BBS User`s Manual
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1. eene v ens 31 9 1 What dre cus x co e FREIER EROR E AA Hoa Ee e ERE Ra 31 9 2 How to choose a home 0 cece m 31 9 3 The other WP amp 5 e ace ANI e erede IT 31 9 4 Finding someone else s home 8 32 BBS cscs pm 33 gt Quitting the BBS d RATE noes Shag atta Ces aoe PR e ete eq pem S 33 102 Getting help tne eee 33 103 Displaying the Message of the Day 0 0 eee 33 10 4 Displaying ee are CUR E e en a eae 34 W RLIcommands 2 See had Ae e Rede hee RE OR ERR ele RT eee eee 35 11 1 Translation to NOARY 35 112 WORLI commands not 36 113 NOARY BBS extensions not supported WORLI ssseseeee 36 Chapter 1 Introduction This manual for the NOARY BBS is broken into two distinct sections the Users Guide and the Command Reference This section the Users Guide is meant to be read as a tutorial It will take you through many of the commonly used BBS commands and explain their use The more advanced forms of the commands will be described only in the Command Reference section2. ueber ERR Oa em a ERR 23 531 Booku p iequests ise aee ee eso e Rede el Roe RR AS e eg 23 5 32 Search Teque sts cete ute at ne a E 23 Events oiu rele Geld sake ed aer aia ere ene este eo tet eed eles Lar 24 6 1 Displaying events qoe uot aes te eso sdb eius stab e e RD MOMS Hee eb e n ep 24 6 2 Creating an event listing eve ER c br dag ee ree dg ree 25 6 3 Deleting eyvettsz ocio em by MERO qo eee tached RHENO same echo Meer sor Ye Tite 26 eue e ee d eot eite 27 7 1 C rtent WealleE s eed ume Tb a ane Qr pits Te uber pak elt Rus SAS Neat 27 7 2 Weather data uu n oen EUR AER a t Ga ese ar ak 27 7 3 Selecting Weather user e eee de de e eae P e ehe e e eo de BR 28 NIS messages 4o RU S RUE 6 ER E 29 8 1 What iS N ES eqs nop ev met o eel cars ele 29 8 2 Listing NIS messages ce ue teh e STRA UNES QR eX RE ed 29 8 3 Checking out NTS messages 0 ccc ern 29 8 4 Killig an NIS mess ge ssa ee ates AA edet oc grece a TNCS 30 8 5 Undeliverable messages ha 30 8 51 Party not h mes ux cR Rte e Ue mcs MUR er dece eod 30 8 5 2 Addressed 30 White
3. 7 SUBJECT field 32 3 3 2 4 You may have noticed that there is a problem in searching all of the messages for a subject that contains KILL NEW OLD etc These are keywords to the LIST command If you wish to search for a word from the reserved list you must enclose it in quotes Here are some examples of common requests LIST gt SALE sale messages LIST AMSAT messages relating to amsat LIST lt yourcall messages you originated LIST ICOM messages with Icom in the subject LIST KILL messages with kill in the subject Listing by range and count You can also list messages with respect to their message number If you specify 2 numbers all messages with numbers between the two supplied will be listed If you supply only a single number all messages newer than this number will be displayed LIST 1879 1900 messages from 1879 to 1900 LIST 1889 messages newer than 1889 With two of the LIST commands you may specify a count If no count is given the BBS will default to 10 The two commands are LIST FIRST and LIST LAST Combinational listings To provide the user with the greatest flexibility the BBS has been written to allow the user to combine each of these listing criteria to create very complex requests Be careful not to over specify If you hit some mutually exclusive combinations you will receive no output LIST UNREAD BULLETIN 1700 1800 AMSAT LIST LAST 100 gt SALE The order
4. 33 3 9 MONTH i yer EE eats 24 MOTD cere Mes ETE 33 34 36 Umunhum 27 28 INOAR YoU s uS ui a RA UR Geo RA 3 National Traffic 29 NDS cee tee re PR es 8 10 13 29 30 35 36 NUMBER os cio ena by egt amd ce Rus 15 PASSWORD EN ate ee a 6 37 path opti hes La se Te deis be bts 12 19 pattern 10 10 14 32 35 36 1 8 10 13 14 31 37 PHONE rebns A 5 phone modem 0 cece cee eee ee 3 phone 5 29 primary user 3 OT Qs hel Phen Ted ahs 29 OT wit cece hha ERE ERE 5 31 32 36 FINDE css ees tuer eI LR HEURE 11 25 2 9 10 12 20 29 35 36 37 lic 6 36 SECULI Ls e a een qe TA eee e 8 9 10 SELECT cache Wukela eae 28 SEND 14 18 32 33 36 37 SEND RBPEY 18 36 SERVED Sd sau wr En e EN RR E NE 20 22 23 SKIP tios st Geter tte ites tme tb oes 6 e sce PROS ARR RIRs 6 28 TERMINAL 7 TNG petala 3 5 6 31 36 WORLD 1 11 29 35 36 WAOY GZ eo aure t eto ganesh das 27 WEEK
