEY CAN DOWNLOAD MORE. ÔHIS APPLIES TO ALL CALLERS WITH AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 1 THROUGH 5. ÔHE NEXT 3 LINES ON THIS SCREEN ARE WHERE YOU'LL SET UP YOUR DOWNLOAD CREDIT SYSTEM. ÔHE FIRST OF THESE 3 LINES IS FOR THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS OF DOWNLOAD CREDIT YOU WILL GIVE PER BLOCK UPLOADED. ÔHE NEXT LINE IS HOW MANY FREE CREDIT BLOCKS YOU WILL GIVE EACH NEW CALLER. ÁFTER THESE FREE CREDITS ARE USED UP, YOUR CALLERS WILL HAVE TO UPLOAD TO EARN MORE DOWNLOAD CREDITS. ÔHE THIRD LINE IS THE ACCESS LEVEL AT WHICH YOUR CALLERS BECOME EXEMPT FROM THE CREDIT SYSTEM. ÉF YOU DO NOT PLAN TO USE THIS CREDIT SYSTEM, JUST SET THIS VARIABLE TO 1 (MAKING ALL YOUR CALLERS EXEMPT). ×HILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CREDIT SYSTEM, LET'S GO OVER A FEW MORE THINGS. ÉF ONE OF YOUR CALLERS UPLOADS A PROGRAM THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO COUNT AS A CREDIT, YOU'LL NEED TO USE ÐASSWORD ÍAINTENANCE TO CHANGE THEIR NUMBER OF BLOCKS UPLOADED VARIABLE TO LESS THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THAT FIELD (DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS UPLOADED). ÌETS SAY FOR EXAMPLE THEY ALREADY HAD 100 BLOCKS UPLOADED AND THEY UPLOADED ANOTHER 50 THAT YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO GET CREDIT FOR. ÇO INTO ÐASSWORD ÍAINTENANCE AND CHANGE THE BLOCKS UPLOADED FROM 150 TO 100. ÉF THEY HAD ALREADY DOWNLOADED BLOCKS BASED ON THAT UPLOAD CREDIT, THEN WHEN THEY CALL NEXT TIME, THEY'LL HAVE TO UPLOAD THAT MANY MORE BLOCKS BEFORE THEY CAN DOWNLOAD AGAIN. ÔHIS IS IMPORTANT, AS SOME CALLERS WILL TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM BY UPLOADING THE SAME FILES OVER AND OVER (WITH DIFFERENT NAMES) OR BY PADDING NORMAL FILES TO GET MORE CREDIT FOR THE UPLOAD (OFTEN YOU CAN SEE THE PADDING IN YOUR TRANSFER WINDOW DURING AN UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD). ÏN THE UPDATE DISK IS A PROGRAM CALLED "CLR CREDITS 7.00" THAT CAN BE USED TO RESET ALL OR YOUR CALLER'S UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD COUNTERS, OR OPTIONALLY JUST ONE CALLER'S COUNTERS. ÔHIS WOULD BE USEFUL IF YOU DECIDE TO START THE CREDIT SYSTEM OVER AFTER YOUR ÂÂÓ HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR A WHILE. ÔHE WAY THIS ÂÂÓ PROGRAM TRACKS CREDITS IS BY A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA BASED ON THE CALLER'S NUMBER OF BLOCKS UPLOADED AND DOWNLOADED. ÔHE FORMULA USED TO CALCULATE DOWNLOAD CREDITS IS: (FREE CREDITS) + ((UPLOADS) X (CREDITS PER UPLOAD)) - DOWNLOADS ÔHIS FORMULA CAN CALCULATE A NEGATIVE CREDIT IF YOU IMPLEMENT THIS CREDIT SYSTEM ON AN OPERATIONAL ÂÂÓ WITHOUT FIRST CLEARING THE UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD COUNTERS, IF YOU REMOVE ANY UPLOAD CREDITS FROM A CALLER WHO HAD ALREADY DOWNLOADED BLOCKS BASED ON THAT UPLOAD'S CREDIT, OR IF AT A LATER DATE YOU CHANGE THE NUMBER OF CREDITS PER UPLOAD OR NUMBER OF FREE CREDITS VARIABLES. ÉF THE NUMBER IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 0, THEN THAT CALLER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD UNTIL THEY UPLOAD ENOUGH BLOCKS TO MAKE THEIR CREDIT STATUS POSITIVE AGAIN. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ON THIS SETUP SCREEN IS ASKING FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS THAT YOU WANT THE ÂÂÓ TO HOLD PRIVATE MAIL BEFORE DELETING IT. ÔHIS VARIABLE IS ACTUALLY AN APPROXIMATION WITH A MAXIMUM ERROR RATE OF 3 DAYS PER MONTH (ALWAYS IN YOUR CALLER'S FAVOR). ÉF SOME OF YOUR CALLERS DO NOT CALL FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THERE COULD BECOME A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MAIL ON-LINE THAT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE. ÍOST LIKELY IF A CALLER DOES NOT READ MAIL FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS, BY THE TIME IT'S READ IT'S NO LONGER IMPORTANT. ×HEN MAIL IS DELETED, AN ENTRY IS MADE IN THE CALLER LOG AT MIDNIGHT INDICATING THE MEMBER'S NUMBER WHO HAD THEIR MAIL DELETED. ÔHIS COULD BE USEFUL IN DETERMINING IF THIS VALUE IS SET TOO LOW AND DELETING TOO MUCH MAIL. ÔHERE'S A SAFETY CHECK BUILT IN TO PREVENT EVERYONE'S MAIL FROM BEING DELETED IF YOU SHOULD ACCIDENTALLY TYPE IN THE WRONG YEAR OR MONTH WHEN LOADING THE ÂÂÓ. ×HEN THE SYSTEM CALCULATES HOW MANY DAYS A PIECE OF MAIL HAS BEEN ON-LINE, IF THAT NUMBER EXCEEDS THE PURGE MAIL VARIABLE BY 7 DAYS, THAT MAIL WON'TE BE DELETED. ÙOU SHOULD REMEMBER THIS IF IN THE FUTURE YOU DECIDE TO CHANGE THIS PURGE MAIL VARIABLE. ÄO NOT CHANGE IT BY MORE THAN 4 DAYS AT A TIME (ALLOWING FOR THE 3 DAY APPROXIMATION ERROR) AND THE SYSTEM WILL NEVER MISS ANY MAIL THAT NEEDS TO BE PURGED. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE ACCESS LEVEL YOU WANT TO GIVE TO YOUR NEW CALLERS. ÔHERE ARE NINE ACCESS LEVELS ALLOWED. ÅACH LEVEL WILL HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ACCESS AND CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AS DEFINED BY YOU, THE ÓÙÓÏÐ. ×E LIKE TO START ALL OUR NEW CALLERS AT ACCESS LEVEL 1 AND INCREASE THEIR ACCESS ONLY AFTER VALIDATION. ÂUT YOU MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY, SO THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD SET THE NEW CALLER ACCESS VARIABLE. ÎOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS ACCESS LEVELS AS THEY ARE DEFAULTED. ÙOU'LL BE ABLE TO REDEFINE MUCH OF THIS BY CHANGING THE INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE ÓÅÔÕÐ SCREENS. ÂUT IF YOU DON'T, THIS IS WHAT THE DIFFERENT ACCESS LEVELS WILL LOOK LIKE. ÌEVEL 1 CALLERS WILL ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ SYSTEM MESSAGES AND HELP FILES. ÔHEY'LL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD ANY MAIL IN THEIR MAILBOX, READ PUBLIC MESSAGES, DO ANY DOWNLOADS OR UPLOADS OR READ ANY TEXT FILES. ÔHIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START ALL NEW CALLERS UNTIL YOU HAVE VERIFIED THE INFORMATION LEFT IN THEIR APPLICATION. ÌEVEL 2 CALLERS HAVE ALL THE ABILITIES OF LEVEL 1 PLUS THEY CAN READ ALL THE PUBLIC MESSAGES AND TEXT FILES. ÔHIS ACCESS LEVEL ALLOWS YOUR NEW CALLERS TO LOOK AROUND AND DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO JOIN THE ÂÂÓ. ÁND SINCE THEY CANNOT POST ANY MESSAGES OR UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HACKERS GETTING ON-LINE AND POSTING OR UPLOADING OFFENSIVE MATERIAL. ÔHIS ALSO IS NOT A BAD PLACE TO START ALL YOUR NEW CALLERS OR TO GIVE ACCESS TO UNPAID CALLERS ON A PAY SYSTEM. ÌEVEL 3 CALLERS HAVE ALL THE ACCESS OF LEVEL 2, PLUS THE ABILITY TO POST PUBLIC MESSAGES AND DO UPLOADS AND DOWNLOADS. ÔHEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND PRIVATE MESSAGES. ÔHIS MAY BE A GOOD LEVEL TO GIVE TO YOUR CALLERS IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. ÙOU COULD ALSO SET THE CREDIT SYSTEM EXEMPTION LEVEL TO 4, SO THAT LEVEL 3 CALLERS HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN BY SENDING IN A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION. ÌEVEL 4 AND 5 CALLERS HAVE FULL USE OF THE SYSTEM. ÔHAT IS THEY HAVE ALL THE ABILITIES OF A LEVEL 3 PLUS THE OPTION TO SEND AND HOLD PRIVATE MAIL. ÓINCE BOTH OF THESE LEVELS HAVE THE SAME ABILITIES, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SETUP THE DIFFERENT MESSAGE CATEGORIES, DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES, TIME LIMITS, ETC., AND MAYBE GIVE SOME OF YOUR MOST CONTRIBUTING CALLERS MORE ACCESS. ÌEVEL 6 CALLERS HAVE THE SAME ACCESS AS LEVEL 4 AND 5 CALLERS, BUT THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM THE "PER CALL" TIME LIMIT, MAXIMUM DOWNLOADS PER CALL AND THE TIME BETWEEN CALLS LIMITATION. ÙOU MAY WANT TO GIVE THIS ACCESS LEVEL TO ALL YOUR LONG DISTANCE CALLERS OR PERSONAL FRIENDS, SO THEY'LL NOT BE DISCONNECTED BEFORE THEIR DAILY TIME LIMIT HAS BEEN EXCEEDED. ÁND IF YOUR "PER CALL" TIME LIMIT IS THE SAME AS THE DAILY TIME LIMIT, THEN JUST USE LEVEL 6 AS ONE MORE VARIATION OF LEVEL 4 AND 5. ÌEVEL 7 HAS ALL THE ACCESS OF LEVEL 6, PLUS THE ABILITY TO SCRATCH ANY PUBLIC MESSAGE, SCRATCH ANY DOWNLOADS, EDIT DOWNLOAD DESCRIPTIONS, AND RELEASE UPLOADS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. ÔHIS ACCESS IS FOR YOUR REGULAR ÓÙÓÏÐS. ÔHEY CAN BE OF HELP IN MAINTAINING THE DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES AND BY SCRATCHING OFFENSIVE OR NO LONGER NEEDED PUBLIC MESSAGES. ÌEVEL 8 IS A HIGH LEVEL ÓÙÓÏÐ. ÉN ADDITION TO HAVING ALL THE ACCESS OF LEVEL 7, THEY CAN SET THE CLOCK AND DATE, CHANGE ANOTHER CALLER'S NAME, ACCESS LEVEL (BUT THEY CANNOT MAKE A CALLER A ÓÙÓÏÐ OR CHANGE A ÓÙÓÏÐS LEVEL) AND READ THE CALLER LOG. ÔHIS LEVEL GIVES ENOUGH ACCESS TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO RUN THE ÂÂÓ FOR A WEEKEND OR SO WHILE YOU MAY BE AWAY. ÙÏÕ ÄÏ ÎÅÅÄ ÔÏ ÂÅ ÃÁÒÅÆÕÌ ×ÈÏ ÙÏÕ ÇÉÖÅ ÔÈÉÓ ÁÃÃÅÓÓ ÌÅÖÅÌ. ÓINCE A LEVEL 8 WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ANYONE ELSE'S PASSWORDS, YOU OWE IT TO YOUR CALLERS TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE YOU SELECT FOR LEVEL 8 ARE TRUSTWORTHY! ÌEVEL 9 HAS THE SAME ACCESS AS LEVEL 8 PLUS THE ABILITY TO DO FULL PASSWORD MAINTENANCE, AND FULL ÄÏÓ CAPABILITIES. ÔHIS ACCESS LEVEL SHOULD ONLY BE GIVEN TO YOURSELF AND POSSIBLY ONE OTHER USER IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE GONE FOR A LONG WHILE. ÔHERE REALLY IS NOT MUCH YOU CANNOT DO WITH THIS ACCESS LEVEL, SO YOU SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHO YOU GIVE LEVEL 9 ACCESS. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ON THIS SETUP SCREEN IS ASKING FOR THE ACCESS LEVEL YOU WANT THE ÂÂÓ TO ASSIGN TO A CALLER WHEN THEIR MEMBERSHIP HAS EXPIRED. ÉN EACH CALLER'S PASSWORD RECORD THERE'S A FIELD THAT CAN CONTAIN A DATE. ÙOU WOULD USE THE ÐASSWORD ÍAINTENANCE OR THE (Ö)ALIDATE OPTION TO EDIT THIS DATE. ÁT MIDNIGHT, A COMPARE OF THIS DATE TO THE CURRENT DATE WILL BE MADE AND IF THERE IS A MATCH, THAT CALLERS ACCESS LEVEL WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CHANGED TO THE LEVEL YOU DEFINE HERE. ÔHIS ALLOWS US TO GIVE A CALLER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS ON THE SYSTEM AND NOT HAVE TO TRY TO REMEMBER TO LOWER THAT CALLERS ACCESS LEVEL ON ANY CERTAIN DAY. ÁND SINCE THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY LOWERS YOUR CALLER'S ACCESS LEVEL, THERE MAY BE LESS HARD FEELINGS TOWARDS YOU AFTERWARDS. ÏPTIONALLY, THIS FIELD CAN HOLD A SHORT 8 CHARACTER NOTE ABOUT THE CALLER THAT WILL BE PRINTED ON THE ÐASSWORD ÍAINTENANCE REPORT. ÉF THIS FIELD DOES CONTAIN A DATE (IN THE PROPER ÍÍ/ÄÄ/ÙÙ FORMAT), THE CALLER WILL BE REMINDED EACH TIME THEY LOG ON THAT THEIR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES ON ÍÍ/ÄÄ/ÙÙ. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ASKS IF YOU WANT TO SAVE THE CALLER LOG WHEN THE SYSTEM IS SHUT DOWN. ÉF YOU HAVE THE DISK SPACE AVAILABLE, WE RECOMMEND YOU ANSWER "Ù" TO THIS QUESTION. ÉF YOU DO ANSWER "Ù", THE CALLER LOG WILL BE SAVED AT SHUTDOWN AND RELOADED WHEN THE SYSTEM IS BROUGHT BACK UP. ÔHIS WILL GIVE YOU AND YOUR LEVEL 8 ÓÙÓÏÐS THE ABILITY TO SEE ALL THE CALLERS THAT HAVE CALLED DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS. ÔHE CALLER LOG IS STORED IN AN 8K AREA OF MEMORY UNDER THE ÂÁÓÉà ÒÏÍ. ÉT'S TOTALLY SELF-MAINTAINING, THAT IS, AS INFORMATION IS ADDED, THE OLDEST INFORMATION IN THE LOG IS REMOVED. ÅACH CALLER LOG FILE ON DISK WILL TAKE 33 BLOCKS OF DISK SPACE. ÅVERY TIME ONE CALLER LOG IS SAVED, A BACKUP IS MADE. ÔHIS CAN BE HANDY IF FOR SOME REASON THE FIRST FILE IS LOST BECAUSE OF A DISK ERROR OR POWER OUTAGE. ÉN ADDITION TO 66 BLOCKS FOR "ºCALLER LOG" AND "ºCALLER LOG.BAK", EACH NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT A DATED COPY OF THE CALLER LOG IS MADE. ÔHESE DATED LOGS CAN BE SAVED FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES, SHOULD YOU EVER WANT TO LOOK THROUGH THEM. ÂEFORE THE SYSTEM MAKES A DATED LOG FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES, IT CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THE BLOCKS FREE WILL NOT DROP BELOW THE MINIMUM BLOCKS TO ALLOW UPLOADS, SO YOU'LL WANT TO PUT YOUR CALLER LOGS ON A DRIVE WITH PLENTY OF SPACE AND PURGE THE ARCHIVES OFTEN. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ASKS IF YOU WANT THE ÂÂÓ TO RERUN ON ERRORS. ÉF A CALLER DOES FIND A WAY TO CRASH THE ÂÂÓ (CAUSING A ÂÁÓÉà ERROR) OR IF YOU HAVE MADE A CHANGE TO THE ÂÁÓÉà CODING AND ACCIDENTALLY LEFT AN ERROR IN THE PROGRAM, THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY RERUN ITSELF. ÎORMALLY YOU ÄÏ WANT THIS OPTION ENABLED. ×E ALL SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT, KNOWING THE ÂÂÓ WILL STILL BE RUNNING WHEN WE GET UP IN THE MORNING. ÔHE ONLY TIME YOU MAY WANT TO DISABLE THIS OPTION IS WHEN YOU'RE MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAMS AND ARE STILL TESTING THEMS. ÎOTE THAT WHEN RERUN IS ENABLED, THE ÓÔÏÐ KEY WILL BE DISABLED. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ON THIS SCREEN ASKS IF YOU WANT THE SCREEN TO BLANK WHEN A CALLER IS READING OR WRITING A PRIVATE MESSAGE. ÔHERE ARE SOME THAT FEEL THAT A PRIVATE MESSAGE SHOULD BE TOTALLY PRIVATE, NOT EVEN READ BY THE ÓÙÓÏÐ. ×HILE OTHERS FEEL THE ÓÙÓÏÐ IS TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING ON THE ÂÂÓ, EVEN THE PRIVATE MESSAGES. ÔHIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SETUP YOUR SYSTEM THE WAY YOU FEEL IS BEST. ÉF YOU DO ANSWER "Ù" TO THIS QUESTION, THE SCREEN WILL BE BLANKED WHEN A CALLER IS READING THEIR MAIL OR SENDING MAIL TO ANYONE ELSE ON THE SYSTEM. ÔHE SCREEN WILL ÎÏÔ BE BLANKED WHEN A CALLER IS SENDING FEEDBACK OR PRIVATE MAIL TO YOUR MAILBOX OR WHEN YOU ARE ACCESSING THE SYSTEM FROM THE CONSOLE. ÔHE NEXT FEW QUESTIONS ARE ASKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF MODEM YOU ARE USING. ÔHE FIRST ONE IS ASKING IF YOUR MODEM USES NORMAL OR INVERTED HOOK CONTROL BITS. ÉF YOU ARE USING A 1650 OR COMPATIBLE, YOU ANSWER NORMAL. ÉF YOU ARE USING A 1660, YOU WOULD ANSWER INVERTED. ÂY THE WAY, ONLY 1660 MODEMS WITH SERIAL NUMBERS GREATER THAN 100,000 SUPPORT CARRIER DETECT. ÄO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE A 1660 THAT DOES NOT HAVE CARRIER DETECT IN IT. ÔHE NEXT ONE ASKS IF ÕSER ÂIT 32 IS CONNECTED TO YOUR MODEM'S HIGH SPEED PIN. ÔHIS IS KIND OF A TECHNICAL QUESTION, BUT NO OTHER WAY TO WORD IT COULD BE FOUND. ÙOU WOULD ANSWER Ù TO THIS QUESTION IF YOU ARE USING THE NEW 4 SWITCH VERSION 1670, AN ÏMNITRONIX INTERFACE OR A ÖIC1011Á INTERFACE THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO CONNECT ÕÓÅÒ BIT 32 TO ÒÓ232 PIN 12. ÉF YOU ARE USING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MODEM INTERFACE, YOU MAY NEED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH TO DETERMINE IF IT HAS THE ABOVE CONNECTION. ÉF YOU ARE USING A 1650, ×ESTRIDGE, 64 ÍODEM, 1660 OR THE OLD 1670, ANSWER Î TO THIS QUESTION. ÉF YOU ANSWER "Ù" TO THIS QUESTION WHEN YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE, THE ÂÂÓ WILL SWITCH TO 1200 BAUD ON ALL CALLS, EVEN THE 300 BAUD CALLS. ÉF YOU ANSWER "Î" TO THIS WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE ANSWERED "Ù", THE ÂÂÓ WILL NEVER SWITCH TO 1200 EVEN WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. ÂY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE USING AN ÏMNITRONIX ÒÓ232 INTERFACE, MAKE SURE THE SWITCHES ARE SET TO NORMAL AND MODEM (AS OPPOSED TO INVERTED AND PRINTER). ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ASKS IF YOUR MODEM SUPPORTS THE ÈAYES ÁÔ COMMAND SET. ÁNSWER "Ù" FOR THE ÈAYES 1200, ÖOLKSMODEM 12, 1670, ETC. ÁNSWER "Î" FOR THE 1650, 64 ÍODEM, ×ESTRIDGE, 1660, ETC. ÉF YOU ARE USING A ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 1200, SET THE SWITCHES INSIDE AS FOLLOWS; 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 DOWN, 4 UP, 5 DOWN, 6 UP, 7 UP AND 8 DOWN. ÔHE LAST 2 QUESTIONS WILL ONLY BE ASKED IF YOU ANSWERED "Ù" TO THE ÁÔ COMMANDS QUESTION ABOVE. ÔHE FIRST ONE ASKS IF YOUR MODEM AND INTERFACE BOTH SUPPORT ÄÔÒ (ÄATA ÔERMINAL ÒEADY) AND IF YOU HAVE ALL SWITCHES SET SO THE PHONE LINE WILL DISCONNECT IF ÄÔÒ IS FALSE. ÍOST ÈAYES COMPATIBLE MODEMS AND INTERFACES DO SUPPORT ÄÔÒ, ÔHE ÖOLKSMODEM 12 WHEN USED WITH CABLE Ê DOES NOT SUPPORT ÄÔÒ, NOR DOES THE 1670 (ACTUALLY THE ÎÅ× 1670 DOES SUPPORT ÄÔÒ, BUT SEEMS TO WORK BETTER IF WE DISABLE THIS FEATURE). ÉF YOU ARE UNSURE, ANSWER Î TO THIS QUESTION. ÔHE LAST QUESTION ON THIS SCREEN IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ÈAYES COMPATIBLE MODEMS. ÔHIS IS WHERE YOU'LL DEFINE THE INITIALIZE COMMAND TO BE SENT TO YOUR MODEM BEFORE ACCEPTING A CALLER. ÂY ALLOWING YOU TO ENTER THE INITIALIZE COMMAND HERE (INSTEAD OF HAVING IT HARD CODED INTO THE PROGRAM), ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ IS ABLE TO SUPPORT MANY MORE TYPES OF MODEMS. ÂUT THIS ALSO MEANS YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR MODEM BEFORE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. ×E ARE NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN EACH SETTING IN THE INIT STRING, PLEASE LOOK IN YOUR MODEM MANUAL IF YOU WONDER WHAT THEY DO. ×E DO WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS THOUGH. ÆIRST, THE INIT STRING MUST BEGIN WITH "AT" (LOWER CASE). ÔHIS STANDS FOR ATTENTION AND NEEDS TO BE ENTERED ONLY ONCE EVEN THOUGH MANY COMMANDS ARE IN THIS ONE STRING. ÓECOND, IF YOUR MODEM WILL ACCEPT IT, IT'S BEST TO FOLLOW THE ATTENTION WITH A RESET (Z). ÔHIS RESET IS REQUIRED FOR MANY TYPES OF MODEMS TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING LOCKED UP. ÂUT ON THE ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 1200 AND BOTH ÃOMMODORE 1670 MODEMS, A RESET WILL CAUSE THE REMAINDER OF THE INIT COMMAND TO BE CLEARED. ÓO DON'T USE THE "Z" RESET WITH THESE MODEMS. ÉN SUMMARY, USE "ATE1X1S0=0S10=30F1Q0V1M0" FOR THE ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 1200 AND MOST COMPATIBLES. ÉF YOU ARE USING A ÖOLKSMODEM 12 OR SOME OTHER ÈAYES COMPATIBLE THAT DOES NOT CLEAR THE COMMAND BUFFER WHEN IT EXECUTES AN "ATZ", YOUR MODEM MAY WORK BETTER IF YOU ADD A "Z" JUST AFTER THE "AT" AND JUST BEFORE THE "E1". ÃHANGE THE MODEM INIT COMMAND TO "ATE1X1S0=1S10=30F1Q0V1M0" FOR THE NEW (4 SWITCH) VERSION 1670 OR "ATE1X1S0=2F1Q0V1M0" FOR THE ORIGINAL 1670 (THE VERSION WITH ONLY 3 SWITCHES). ÉF YOU HAVE THE 17ØØ RAM EXPANSION MODULE WITH AN OLD 1670, IT'S SAFE TO CHANGE THE "S0=2" ABOVE TO "S0=1". ÉF YOU'RE USING A ÈAYES ÓÍ300, JUST TAKE THE "X1" OUT OF THE INIT STRING LISTED ABOVE FOR THE ÈAYES ÓÍ1200. ÉF YOUR MODEM DOESN'T SUPPORT ANY OF THE COMMANDS IN THIS INIT STRING (SUCH AS THE S10=30), JUST TAKE THAT PART OF THE COMMAND OUT. ÁND IF YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM FINDING WHICH PART OF THE INIT STRING IS CAUSING YOU A PROBLEM, YOU CAN LOAD UP A TERMINAL PROGRAM AND TRY TYPING IN THE COMMAND. ÉF YOU GET AN "OK", THEN YOU'RE ALL SET. ÉF IT SAYS "ERROR", YOU NEED TO FIND WHICH PART OF THE COMMAND IS NOT SUPPORTED. ÁLSO, IF AFTER LOADING THE ÂÂÓ, THE WAITING FOR CALLER SCREEN DOES NOT COME UP (JUST PRINTS LAST CALLER = ), THEN THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS MODEM INIT STRING THAT'S NOT SET CORRECTLY. ÎOW YOU'LL BE ASKED "ÉS THIS CORRECT?" ÉF YOU NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS, ANSWER "Î" AND YOU WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AGAIN. ÉF YOU'RE SURE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT, JUST ENTER A "Ù" AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÔHEN YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO THE NEXT SCREEN OF THE ÓÅÔÕÐ PROGRAM. ÐÁÒÔ 3: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÄÉÓË ÄÒÉÖÅ ÁÓÓÉÇÎÍÅÎÔÓ ÔHIS SCREEN WILL BE USED TO ASSIGN WHICH GROUPS OF FILES WILL BE STORED ON WHICH DISK DRIVES. ÉT'S HERE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BALANCE THE LOAD BETWEEN YOUR DRIVES TO MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF YOUR HARDWARE. ÉF AT FIRST YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO PUT WHICH FILES, DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH. ÏNCE THE SYSTEM STARTS RUNNING AND IF YOU SEE THAT ONE DRIVE HAS TOO MANY FILES, YOU CAN RERUN ÓÅÔÕÐ, CHANGE THE APPROPRIATE VARIABLES, THEN MOVE THE AFFECTED FILES. ÔHE FIRST QUESTION ON THIS SCREEN IS FOR THE DEVICE AND DRIVE NUMBER OF THE DISK DRIVE THAT WILL BE STORING THE ÂÂÓ PASSWORD FILE. ÙOU'LL SEE "8, 0, I0". ÔHE FIRST NUMBER IS THE DEVICE NUMBER OF THE DESIRED DRIVE AND THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE DRIVE NUMBER (0 OR 1 FOR DUAL DRIVES OR ÌÕ0 OR ÌÕ1 FOR THE ÌT. ËERNAL HARD DISK DRIVE). ÙOU CAN "POINT" THIS TO ANY DRIVE YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU POINT IT TO A DRIVE OTHER THAN A 1541, MAKE SURE THE DRIVE IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING RELATIVE FILES (THE ÓÆÄ 1001 DOES A FINE JOB WITH RELATIVE FILES). ÔHE THIRD ENTRY (THE I0) IS THE COMMAND TO BE SENT TO THE COMMAND CHANNEL WHENEVER THIS GROUP OF FILES ARE REQUESTED. "I0" IS WHAT YOU SHOULD ENTER IF YOU'RE USING 1541S, 1581S, ÓÆÄ 1001S, 2031S, 9060S, 9090S, ETC. ÉF YOU'RE ACCESSING DRIVE ONE OF A DUAL DRIVE (LIKE THE 4040S, 8050S, 8250S, ETC.), YOU WOULD ENTER "I1". ÂUT IF YOU'RE USING A 1571, YOU HAVE 3 CHOICES. ÉF YOU WANT TO USE THE 1571 IN 1541 MODE, SINGLE-SIDED, 664 BLOCKS PER DISK, THEN YOU CAN JUST ENTER "I0" JUST LIKE A 1541. ÂUT SINCE THE 1571 IS A DOUBLE-SIDED DRIVE, IT'S CAPABLE OF STORING 1328 BLOCKS IN ONE DIRECTORY IN 1571 MODE, OR 664 BLOCKS IN SEPARATE DIRECTORIES ON EACH SIDE OF THE DISK. ÔHE LATTER ARRANGEMENT IS PREFERRED SINCE YOU WILL HAVE TWICE THE SPACE IN THE DIRECTORY (144 FILES ON EACH SIDE) AND MOST 1571'S RUN MORE RELIABLY IN THIS MODE. ÁNYWAY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ONE DIRECTORY OF 144 FILES/1328 BLOCKS FREE, ENTER "U0>M1". ÉF YOU WANT TO HAVE TWO DIRECTORIES OF 144 FILES/664 BLOCKS EACH, ENTER "U0>H0" FOR THE NORMAL SIDE, OR "U0>H1" FOR SECOND SIDE. ÁLSO, WHEN USING A 1571 IN ONE OF THESE TWO MODES, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DISKETTE PROPERLY FORMATTED. ÉF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE A DISKETTE FORMATTED, YOU CAN USE THE ÄÏÓ WEDGE IN FASTLOAD, THE ÍÓÇ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ, OR THE ÂÂÓ AND ENTER IN THE SAME DRIVE COMMAND FOLLOWED BY THE COMMAND TO FORMAT THE DISK. ÅXAMPLES: 1571 MODE - >U0>M1 >N0:DISKNAME,ID 1541 MODE SIDE 0 - >U0>H0 >N0:DISKNAME,ID 1541 MODE SIDE 1 - >U0>H1 >N0:DISKNAME,ID ×HEN ENTERING YOUR INFORMATION ON THIS SCREEN, ÄÏ ÎÏÔ ÃÕÒÓÏÒ ÌÅÆÔ ÏÒ ÒÉÇÈÔ ÏÒ ÕÐ ÏÒ ÄÏ×Î ÉÎÔÏ ÁÎÏÔÈÅÒ ÆÉÅÌÄ. ×HEN YOU PRESS THE ÒÅÔÕÒÎ KEY, THE CURSOR WILL AUTOMATICALLY MOVE FROM THE DEVICE NUMBER TO THE DRIVE NUMBER, THEN TO THE DRIVE COMMAND BEFORE GOING ONTO THE NEXT LINE. ÔHIS MAY SEEM CONFUSING AT FIRST, BUT IT DOES ALLOW MORE INFORMATION TO BE ENTERED ON ONE SCREEN. ÉF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND ARE STILL ARE ON THE SAME FIELD, CURSOR LEFT (INSTEAD OF DELETE) AND TYPE OVER THE ERROR. ÔHEN PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ TO GO ONTO THE NEXT FIELD. ÉF YOU REALIZE YOU'D MADE A MISTAKE IN A PREVIOUS FIELD, DO NOT USE THE DELETE KEY OR CURSOR KEY TO GO BACK. ÊUST ANSWER THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS AND AT THE END OF THIS SCREEN YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES. ÉF FOR SOME REASON, YOU GET TOTALLY MESSED UP, JUST PRESS ÒÕÎ/ÓÔÏÐ ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ AND TYPE RUN TO START OVER. ÔHE REST OF THE DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS ARE JUST LIKE THE PASSWORD FILE. ÔHEY ARE FOR THE ÓYSTEM ÍESSAGES (WELCOME MESSAGES, LOGOFF MESSAGES, MENUS, INFORMATION FILE, MEMBERSHIP LIST, MEMBERSHIP FULL MESSAGE, VOTE MESSAGES, OR ANY MESSAGE THAT DOES NOT FALL INTO ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES), ÈELP ÆILES, ÐUBLIC ÍESSAGES, ÐRIVATE ÍESSAGES, ÔEXT ÆILES, ÃALLER ÌOG AND ÐROGRAM ÆILES. ÁS YOU CAN SEE, THIS ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE YOUR FILES AROUND ANYWAY YOU NEED TO BEST BALANCE THE LOAD BETWEEN YOUR AVAILABLE DRIVES. ÔHE ÂÂÓ WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO INITIALLY BE LOADED FROM DEVICE 8, BUT IF IT'S MORE CONVENIENT, YOU CAN HAVE THE OVERLAYS LOADED FROM A DIFFERENT DEVICE NUMBER. ÔHIS MAY BE BENEFICIAL IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK DRIVE SETUP AS DEVICE NUMBER 9, AND WANT TO LOAD YOUR OVERLAYS FROM THE HARD DRIVE FOR THE HIGHER SPEED. ÉÍÐÏÒÔÁÎÔ ÎÏÔÅ: ÉF YOU'RE USING THE ÅPYX ÆASTLOAD CARTRIDGE YOU ÍÕÓÔ ALWAYS USE "UI" AS THE DRIVE COMMAND FOR PROGRAM FILES OR YOU'LL EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT SYSTEM LOCKUPS. ÎOW IS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SURE THE DRIVE THAT YOU ASSIGNED TO THE PASSWORD FILE IS ON-LINE AND HAS A FORMATTED DISK IN IT. ÔHIS DISK SHOULD BE BLANK. ÔHE ÓÅÔÕÐ PROGRAM WILL CREATE A RELATIVE FILE LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD THE NUMBER OF CALLERS YOU DESIGNATED. ÔHE SYSTEM WILL RUN FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE IF THIS FILE IS CONTIGUOUS. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ON THIS SCREEN IS ASKING FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FILES THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ON THE PUBLIC MESSAGES DRIVE. ÉF YOU'RE USING A 1541, 135 IS SUGGESTED. ÉF YOU ARE USING AN ÓÆÄ 1001, 210 IS SUGGESTED. ÔHE WAY THIS WORKS IS THAT AFTER A CALLER LOGS OFF, THE SYSTEM WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC MESSAGES DRIVE AND COUNT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FILES ON THAT DRIVE. ÔHIS ROUTINE COMES IN REAL HANDY IF YOU'RE STORING BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MESSAGES ON THE SAME DRIVE, OR IF YOU'RE ALLOWING UPLOADS TO GO TO THE PUBLIC MESSAGES DRIVE. ÓINCE THERE'S NO WAY OF PREDICTING JUST HOW MANY UPLOADS OR PRIVATE MESSAGES WILL BE ON THIS DISK, WE CAN PROGRAM THE SYSTEM TO SCAN THAT DIRECTORY AND IF THE DIRECTORY IS GETTING CLOSE TO FILLING UP, SCRATCH SOME PUBLIC MESSAGES. ÔHIS ALLOWS US TO RUN OUR SMALL 1541S NEAR CAPACITY (MAKING THE MOST USE OF THE DRIVE ALL THE TIME). Á 1541 WILL HANDLE 144 FILES. ÓO A SETTING OF 135 LEAVES SPACE FOR 9 NEW MESSAGES/UPLOADS TO BE STORED ON THIS DISK DURING ANY ONE CALL. ÏNE MORE THING, IF YOU'RE ONLY STORING PUBLIC MESSAGES ON THE DRIVE (NOTHING ELSE) OR YOU'RE USING A 9060, 9090, OR ANY OTHER HARD DISK DRIVE THAT HAS AN UNLIMITED DIRECTORY, THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE SYSTEM TO SPEND ALL THAT TIME COUNTING FILES. ÉF THIS IS THE CASE, ENTERING A 0 HERE WILL TELL THE SYSTEM TO NOT COUNT FILES AFTER EACH LOGOFF. ÁGAIN YOU'LL BE ASKED "ÉS THIS CORRECT?". ÉF YOU NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS, ANSWER "Î" AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AGAIN. ÉF YOU'RE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT, JUST ENTER A "Ù" AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÔHEN YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO SCREEN THREE OF THE ÓÅÔÕÐ PARAMETERS ROUTINE. ÐÁÒÔ 4: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÕÐÌÏÁÄ/ÄÏ×ÎÌÏÁÄ ÄÉÒÅÃÔÏÒÉÅÓ ÉN THIS SECTION OF SETUP, YOU'LL GO THROUGH A SERIES OF SCREENS DEFINING EACH OF YOUR UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES. ÙOU'RE ABLE TO SETUP UP TO 26 DIFFERENT DIRECTORIES ON ANY NUMBER OF DRIVES. ÅACH DIRECTORY WILL BE ASSIGNED A DESCRIPTION, DOWNLOAD STATUS, UPLOAD STATUS, ACCESS LEVEL, DEVICE NUMBER, DRIVE NUMBER AND A DRIVE COMMAND. ÙOU'LL WANT TO GIVE EACH DRIVE A UNIQUE NAME SINCE YOUR CALLERS WILL REFERENCE THIS NAME WHEN SELECTING DRIVES. ÔHE FIRST DRIVE THAT HAS A "Ù" IN THE DOWNLOAD STATUS FIELD WILL BE THE SYSTEM'S DEFAULT DOWNLOAD DRIVE AND THE FIRST DRIVE WITH A "Ù" IN THE UPLOAD STATUS FIELD WILL BE THE SYSTEM'S DEFAULT UPLOAD DRIVE. ÔHIS CAN BE THE SAME DRIVE (SIMPLY BY ENTERING "Ù" IN BOTH DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD STATUS FIELDS) OR TOTALLY SEPARATE DRIVES. ÙOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THE ACCESS LEVEL ASSIGNED TO THESE DRIVES IS FOR THE LOWEST LEVEL CALLERS. ÙOU WOULD NOT WANT THE SYSTEM TO DEFAULT TO ONE OF YOUR RESTRICTED DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES! ÏNE LAST THING TO ALWAYS REMEMBER IS THAT ALL LEVEL 7, 8 AND 9 ÓÙÓÏÐS WILL BE ABLE TO SWITCH TO ANY DRIVE DEFINED HERE, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AN UPLOAD OR DOWNLOAD DRIVE. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOUR REMOTES TO MOVE FILES OFF OF AN UPLOAD ONLY DRIVE AND UPLOAD FILES ONTO A DOWNLOAD ONLY DRIVE. ÆOR EXAMPLE, SAY WE HAVE 4 DRIVES ON OUR ÂÂÓ. ÄRIVE 8 HAS THE PRIVATE MESSAGES AND THE OVERLAY PROGRAMS ON IT. ÄRIVE 9 HAS PUBLIC MESSAGES AND HELP FILES. ÄRIVE 10 HAS ALL THE NEW UPLOADS AND WE WANT TO ALLOW CALLERS TO DOWNLOAD FROM HERE TOO. ÄRIVE 11 HAS THE TEXT FILES AND THE MAIN DOWNLOADS. ÙOU WANT DRIVE 11 TO BE THE DEFAULT DOWNLOAD DRIVE AND DRIVE 10 TO BE THE DEFAULT UPLOAD DRIVE AS WELL AS AN OPTIONAL ALTERNATE DOWNLOAD DRIVE (FOR DOWNLOADING NEWLY UPLOADED PROGRAMS). ÈERE'S HOW YOU'D FILL IN THE ÓÅÔÕÐ SCREENS. ÅNTER "3" FOR THE NUMBER OF UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES TO BE DEFINED. ÆOR ÄIRECTORY Á (OUR DEFAULT DOWNLOAD DRIVE), ENTER "ÁLL ÄOWNLOADS" AS THE DESCRIPTION. ÄON'T ENTER ANY COMMAS, COLOR CODES, REVERSE CODES, OR SPACES FOR CENTERING. ÅNTER "Y" TO ALLOW DOWNLOADS AND "N" TO ALLOW UPLOADS. ÅNTER 1 FOR THE ACCESS LEVEL (ALWAYS WANT THE DEFAULT DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY TO HAVE AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 1). ÔHEN ENTER "11" FOR DEVICE NUMBER. ÎOW ENTER "0" FOR THE DRIVE NUMBER AND "I0" FOR DRIVE COMMAND. ÏN THE NEXT SCREEN, DO THE SAME THING FOR DRIVE 10 BUT NAME THIS ONE "ÎEW ÕPLOADS". ÁNSWER "Ù" TO BOTH DOWNLOADS AND UPLOADS. ÏN THE NEXT SCREEN, ENTER "ÈELP ÆILES (ÓÙÓÏÐ ÏÎÌÙ)" FOR THE DESCRIPTION. ÁNSWER "N" TO BOTH DOWNLOADS AND UPLOADS AND SET THE ACCESS LEVEL TO 7. ÔHIS DIRECTORY WILL ONLY BE SEEN BY YOUR ÓÙÓÏÐS (LEVEL 7 OR HIGHER) WHEN THEY ENTER "#" TO CHANGE DRIVES. ÁNSWERING "Î" TO BOTH UPLOADS AND DOWNLOADS STILL ALLOWS LEVEL 7 AND ABOVE ÓÙÓÏÐS TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH TO THAT DRIVE AND UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD/SCRATCH FILES (HELP FILES IN OUR EXAMPLE). ÔHERE WAS NO NEED TO ACCESS DRIVE 8, EVEN AS A ÓÙÓÏÐ, SO WE DID NOT ENTER IT ON THIS SECTION. ÁFTER ENTERING THE THIRD SCREEN (REMEMBER WE SAID WE WERE DEFINING 3 DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES), YOU'LL BE PROMPTED FOR "ÄIRECTORY TO ÅDIT (Á-Ã)"? ÉF YOU NEED TO CHANGE ANY INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY ENTERED, PRESS THE APPROPRIATE LETTER. ÏTHERWISE, PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SCREEN. ÔHIS NEXT SCREEN ONLY ASKS 3 QUESTIONS. ÔHE FIRST ONE IS "ÕPLOAD AUTO-RELEASE LEVEL (1-10)?" ×HEN A CALLER UPLOADS A FILE TO THE SYSTEM, DO YOU WANT THAT FILE TO AUTOMATICALLY BE RELEASED AS A PUBLIC DOWNLOAD, OR WOULD YOU PREFER IT TO BE HELD FOR A ÓÙÓÏÐ TO REVIEW BEFORE IT'S RELEASED? ×ITH ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ, YOU CAN HAVE IT SO THAT LOWER LEVEL CALLER'S UPLOADS ARE HELD FOR "SYSOP RELEASE", WHILE HIGHER LEVEL CALLER'S UPLOADS WILL "AUTO-RELEASE". ÍAKE SURE YOU NEVER SET THIS COMMAND HIGHER THAN THE (Ù)ÒELEASE Á ÄOWNLOAD COMMAND OR YOUR ÓÙÓÏÐS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RELEASE ANY UPLOADS. ÙOU MAY WANT TO SETUP YOUR SYSTEM SO THAT JUST YOUR ÓÙÓÏÐ'S UPLOADS WILL AUTO-RELEASE. ÉF SO, ENTER 7 HERE. ÏR YOU MAY WANT ALL UPLOADS TO AUTO-RELEASE. ÉF SO, ENTER A 1 HERE. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION ASKS IF YOU WANT TO USE THE "ÕPLOAD DESCRIPTIONS" FEATURE OF ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ. ÍOST OF YOU'LL WANT TO ANSWER "Y" TO THIS QUESTION. ÔHE ONLY TIME YOU MAY WANT TO SAY "N" IS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH DISK SPACE AND ALL THE EXTRA FILE DESCRIPTIONS WILL FILL UP THE DIRECTORY OR DISK. ÔHE POPULAR ÓÆÄ 1001 DISK DRIVE HAS A LIMITATION OF ONLY 224 FILES IN IT'S DIRECTORY. ÔHIS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT UNTIL YOU REALIZE THAT EACH DOWNLOAD REQUIRES A SECOND FILE FOR THE DESCRIPTION. ÓO IF YOU'RE USING AN ÓÆÄ 1001 AND YOU WANT TO USE UPLOAD DESCRIPTIONS, YOU'LL BE LIMITED TO 111 FILES IN THE DOWNLOADS (ALLOWING FOR THE "ºDIRECTORY" AND "ºDIR.TMP" FILES). ÔHIS GETS EVEN WORSE IF YOU'RE ALSO PUTTING SYSTEM FILES, MESSAGES, HELP FILES, AND/OR TEXT FILES ON THE SAME ÓÆÄ. ÁNYWAY, THAT'S WHY IT'S SET UP TO RUN EITHER WAY. ÁLSO, IF YOU ANSWER "N" TO DOWNLOAD DESCRIPTIONS, IT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU OR YOUR ÓÙÓÏÐS TO MANUALLY ENTER A DOWNLOAD DESCRIPTION ON ANY SPECIFIC FILE. ÊUST USE THE (Å)DIT ÄNLD ÄESC COMMAND TO CREATE THE DESCRIPTION FILE. ÁLSO, ALL DOWNLOAD DESCRIPTIONS WILL BE STORED ON THE DISK AS "@DNLDNAME". ÅXAMPLE, THE DESCRIPTION FILE FOR "CCGMS TERM 4.0+" IS "@CCGMS TERM 4.0+". ÂEFORE STARTING AN UPLOAD, A CHECK IS ALWAYS MADE TO MAKE SURE A DOWNLOAD UNDER THAT NAME AND A DESCRIPTION UNDER THAT NAME DOES NOT EXIST. ÉF YOU EVER SEE A "FILE EXISTS" ERROR AND CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY, REMEMBER ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD DESCRIPTIONS (EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT USING THEM). ÔHE LAST QUESTION ON THIS SCREEN ASKS IF YOU'LL HAVE MULTIPLE DIRECTORIES ON ONE DISK DRIVE. ÔHIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR LARGE DISK DRIVES WHICH HAVE MULTIPLE PARTITIONS OR DIRECTORIES OF THEIR OWN. ÔHIS OPTION IS MAINLY FOR OTHER LARGE DISK DRIVES (LIKE A 5, 10 OR 20 MEGABYTE HARD DISK DRIVE) AND WILL ALLOW YOU TO DIVIDE THAT LARGE AREA OF DISK SPACE UP INTO MORE MANAGEABLE, SMALLER AREAS. ÙOU COULD ACTUALLY USE THIS OPTION ON ANY DISK DRIVE, BUT IT MAY NOT BE WORTH THE EFFORT UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF FILES ON ONE DISK DRIVE. ÉF YOU DO ANSWER Ù TO THIS QUESTION, EVERY FILE UPLOADED TO THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY HAVE A LETTER (Á-Ú) ADDED TO THE BEGINNING OF IT'S FILENAME. ÔHE CALLERS DO NOT SEE THIS LETTER, IT'S JUST USED BY THE ÂÂÓ TO GROUP THE FILES INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTORIES. ÉF YOU MANUALLY COPY A FILE ONTO YOUR DOWNLOAD DISK, YOU WILL NEED TO RENAME THE FILE SO THE PROPER CAPITAL LETTER IS THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE FILENAME. ÔHERE'S A UTILITY ON YOUR ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK TO HELP YOU RENAME YOUR CURRENT DOWNLOADS CALLED "DIR RENAME 7.00". ×HEN YOU USE IT, THE DELETE KEY DELETES THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE FILENAME, ANY OTHER KEY PRESSED BECOMES THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE FILENAME. ÒEMEMBER, IF YOU ANSWER Î TO THIS MULTIPLE DIRECTORY QUESTION, YOU WILL NOT NEED TO RENAME ANY FILES. ÔHEY'LL BE DISPLAYED TO YOUR CALLERS EXACTLY AS THEY ARE ON THE DISK, WITH ALL THE FILES ON ONE DRIVE IN THE SAME DIRECTORY. ÎOW YOU'LL BE ASKED "ÉS THIS CORRECT?" ÉF YOU NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS, ANSWER "Î" AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AGAIN. ÉF YOU'RE SURE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT, JUST ENTER A "Ù" AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÔHEN YOU'LL BE TAKEN TO THE NEXT SCREEN OF THE ÓÅÔÕÐ PROGRAM. ÉF AFTER ANSWERING "Ù", THE PROGRAM STILL JUMPS BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE ÕPLOADS/ÄOWNLOADS ÓÅÔÕÐ SCREENS INSTEAD OF GOING ON TO THE NEXT SCREEN, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ASSIGNED AT LEAST ONE DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY AND AT LEAST ONE UPLOAD DIRECTORY. ÅVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ALLOW UPLOADS OR DOWNLOADS, YOU MUST ASSIGN AT LEAST ONE OF EACH (JUST SET THE ACCESS LEVEL TO 7 IF YOU WANT). ÐÁÒÔ 5: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÕÓÅÒ'Ó ÔÉÍÅ ÌÉÍÉÔÓ ÔHIS SCREEN WILL BE USED TO SET THE TIME LIMITS FOR THE DIFFERENT ACCESS LEVELS. ÆIRST YOU'LL BE ASKED TO SET THE MAXIMUM TIME ALLOWED "PER CALL" FOR LEVELS 1-5 DURING ÁÍ HOURS AND AGAIN DURING ÐÍ HOURS. ÔHIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED PER DAY IN THAT A CALLER MAY GET 60 MINUTES PER DAY, BUT ONLY BE ALLOWED 30 MINUTES PER CALL DURING ÐÍ HOURS, FORCING THEM TO NOT TIE UP THE ÂÂÓ FOR A CONTINUOUS AMOUNT OF TIME DURING WHAT IS NORMALLY THE BUSIER HOURS. ÔHIS VARIABLE APPLIES TO ALL CALLERS WITH ACCESS LEVELS 1 THROUGH 5. ÁCCESS LEVELS 6 AND ABOVE ARE EXEMPT. ÁNY VALUE FROM 0 TO 900 IS OKAY. ÎOTE THAT IF YOU DO NOT WANT A "PER CALL" TIME LIMIT, THEN SET EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE VALUES TO 900. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION IS ASKING FOR THE TIME REQUIRED TO PASS BEFORE A LEVEL 1-5 CALLER CAN GET BACK ONTO THE SYSTEM. ÙOU WOULD USE THIS VALUE TO PREVENT ONE CALLER FROM STAYING ON-LINE FOR THE MAXIMUM "PER CALL" TIME LIMIT, THEN IMMEDIATELY CALLING BACK FOR ANOTHER SESSION. ÁNY VALUE FROM 0 TO 30 IS OKAY. ÉF YOU DON'T CARE TO USE THIS "BETWEEN CALLS" FEATURE, JUST PUT A 0 IN THIS LOCATION. ÁGAIN, ACCESS LEVEL 6 CALLERS AND ABOVE ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS VARIABLE. ÔHE REMAINING QUESTIONS ON THIS SCREEN ARE FOR THE DAILY TIME LIMITS FOR ACCESS LEVELS 1 THROUGH 9. ÁNY VALUE FROM 1 TO 900 IS OKAY. ÓET THEM ANYWAY YOU SEE FIT. ÔHE SYSTEM WILL NOT DISCONNECT A CALLER IF THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOWNLOAD OR ENTERING A MESSAGE AND THEIR TIME EXPIRES. ÂUT THE SYSTEM WILL "BORROW" THE EXTRA TIME USED FROM THE NEXT DAY. ÓO IF A CALLER HAS A 20 MINUTE PER DAY TIME LIMIT AND SPENDS 60 MINUTES TYPING YOU FEEDBACK, THE SYSTEM WILL ENTER -40 MINUTES IN THAT CALLERS MEMBERSHIP RECORD. ÔHEN EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, THIS TIME WILL BE INCREMENTED BY 20 MINUTES. ÓO THIS CALLER WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED BACK ONTO THE SYSTEM UNTIL THEIR DAILY TIME LIMIT GOES POSITIVE AGAIN (3 DAYS IN THIS EXAMPLE). ÁT THE END OF THIS SCREEN, ONCE AGAIN YOU'LL BE ASKED "ÉS THIS CORRECT?" ÉF YOU NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS, ANSWER "Î" AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AGAIN. ÉF YOU'RE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT, JUST ENTER A "Ù" AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÐÁÒÔ 6: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÃÁÌÌÅÒ ÐÕÒÇÅ ÓÅÔÕÐ ÔHE NEXT SCREEN IS WHERE YOU'LL ASSIGN THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT MUST PASS BEFORE THE ÂÂÓ'S PURGE ROUTINE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DELETE A MEMBER THAT HASN'T CALLED IN A WHILE. ×HEN THE ÂÂÓ DELETES A MEMBER, THEY ARE ÔÏÔÁÌÌÙ DELETED. ÔHERE'S NO WAY TO BRING THEM BACK UNLESS YOU HAVE A "ºBACKUP PASSWORD" FILE YOU CAN USE TO RESTORE THEIR RECORD. ÁN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE TO SET THE SYSTEM TO AUTOMATICALLY DELETE ANY LEVEL 1 NOT CALLING IN 25 DAYS, LEVEL 2 NOT CALLING IN 31 DAYS, OR LEVEL 3 NOT CALLING IN 62 DAYS. ÁND SET ALL OTHER LEVELS TO 999 DAYS SO THE SYSTEM WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY DELETE THEM (COULD USE THE MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES FEATURE TO LOWER THEIR ACCESS LEVEL TO A 2 AFTER A SET NUMBER OF DAYS OR WHEN THEIR FEES RUN OUT). ÔHE WAY THIS ROUTINE WORKS IS EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, EACH PASSWORD RECORD IS EVALUATED AND IF THAT CALLER HAS NOT CALLED IN THE DEFINED NUMBER OF DAYS, THEY ARE DELETED. ÁN ENTRY IS MADE INTO THE CALLER LOG (THEIR RECORD NUMBER FOLLOWED BY AN ASTERISK TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM A MEMBERSHIP EXPIRED STATUS). ÁS A SAFETY CHECK, WHEN THE SYSTEM CALCULATES THE NUMBER OF DAYS SINCE THE LAST CALL AND COMPARES IT TO THE CURRENT DATE, IF THE CALCULATION EXCEEDS THE PURGE VARIABLE BY MORE THAN 7 DAYS, THE SYSTEM WILL NOT DELETE THAT CALLER. ×ITHOUT THIS SAFETY CHECK, IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY ENTERED THE WRONG YEAR WHILE LOADING THE ÂÂÓ AND THE SYSTEM PROCESSED ITS "END OF DAY" ROUTINES, ÁÌÌ OF YOUR MEMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN DELETED! ÉN ADDITION, THE SYSTEM DOES SOME APPROXIMATIONS WHEN MAKING CALCULATIONS INTO A PREVIOUS MONTH. ÁNY ERROR (ALWAYS IN YOUR CALLER'S FAVOR) CAN POSSIBLY BE AS MUCH AS 3 DAYS. ÆOR THIS REASON, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT IF IN THE FUTURE YOU CHANGE ANY OF THE PURGE VARIABLES, ONLY CHANGE THEM BY 4 DAYS PER "END OF DAY" PROCESSING RUNS SO THE SYSTEM WON'T SKIP OVER ANY CALLERS THAT SHOULD BE PURGED. ÙOU'RE STRONGLY URGED TO USE THIS FEATURE SINCE IT'LL MAKE THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF THE ÂÂÓ MUCH EASIER. ÁT THE END OF THIS SCREEN, ONCE AGAIN YOU'LL BE ASKED "ÉS THIS CORRECT?" ÉF YOU NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS, ANSWER "Î" AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AGAIN. ÉF YOU'RE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT, JUST ENTER A "Ù" AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÐÁÒÔ 7: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅ ÃÁÔÅÇÏÒÉÅÓ ÔHIS SCREEN WILL BE USED TO ENTER THE MESSAGE BASE CATEGORIES. ÙOU CAN HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 18 CATEGORIES. ×HEN A MESSAGE IS POSTED, THE CALLER WILL BE ASKED TO SELECT FROM ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES FOR THEIR MESSAGE. ÁND WHEN A CALLER READS THE MESSAGES, THEY'LL BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO READ JUST THE MESSAGES IN ONE CATEGORY OR THE MESSAGES IN ALL OF THE CATEGORIES THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO. ÄON'T USE ANY COMMAS OR COLONS IN YOUR MESSAGE CATEGORY TITLES. ÔHEY'LL BE READ IN FROM DISK USING A STANDARD INPUT STATEMENT, BOTH THE COMMA AND COLON WILL CAUSE EVERYTHING AFTER ITSELF TO BE IGNORED. ÅACH CATEGORY WILL HAVE AN ACCESS LEVEL ASSIGNED TO IT. ÁNY CALLERS WITH A LEVEL LOWER THAN THE CATEGORY'S LEVEL WON'T SEE ANY MESSAGES IN THAT CATEGORY. ÉT'S RECOMMENDED YOU ASSIGN YOUR CATEGORY LEVELS IN ORDER WITH THE LOWEST LEVELS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND THE HIGHEST AT THE BOTTOM. ÔHAT WAY WHEN A LOWER LEVEL CALLER SEES THE LIST OF CATEGORIES, THEY WON'T SEE LETTERS MISSING FROM THE LIST. ÔHE LESS THEY KNOW THEY'RE MISSING, THE LESS THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN. ÁGAIN YOU'LL BE ASKED "ÉS THIS CORRECT?". ÉF YOU NEED TO CHANGE ONE OF THE PREVIOUS CATEGORIES, ANSWER "Î" AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AGAIN. ÉF YOU'RE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT, JUST ENTER A "Ù" AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÐÁÒÔ 8: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÂÂÓ ÃÏÍÍÁÎÄÓ ÐÁÇÅ 1 ÁÎÄ ÐÁÇÅ 2 ÔHE NEXT 2 SCREENS ARE WHERE YOU CAN REALLY START TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR SYSTEM. ÅVERY COMMAND THAT YOUR CALLERS TYPE FROM THE MAIN COMMAND PROMPT AND THE LEVEL REQUIRED TO EXECUTE THAT COMMAND ARE ÓÙÓÏÐ DEFINED. ÏNCE AGAIN, DON'T USE THE CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE FROM FIELD TO FIELD, USE ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÉF YOU DON'T LIKE "Ï" FOR LOGOFF, YOU CAN CHANGE IT TO "Ç". ÂUT REMEMBER TO ASSIGN SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THE GRAPHICS COMMAND. ÁND IF YOU LIKE LEVEL 1 CALLERS TO BE ABLE TO READ ALL MESSAGES, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT HERE TOO. ÔHE FIRST SCREEN COVERS HALF OF THE COMMANDS AND THE SECOND SCREEN COVERS THE OTHER HALF OF THE COMMANDS. ÔHE COMMANDS MARKED "SPARE 1" THROUGH "SPARE 9" ARE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. ÆOR NOW, SETTING THE ACCESS LEVEL FOR THESE COMMANDS TO 10 WILL COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THEM FROM THE SYSTEM. ÃURRENTLY, IF ANYONE PRESSES 1-9 (AND HAS A HIGH ENOUGH ACCESS LEVEL), THE ÂÂÓ WILL LOAD IN THE APPROPRIATE MODULE AND THEN JUST RETURN TO THE COMMAND PROMPT. ÔHEY WERE LEFT THIS WAY SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EASILY ADD YOUR OWN MODULES TO ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ USING THESE COMMANDS. ÉF YOU'RE NOT A PROGRAMMER, DON'T DESPAIR. ×E ALREADY HAVE DOZENS OF MODULES WRITTEN THAT YOU CAN JUST MERGE INTO YOUR SYSTEM. ÍANY OF THEM ARE AVAILABLE FROM ÃOLOR 64 AND Ö128 ÂÂÓ'S AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO ADD THEM TO YOUR SYSTEM. ÁNYWAY, THE SPARE COMMANDS ARE SOMETHING YOU CAN MAKE USE OF LATER, AFTER YOU'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ. ÔHERE ARE A COUPLE OF VARIABLES THAT ARE NOT REDEFINABLE. ÏNE IS THAT LEVEL 6 IS STILL AND ALWAYS WILL BE EXEMPT FROM MAXIMUM DOWNLOADS PER CALL, MINIMUM TIME BETWEEN CALLS AND THE PER CALL TIME LIMIT. ÔHIS LEVEL IS USUALLY RESERVED FOR FULL ACCESS MEMBERS WHO ARE LONG DISTANCE. ÁNOTHER FIXED VARIABLE IS FOR ÓÙÓÏÐS. ÌEVEL 7 AND ABOVE ARE ÓÙÓÏÐ LEVELS. ×HEN READING MESSAGES, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SCRATCH AND EDIT OTHER PERSONS MESSAGES. ÁND LEVEL 8 ÓÙÓÏÐS WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION TO VALIDATE A MEMBER WHEN SENDING THEM A PRIVATE MESSAGE (THEY HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYONE ELSE'S PASSWORDS ON THE SYSTEM). ÙOU'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND SOME OF THE ÓÙÓÏÐ COMMANDS BETWEEN LEVEL 7, 8, AND 9, BUT THESE LEVELS MUST BE USED FOR YOUR ÓÙÓÏÐS ONLY. ÔHIS LEAVES YOU LEVELS 1 THROUGH 5 TO REDEFINE ANY WAY YOU WANT. ÁLSO, REMEMBER TO MODIFY YOUR MENUS TO MATCH YOUR NEW CUSTOM DESIGNED COMMAND CHARACTERS AND ACCESS LEVELS. ÐÁÒÔ 9: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÃÏÌÏÒ ÃÏÄÅ ÓÅÔÕÐ ÔHE NEXT SCREEN IS WHERE YOU'LL DEFINE THE 8 COLORS THAT ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ WILL USE. ÔHROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, WHENEVER WE WANT TEXT IN A DIFFERENT COLOR, THE ÂÂÓ WILL SELECT THE NEXT COLOR FROM THIS SEQUENCE. ÙOU'LL SEE 9 REVERSE BARS OF NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN. ÔO CHANGE THE COLOR FOR BAR 1, JUST TYPE 1 THEN TYPE THE CONTROL CODE FOR THE DESIRED COLOR. ÆOR EXAMPLE TO MAKE BAR 1 MEDIUM BLUE, YOU'D TYPE 1 FOLLOWED BY ÃOMMODORE-7. ÔHE BAR WILL CHANGE COLORS RIGHT AWAY. ÔHIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THESE COLORS WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT TO EACH OTHER. ËEEP ADJUSTING THE COLORS UNTIL YOU HAVE THIS SCREEN LOOKING THE WAY YOU LIKE, THEN JUST PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÐÁÒÔ 10: ÓÅÔÕÐ ÐÁÒÁÍÅÔÅÒÓ - ÃÁÒÒÉÅÒ ÓÔÁÔÕÓ ÔHE LAST SCREEN IN ÓÅÔÕÐ NOW TELLS YOU TO MAKE SURE YOUR MODEM IS CONNECTED, TURNED ON AND READY TO RECEIVE A CALL, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO IT. ÉT'S RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ACTUALLY UNPLUG THE PHONE LINE FROM THE MODEM TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE NO ONE IS CONNECTED OR THAT A DIAL TONE WILL NOT GENERATE A FALSE CARRIER DETECT STATUS. ÔHE ÂÂÓ WILL NOW LEARN THE CARRIER STATUS OF YOUR MODEM. ÉF AT ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE YOU CHANGE MODEM TYPES OR SWITCHES INSIDE YOUR MODEM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU RERUN ÓÅÔÕÐ WITH THE MODEM CONNECTED SO THE NEW CARRIER DETECT CAN BE DETERMINED. ×HEN YOU'RE READY, PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÐÁÒÔ 11: ÂÂÓ ÓÅÔÕÐ - ÓÙÓÔÅÍ ÆÉÌÅÓ ÎOW THE ÓÅÔÕÐ PROGRAM WILL GO TO WORK. ×HEN FINISHED, THERE SHOULD BE 2 NEW FILES ON YOUR SYSTEM. ÔHE FIRST FILE IS "ºBBS.PARMS" AND MUST ALWAYS BE ON DEVICE 8, DRIVE 0. ÔHIS IS THE FILE THAT STORES THE DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS, AND UNTIL IT'S READ IN, THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHERE TO FIND ANY OF YOUR OTHER FILES. ÔHE SECOND FILE JUST CREATED IS THE "ºPASSWORD FILE" AND IT WILL BE CREATED ON THE DISK ASSIGNED BY THE ÄÒÉÖÅ ÁÓÓÉÇÎÍÅÎÔÓ SCREEN. ÔHIS PASSWORD FILE IS WHERE ALL YOUR CALLER'S NAMES, PASSWORDS, ACCESS LEVELS, TIME REMAINING TODAY, LAST MESSAGE READ, ETC. ARE STORED. ÒIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE PASSWORD IN THE PASSWORD FILE. ÉT'S MEMBERSHIP NUMBER 2, NAME ÓÙÓÏÐ, AND PASSWORD ÓÙÓÏÐ. ÔHE ÂÂÓ HAS CREATED THIS PASSWORD FOR YOU. ÙOU, AS ÓÙÓÏÐ, MUST ALWAYS HAVE MEMBERSHIP NUMBER 2. ÁLL FEEDBACK WILL BE PUT INTO MAILBOX NUMBER 2 AND ALL FEEDBACK REPLIES WILL COME FROM MEMBERSHIP NUMBER 2. ÙOU'LL WANT TO USE THE ÐASSWORD ÍAINTENANCE ROUTINE (F6 FROM THE CALL WAITING SCREEN OR "<" WHILE ON-LINE) TO CHANGE YOUR NAME AND PASSWORD (SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW) BEFORE PUTTING THE ÂÂÓ ON-LINE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO CALL. ÎOTICE THAT ALL THESE FILENAMES HAVE A CHECK MARK IN FRONT OF THEIR NAME. ÔHIS SAME CHECK MARK (SHIFTED @) WILL PRECEDE ALL ÂÂÓ FILENAMES. ÔHIS SPECIAL CHARACTER PREVENTS ANYONE FROM BEING ABLE TO DOWNLOAD ANY OF THESE FILES AND POSSIBLY READING YOUR PASSWORD FILE, FEEDBACK OR SOMEONE ELSE'S MAIL. ÔHERE ARE 6 FILES THAT NEED TO BE COPIED ONTO THE DISK ASSIGNED TO STORE PROGRAM FILES IN THE ÄÒÉÖÅ ÁÓÓÉÇÎÍÅÎÔÓ SCREEN. ÓO ANSWER "Î" TO THE "ÌOAD ÂÂÓ (Y/N)?" QUESTION. ÔHEN USING ÓUPER ØFER (OR ANY SUITABLE FILE COPY PROGRAM), COPY "ºBBS.PUNT 7.36", "ºBBS.XMO 7.36", "ºBBS.INIT 7.35", "ºBBS.MSGS 7.35", "ºBBS.XFER 7.37" AND "ºBBS.OVL 7.35" ONTO THE DISK YOU DESIGNATED FOR PROGRAM FILES. ÔO HELP MINIMIZE THE DELAYS WHEN AN OVERLAY IS CALLED, THESE FILES NEED TO BE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE DIRECTORY AND CONTIGUOUS (NOT SCATTERED ALL OVER THE DISK). ÉF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH DISK SPACE AND YOU'RE STORING YOUR PROGRAM OVERLAY FILES ON YOUR ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ DISK AS RECOMMENDED, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER COPYING ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAM FILES FROM THE ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK ONTO YOUR ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ DISK JUST AFTER THE 6 OVERLAY FILES. ÔHIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO SWAP DISKS WHEN REBOOTING THE SYSTEM OR LOADING ONE OF THE ÂÂÓ UTILITIES. ÙOU WOULD EFFECTIVELY ALWAYS HAVE BOTH THE ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ AND THE ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISKS ON-LINE ALL THE TIME AND WOULD JUST PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ WHEN ASKED TO INSERT ONE OR THE OTHER. ÁNOTHER IDEA WOULD BE TO PUT "BBS" AND "ºBBS.ML 7.34" (THE ONLY OTHER PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO LOAD AND RUN THE ÂÂÓ) ONTO THE "ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ" DISK, ALLOWING YOU TO RELOAD THE SYSTEM WITHOUT SWAPPING DISKS BY JUST LOADING "BBS",8,1 (%BBS WITH ÆASTLOAD). ÁLSO, "ºBBS.OV2 7.35" AND "ºBBS.OV3 7.35" ARE NOT CURRENTLY NEEDED ON YOUR PROGRAM DISK AS AN OVERLAY. ÒIGHT NOW, THESE FILES ONLY CONTAIN A SKELETON OF CODING AND WILL BE USED IN THE FUTURE TO STORE "USER WRITTEN MODULES". ÏNCE YOU START ADDING YOUR OWN ROUTINES TO ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ, YOU MAY SOON FIND YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE AND WILL WANT TO PUT SOME OF YOUR CODING IN THESE EXTRA OVERLAY FILES. ÁNYWAY, FOR NOW YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THESE 2 FILES. ÉF AT ANY TIME YOU DECIDE THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE ABOVE PARAMETERS, JUST LOAD THE "ÓÅÔÕÐ" PROGRAM AGAIN AND THEN PUT IN YOUR "ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ" DISK. ÔHE EXISTING "ºBBS.PARMS" FILE WILL BE READ INTO MEMORY AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO STEP THROUGH ÓÅÔÕÐ ONE SCREEN AT A TIME WITH ALL PREVIOUS DATA ENTERED ALREADY ON THE SCREEN. ËEEP HITTING ÒÅÔÕÒÎ UNTIL YOU GET TO THE PARAMETER YOU WANT CHANGED. ÁFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE SCREENS, A NEW "ºBBS.PARMS" FILE WILL BE WRITTEN TO DISK. ÎOTE THAT THE "ºPASSWORD FILE" WILL NOT BE AFFECTED IF IT ALREADY EXISTS, EVEN IF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PASSWORDS PARAMETER HAS BEEN CHANGED. ÂUT IF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MEMBERS PARAMETER WAS INCREASED, THEN THIS FILE WILL BE ALLOWED TO GROW AS NEW CALLERS CALL AND ADDITIONAL FILE SPACE IS NEEDED. ÎOW THAT YOU'VE DEFINED ALL YOUR PARAMETERS AND COPIED ALL OF THE OVERLAY FILES ONTO THE PROPER DISK, IT'S TIME TO CREATE YOUR SYSTEM MESSAGES. ÔHIS IS WHERE YOU GET TO LET YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS FLOW. Á FULL SET OF EXAMPLE MESSAGES IS INCLUDED THAT YOU CAN USE AS IS OR EDIT TO SUIT YOUR OWN TASTES. ÁGAIN, USE ÓUPER ØFER (OR ANY OTHER FILE COPIER) AND COPY ALL OF THE SAMPLE "SYSTEM MESSAGES" ONTO THE DISK YOU HAVE ASSIGNED TO STORE YOUR SYSTEM FILES. ÁS EXPLAINED EARLIER, ALL THESE FILENAMES MUST ALWAYS HAVE THE CHECK MARK (SHIFTED @) IN FRONT OF THE FILENAME. ÔHERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS FOR YOU TO WRITE YOUR SYSTEM MESSAGES. ÙOU CAN USE ANY WORD PROCESSOR THAT CREATES ÓÅÑ TEXT FILES (LIKE ÅASY ÓCRIPT), THE STANDALONE MESSAGE EDITOR PROGRAM ON THE ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍ DISK, OR THE MESSAGE EDITOR ROUTINE BUILT INTO THE ÄÏÓ SECTION OF THE ÂÂÓ. ÔO CREATE/EDIT MESSAGES WITH THE ÂÂÓ MESSAGE EDITOR, PUT IN THE ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK IN DRIVE 0, DEVICE 8 AND LOAD "MSG EDITOR",8,1 (OR TYPE %MSG EDITOR WITH ÆASTLOAD). ×HEN PROMPTED, PUT THE ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ DISK INTO DRIVE 0, DEVICE 8 AND HIT ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÉN A FEW SECONDS, YOU'LL SEE A MENU WITH 4 CHOICES. ÔHE FIRST IS THE MESSAGE EDITOR ITSELF, THE SECOND IS A ÄÏÓ WEDGE ROUTINE, THE THIRD WILL LOAD AND RUN THE ÂÂÓ AND THE FORTH WILL END THE ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ PROGRAM AND