5. CUP emet ee ede Pk e sott eue ode ptg de 5 2 3 Lasting modifiers dE de e DA Re RA wale AI REC CE E ER 6 2 4 BBS Need rete tae are Ah 6 2 5 Keystroke ccce ea Sal Ru hen S ROS 7 Pacer scp che wells ar 8 3 1 Message types sii etr e gts eb Sere git ad eiae pt aede ent 8 3 171 cde ect edes ot pedo tos Socal QULA Utada es eol decere ed cn 8 1 2 BUIN 8 8 apie ace gite deemed E 8 3 2 Lasting oss hk ec hg She aa RR 9 32 1 Listing Dy type lt head eade aide 10 3 2 2 Listing by pattern 10 3 2 3 Listing by range and count 0 0 ect nen en ene nee 11 3 2 4 Combinational listings setena 11 3 3 Reading messages deba eese Ru pei bere seed fhe tome ede ales 12 3 4 Killing Messages tQ e eere e reddite ua R
6. 19 20 36 ed S RC 21 CHECK IN eee see ees 30 36 CHECK OUT Sac tette tam Secret nets 29 CUB saat be CE E 6 7 10 36 COMPUTER aede re cote 6 COPY i S e cR 15 35 COUMU resa 11 euh d cmt eel ald Ue 28 DEE TB roe 26 DIB ern 19 36 EDIE s its erue det estt ecl Re oet 15 17 equipment 5 RC eg 24 25 36 FNAME LEE citus 1 5 23 31 32 35 GRAPH tee teta 28 HARD es hera eire ot oet 13 HEADER bestem 2 12 36 HERT s eu 1 2 3 6 19 33 35 36 help levels i oe RR PAS 3 6 14 hierarchical 31 1 5 31 36 38 HUMIDITY ov faves gates eee tethers 28 INCLUDE ter nl el theta UR MS 15 KEYWORDS 1 2 3 11 10 25 33 KUE et aay am eRe item 11 13 30 35 LINES 9185 6 7 15 17 36 LIST 5 1 6 7 9 10 11 12 20 29 30 33 35 NAME RES REDE ES 5 23 LOOKUP o or serret eee r PEE 21 23 36 ES scc s e eoo erg Sere 19 20 36 MACRO 7 or RERO ER iet 7 36 ME naamiot Ta 31 32 34 message 14 15 Message ofthe
7. SCV which identifies the bulletin as being of interest to ARES members The message would go to every BBS in the Santa Clara Valley area Bulletins should be sent to as narrow a distribution as possible This keeps the workload down on the forwarding systems There is no reason to send a flea market announcement to USA When you request information or send SALE bulletins start with NCA Northern California and if you get no response then broaden the scope CA WUSA etc 3 1 3 NTS Refer to chapter 8 for information on NTS traffic 3 1 4 Secure This BBS supports a special message type that can be used topass private messages Normal personal messages can only be read by certain people when using the BBS but anyone monitoring the frequency 3 2 when the message is read will be able to see the contents The message can also be seen while it is being forwarded between BBS s Since this BBS supports phone connection via a modem or telnet a new message type was added secure A secure message can only be read if the user is connected to the BBS by a secure mode not over the air This eliminates the chance of eavesdropping Further security can be invoked by assigning a password to the message This eliminates the chance of someone logging in with someone else s call and reading a secure message Secure messages can not be forwarded to other BBS s The forward link 15 not secure and no other BBS program supports this message type L
8. There are a number of packet BBS programs in the public domain These programs are responsible for a lot of the activity that packet has drawn This BBS differs from many others in that is runs on a Sun Sparc workstation under UNIX SunOS 1 1 How to read the manual The BBS is very flexible in how it accepts commands from the user You can either spell out the command or provide enough to make them unique For instance the command HOMEBBS can be shortened to HO or anything in between HO is necessary instead of just H to be able to distinguish HOME from HELP This manual will indicate the significant letters by placing them in a slightly larger font and making them bold HOMEBBS HELP In some circumstances such as for compatibility to older BBS s commands will have other short forms that are accepted These short forms will be shown to the right of the verbose command and enclosed in curly brackets Not all of these compatible options are shown in the text of this manual Please refer to chapter 11 for a complete list of commonalities and differences with WORLI LIST MINE LM The manual shows keywords and commands in upper case This 15 just for clarity in the manual The BBS 15 actually case insensitive with respect to these commands and keywords Lower case words are an indication that you are to supply something in their place For instance to change your first name in the system you will use the following command FNAME name
9. 6 Events This BBS has an event calendar to keep track of up coming events and display them chronologically Anyone can create an entry in the events calendar 6 1 Displaying events You can display events in 4 ways EVENT WEEK EVENT MONTH EVENT keyword EVENT mo yr The events will be listed in chronological order with an event number date and time and a brief description N6ZFJ de NOARY gt EVENT 2 03 28 91 Thu club meeting 8 Sunnyvale 23 04 06 91 Sat HAMS amp HACKERS SWAPMEET 8 HANFORD 1 04 06 91 Sat NARCC meeting 8 Sunnyvale CA 11 04 07 91 Sun Livermore ARC swap meet 8 Livermore 17 04 13 91 Sat Foothill Flea Market Los Altos Hills CA 3 04 18 91 Thu WVARA club meeting Los Gatos Further details on any event listed can be displayed using the EVENT command and the event number 24 6 2 N6ZFJ de NOARY gt EVENT 1 Date Sat 6 Apr 91 09 00 Event 1 Title NARCC meeting Location Sunnyvale CA Keywords NARCC LERA MEETING The Lockheed LERA ARC is proud to announce and sponsor the NARCC meeting April 6th at the LERA building 160 in Sunnyvale CA Talk in on 224 28 443 775 all Creating an event listing An event that 15 of interest to ham community is welcome on the system You will be asked a number of questions while creating the event Some fields may be left blank while others
10. You will of course substitute your name for the word name Many commands have parameters that are optional These are shown enclosed in square brackets In most cases if the option is not supplied the BBS will assume a value for the option A good example is message numbers These are almost always optional 1 2 1 3 If a message number is not supplied the BBS will assume you want to do the operation to the last message number you entered We will show you examples of this later in the manual READ HEADER msg num list Notice in the example the term msg num list this indicates that not only can you optionally choose to not supply the message number but you may also specify a list of numbers to read at once This list can be separated by spaces or commas Examples of most commands will be shown to illustrate the different forms of the usage READ 1820 R 1820 READ HEADER RH READ 1823 1845 HEADER 1900 RH 1823 1845 1900 R HE 1800 RH 18001 The flexibility in the parser allows you to enter keywords basically anywhere in the command string In example above the keyword HEADER can appear anywhere on the line Who said what This manual uses examples to illustrate the usage of commands When an example is used it will be enclosed ina box The part that the user types will be displayed in bold and BBS s responses and prompts will be in normal type The font used will also be unique to further set the examples apar
11. provides no error messages and just performs whatever command it is given proper or not You can change your help level by typing HELP and the desired level HELP 2 Becareful about lowering your help level too quickly This BBS is very different from other BBS s commonly found on packet Commands differ in very subtle ways and using a low help level will inhibit the BBS from telling you of the differences Connecting to the BBS 141 Via Radio and TNC Connecting to the BBS can be accomplished via packet or phone modem Packet is the preferable mode because the channel can be shared among numerous hams at once The BBS will support multiple connects on all ofthe RF ports Too many connects will saturate the band and retry timeouts will occur The BBS itself can support unlimited connects but real life tells us that 4 connects per channel is more realistic The BBS has the following RF ports 50 60 This port 15 used for long distance BBS to BBS forwarding It runs at 9600 baud Users attempting to connect via this port may be disconnected If you need access to this port a sysop can modify your account to allow for the connect 144 93 This is the BBS s primary user frequency 1200 baud 223 60 This port is used for local BBS to BBS forwarding Users attempting to connect via this port may be disconnected If you need access to this port a sysop can modify your account to allow for the connect 433 37 This the 9600 baud user port On al
12. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Selecting weather One of our most popular features is the ability to select the weather This requires a certain amount of knowledge on how different weather parameters relate to each other There are a number of interrelationships that must be maintained or you could cause sleet or fog when you merely want rain Keep in mind that the weather station is atop Mt Umunhum and altering the weather there may have only a marginal affect in your area WX SELECT TEMP degrees WX SELECT HUMDITY percent WX SELECT BAROMETER mm not inches be careful WX SELECT RAIN inches WX SELECT WIND mph direction in degrees 28 Chapter NTS Messages NTS National Traffic System messages are handled the same as regular messages with the addition of some commands First lets talk a little about what NTS messages are 8 1 8 2 8 3 What is NTS The National Traffic System Nm is sponsored by the ARRL and features an orderly method for reliably and responsibly moving messages across the continent on a daily basis as a public service These messages travel through a system of voice and cw nets and now packet radio forwarding systems NTS messages follow a particular structure that makes them easy to pass in all the supported modes Specific Information on the NTS structure can be found elsewhere on this system NTS messages can be originated by a ham or non