RETURN TO ÂÁÓÉÃ. ÔO EDIT A MESSAGE ON ANY DRIVE, PRESS F1 AND YOU'LL SEE AN INPUT PROMPT FOR THE DEVICE NUMBER OF THE DRIVE THAT CONTAINS (OR WILL CONTAIN) THE MESSAGE FILE. ÉN BRACKETS IS A NUMBER, JUST PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ IF THIS NUMBER IS CORRECT, OTHERWISE ENTER THE DESIRED DEVICE NUMBER AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÔHEN YOU'LL SEE A PROMPT ASKING FOR THE DRIVE NUMBER WITH A ZERO IN BRACKETS. ÁGAIN, IF THIS IS CORRECT, JUST PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ, OTHERWISE ENTER A 1 (FOR DUAL DRIVE NUMBER 1 OR ÌÕ1 OF THE ÌT. ËERNAL HARD DISK DRIVE) AND HIT ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÎEXT YOU'LL SEE A PROMPT ASKING FOR THE DRIVE COMMAND TO BE SENT TO THE DRIVE. ÎORMALLY YOU'LL JUST HIT ÒÅÔÕÒÎ, UNLESS YOU'RE WANTING TO ACCESS THE BACK SIDE OF A 1571 (U0>H1), PUT A 1571 IN 1571 MODE (U0>M1), OR WHATEVER. ÔHE LAST QUESTION IS FOR THE FILENAME TO EDIT. ÅNTER THE DESIRED FILENAME REMEMBERING TO ADD THE º OR @ SYMBOL, AS REQUIRED. ÉF THE FILE ALREADY EXISTS, THEN IT WILL BE LOADED INTO MEMORY FOR YOU TO EDIT. ÉF IT DOESN'T ALREADY EXIST, THEN ONE WILL BE CREATED AFTER YOU ENTER AND SAVE THE MESSAGE. ÔHIS MESSAGE EDITOR WORKS JUST LIKE THE MESSAGE EDITOR ON THE ÂÂÓ FOR ENTERING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MESSAGES, BUT HAS ONE ADDITIONAL OPTION. ÉF YOU ENTER A "Ç" AT THE EDITOR COMMAND LINE, GRAPHICS MODE WILL BE TOGGLED OFF OR ON. ÔHIS IS HANDY FOR DESIGNING MESSAGES THAT NEED TO LOOK GOOD IN BOTH GRAPHICS AND ÁÓÃÉÉ MODES. ÔHIS MESSAGE EDITOR WILL ALLOW YOU TO CREATE/EDIT MESSAGES ALMOST AS LARGE AS 500 LINES, IN FULL COLOR. ÔHE ON-LINE MESSAGE EDITOR IS LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LINES PER MESSAGE AS DEFINED IN THE "ºBBS.PARMS" FILE. ÓOMETHING ELSE YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT WHILE THE ÂÂÓ IS "WRAPPING" A WORD, IT MAY MISS A KEYSTROKE FROM THE KEYBOARD. ÔHIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OVER THE MODEM, JUST WHEN ENTERING MESSAGES FROM THE KEYBOARD (WHO SAID LIFE AS A ÓÙÓÏÐ WOULD BE EASY?). ÌETS START BY EDITING THE WELCOME MESSAGES. ÆOR NOW, LETS USE ÍÓÇ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ TO EDIT THE SAMPLE MESSAGES. ÔHEN LATER IF YOU DECIDE TO TOTALLY REWRITE THE MESSAGES, YOU CAN USE WHATEVER ÓÅÑ FILE EDITOR YOU WANT. ÔHE ÂÂÓ HAS PROVISIONS FOR 2 DIFFERENT WELCOME MESSAGES ("ºWELCOME1" AND "ºWELCOME2"). ÔHE FIRST ONE WILL BE SENT BEFORE THE PASSWORD PROMPTS AND THE SECOND ONE WILL BE SENT AFTER THE PASSWORD PROMPTS AND BEFORE CHECKING YOUR MAILBOX. ÔHE ÂÂÓ EXPECTS BOTH OF THESE FILES TO BE PRESENT ON THE SYSTEM MESSAGES DRIVE. ÉF EITHER ONE IS MISSING, THERE'LL BE A SHORT DELAY, THEN EVERYTHING WILL CONTINUE LIKE NORMAL. ÉN ADDITION TO THE 2 WELCOME MESSAGES, THERE'S AN OPTIONAL "ºSYSOP NEWS" FILE. ÔHIS FILE WILL BE DISPLAYED TO YOUR CALLERS AFTER "ºWELCOME2" AND JUST BEFORE CHECKING THEIR MAILBOX. ÉF THIS FILE DOESN'T EXIST, THERE'LL BE A SLIGHT HESITATION, THEN THE ÂÂÓ WILL CONTINUE ON WITH CHECKING THEIR MAILBOX. ÔHERE ARE 2 WAYS THIS FILE DIFFERS FROM "ºWELCOME2". ÆIRST THE FILE CAN'T BE ABORTED BY THE CALLER. ÉT MUST BE READ TO COMPLETION. ÓECOND, YOU CAN SET A DATE IN THE FILE AND ONLY CALLERS WITH THEIR LAST CALLED DATE LESS THAN THIS DATE WILL READ THE MESSAGE. ÔHIS IS A HANDY PLACE TO POST MESSAGES THAT YOU WANT ALL OF YOUR CALLERS TO READ. ÌET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO EXPLAIN HOW THE DATE WORKS. ÆIRST OF ALL, IF YOU DON'T ENTER A DATE, THE WHOLE FILE WILL BE READ TO EACH CALLER EVERY TIME THEY CALL. ÉF THE FIRST LINE OF THE FILE IS A DATE (MUST BE IN THE FORMAT ÍÍ/ÄÄ/ÙÙ AND BE THE ONLY CHARACTERS ON THAT LINE), THEN THE FILE WILL BE READ ONLY TO CALLERS WHOSE LAST CALLED DATE IS LESS THAN THIS DATE. ÉF WHILE READING THE FILE, IT FINDS A SECOND DATE LINE (OR THIRD OR FOURTH), IF THAT DATE IS LESS THAN THE CALLERS LAST DATE CALLED, THE FILE WILL STOP READING. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO COMBINE SEVERAL MESSAGES IN ONE FILE AND ONLY HAVE YOUR CALLERS READ THE FILE ONE TIME. ÉF THEY EVER WANT TO REREAD THE "ºSYSOP NEWS" FILE, THEY CAN DO IT BY RE-READING (×)ELCOME MESSAGES. ÏNE MORE IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE. ×HEN READING THIS FILE, THE CURSOR WILL SKIP DOWN 2 LINES ONLY WHEN IT SEES A DATE IN THE FILE AND THAT DATE IS GREATER THEN THE CALLER'S LAST CALLED DATE. ÓO IF YOU CREATE A "ºSYSOP NEWS" FILE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DATE IN IT, YOU'LL WANT TO BEGIN THE FILE WITH A COUPLE BLANK LINES TO SEPARATE IT FROM THE "ºWELCOME2" TEXT. ÁND WHEN ADDING A SECOND DATE IN THE FILE, YOU DO ÎÏÔ WANT TO PUT ANY BLANK LINES BETWEEN THE FIRST MESSAGE AND THE DATE JUST BEFORE THE SECOND MESSAGE. ÁLSO, THERE'S A LOGOFF MESSAGE THAT WILL BE SENT JUST BEFORE THE CALLER IS DISCONNECTED. ÁGAIN THIS MESSAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE THERE, BUT NO DAMAGE IS DONE IF IT'S MISSING. ÔHE NEXT MESSAGES YOU SHOULD LOOK AT ARE THE NEW MEMBER MESSAGES. ÔHERE ARE 2 OF THEM AGAIN ("ºNEW USER MSG1" AND "ºNEW USER MSG2"). ÔHE FIRST ONE IS JUST A SHORT NOTE TELLING THE NEW CALLER TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE A NOTE OF THEIR PASSWORD INFORMATION AND LEADS THEM INTO THE APPLICATION SECTION OF THE ÂÂÓ. ÔHIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE SHORT SO THAT THE NEW MEMBER'S MEMBERSHIP NUMBER AND PASSWORD ALREADY PRINTED ON THE CALLER'S SCREEN WON'T SCROLL OFF THE TOP BEFORE THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WRITE DOWN THE INFORMATION. ÔHE SECOND MESSAGE IS THE FIRST MESSAGE YOU'LL SEND TO ALL NEW CALLERS JUST AFTER COMPLETING THE APPLICATION. ÉT SHOULD TELL THEM HOW TO START AND STOP MESSAGES AND TELL THEM WHAT (IF ANYTHING) ELSE THEY'LL NEED TO DO TO GAIN FULL ACCESS TO YOUR SYSTEM. ÓPEAKING OF APPLICATION, ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ ALLOWS YOU TO FULLY CUSTOMIZE THIS AREA OF THE ÂÂÓ. ÙOU MAY JUST WANT THE CITY AND STATE THEY ARE CALLING FROM, OR YOU MAY WANT TO ASK THEM EVERYTHING. ×E RECOMMEND YOU KEEP QUESTIONS TO A MINIMUM. ÒEALIZE THAT ANY INFORMATION GIVEN IS QUITE OFTEN FALSE. ÉF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK STRANGE OR UNUSUAL QUESTIONS, MAKE A NOTE IN "ºNEW USER MSG1" THAT THEY ONLY NEED TO ANSWER AS MUCH AS THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. ÁNYWAY, THERE'S A SAMPLE APPLICATION ALREADY ON THE DISK. ÔAKE A LOOK AT IT. ÆIRST, EACH LINE OF THE APPLICATION FILE IS A PROMPT. ÔHE ÂÂÓ WILL READ IN ONE LINE FROM THE APPLICATION, PRINT IT ON THE SCREEN (WITHOUT A RETURN) AND INPUT YOUR CALLER'S ANSWER. ÔHEN IT WILL READ IN THE SECOND LINE, PRINT IT ON THE SCREEN AND GET THE SECOND ANSWER. ÉT REPEATS THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL IT REACHES THE END OF THE APPLICATION FILE. ÔHEN IT PRINTS EVERYTHING BACK TO THE CALLER AND ASKS IF THIS IS CORRECT. ÉF THEY ANSWER "N", THEN THE APPLICATION ROUTINE WILL BEGIN AGAIN. ÏTHERWISE THE ANSWERS ARE STORED IN THE CALLER LOG AND IN YOUR MAILBOX. ÙOU'LL BE ABLE TO PRINT YOUR MAILBOX FOR A HARD COPY WHILE ALL YOUR REMOTE ÓÙÓÏÐS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SAME ANSWERS IN THE CALLER LOG. ÔHE SECOND THING TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT EACH LINE IN THE APPLICATION IS A PROMPT. ËEEP THEM SHORT! ÍAKE SURE YOUR CALLERS HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO THE RIGHT OF THE PROMPT TO ANSWER THE PROMPT. ÙOU WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE "ÙOUR REAL FIRST AND LAST NAME?" AS THE PROMPT. ÔHAT'S 31 CHARACTERS LONG, AND WOULD ONLY LEAVE 7 CHARACTERS FOR THEIR ANSWER. ÉF YOU WANT HONEST ANSWERS IN YOUR APPLICATION, TELL THEM AT THE END OF "ºNEW USER MSG1". ÁND THEN USE PROMPTS LIKE "ÆIRST NAME?", "ÌAST NAME?", "ÓTREET ADDR?", ETC. AND YOU WILL FIND THIS APPLICATION MEETS YOUR NEEDS. ÉF YOU WANT TO SETUP YOUR SYSTEM TO NOT ACCEPT ANY NEW CALLERS, YOU CAN CREATE A FILE NAMED "ºBBS CLOSED". ×HENEVER A CALLER ENTERS "ÎÅ×" TO ACCESS THE NEW USER ROUTINES A QUICK CHECK IS MADE FOR THE PRESENCE OF THIS FILE. ÉF IT'S PRESENT, THE FILE WILL BE DISPLAYED TO THE CALLER THEN THEY'LL BE DISCONNECTED. ÓOME PEOPLE FIND THIS HANDY WHEN GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND OTHERS MAY JUST WANT TO RUN A ÂÂÓ FOR A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE (E.G.. A USERS GROUP). ÏNE EXCEPTION IS WHEN YOU LOGON LOCALLY (AT THE CONSOLE), YOU CAN ALWAYS TYPE "ÎÅ×" AND GET INTO THE NEW USER SECTION. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO EASILY ENTER IN ANY NEW CALLERS WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE OR RENAME THE "ºBBS CLOSED" FILE. ÁNOTHER MESSAGE YOU NEED TO HAVE FOR THE NEW CALLERS IS THE "ºLEVEL 1 MSG". ÉT'S SENT JUST AFTER "ºWELCOME2" FOR EACH CALLER THAT'S STILL AT AN ACCESS LEVEL OF 1. ÉT'S TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VALIDATED YET AND/OR WHAT THEY NEED TO DO BEFORE THEY CAN GAIN HIGHER ACCESS ON YOUR SYSTEM. ÏF COURSE, IF YOU'RE NOT STARTING NEW CALLERS AT A LEVEL OF ONE, YOU WON'T NEED THIS MESSAGE. ÁLSO, YOU CAN HAVE A "ºLEVEL Ø MSG" FOR ANY LEVEL. ×HEN THE SYSTEM IS LOADED UP, IT LOOKS ON THE SYSTEM MESSAGES DRIVE FOR "ºLEVEL 1 MSG", "ºLEVEL 2 MSG", "ºLEVEL 3 MSG", ETC., AND SETS A FLAG FOR EACH ONE IT FINDS. ÓO IF YOU WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL LEVEL 3 CALLERS, AND ALL LEVEL 7 AND 8 SYSOPS, JUST CREATE THE APPROPRIATE MESSAGE FILES AND NAME THEM "ºLEVEL 3 MSG", "ºLEVEL 7 MSG", AND "ºLEVEL 8 MSG", RESPECTIVELY. ÉF THE ÂÂÓ IS ALREADY RUNNING WHEN YOU CREATE OR REMOVE ANY OF THESE MESSAGES, USE (F4) OR "^" TO RESET THE DATE AND TIME. ÔHIS ROUTINE ALSO INCLUDES THE CODE TO RESET THE LEVEL MESSAGE FLAGS. ÁNOTHER MESSAGE YOU MIGHT NEED FOR NEW CALLERS IS "ºMEMBERSHIP FULL". ÔHIS FILE WILL BE USED TO NOTIFY A CALLER THAT MEMBERSHIP TO YOUR ÂÂÓ IS CURRENTLY FULL AND ASK THEM TO CALL AGAIN AT A LATER DATE. ÔHE REASON FOR HAVING A MEMBERSHIP FULL STATUS INSTEAD OF AUTOMATICALLY CYCLING OLD PASSWORDS IS TO ELIMINATE THE CHANCE OF A "HACKER" REPEATEDLY LOGGING ON AS A NEW USER WHILE YOU'RE AWAY ON A WEEKEND AND CYCLING EVERYONE'S PASSWORD OFF THE SYSTEM. ÁNOTHER MESSAGE YOU MAY WANT TO EDIT IS CALLED "ºMEMBER LIST MSG". ÔHIS SHORT LITTLE MESSAGE EXPLAINS TO THE CALLERS WHY THEIR NAME MAY NOT BE IN THE MEMBERSHIP LIST EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE A NEW MEMBER. ×E NEED TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER WHAT NAMES ARE PUT IN THE MEMBERSHIP LIST. ÓO RATHER THAN HAVE THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY LIST ALL NAMES FROM THE PASSWORD FILE, WE MAINTAIN A SECOND SEQUENTIAL FILE CALLED "ºMEMBERSHIP LIST". ÁND THERE'S AN OPTION IN THE ÐASSWORD ÍAINTENANCE ROUTINE TO MAKE A NEW MEMBERSHIP LIST. ÔHIS GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO REMOVE ANY OFFENSIVE WORDS IN MEMBERS NAMES (YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THEM IN THE CALLER LOG) BEFORE MAKING A PUBLIC LIST THAT YOUR CALLERS WILL SEE. ÔHE "ºMEMBER LIST MSG" IS SENT JUST BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP LIST TO EXPLAIN WHY A NEW CALLER MAY NOT SEE THEIR NAME LISTED UNTIL AFTER THE SYSTEM OPERATOR HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW ALL THE NEW APPLICATIONS. ÁNOTHER MESSAGE YOU'LL NEED TO EDIT IS THE "ºINFORMATION" FILE. ÔHIS SHOULD TELL YOUR CALLERS A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR SYSTEM LIKE WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED, PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM, ETC. ÐLEASE KEEP A NOTE IN THE INFORMATION FILE THAT THIS IS ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ ÖERSION 7.37 WRITTEN BY ÇREG ÐFOUNTZ SO THAT IT WON'T BE CONFUSED WITH ÓÍÌ, Ö8, OR Ö128. ÁNOTHER COUPLE MESSAGES YOU'LL WANT TO PERSONALIZE IS "ºSYSOP NOT HERE" AND "ºSTILL NOT HERE". ÔHE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE A SHORT LITTLE MESSAGE THAT YOU SEND TO YOUR CALLERS AFTER THEY ATTEMPT TO CHAT AND IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THE PAGE. ÔHE SECOND ONE IS READ IF A CALLER ATTEMPTS TO CHAT WITH YOU A SECOND TIME EVEN THOUGH YOU'D NOT ANSWERED THE FIRST PAGE. ÔHIS PREVENTS CALLERS FROM WASTING A LOT OF TIME RINGING THE PAGER OVER AND OVER AGAIN. ÁND SINCE THE BORDER ON YOUR CONSOLE IS HIGHLIGHTED WHENEVER A CALLER WANTS TO CHAT, THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO PAGE THE ÓÙÓÏÐ MORE THAN ONCE. ÉN THE UPLOADS ROUTINES, THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE MESSAGES YOU MAY WANT TO PERSONALIZE. ÔHE FIRST IS "ºUPLOAD MSG". ÔHIS FILE NOW SIMPLY SAYS "ÄO NOT UPLOAD ANY COPYRIGHT SOFTWARE". ÔHIS IS A CONSTANT REMINDER TO YOUR CALLERS THAT IT'S ILLEGAL TO UPLOAD ANY COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE TO ANY ÂÂÓ. ÙOU MAY WANT TO MENTION WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE RULES ARE BROKEN, OR REWORD IT IN SOME WAY. ÔHE SECOND FILE YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT IS "ºUPLOAD HELD". ÔHIS IS THE FILE THAT TELLS A CALLER THAT THEIR UPLOAD WILL BE HELD UNTIL A ÓÙÓÏÐ RELEASES IT. ÔHIS FILE IS ONLY SENT TO CALLERS WHO HAVE AN ACCESS LEVEL BELOW THE "AUTO-RELEASE" LEVEL DEFINED IN THE ÕÐÌÏÁÄ/ÄÏ×ÎÌÏÁÄ SECTION OF ÓÅÔÕÐ. ÉF YOU INTEND TO USE THE VOTE OPTION, YOU'LL NEED TO CREATE TWO MORE MESSAGE FILES ON THE SYSTEM MESSAGES DISK. ÔHE FIRST IS "ºVOTE MSG" AND SHOULD BE A FULL MESSAGE DESCRIBING WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ABOUT