13. X number of people to connect to the system If you supply a number with the command it will display that many users if you don t it will default to a display of the last 10 The display will show call number of times the user has been logged in method of last connect date and time NOARY de NOARY 0 gt USERS User Count Last Login NOARY Console Sun Mar KC6RTR 93 Phone 12 24 Su ar KC6PPD 13 12 24 P 3 Phone 12 24 Su N6QMY 849 T 220 Su KK6VJ 49 Tnc 144 Su K6GSJ 67 Phone 19200 Su W6CF 80 Tnc 144 Su N6UW 102 Tnc 144 Su N6JLH 150 Tnc 144 Su w CO CO CO WW WW W CO 1 1 OO CO 2300002053320 To see the users currently connected to the system and on which port they have entered you use the PORT command For those of you familiar with UNIX this is a portion of the output of a ps command N6FJ de NOARY 0 PORTS PID IT STAT E COMMAND 10034 S nbbs N6ZFJ CONSOLE 10038 IW nbbs K6GSJ PHONE SLOW 10039 S nbbs W6CF 144 93 10045 IW 5 nbbs KK6VC 144 93 10046 IW nbbs N60JV 144 93 And if you want to see the user account of a user or yourself you can use the WHO command WHO callsign ME same as WHO yourcall 34 Chapter 11 WORLI Commands Since WORLI is accepted as the standard among packet BBS s the majority of the other BBS s support at
14. You notice that you made a mistake earlier with the word Here This is how you would correct the problem First you would request the BBS to display your message with line numbers 16 NUMBER Hi Ralph I just received a message from a buddy of mine he has a nice dual band rig for sale Heeeere is a copy of his message to me gt Hi Connie I have a FT470 for sale heard you may be interested it comes with 2 FNB 17 batteries and a speaker mic Works great Let me know gt 13 Bat 1 have known Pat a long time he takes excellent care of his gear See ya connie ilis 2 3 4 54 6 7 8 9s If you were to just start typing now you would continue to add lines to your message nothing changes Butto correct the line you tell the BBS which line you wish to retype and the BBS will display the line for reference EDIT 2 has a nice dual band rig for sale Heeeere is a copy of his message to me has a nice dual band rig for sale Here is a copy of his message to me If the line is not the one you wish to change you can simply return without typing anything and the BBS will leave the line unchanged Following the edit you are placed back at the end of the message ready to type the next line Let s insert a line of text in the middle of the body You do this with the ADD command of you buy this let me know I m still thinking about it And again upon hitting the carriage return you are placed
15. are mandatory and not supplying the information will terminate the creation The optional fields are keywords city state and description Itis up to the BBS users to make this facility worthwhile NOZFJ de NOARY gt EVENT ADD Enter event date mo day yr 7 12 90 Enter event time hr mm 18 00 Title 40 char NCPA board meeting City and State Sunnyvale CA Fremont CA Keyword NCPA NCXPN SYSOP Description The meeting will again be held a the Apple facility on Warm Spring We plan to cover frequency allocation in the 900 MHz band Please plan to attend ex Event 1003 gt 07 12 90 18 00 NCPA board meeting Stored The city and state are the location of the event not your qth The keywords field 15 used to allow people to get events that relate to clubs or categories some examples might be EVENT FLEA EVENT NCPA EVENT SPECS 25 6 3 You can also combine the keyword and range arguments To find out what flea markets are taking place in Sept of 1990 for example you would type EVENT 9 90 FLEA Deleting events If an event has changed or has been cancelled it can be removed from the events calendar with the DELETE keyword You will be prompted to acknowledge the operation EVENT 8 DELETE 26 Chapter 7 Weather The BBS polls a weather station located on Mt Umunhum at various times during the day This information is available for readout in a few different forms The weather information
16. back at the end of the message Now you are satisfied with the message but you decide you would like to send it to two other people You can do this very easily while you are entering the message Here s how CC Message 3994 to N6UNE stored CC WB6RIG NOARY Message 3995 to WB6RIG stored CC WA6GXI Message 3996 to WA6GXI stored CC 17 Hi ha Typing a carriage return without a call will tell the BBS that you are done copying the message and it will return you to the BBS main prompt Your final message will look like this Ralph I just received a message from a buddy of mine he S a nice dual band rig for sale Here is a copy of his message to me To N6ZFJ From N6YAV Subject FT410 for sale V VV VV VV If I se 3 6 Hi Connie have 470 for sale heard you may be interested comes with 2 FNB 17 batteries and a speaker mic Works great Let me know 73 Pat any of you buy this let me know I m still thinking about it have known Pat a long time he takes excellent care of hia gear e ya connie N6UNE NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM WB6RIG NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM WA6GXI NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM Replying to messages A short cut for responding to a message is the REPLY command You supply the message number to reply to and the BBS will determine the address of the recipient from the existing message header Then
17. ete e ete deus 24 White 5 14 31 WHO OAR Led 9 32 34 37 MIND Geis Sod dens HEP Mae 28 MB aes ette e Statics S 13 14 31 32 35 WRITE olen knee hes 20 36 WX eter eden ER tase 27 28 37
18. for a while or who has checked into other BBS s may have an existing WP entry 31 9 4 Display your current entries by typing the command without an argument or by typing to display your entire account ME FNAME QTH ZIP Finding someone else s home BBS To send a message to someone not sharing your home BBS a home BBS must be supplied either by the sender or from the WP database To determine if BBS knows of the person use the WP command WP N6ZFJ If the BBS knows of person the database entry will be displayed If the home BBS is NOARY you can get additional information on the user by calling up his her account similar to issuing the ME command WHO N6ZFJ If the BBS identified the home BBS for the user then you can send a message to the person without having to specify a home BBS or address SEND PERSONAL N6ZFJ 32 Chapter 10 BBS Control 10 1 10 2 10 3 Quitting the BBS The preferable method of exiting the BBS 15 to let the BBS disconnect from you This 15 done by issuing the BYE command This allows the BBS to clean up in a very orderly fashion prior to disconnecting If you disconnect from your end there is a possibility that your account will not be closed out properly This normally shows up in the LIST NEW command showing you messages you have seen before BYE Getting help on commands The system has a very elaborate help facility Virtually every command and keyword has a help a
19. ham for delivery to a ham or non ham Of course amateur radio 15 responsible for the transmission Everyone is encouraged to participate in the delivering of NTS messages The following sections cover the procedure for doing this Listing NTS messages List NTS messages that are waiting to be delivered by issuing the NTS keyword to the list command For compatibility the WORLI equivalent command is also supported LIST NTS LT The subject ofthe listed messages describes the destination ofthe message It normally contains the city state area code and prefix of the phone number QTC MIN VIEW CA 415 965 Checking out NTS messages If the message is in your area and you want to deliver it all you have to do is read it and then as soon as you have a good copy check it out of the system READ CHECK OUT 29 8 4 8 5 When a message is checked out it is not actually deleted it is just hidden from other users so it doesn t get picked up twice This differs from other BBS s in that they don t support the check in out facility This feature makes it easy to put a message back on the system if it was undeliverable If the message was undeliverable please remember to check it back in as shown below Killing a NTS message Once a NTS message has been successfully delivered it should be killed on the BBS A list of NTS messages that are checked out to you can be displayed with the LIST command LIST CHECK KILL Undel