AND WHAT THEIR CHOICES ARE. ÔHERE AREN'T ANY LIMITS ON THIS FILE, OTHER THAN IT SHOULD INSTRUCT YOUR CALLERS TO VOTE BY ENTERING A NUMBER. ÙOU COULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE VOTE (1) FOR ÙÅÓ, (2) FOR ÎÏ, (3) FOR ÕÎÄÅÃÉÄÅÄ. ÔHE OTHER FILE NEEDED BY THE VOTE ROUTINE IS "ºVOTE BALLOT" ÔÈÉÓ ÆÉÌÅ ÈÁÓ ÔÏ ÂÅ ÍÁÄÅ ÅØÁÃÔÌÙ ÒÉÇÈÔ. ÉF YOU HAVE 3 CHOICES IN YOUR VOTE, THEN THERE MUST BE EXACTLY 3 LINES IN YOUR BALLOT (MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY BLANK LINES AT THE BEGINNING OR END). ÔHE FIRST LINE SHOULD COMPLETE THE SENTENCE "ØØ% VOTED..." ÆOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR VOTE IS A YES/NO TYPE VOTE, LINE 1 MAY BE "YES.", LINE 2 MAY BE "NO." AND LINE 3 MAY BE "UNDECIDED.". ÓO WHEN A CALLER SEES THE RESULTS, THEY'LL SEE: ØØ% VOTED YES. ØØ% VOTED NO. ØØ% VOTED UNDECIDED. ÏNLY LEVEL 3 AND ABOVE CALLERS WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE (UNLESS YOU CHANGE THAT IN ÓÅÔÕÐ). ÅACH CALLER HAS ONE VOTE AND CAN CHANGE THEIR VOTE SIMPLY BY VOTING AGAIN. ÉF YOU DON'T CARE TO HAVE THE VOTING OPTION ENABLED, SIMPLY DON'T CREATE THE "ºVOTE MSG" AND VOTE BALLOT FILES. ÁLSO, WHEN CHANGING THE VOTING BALLOT, YOU'LL NEED TO SCRATCH ALL FILES MATCHING THE PATTERN "ºVOTE*" ÕSE THE ÃÏÌÏÒ 64 ÂÂÓ ÄÏÓ ROUTINE TO DO THIS. ÂESIDES THE 2 FILES YOU CREATE FOR A VOTE, THERE'S ONE MORE FILE AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY THE ÂÂÓ TO STORE THE CURRENT VOTES (CALLED "ºVOTES"). ÁND MAKE SURE YOU "ÒÅÂÏÏÔ" THE ÂÂÓ BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A NEW VOTE OR YOU WILL GET A "REDIM'D ARRAY" ERROR. ÉN ADDITION TO THE OTHER SYSTEM FILES, YOU'LL ALSO NEED TO EDIT EACH OF THE MENU FILES. ÔHEY ARE 9 MENU FILES NAMED, "ºMENU1", "ºMENU2", "ºMENU3", ETC., ONE FOR EACH ACCESS LEVEL. ÅXAMPLE MENUS ARE INCLUDED. ÙOU'LL AT LEAST NEED TO EDIT THE LINE THAT SAYS "ÙOUR ÂÂÓ NAME" AND REPLACE IT WITH YOUR ÂÂÓ NAME. ÂUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT MENUS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR SYSTEM REALLY UNIQUE! ÂEFORE MOVING ONTO THE OTHER FILES, LET'S COVER ONE MORE THING ABOUT SYSTEM FILES. ÏFTEN WHEN YOU USE A LOT OF GRAPHICS IN YOUR SYSTEM FILES, NON-GRAPHIC CALLERS WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME READING THE FILE (SOMETIMES IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE). ÔHIS IS ESPECIALLY TROUBLESOME IN THE MENUS AND WELCOME MESSAGES. ÔHERE ARE PROVISIONS IN ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ TO HAVE ALTERNATE SYSTEM FILES JUST FOR ÁÓÃÉÉ CALLERS. ÂUT THIS IS TOTALLY OPTIONAL. ÉF YOU SKIP ONTO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, ALL CALLERS WILL READ THE SAME MESSAGES (WHICH IS NORMALLY JUST FINE). ÁNYWAY, THE GOAL OF THIS SYSTEM WAS TO COME UP WITH A METHOD WHERE IT WOULD NOT FORCE US TO MAINTAIN 2 COMPLETE SETS OF SYSTEM FILES. ÁND TO HAVE THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY SEND THE RIGHT FILE WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE SLOW 1541 DRIVES TO TRY TO OPEN ONE FILE AND IF NOT FOUND THEN OPEN THE OTHER. ÈERE'S HOW IT WORKS. ÙOU CREATE ALL YOUR GRAPHIC MESSAGES FIRST AND SAVE THEM ON YOUR SYSTEM MESSAGES DRIVE SO THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE DIRECTORY. ÔHEN YOU RENAME THE FILES THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE SEPARATE GRAPHIC AND NON-GRAPHIC VERSIONS SO THAT THEY HAVE A "+" AT THE END OF THE FILENAME (EX. ºMENU1 WOULD BE RENAMED TO ºMENU1+). ÎOW YOU CREATE THE NON-GRAPHIC FILE AND SAVE IT ON THE DISK USING THE NORMAL NAME (EX. ºMENU1). ÔHAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. ÔHE ONLY TRICK WILL BE TO KEEP ALL THE "+" FILES IN THE DIRECTORY AHEAD OF THE NON-"+" FILES. ÉF THEY GET OUT OF ORDER, THE SYSTEM WILL THEN SEND THE SAME NON-GRAPHIC FILE TO BOTH GRAPHIC AND NON-GRAPHIC CALLERS. ÏNE MORE THING, THIS DOES NOT WORK ON ºWELCOME1. ÔHIS FILE IS ACTUALLY READ FROM THE DISK BEFORE THE CALLER TELLS THE ÂÂÓ IF THEY ARE USING A GRAPHIC TERMINAL PROGRAM OR NOT. ÓO MAKE SURE YOU DESIGN ºWELCOME1 SO THAT IT LOOKS GOOD IN BOTH GRAPHIC AND NON-GRAPHIC MODES. ÁLSO, ANY SYSTEM FILE THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY "READ" TO THE MODEM CAN'T HAVE SEPARATE NON-GRAPHIC VERSIONS (EX. ºAPPLICATION, ºVOTE BALLOT, ETC.). ÆOR THE TECHNICALLY-MINDED PERSON, HERE'S EXACTLY HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. ×HENEVER A SYSTEM FILE IS OPENED TO BE READ, IF THE ÂÂÓ IS IN GRAPHICS MODE, IT ADDS A "*" TO THE END OF THE FILENAME. ÔHIS TELLS THE DRIVE TO FIND THE FIRST FILE MATCHING THE PATTERN, SO ºMENU1+ WILL BE FOUND BEFORE ºMENU1. ÁND NON-GRAPHIC CALLERS WOULD STILL JUST SEE ºMENU1. Á FULL SET OF HELP FILES ARE INCLUDED, BUT NO TEXT FILES. ÔHE HELP FILES AND TEXT FILES WORK EXACTLY THE SAME. ÓO USE THE HELP FILES AS A GUIDE WHEN SETTING UP YOUR TEXT FILES. ÔHERE NEEDS TO BE A FILE ON THE ÈÅÌÐ ÆÉÌÅÓ DISK CALLED "@HELP FILES". ÂUT INSTEAD OF HAVING A CHECK MARK AS THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE FILENAME, IT HAS AN @ SYMBOL. ÔHIS SYMBOL WILL PREVENT THE FILE FROM SHOWING UP IN THE DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY, BUT STILL ALLOW YOUR REMOTE ÓÙÓÏÐS TO DOWNLOAD, SCRATCH AND RE-UPLOAD THESE FILES AS NECESSARY. ÁS A MATTER OF FACT, ANYONE CAN DOWNLOAD THESE HELP FILES (YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO TELL THEM HOW). ÔHIS IS AN EASY WAY FOR YOUR CALLERS TO DOWNLOAD THEM IF THEIR TERMINAL PROGRAM DOES NOT SUPPORT AN ÁÓÃÉÉ FILE CAPTURE. ÔHE "@HELP FILES" FILE IS A MENU FILE THAT WHEN READ SHOULD TELL YOUR CALLERS WHAT NUMBER TO ENTER TO READ THE DESIRED FILE. ÔHIS MENU FILE CAN BE IN ANY FORMAT YOU WANT, EVEN USE GRAPHICS IF DESIRED AND YOU CAN USE ANY AMOUNT OF NUMBERS IN ANY ORDER YOU WANT. ÅACH HELP FILE ON DISK SHOULD HAVE THE FILENAME FORMAT OF "@HELP1", "@HELP2", "@HELP3", ETC. ×HEN YOUR CALLER ENTERS "1", THEY'LL READ "@HELP1". ÔEXT FILES WORK EXACTLY THE SAME ONLY YOU USE "@TEXT FILES" TO DESCRIBE "@TEXT1", "@TEXT2", ETC. ÉF THE "@TEXT FILES" FILE IS NOT ON THE DISK WHEN A CALLER ASKS FOR THE TEXT FILES, THEY'LL SEE A MESSAGE SAYING THAT THERE AREN'T ANY TEXT FILES ON-LINE. ÓAME GOES FOR THE "@HELP FILES" FILE. ÔHERE ISN'T ANY LIMIT TO THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HELP FILES OR TEXT FILES ALLOWED OTHER THAN THE AMOUNT OF FREE SPACE ON YOUR DISK DRIVE. ÁFTER EDITING ALL THE SYSTEM MESSAGES, YOU SHOULD USE ÓUPER ØFER (OR ANY SUITABLE FILE COPIER) TO COPY ALL OF THE SAMPLE HELP FILES ONTO THE DISK YOU ASSIGNED ON THE DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS SCREEN OF ÓÅÔÕÐ. ÔHEN USE ÍÓÇ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ TO READ (AND IF NECESSARY EDIT) EACH OF THESE HELP FILES. ÔHEY'LL TELL YOU AND ALL YOUR NEW USERS HOW TO USE THIS ÂÂÓ TO ITS FULLEST. ÔHE INFORMATION IS NOT REPEATED HERE, SO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ THEM. ÉN THE ÕÐÌÏÁÄ/ÄÏ×ÎÌÏÁÄ FILE, THERE'S A SENTENCE SAYING THAT YOU'LL BE GLAD TO MAKE A COPY OF A ÐUNTER COLOR/GRAPHICS TERMINAL PROGRAM FOR ANY CALLER NEEDING ONE AND FOR THEM TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH FEEDBACK IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. ÃÃÇÍÓ ÔÅÒÍ 4.0+ AND ÃÇÔÅÒÍ-128 V3.3 ARE INCLUDED WITH THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM. ÔHESE ARE JUST A COUPLE GOOD COLOR/GRAPHIC TERMINAL PROGRAMS FOR YOU TO GIVE TO YOUR CALLERS. ÔHEY EACH SUPPORT MANY KINDS OF MODEMS, VARIABLE BAUD RATES UP TO 1200, PUNTER, ÁÓÃÉÉ UPLOADS AND DOWNLOADS AND MUCH MORE. ÉF YOU'D RATHER HANDLE CALLERS NEEDING A ÐUNTER TERMINAL PROGRAM A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU'LL NEED TO EDIT THIS HELP FILE AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES. ÐÁÒÔ 12: ÌÏÁÄÉÎÇ ÔÈÅ ÂÂÓ ÁT THIS POINT, YOU SHOULD'VE ALREADY CREATED YOUR PARAMETERS FILE, PASSWORD FILE, SYSTEM MESSAGES AND HELP FILES. ÅACH DRIVE ASSIGNED IN YOUR PARAMETERS FILE SHOULD HAVE A DISK IN IT WITH THE PROPER FILES ALREADY ON IT. ÉF YOU WANT TO START YOUR SYSTEM WITH SOME FILES IN THE DOWNLOAD DIRECTORY, MAKE SURE YOU PUT THEM IN THE PROPER DRIVE NOW. ÎOW YOU ARE READY TO LOAD ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ FOR THE FIRST TIME (THE BIG MOMENT). ÐUT THE "ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ" DISK IN DRIVE 0, DEVICE 8 AND ENTER LOAD"BBS",8,1 (OR %BBS WITH ÆASTLOAD). ×HEN THE PROGRAM HAS COMPLETED LOADING, YOU'LL SEE A MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN TELLING YOU TO INSERT YOUR ÂÂÓ ÐÁÒÍÓ DISK ÉN DRIVE 0, DEVICE 8. ÔHIS IS THE DISK THAT HAS YOUR "ºBBS.PARMS" FILE ON IT AND WILL TELL ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ WHAT MODEM YOU'RE USING, WHICH DRIVES CONTAIN WHICH FILES, ETC. ÁFTER THE ÐÁÒÍÓ ÄÉÓË IS INSERTED, PRESS THE ÒÅÔÕÒÎ KEY. ÔHE PARAMETERS FILE WILL BE LOADED INTO MEMORY, THEN YOU'LL BE TOLD TO SWITCH YOUR MODEM TO DATA/ANSWER. ÉF YOU'RE USING A ÈAYES TYPE MODEM, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING (IT'S AUTOMATIC), BUT IF YOU'RE USING A 1650 OR 1660, YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE AT THIS TIME THAT YOUR MODEM IS SET AND READY TO RECEIVE A CALL. ÎEXT, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE CORRECT DATE. ÙOU MUST ENTER IT IN THE FORMAT OF ÍÍ/ÄÄ/ÙÙ. ÍÍ IS THE NUMBER OF THE CURRENT MONTH AND MUST BE 2 DIGITS IN LENGTH. ÄÄ IS NUMBER OF THE CURRENT DAY AND MUST ALSO BE 2 DIGITS IN LENGTH. ÙÙ IS THE NUMBER OF THE CURRENT YEAR AND ALSO MUST 2 DIGITS IN LENGTH. ÓEPARATE THE MONTH, DAY AND YEAR WITH A DIAGONAL SLASH (/). ÎORMALLY, YOU WILL NEVER NEED TO ENTER THIS DATE AGAIN. ×HEN THE SYSTEM IS SHUT DOWN (USING F8) AND MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY, A FILE IS WRITTEN TO DISK ("ºVARIABLES") THAT CONTAINS THE CURRENT DATE. ÊUST ABOVE THE QUESTION ASKING FOR THE DATE IS A LINE DISPLAYING THE CURRENT DATE AND TIME. ÉF THE DATE IS ALREADY CORRECT, YOU WOULD JUST HIT ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÉF THE DATE IS CHANGED (FOR WHATEVER REASON), THEN THE ÂÂÓ FIGURES IT WAS "ASLEEP" WHEN MIDNIGHT PASSED AND DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO RESET ALL THE TIME LIMITS. ÉF THAT'S TRUE, THEN ANSWER Ù TO THE QUESTION ASKING TO RESET THE TIME LIMITS. ÔHIS WILL SET A FLAG AND EACH CALLER'S TIME LIMITS WILL BE RESET AFTER THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM HAS FINISHED LOADING UP. ÉF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TO BRING UP THE SYSTEM, THEN JUST TYPE AN "Î", SINCE THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY MEMBER'S TIME LIMITS TO BE RESET. ÔHE NEXT QUESTION YOU'LL BE ASKED IS FOR THE CURRENT TIME. ×E'RE USING ONE OF THE CLOCKS BUILT INTO THE ÃÉÁ CHIPS, SO YOU SHOULD FIND THE CLOCK KEEPING VERY ACCURATE TIME. ÏNCE THIS CLOCK IS SET AND AS LONG AS THE COMPUTER HASN'T BEEN TURNED OFF, THE CLOCK ×ÉÌÌ BE CORRECT (EVEN IF YOU DON'T SET IT AGAIN FOR MONTHS). ÉF THE TIME IS ALREADY CORRECT, JUST PRESS THE ÒÅÔÕÒÎ KEY. ÂUT IF THE CLOCK NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, YOU NEED TO ENTER THE CORRECT TIME IN TWO STEPS. ÆIRST ENTER THE CURRENT HOUR USING 24 HOUR MILITARY FORMAT. 12 MIDNIGHT WOULD BE 0, 10 AM WOULD BE 10, 12 NOON WOULD BE 12, 2 PM WOULD 14, 8 PM WOULD 20, ETC. ÎEXT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE CURRENT MINUTE. ÎO SURPRISES HERE! ÊUST ENTER 0 TO 59, AS REQUIRED. ÔHIS IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT IT SAVES A FEW BYTES OF PRECIOUS MEMORY THAT CAN BE PUT TO BETTER USE WHEN A CALLER IS ON-LINE. ÁFTER A BRIEF PAUSE, YOU'LL SEE A QUESTION ASKING IF YOU WANT TO REGENERATE THE MESSAGE INDEX. ×HEN THE SYSTEM IS SHUT DOWN, A FILE IS SAVED ON THE MESSAGE DISK THAT CONTAINS THIS MESSAGE INDEX. ÈAVING THIS FILE ON DISK CAN GREATLY SPEED UP RELOADING THE ÂÂÓ. ÉF THE ÂÂÓ SHOULD GO DOWN BECAUSE OF A POWER FAILURE, THEN WHEN RELOADING, THE MESSAGE INDEX WON'T BE PRESENT ON THE MESSAGE DISK AND THE ÂÂÓ WILL AUTOMATICALLY REGENERATE IT. ÂUT IF FOR ANY OTHER REASON YOU WANT TO REGENERATE THIS INDEX (MAYBE YOU SCRATCHED A FEW FILES WHILE OFF-LINE OR YOU HAD A DISK ERROR AND LOST SEVERAL MESSAGES OR YOU WENT INTO ÓÅÔÕÐ AND CHANGED THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES ON THE SYSTEM), ANSWER A "Ù" TO THIS QUESTION AND IT'LL SCRATCH THE INDEX FILE, FORCING THE ÂÂÓ TO RECREATE A NEW INDEX A LITTLE LATER. ÁFTER YOU ANSWER THIS LAST QUESTION, THE DISK DRIVE(S) WILL GO TO WORK FOR A MINUTE OR TWO AND THEN THE SYSTEM WILL BE READY TO USE. ÁFTER YOUR SYSTEM HAS COLLECTED A LOT OF PUBLIC MESSAGES AND IF YOU ANSWER "Y" TO REGENERATE A NEW MESSAGE INDEX OR A POWER OUTAGE CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN WITHOUT SAVING THE OLD INDEX, THIS WORKING TIME CAN BE AS LONG AS 45 MINUTES. ÉF YOU DIDN'T NOTICE, ALL OF THE QUESTIONS WE JUST ANSWERED HAD DEFAULTS. ÐRESSING ÒÅÔÕÒÎ WOULD HAVE USED THE DEFAULT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TYPE IN THE ANSWER. ÍOST OF THE TIME, IF YOU TAKE THE ÂÂÓ DOWN TO RUN ANOTHER PROGRAM, WHEN YOU RELOAD THE SYSTEM, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ 4 TIMES AND THE PROGRAM WILL BRING ITSELF BACK UP. ÏNE EXCEPTION IS THE TIME, IF THE ÂÂÓ WAS POWERED OFF AT ALL WHILE THE ÂÂÓ WAS OFF-LINE, THE CLOCK WILL HAVE TO BE RESET. ÁNYWAY, IF YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO ACCEPT ALL DEFAULTS, YOU CAN LOAD "REBOOT",8,1 INSTEAD OF "BBS",8,1. ÔHIS REBOOT FILE IS ALSO HANDY IF YOU'RE RUNNING ON A Ã128 AND WANT TO USE ONE OF THE AUTOBOOT-64 UTILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. ×HEN YOU SEE A SCREEN THAT'S DISPLAYING THE CURRENT TIME AND DATE ABOVE A TIMER WITH A LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN DISPLAYING THE LAST CALLER'S NAME, THEN THE ÂÂÓ IS LOADED AND WAITING FOR A CALLER. ×HEN THE PHONE RINGS, THE ÂÂÓ WILL INSTRUCT THE MODEM TO ANSWER, THEN WAIT FOR A CARRIER SIGNAL AND FOR THE CALLER TO TYPE A ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÉF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN THE MODEM WILL DISCONNECT AND BEGIN WAITING FOR THE NEXT CALL. ÉF YOU'RE TALKING VOICE TO SOMEONE AND WANT TO CONNECT THEM DIRECTLY WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO CALL BACK, JUST HOLD DOWN THE ÃOMMODORE KEY FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THE MODEM WILL PICK UP THE LINE JUST AS IF IT HAD DETECTED A RING. ÌIKEWISE, IF YOU PRESS THE ÃOMMODORE KEY JUST AFTER THE MODEM ANSWERS THE LINE, IT'LL HANG UP WITHOUT WAITING THE FULL 30 SECONDS FOR A CARRIER DETECT. ÁLSO, AFTER THE FIFTH INVALID SIGN-ON WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE ÂÂÓ WILL GO INTO A WAIT LOOP AND NOT ANSWER THE LINE FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES. ÔHIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO DISCOURAGE CALLERS FROM ATTEMPTING TO GUESS ANOTHER CALLER'S PASSWORD. ÉF YOU'RE NEARBY AND WANT TO ABORT THIS DELAY, YOU CAN PRESS THE ÃOMMODORE KEY TO ALLOW THE ÂÂÓ TO RETURN TO THE WAITING FOR CALLER STATUS WITHOUT WAITING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE INVALID SIGN-ON TIMER. ×HILE THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM IS WAITING FOR A CALLER, IF YOU PRESS ANY OF THE FUNCTION KEYS, YOU'LL SEE A ÓÙÓÏÐ MENU. F1 ON THIS MENU IS LOCAL MODE. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO GO ON-LINE THE ÂÂÓ JUST AS IF YOU CALLED UP OVER THE PHONE LINE, EXCEPT "ºWELCOME1" WILL NOT BE SENT, GRAPHICS MODE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE TURNED ON AND TEXT WILL SCROLL ACROSS THE SCREEN AT A MAXIMUM RATE (UNLESS YOU PRESS AND HOLD THE SHIFT KEY TO SIMULATE A CHARACTER RATE OF 300 BAUD). ÙOU'LL STILL NEED TO TYPE IN YOUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER AND PASSWORD AND EVERYTHING ELSE ACTS JUST LIKE YOU'RE ON-LINE OVER A MODEM. ×HEN STARTING A NEW SYSTEM, IT'S ÉÍÐÏÒÔÁÎÔ THAT YOU ENTER AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC MESSAGE BEFORE LETTING ANY OTHER CALLERS LOGON. ÔHERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR THIS. ÆIRST, THIS WILL FORCE THE LAST MESSAGE READ VARIABLE TO BE INCREMENTED BY ONE (ALLOWING NEW CALLERS TO READ THEIR MAILBOXES THE NEXT TIME THEY LOGON TO YOUR ÂÂÓ). ÓECOND, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WHEN THE FIRST MESSAGE IS POSTED ON A NEW SYSTEM THAT YOU ALWAYS ANSWER Ù TO THE QUESTION "ÓTART A NEW SUBJECT (Ù/Î)?". ×HEN YOU TYPE Ï FOR LOGOFF, THE ÂÂÓ WILL SAVE YOUR LAST MESSAGE READ VARIABLE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER STATISTICS AND THEN BEGIN WAITING FOR THE NEXT CALLER. F2 ON THE ÓÙÓÏÐ MENU WILL TAKE YOU TO THE BUILT IN ÔÅÒÍÉÎÁÌ SECTION. ÙOU'LL SEE ANOTHER MENU ALLOWING ÔERMINAL MODE, ÃHANGE ÇRAPHICS/ÂAUD ÒATE, ÁUTODIAL, ÄÏÓ ×EDGE (REQUIRES AN OVERLAY), ÕPLOAD, ÐROTOCOL (ÐUNTER OR ØÍÏÄÅÍ), ÄOWNLOAD AND ÒETURN TO ÂÂÓ MODE. ÔHIS SIMPLE TERMINAL PROGRAM SUPPORTS FULL COLOR CAPABILITIES WITH THE ^B BACKGROUND MOD IN PLACE. ÏNCE IN TERMINAL MODE, YOU PRESS F1 TO EXIT BACK TO THE ÔÅÒÍÉÎÁÌ MENU TO START AN UPLOAD OR DOWNLOAD OR RETURN TO THE ÂÂÓ. F3 ON THE ÓÙÓÏÐ MENU ALLOWS YOU TO PRINT THE CALLER LOG ONTO THE SCREEN OR A PRINTER (ÃOMMODORE OR COMPATIBLE SETUP AS DEVICE #4 ONLY). ÔHE CALLER LOG IS STORED UNDER THE BASIC ÒÏÍ AND IS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING ITSELF. ÔHE LOG IS LIMITED TO 8K OF MEMORY AND AS MORE INFORMATION IS ADDED, THE OLDEST INFORMATION IS REMOVED. ÙOU'LL FIND THAT THIS LOG WILL USUALLY HOLD THE LAST DAY OR TWO OF CALLERS. ×HEN SOMEONE CALLS, THEIR NAME AND THE TIME THEY CALLED ARE ADDED TO THE LOG. ÔHEN A "TRAIL" IS MADE OF THEIR ACTIVITY. ÔHIS CAN BE HELPFUL IN DETERMINING WHAT AREAS OF THE ÂÂÓ ARE MOST FREQUENTLY ACCESSED OR WHICH DOWNLOADS ARE MOST POPULAR. ÁLSO IT CAN BE USEFUL IN TRACKING DOWN A PROBLEM USER. ÐRESS THE HOME KEY TO PAUSE (IT GENERATES THE SAME CODE AS A ÃÔÒÌ-Ó) OR ÓÐÁÃÅ ÂÁÒ TO ABORT. F4 ON THE ÓÙÓÏÐ MENU ALLOWS YOU TO RESET THE DATE AND CLOCK AND RE-INITIALIZE THE "ºLEVEL Ø MSG" VARIABLES AND "ºVOTE" STATUS. ÔHERE WILL BE LITTLE NEED TO CHANGE THE TIME OR DATE, BUT IF YOU EVER ADD OR REMOVE A "ºLEVEL Ø MSG" OR IF YOU SHOULD OPEN OR CLOSE THE VOTING BOOTHS, MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THIS OPTION (OR USE THE ^ COMMAND ON-LINE) TO RESET THE APPROPRIATE VARIABLES. F5 ON THE ÓÙÓÏÐ MENU ALLOWS YOU TO PRINT YOUR MAILBOX TO THE SCREEN OR PRINTER. (ÉF YOU'RE USING AN ÓÆÄ WITH THE ÃÓÉ ÃONNECT 400 INTERFACE TO STORE YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PRINT YOUR MAILBOX TO THE PRINTER DUE TO A BUG IN THAT INTERFACE). ÕSE THE ÈÏÍÅ KEY TO PAUSE OR ÓÐÁÃÅ ÂÁÒ TO ABORT. ÁFTER READING YOUR MAIL, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO SEND A PRIVATE MESSAGE IN RESPONSE AND CLEAR YOUR MAILBOX FILE. ÁLL REPLIES FROM THIS SELECTION ARE ADDRESSED AS SENT FROM MEMBERSHIP NUMBER 2. F6 ON THE ÓÙÓÏÐ MENU WILL TAKE YOU INTO THE PASSWORD MAINTENANCE ROUTINE. ÔHIS ROUTINE IS USED TO DISPLAY (OR PRINT) AND EDIT YOUR PASSWORD FILE. ÁGAIN, IF YOU'RE STORING YOUR PASSWORD FILE ON AN ÓÆÄ WITH THE ÃONNECT 400 INTERFACE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PRINT. ÕSE THE ÈÏÍÅ KEY TO PAUSE AND THE ÓÐÁÃÅ ÂÁÒ TO ABORT. ÁT THE END OF THE LISTING, YOU'LL BE TOLD HOW MANY PASSWORDS ARE ON FILE. ÉF YOU SEE THIS VALUE APPROACHING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PASSWORDS THAT YOU SET YOUR SYSTEM UP FOR, YOU'LL KNOW IT'S TIME TO EITHER REMOVE SOME CALLERS THAT HAVEN'T CALLED IN A LONG TIME OR TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE PASSWORD FILE. ×HEN THE LISTING IS COMPLETED OR ABORTED (ABORT WITH THE SPACE BAR - YOU MAY HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN FOR A FEW SECONDS), YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDIT ANY OF THE PASSWORD RECORDS. ÅNTER THE MEMBERSHIP NUMBER OF THE MEMBER TO EDIT AND THAT MEMBER'S INFORMATION WILL BE PRINTED TO THE SCREEN (ACCESS LEVEL, NAME, PASSWORD, NUMBER OF BLOCKS UPLOADED, NUMBER OF BLOCKS DOWNLOADED, TIME REMAINING TODAY). ÙOU'LL NOTICE THAT NOT EVERY STATISTIC IS AVAILABLE FOR EDITING. ÉT'S NOT ANTICIPATED THAT YOU'LL EVER NEED TO EDIT THE DATE LAST CALLED, TIMES CALLED, ETC. ÂUT IF YOU NEED TO ADD OR SUBTRACT FROM THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS UPLOADED/DOWNLOADED, CHANGE THE CALLERS NAME/HANDLE, PASSWORD, ACCESS LEVEL, OR TIME REMAINING TODAY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT HERE. ÏNE BY ONE, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER NEW INFORMATION OR JUST PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ TO LEAVE THE INFORMATION UNCHANGED. ÔO DELETE A MEMBER FROM THE MEMBERSHIP LIST, CHANGE THEIR ACCESS LEVEL TO A 0. ÙOU'LL BE ASKED "ARE YOU SURE?". ÔHIS'LL ALSO AUTOMATICALLY DELETE ANY OLD MAIL THAT STILL MAY BE ON THE SYSTEM ADDRESSED TO THIS MEMBER. ÏNE FUNCTION YOU'LL NEED TO PERFORM REGULARLY IS TO CREATE A NEW "ºMEMBERSHIP LIST". ÔHIS IS THE LIST THAT THE CALLERS WILL SEE WHEN THEY SELECT (Í)EMBERSHIP LIST. ÈAVING A MEMBERSHIP LIST SEPARATE FROM THE PASSWORD FILE THAT'S UPDATED ONLY BY THE SYSOP ALLOWS US TO REMOVE ANY EMBARRASSING WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE PASSWORD FILE BEFORE MAKING A NEW PUBLIC MEMBERSHIP LIST. ÁFTER YOU'VE LISTED AND POSSIBLY EDITED THE PASSWORD FILE, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW MEMBERSHIP LIST. ÉF YOU'RE JUST SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAVE NOT YET MADE A MEMBERSHIP LIST, THEN NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO EDIT YOUR NAME AND PASSWORD. ×HEN YOU LIST THE PASSWORD FILE, YOU'LL ONLY SEE ONE MEMBER. ÉT HAS THE PASSWORD THAT THE ÂÂÓ AUTOMATICALLY SETUP FOR YOU, THE ÓÙÓÏÐ. ÅNTER 2 FOR THE RECORD NUMBER TO EDIT. ÔHEN PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ UNTIL YOU'RE PROMPTED FOR YOUR NAME. ÔYPE IN YOUR NAME. ÔHEN PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ UNTIL YOU'RE PROMPTED FOR YOUR PASSWORD. ÎOW TYPE IN YOUR NEW PASSWORD. ÔHEN TYPE ÒÅÔÕÒÎ A FEW MORE TIMES AND YOUR PASSWORD INFORMATION WILL BE SAVED TO DISK. ÎEXT, PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ WHEN ASKED FOR THE RECORD NUMBER TO EDIT AND ANSWER "Ù" TO CREATE A NEW MEMBERSHIP LIST. ×HEN THE ROUTINE IS FINISHED, THE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY RETURN TO THE WAITING FOR CALLER SCREEN. F7 ON THE ÓÙÓÏÐ MENU WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ÂÂÓ ÄÏÓ ×EDGE ROUTINE. ÔHIS ROUTINE IS IN "ºBBS.XFER 7.37", SO THERE WILL BE A 15 SECOND DELAY AFTER PRESSING F4 (UNLESS YOU ARE USING A 17ØØ RAM EXPANSION MODULE). ÉT OPERATES EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE IN THE ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ PROGRAM. ÔHE ÄÏÓ COMMAND FORMAT IS AS FOLLOWS: @ - READ ERROR CHANNEL $ - DISPLAY A DIRECTORY (PATTERN MATCHING ALLOWED - $0:Á*) # - CHANGE DEVICE NUMBER (#9 - SELECT DRIVE 9) N - FORMAT DISK (EXAMPLE - N0:DISKNAME,ID) S - SCRATCH FILE (EXAMPLE - S0:FILE1) C - COPY FILE (EXAMPLE - C0:FILE1=FILE2) R - RENAME FILE (EXAMPLE - R0:FILE1=FILE2) F - READ FILE (EXAMPLE - F0:FILE1) P - PRINT FILE (EXAMPLE - P0:FILE1) % - REGENERATE DIRECTORY ! - MESSAGE EDITOR X - TWO DRIVE FILE COPIER ÁN EXTRA ADDED TO THE DIRECTORY ROUTINE IS THAT IT COUNTS THE NUMBER OF FILES SELECTED. ÆOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW MANY CALLERS HAVE MAIL WAITING FOR THEM, YOU COULD SWITCH TO THE DRIVE THAT HOLDS THE PRIVATE MESSAGES AND THEN DO A $0:ºPRIVATE* AND HIT RETURN. ÁLL FILENAMES MATCHING THAT PATTERN WILL LIST ON THE SCREEN AND AT THE END, YOU'LL SEE A LINE SAYING HOW MANY FILES WERE SELECTED. ÔHIS FEATURE CAN BE VERY HANDY WHEN TRYING TO BALANCE FILES BETWEEN DRIVES. ×HEN READING A DIRECTORY OR SEQUENTIAL FILE, PRESS THE ÈÏÍÅ KEY TO PAUSE, OR THE ÓÐÁÃÅ ÂÁÒ TO ABORT. F8 WILL SAVE THE MESSAGE INDEX, CALLER LOG, SYSTEM VARIABLES AND EXIT TO ÂÁÓÉÃ. ÔHIS IS THE ÏÎÅ ÁÎÄ ÏÎÌÙ PROPER WAY TO SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN. ÉF YOU HIT THE STOP KEY BY ACCIDENT WITH THE STOP KEY ENABLED (RERUN ON ERRORS TURNED OFF), TYPE "CONT" AND HIT RETURN. ÉF THAT DOESN'T WORK, TYPE GOTO9999 AND LET THE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, SAVING THE MESSAGE INDEX, CALLER LOG AND VARIABLES. ÓTOPPING THE SYSTEM WITHOUT USING F8 (OR GOTO9999) WILL LEAVE FILES OPEN AND SOME VECTORS POINTING TO THE ÂÂÓ'S ÍÌ ROUTINES. ÉN ANY CASE, USING THE COMPUTER FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES IN THIS CONDITION WILL MOST DEFINITELY CAUSE A SYSTEM CRASH. ÁLSO, THE MESSAGE INDEX WILL NOT BE SAVED TO DISK, CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO HAVE TO REGENERATE THAT INDEX (CAN TAKE AN EXTRA 15 TO 45 MINUTES) WHEN THE SYSTEM IS RESTARTED. ÐÁÒÔ 13: ÁÄÄÉÔÉÏÎÁÌ ÃÏÍÍÁÎÄÓ - ÃÏÎÓÏÌÅ ÍÏÄÅ ÏÎÌÙ ÔHE KEYBOARD IS ALWAYS ACTIVE, EVEN WHEN A CALLER IS ON-LINE. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER A COMMAND FOR A NEW CALLER, LOG A CALLER OFF, ETC. FL FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE ÂÂÓ WILL ENABLE ÃÈÁÔ MODE. F3 WILL EXIT. ×HEN YOU EXIT ÃÈÁÔ MODE, A ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ-Ð WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PLACED INTO THE KEYBOARD BUFFER. ÓO IF YOUR CALLER IS READING A LONG TEXT FILE, YOU'LL WANT TO AVOID BREAKING IN UNTIL THEY REACH A GOOD STOPPING POINT. ÄURING THE TIME YOU ARE IN ÃÈÁÔ MODE, THE ÂÂÓ TIMER STOPS. ÔHE CALLERS TIME ON-LINE AND TIME USED TODAY WILL NOT REFLECT THIS TIME IN ÃÈÁÔ MODE. ÉT'S POSSIBLE TO CHANGE A CALLERS ACCESS LEVEL, TIME REMAINING, BLOCKS UPLOADED, BLOCKS DOWNLOADED AND ON-LINE STATUS WHILE THE CALLER IS ON-LINE. ÔO DO THIS, MAKE SURE THE CALLER IS AT THE MAIN COMMAND PROMPT AND PRESS F5. ÏN YOUR SCREEN ONLY (THE CALLER WILL NOT SEE THIS), YOU'LL SEE A SIX PART INPUT PROMPT ASKING FOR LEVEL,TIME1,TIME2,DNLD,UPLD,1=LOCAL. ÌEVEL IS THE CALLERS ACCESS LEVEL FOR THIS CALL. ÃHANGING THIS VARIABLE IS JUST A TEMPORARY CHANGE, THE NEXT TIME THIS CALLER CALLS BACK, THEY'LL BE BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LEVEL. ÕSE ÐASSWORD ÍAINTENANCE TO PERMANENTLY CHANGE A CALLERS ACCESS LEVEL. ÔIME 1 IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME REMAINING ON THIS CALL AND TIME 2 IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME CARRIED FORWARD FOR FUTURE CALLS TODAY. ÔIME 2 WILL BE ADDED TO TIME 1 WHEN THE CALLER LOGS OFF, GIVING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT CALLER HAS REMAINING TODAY. ÔHE CURRENT VALUES FOR EACH INPUT ARE ALREADY TYPED ON THE SCREEN, SO JUST CURSOR RIGHT AND LEFT TO CHANGE THE DESIRED VALUES AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÄNLD IS THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS THIS CALLER HAS DOWNLOADED AND ÕPLD IS THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS THE CALLER HAS UPLOADED. ÉF YOU WANT TO GIVE A CALLER SOME MORE DOWNLOAD CREDITS WHILE THEY'RE ON-LINE, YOU WOULD EITHER RAISE THE BLOCKS UPLOADED OR LOWER THE BLOCKS DOWNLOADED. ÌOCAL IS EITHER A 1 OR 0. ÉF YOU ENTER A 1 HERE, THE SYSTEM WILL GO INTO LOCAL MODE. ÅVEN WHEN YOU