20. status In addition to the above commands none of the WORLI sysop commands are supported consistently The internal structures of the BBS s differ dramatically 11 3 NOARY BBS extensions not supported by WORLI This is where we get even the 15 the way to make a happy face on packet CHECK IN OUT NTS message handling CLUBS Special include lists EQUIPMENT Equipment database RIG COMP TNC SOFT DIR LS CD DOS UNIX file system structure and cmds EVENT On line event calendar LINES Terminal support LOOKUP On line callbk lookups LIST Complex LIST commands MACRO User defined command macros ME WHO User accounts 36 MOTD PASSWORD READ WHO SEARCH SEND SECURE UUCP WX Message of the day Account protection Display who has read a message On line callbook searches name qth zip etc Secure message handling UUCP forwarding of personal mail On line weather information 37 INDEX pe 10 11 15 35 6 8 10 11 14 23 35 E E ptt eer EO I DATES 16 17 BAROMETER 28 case dat ae keeled 27 8 10 13 31 35 BY B 33 35 CALLBK 23 callbook 22 callbook 22 callbook 23
21. that arguments appear in the request is not important This is the case with most commands on the BBS You can also use a number of short forms that exist to maintain a certain amount of compatibility with WORLI These abbreviated forms are covered in Chapter 4 11 3 3 Reading messages Once you have found the message in question with the LIST command you are now ready to read the message You do this by typing READ and the message number or list of message numbers READ READ N6YAW de NOARY 0 gt READ 1045 Date 16 Feb 91 12 16 Message 1045 BID 30871 WD6CMU From N6ZFI WD6CMU To WANT NCA Subject Need info on P1 232 MBX N60MY WD6CMU I just picked up a PK232 with MBX firmware and just wanted to know if someone could tell me the most recent firmware level and the best parameters for setting it up TXD etc 73 Connie N6YAW de NOARY 0 The path the message took to reach you can be determined from the field just below the subject This is a list of call signs separated by that shows each BBS that the message passed through with the most recent being on the left side If it has passed through more BBS s than can be displayed on a single line and ellipsis will be displayed on the right end of the call sign list The way that the path is determined is that every bbs that the message passes through will add a line to the body that identifies the BBS it s location date and time tha
22. wp but are tracked for sysop use If you have chosen another BBS as home and or are in the stored version of the callbook the BBS will automatically fill in some of these fields for you Feel free to alter them if you like for instance you may go by a different first name or you may wish to change your home BBS Equipment Database Another addition to this BBS is the equipment database Do you remember back when you first got into packet building the cables to interface your radio to the TNC TNC to the computer setting the parameters of the TNC getting the computer to talk to the TNC etc If so you will understand the importance of this database Every user is encouraged to tell the BBS what equipment he is running with respect to packet This information will be confidential if you so choose The information will be used in the following manner When a new user is experiencing problems a sysop will search the database for people who are using similar equipment and configurations The experienced user will be contacted by the sysop and will be given the phone number of the newcomer Your participation is optional and your number will not be given out without 2 3 2 4 your consent set your equipment list use the following commands TNC your TNC make model COMPUTER your computer RIG packet radio you are using SOFTWARE communications software PASSWORD your password The password is used to keep your information confidential I
23. A6GXI WA6WEB N6WHO for ideas and testing N60JV NGUVY N6UNE for their work with the manuals N6ZF3 for design implementation and putting up with it Copyright Robert E Arasmith 1990 1991 This manual can be freely reproduced and distributed An original copy is available for a nominal fee to cover reproduction costs Contact the author directly for additional information BBS NOARY NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM email bob arasmith com 837 Jasmine Dr Sunnyvale CA 94086 8145 This manual was scanned in updated and made into a pdf file for free download by Gary Mitchell WB6YRU the current NOARY BBS sysop January 2010 Let me know of any corrections BBS WB6YRU NOARY ZNCA CA USA NOAM email wb6yru ix netcom com Contents Introduction eee xu le ees eae rena ei e e d eed eie ee 1 1 1 How to read the manial siri tst bue oni tia RR eee 1 1 2 WG San what as bre eta gea ot ota te 2 1 3 On line HELP System ee tte ete e RR PR LEE ANE a hes be oe d 2 1 4 Connecting to the BBS a eee ed qute ae e NE ee erede ete e ee redde eee 3 LAT Via Radio and ENG bbw ur o ee eR AREA DRM eue Ego 3 EAZ Mia adr have dee A Mitos Brus 3 User Accounts seh soso ceca Cepeda ede ue ien de i ae 5 2 1 User Information Rt ctun n D e AUR ADI A 5 2 2 Equipment Database
24. NOARY 5 Users Manual Version 2 1 The NOARY BBS program runs a Sun Sparcstation 2 running Sun OS 4 1 1 Unix The computer has 64 Mbytes of RAM and over 1 Gbyte of hard disk Callbook information was downloaded from a CD ROM and stored on the bard disk system Antenna Comet tribander VHF UHF CX 333 2 M 1 25 M 70 with Comet Triplexer CFX 324 at 10 feet above average terrain Feed line Belden 9913 coax silver teflon PL 259 connectors Location Mt Umunhum 37 159938 N 121 908315 W 3323 ft 50 60 MHz Motorola low band T81JJA3900DK 110 W output TNC PacComm Spirit 2 9600 baud FM deviation 3 0 kHz 144 93 Yaesu FT 212 RH 40 watts output TNC PacComm Tiny 2 2 FM deviation 3 2 kHz 223 60 Kenwood TM321A 23 watts output TNC PacComm Tiny 2 2 FM deviation 3 3 kHz 433 37 ekk KS 1000 4 watts output NC Spirit 2 9600 baud FM deviation 2 6 kHz 345 The BBS is supported in part by the Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association SCCARA The bbs is operated at no charge to the users Weather station atop Mt Umunhum is owned and operated by BAYCOM who graciously allow the bbs to extract weather data The NOARY BBS performs the housekeeping function of clearing high low memories at the end of the day The users of the BBS were instrumental in its development From design suggestions to the editing of the manuals In particular a few deserve extra note for their efforts NOQMY K6GSJ WB6RIG NG6FW W
25. The BBS has an online calbook facility that is available to all users It will allow you to look up known calls as well as search on partial calls or search for a ham by name when the call is not known The callbook was obtained from CD rom and was moved to the hard disk where it has been restructured and indexed to allow for faster access The callbook and index files consume over 100Mb of disk space 5 1 Callsign lookup You can look up one or more hams with a single command LOOKUP callsign LOOKUP callsign callsign callsign Class Year of Birth License Expiration Date 56 12 05 94 E ARASMITH E DR CA 94086 A suffix must be supplied for a search on a partial call sign The prefix and or the call area may be replaced with a if they are not known You must supply the entire prefix or none of it The following is a set of good and bad examples LOOKUP 0ARY wildcard the prefix LOOKUP N ARY wildcard the call area LOOKUP ARY wildcard both prefix and call area LOOKUP K 6ARY Illegal must replace prefix as a whole LOOKUP NO Illegal must supply suffix 2 5 2 N6ZFJ de NOARY gt LOOKUP 0ARY Searching for matches to 0 KOARY A BRUCE B QUAYLE NOARY A ROBERT E ARASMITh WOARY A JOHN F STRAHAN T G KBOARY MARK RIDGWAY WAOARY TERR E A SJULIN The suffix is always required because of the potential for matching t
26. ad bulletins LIST MINE list only your messages The following is a complete list of keywords that can be used with the LIST command They can also be combined but be careful to not specify a combination that cannot occur such as LIST PERSONAL BULLETIN A message cannot be both personal and a bulletin ALL full list MINE addressed to you BULLETINS all bulletins CLUBS match with club list HELD messages held by for sysop FIRST earliest messages on system KILLED killed messages LOCAL messages local to this BBS LAST latest messages NTS NTS messages NEW new since last login OLD messages about to be killed by aging PENDING awaiting forwarding PERSONAL personal messages SECURE secure messages READ messages you have read UNREAD messages you have not read Listing by pattern match As well as being able to specify message type criteria you can also search for messages that match a certain pattern in one of the address fields The pattern matching code is case insensitive You can match patterns in any one of the following four fields gt pattern in the TO field pattern in the AT field lt pattern in the FROM field pattern anywhere in the message subject 10 MSG Stat To From Date Time Subject 18848 1883 HUMOR NCPA WABOXI 031711814 Why is there air ARES SCV N60JV 0317 1720 Practice drill coming up 1879 N6ZFJ NOARY NASP 031711854 Field day TO field AT field FROM field lt