EXIT THIS ROUTINE, THE CALLER WILL NOT SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO PUT A CALLER ON HOLD, WHILE YOU QUICKLY LOOK AT A PASSWORD IN THE PASSWORD FILE, OR CHECK THE CALLER LOG. ÔO PUT THE CALLER BACK ON-LINE, PRESS F5 AT THE COMMAND PROMPT, THEN CHANGE LOCAL TO 0. ÔHE CALLER ON THE OTHER END WILL THEN SEE ANOTHER COMMAND PROMPT. ÔHERE'S A SPECIAL MESSAGE MERGE ROUTINE THAT CAN ONLY BE USED WHILE ON-LINE AT THE ÂÂÓ CONSOLE (NOT FROM REMOTE). ÉF YOU END YOUR MESSAGE WITH "/E" THEN PRESS THE ÃOMMODORE KEY WHILE AT THE MESSAGE EDITOR PROMPT, YOU'LL BE ASKED FOR THE MERGE FILENAME. ÔHIS ALLOWS YOU TO MERGE ANY EXISTING FILE FROM YOUR SYSTEM FILES DRIVE INTO THE MESSAGE (OR MAIL) YOU ARE CREATING WITH ONE OF THE MESSAGE EDITORS. ÔHIS IS REAL HANDY FOR SENDING A "FORM LETTER" TO NEW MEMBERS. ÔHERE'S A SPECIAL CARBON COPY FEATURE BUILT INTO OUR PRIVATE MAILBOX EDITOR. ÁFTER READING ANY INCOMING MAIL, AT THE (Ä)ELETE, (Ò)EREAD, (Á)UTOREPLY PROMPT, IF YOU PRESS THE ÃOMMODORE KEY YOU'LL SEE A "CARBON COPY" PROMPT. ÉF YOU ANSWER Ù, THIS PIECE OF MAIL WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEFAULT MESSAGE SECTION OF THE ÂÂÓ. ÔHIS IS GOOD FOR WHEN A CALLER LEAVES A QUESTION IN FEEDBACK THAT WOULD BENEFIT MORE PEOPLE IF IT WERE IN THE PUBLIC MESSAGES AREA. ÁLL YOU WOULD NEED TO DO IS SELECT (Ð)OST A ÍESSAGE, ANSWER Î TO PRIVATE, SELECT THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY AND THEN USE /* TO CARBON COPY THE DEFAULT MESSAGE INTO THE MESSAGE EDITOR (MORE ON USING ÃOLOR 64'S DEFAULT MESSAGE CAN BE READ IN YOUR HELP FILES). ÔHERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO "BREAK" THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM, EVEN THOUGH THE ÓÔÏÐ KEY IS DISABLED. ÍAYBE YOU HAVE A PROGRAMMING ERROR AND NEED TO EXAMINE VARIABLES, MAYBE YOUR MODEM LOCKED UP AND THE PROGRAM IS WAITING FOR IT TO CLEAR, ETC. ÉF YOU EVER GET INTO THIS SITUATION, JUST PRESS AND HOLD THE ÓÈÉÆÔ, ÃÏÍÍÏÄÏÒÅ, AND ÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ KEYS ALL AT ONCE. ÉF THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK, TAP ON THE RESTORE KEY A FEW TIMES WHILE STILL HOLDING DOWN ALL THREE SHIFT KEYS (SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE?) THEN LET GO AND DO A ÒÕÎ/ÓÔÏÐ ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ. ÔHAT WILL USUALLY WORK. ÉF NOT, THEN POSSIBLY YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED A HARDWARE OR POWER RELATED PROBLEM, LOCKING UP YOUR COMPUTER. ÔHERE'S A SPECIAL UTILITY PROGRAM ON THE ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK CALLED "DISPLAY CRASH". ÉF FOR ANY REASON THE SYSTEM CRASHES AND RERUNS ITSELF, THE ÂÂÓ PROGRAM WILL TAKE A PICTURE OF THE SCREEN AT THE TIME OF THE SYSTEM CRASH AND STORE IT FOR YOU UNDER THE KERNAL ÒÏÍ. ÔHIS DISPLAY CRASH PROGRAM CAN BE USED TO RECALL THAT SAVED SCREEN. ÁLL YOU DO IS SHUT THE ÂÂÓ DOWN USING THE F8 SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE. ÔHEN (WITHOUT POWERING OFF THE Ã64) PUT IN YOUR ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK AND ENTER LOAD "DISPLAY CRASH",8,1. ÁLMOST IMMEDIATELY THE SYSTEM CRASHED PICTURE WILL REAPPEAR. ÃAREFULLY EXAMINE IT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ERROR YOU HAD AND IN WHAT LINE NUMBER. ÉF YOU HAVE AN OLD KERNAL ÒÏÍ, SOME OF THE RECALLED PICTURE MAY BE UNREADABLE. ÉF THIS IS THE CASE, JUST TYPE: POKE53281,1:PRINT"(HOME/CLR)":POKE53281,0:LOAD"DISPLAY CRASH",8,1 TO SEE THE SCREEN. ÙOU CAN REDISPLAY THE "SYSTEM CRASHED" SCREEN AS OFTEN AS NEEDED UNLESS THE Ã64 HAS BEEN POWERED OFF. ÔHERE'S ANOTHER UTILITY PROGRAM ON THE ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK CALLED "DIR CREATE 7.30". ÔHIS PROGRAM CAN BE USED TO QUICKLY CREATE A NEW ºDIRECTORY FILE FOR YOUR DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES. ÉT'S TRUE THAT ÃOLOR 64 WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CREATE A ºDIRECTORY FILE THE FIRST TIME A CALLER ASKED FOR A DIRECTORY, BUT THAT DIRECTORY REGENERATE CAN TAKE QUITE A WHILE (ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF FILES ON THE DISK). "DIR CREATE 7.30" IS A STANDALONE PROGRAM JUST FOR CREATING YOUR ºDIRECTORY FILE THE FIRST TIME (IT WILL NOT WORK IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A ºDIRECTORY FILE ON YOUR DISK), AND AS SUCH IT WORKS VERY FAST. ÓO IF YOU ARE WANTING TO START YOUR SYSTEM WITH HUNDREDS OF FILES ALREADY IN YOUR DOWNLOAD AREAS, WE RECOMMEND YOU USE THIS DIRECTORY CREATE UTILITY ON ALL YOUR DISKS BEFORE YOU LOAD UP YOUR ÂÂÓ. ×E HOPE THIS EXPLAINS MOST EVERYTHING YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ÂÂÓ PROGRAM, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US BY FEEDBACK ON THE ÂÂÓ'S LISTED ON THE COVER PAGE OR BY SENDING US A LETTER. ÐÁÒÔ 14: ÐÁÓÓ×ÏÒÄ ÆÉÌÅ - ÂÁÃËÕÐ ÁÎÄ ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ ÐÒÏÃÅÄÕÒÅÓ ÔHE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WILL ALLOW US TO COPY THE DATA OUT OF OUR ÒÅÌ PASSWORD FILE INTO AN EASIER TO HANDLE ÓÅÑ FILE FOR BACKUP PURPOSES AND RESTORE OUR PASSWORD FILE (ALL OR JUST ONE RECORD) FROM THAT BACKUP FILE WHEN NEEDED. ×ITH THESE TWO UTILITIES, WE CAN SAFELY STORE OUR PASSWORD FILE ANYWHERE WE CHOOSE (LIKE ON AN ÓÆÄ 1001 OR HARD DISK DRIVE), AS LONG AS THAT DRIVE IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING RELATIVE FILES. ÔO ÂÁÃËÕÐ THE PASSWORD FILE, LOAD "BAK PSWD 7.00" AND RUN IT. ÉT WILL ASK FOR THE DEVICE NUMBER, DRIVE NUMBER AND DRIVE COMMAND OF THE DRIVE WHERE YOUR PASSWORD FILE IS STORED. ÏN YOUR SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE AN " 8, 0, I0". ÃHANGE THIS AS NECESSARY AND HIT ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÔHAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO DO. ÙOU SHOULD START SEEING A COUNTER INCREMENT, INDICATING THE CURRENT NUMBER OF RECORDS BACKED UP. ×HEN THE PROGRAM IS FINISHED, YOU WILL FIND A NEW SEQUENTIAL FILE ON YOUR DISK CALLED "ºPASSWORD BACKUP". ÔHIS FILE CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION CURRENTLY STORED IN YOUR PASSWORD FILE, BUT IN AN EASIER TO HANDLE ÓÅÑ FORMAT. ÔHEN YOU ÎÅÅÄ TO COPY THIS FILE ONTO ANOTHER DISK FOR SAFE KEEPING USING ANY FILE COPIER (LIKE ÓUPER ØFER). ÔO ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ THE PASSWORD FILE, YOU FIRST NEED TO MAKE SURE A RELATIVE PASSWORD FILE ALREADY EXISTS. ÔHE RESTORE PROGRAM WILL NOT CREATE A PASSWORD FILE, IT ONLY FILLS THE PASSWORD FILE WITH DATA FROM THE PASSWORD FILE BACKUP. ÓO IF THERE'S NOT ALREADY A PASSWORD FILE ON THE DESIRED DISK, RUN THE ÓÅÔÕÐ PROGRAM AND IT WILL MAKE A NEW ONE FOR YOU. ÔHE PASSWORD FILE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BLANK, ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ WILL WRITE OVER ANY DATA CURRENTLY IN THE FILE. ÁLSO, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THE "ºPASSWORD BACKUP" SEQUENTIAL FILE IS ALSO ON THAT SAME DISK. ÕSE A SUITABLE FILE COPIER (LIKE ÓUPER ØFER) IF NECESSARY TO COPY THE PASSWORD BACKUP FILE ONTO THE CORRECT DISK. ÔO BEGIN THE ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ, LOAD "RESTOR PSWD 7.01" AND ÒÕÎ IT. ÉT WILL ASK FOR THE DEVICE, DRIVE NUMBER, AND DRIVE COMMAND OF THE DISK DRIVE CONTAINING THE PASSWORD FILE WITH AN " 8, 0, I0 " ALREADY TYPED ON THE SCREEN. ÃHANGE THIS AS NECESSARY AND PRESS ÒÅÔÕÒÎ. ÎEXT IT WILL ASK FOR THE RECORD NUMBER TO RESTORE OR 0 TO RESTORE ALL RECORDS. ÔHAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO DO. ÙOU SHOULD NOW SEE A COUNTER INCREMENT AS THE BACKUP FILE IS RESTORED INTO THE PASSWORD FILE. ÔHIS RESTORE IS MUCH SLOWER THAN THE BACKUP, BUT IS NORMAL WHEN WRITING INTO A RELATIVE FILE. ÈOPEFULLY, WE WILL NOT BE DOING TOO MANY RESTORES ANYWAY. ×HEN THE RESTORE PROGRAM HAS FINISHED, THE PASSWORD FILE WILL BE READY TO USE. ÔHERE'S ALSO A SPECIAL UTILITY PROGRAM ON THE ÂÂÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÓ DISK CALLED "FIX PSWD 7.00". ÔHIS UTILITY CAN BE USEFUL IF FOR SOME REASON YOU FIND A CALLER'S RECORD IS UNREADABLE. ÔHIS PROGRAM WILL ÎÏÔ FIX DISK READ ERRORS, IT JUST STRAIGHTENS OUT RECORDS THAT HAVE CORRUPTED DATA. ÎORMALLY YOU WOULD USE "RESTOR PSWD 7.01" TO RESTORE A BAD RECORD, BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A "ºBACKUP PASSWORD" FILE, THIS MAY BE THE ONLY OTHER WAY TO SALVAGE WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR PASSWORD FILE. ÐÁÒÔ 15: ÕÓÉÎÇ ÃÏÌÏÒ 64 ÂÂÓ ×ÉÔÈ ÔÈÅ ÉÎÃÏÎÔÒÏÌ ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ VERSION 7.30 FULLY SUPPORTS THE ÉÃÔ ÄATA ÃHIEF HARD DISK DRIVE SYSTEM. ÁLL YOU NEED TO DO IS USE "HM4 11 22" AS THE DRIVE COMMAND FOR WHATEVER FILES YOU WANT STORED IN A CHAIN DEFINED AS STARTING AT PARTITION 11 AND ENDING AT PARTITION 22 OR H10 FOR FILES YOU WANT STORED IN AN INDIVIDUAL PARTITION 10. ÔHE ONLY FILES THAT YOU CAN PUT IN CHAIN MODE ARE ÐÕÂÌÉà ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ, ÈÅÌÐ ÆÉÌÅÓ, ÔÅØÔ ÆÉÌÅÓ, ÕÐÌÏÁÄÓ AND ÄÏ×ÎÌÏÁÄÓ. ÓÙÓÔÅÍ ÆÉÌÅÓ, ÐÒÉÖÁÔÅ ÍÁÉÌ, ÃÁÌÌÅÒ ÌÏÇÓ, ÐÁÓÓ×ÏÒÄ ÆÉÌÅ AND ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍ ÆÉÌÅÓ MUST BE ASSIGNED INDIVIDUAL PARTITIONS. ÁND IF YOU ARE USING THE ÅPYX ÆASTLOAD CARTRIDGE, YOU MUST PUT YOUR PROGRAM FILES ON È0 (THE BUILT IN FLOPPY) OR YOU'LL EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT SYSTEM LOCKUPS. ÔHE ÉÃÔ HAS BEEN TESTED WITH THE ÂURST ÍODE ÒÏÍ FROM ÃHIP ÌEVEL ÄESIGNS AND IT WORKS ÇÒÅÁÔ! ÔHIS ÒÏÍ ALLOWS YOUR Ã64 OR Ã128 TO ACCESS YOUR HARD DRIVE IN ITS BURST MODE OF OPERATION, SPEEDING UP ALL DISK ACCESS BY 2 TO 10 TIMES. ÁLSO, IF YOU HAVE A 1764 OR 1750 ÒAM ÅXPANSION MODULE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONAL MODULES THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO ALL OF YOUR HARD DRIVE MAINTENANCE FROM WITHIN ÃOLOR 64. ÁS FAR AS DOWNLOAD DIRECTORIES, WE RECOMMEND YOU ANSWER "Î" TO THE QUESTION "ÍULTIPLE ÄIRECTORIES ÐER ÄRIVE" IN ÓÅÔÕÐ. ÁS FAR AS ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ IS CONCERNED, EACH DIFFERENT CHAIN LOOKS LIKE A DIFFERENT DRIVE. ÒUNNING ONE DIRECTORY PER DRIVE/CHAIN HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF NOT HAVING TO RENAME FILES BEFORE THEY CAN BE DOWNLOADED TOO. ÉT WILL WORK EITHER WAY, THIS IS JUST OUR RECOMMENDATION. ÏNE LAST COMMENT. ÔHE SCAN FOR NEW DOWNLOADS IS A LITTLE SLOWER ON THE ÉÃÔ DRIVE THAN ON OTHER DRIVES. ÔHAT'S BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY TO READ TWO DIFFERENT FILES IN 2 DIFFERENT PARTITIONS. ÓO WE'RE HAVING TO OPEN AND CLOSE A LOT MORE FILES THAN ON THE ÃÂÍ DRIVES. ÂUT ALL IN ALL, IT DOES WORK WELL AND IS STILL FAST ENOUGH (ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE THE BURST MODE ÒÏÍ IN YOUR COMPUTER). ÐÁÒÔ 16: ÕÓÉÎÇ ÃÏÌÏÒ 64 ÂÂÓ ×ÉÔÈ Á 2400 ÂÁÕÄ ÍÏÄÅÍ ÃOLOR 64 ÂÂÓ VERSION 7.30 SUPPORTS THE ÈAYES ÓMARTMODEM 2400 AND MANY GOOD COMPATIBLE MODEMS. ÙOU SHOULD FIND THAT YOUR Ã64 AND ÃOLOR 64 CAN HANDLE 2400 BAUD FILE TRANSFERS WITH LESS THAN 10% ERRORS (MANY WILL FIND ERROR FREE FILE TRANSFERS DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR MODEM AND PHONE LINES). ÈERE IS HOW IT'S RECOMMENDED YOU SETUP YOUR SYSTEM FOR 2400 BAUD. ÆIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS TO CONFIGURE YOUR MODEM. ÔHEY COME FROM THE FACTORY WITH ÄÔÒ AND ÃÁÒÒÉÅÒ ÄÅÔÅÃÔ FORCED TRUE. ÔHE 1200 BAUD MODEMS HAD SWITCHES WHILE THE 2400 MODEMS DON'T. ÉNSTEAD THEY HAVE A SERIES OF COMMANDS THAT ARE ENTERED FROM A TERMINAL PROGRAM THEN STORED IN PERMANENT MEMORY. ÔHE FOLLOWING COMMANDS ARE WHAT WE RECOMMEND YOU TYPE TO SETUP YOUR MODEM. ÊUST LOAD A SIMPLE ÁÓÃÉÉ TERMINAL PROGRAM, AND AT 300 BAUD TYPE THE FOLLOWING: ÁÔ&Æ ÁÔ&Ä3 (SOME COMPATIBLES PREFER ÁÔ&Ä2) ÁÔ&Ã1 ÁÔ&Ó0 ÁÔØ1 ÁÔÓ0=0 ÁÔÍ0 ÁÔÅ0 ÎOW SWITCH YOUR TERMINAL TO 2400 BAUD AND TYPE: ÁÔ&× ÁÆÔÅÒ YOU HAVE PERFORMED THE ABOVE, YOU NEED TO RUN ÓÅÔÕÐ AND IN THE ÍÏÄÅÍ ÉÎÉÔ COMMAND, ENTER: +ATS7=15S10=30 ÔHE FIRST STEP ABOVE PRESETS YOUR MODEM TO DISCONNECT AND RESET TO POWER ON CONFIGURATION WHEN ÄÔÒ IS DROPPED, MONITOR CARRIER LOST AND DISCONNECT IF FALSE, FORCE ÄÓÒ TRUE, NOT AUTO-ANSWER THE PHONE, TURN OFF THE SPEAKER, TURN ECHO OFF AND THEN SAVE THIS CONFIGURATION IN PERMANENT MEMORY WITHIN THE MODEM. ÁFTER TYPING THE ÁÔÅ0 COMMAND, THE MODEM WILL QUIT ECHOING TO THE SCREEN. ÔHIS IS THE ONLY RELIABLE WAY TO SEND "AT" COMMANDS AT 2400 BAUD WITH A ÃOMMODORE 64 (E.G.. WITH ECHO DISABLED). ÉT SEEMS THE ECHOED CHARACTERS WOULD BOG DOWN THE SOFTWARE DRIVEN ÕÁÒÔ TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD CORRUPT THE DATA ENTERED. ÁNYWAY, THE ÂÂÓ DOES NOT NEED ECHO AND WHEN YOU WANT TO AUTO-DIAL ANOTHER ÂÂÓ, JUST USE THE AUTODIALER BUILT INTO THE TERM. ÔHE MODEM INIT COMMAND IN ÓÅÔÕÐ WILL SET THE MODEM TO WAIT FOR A CARRIER FOR 15 SECONDS. ÉT WAS FOUND THAT 30 SECONDS WAS TOO LONG AND OFTEN THE TELEPHONE COMPANIES OFF-HOOK ATTENTION SIGNAL WOULD CONFUSE THE MODEM TO THINK IT HAD CARRIER. ÂESIDES, 15 SECONDS IS PLENTY LONG TO WAIT FOR A CARRIER. ÔHIS S7 REGISTER IS NOT SAVED IN PERMANENT MEMORY WHEN USING THE ÁÔ&× COMMAND, SO WE NEED TO ENTER IT HERE IN ÓÅÔÕÐ. ÔHE SECOND PART OF THE MODEM INIT COMMAND WILL SET THE CARRIER LOST DISCONNECT DELAY TO 3 SECONDS. ÔHIS WILL HELP MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CARRIER LOSSES EXPERIENCED ON THE ÂÂÓ IF YOUR CALLERS HAVE CALL WAITING. ÒEALIZE THAT IF THE CALLER IS USING A MODEM THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THE CARRIER LOST DELAY OR THEY DO NOT HAVE IT SET LONG ENOUGH, THEIR MODEM WILL HANG UP IMMEDIATELY AND YOUR MODEM WILL FOLLOW 3 SECONDS LATER. 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