27. d the destination home BBS you are ready to issue the send command Don t worry about making mistakes you can abort the send at anytime and the message will not be sent If the person was known to the BBS you can simply type SEND PERSONAL call sign SP call sign If the person was not known to the BBS you will have to supply the home BBS as well SEND PERSONAL call sign home BBS BBS SP call sign ghome BBS In the former case the BBS will notify you of the BBS it identified as the home BBS of the addressee In the latter it will inform you if your choice for home is different than the one it has identified Depending on users help level you may be asked to choose which one to use You will next be prompted for the subject of the message This subject can be up to 60 characters long on this system This could differ between BBS s so try to keep the subject brief and descriptive You may abort the send by not entering a subject and hitting a carriage return CR You will return immediately to the main BBS prompt Entering the message body After the subject you will be prompted for the message body You are now ina free form entry mode Whatever you type will be part of the message When you have finished typing the body exit the input mode by typing any of the following at the left margin the first thing on a new line 14 3 5 4 3 5 5 3 5 6 EXIT recommended form UNIX mail compatibility Z not recommended but work
28. data base contains call first name qth city and state zip code and home BBS for each BBS user When any of these pieces ofinformation is changed an update is queued to send the updated information to the national WP servers The benefit of the database is that a message can be sent to another ham that is in the database without having to know a home BBS or hierarchical address The BBS will supply this information automatically when it is available Ifa user is not in the database you will have to find this information on your own How to choose a home BBS A user must have a home BBS to be a part of this system The BBS that you choose to be your home BBS has to be a member of the BBS forwarding system and be capable of forwarding bulletins and personal messages Your personal TNC is not sufficient You should choose a BBS that is easy to hit from your station location DXing to BBS s is discouraged To choose this BBS as your home BBS you type HOMEBBS NOARY Notice that you don t put the 1 on the call The 1 15 the SSID and is only used when you connect to the BBS From then on refer to the BBS as just NOARY This is how it is known to all the other BBS s The other WP fields The other information that is in an entry in the WP database 15 of interest but 15 not as critical as the home BBS Fill in the additional fields so your entry will be correct and complete FNAME John QTH Sunnyvale CA ZIP 94086 A user who has been a ham
29. e ERA ER v 13 3 4 1 Automatic message lisse ren 13 3 5 Sending tiessdpess s uestre uua Leg ied es ee eq mede Nice Suc place abd ec ge e 13 3 5 1 Finding the addressee s home 14 3 5 2 Sending a personal 14 3 5 3 Entering the message body 0 0 14 3 5 4 Using CC to send a copy of your message to 15 3 5 5 Including an existing message in your message 15 3 5 6 Editing a message body cun beer nea esate E RR UR 15 3 6 Replying to Messages tese Tod aunt Wu ata ao es 18 Systemi rrr 19 4 1 Directory lisunps ii ue ec deese Ux OR io e meo bee eee 19 4 2 Directory navigation ose rede ed ee e See eA Ted 19 4 3 Reading a ile oe Pe Ace pie dee tt een ote Pide cie ce 20 4 4 Writing ailes as t eat eee Ue gnat dtt i Hon to eben Lee cea 20 4 5 Files yster xus at eite wisp heal te esu e queni shat Seca 20 ec rr 21 5 1 lookup 5o sete ee hd te ee elei re tod Pe Bal 21 10 11 52 Callbookisearchesi o ette AE E ee oe HO SE MR HET ee oh aaa ale 22 53 Servers err b ER
30. enter the body of the reply message The subject line that will be created will be the existing subject with Re in front of it REPLY SEND REPLY SR You terminate and edit the body of the message as described previously 18 Chapter 4 File System This BBS adopts a DOS UNIX style interface which 15 radically different from the other common BBS s Since this BBS runs on a UNIX computer the syntax must adhere to that domain You must use rather than the DOS equivalent of when specifying paths 4 1 4 2 Directory listings You can request a list of the contents of the current directory by typing either LS or DIR If you wish to see the contents of another directory you can either change directories to the new location or supply a path along with the LS or DIR command LS LS BBS help DIR DIR BBS help The list that is displayed will show you files and or additional directories Other directories can be identified by after the name i e BBS HELP Files will have a number proceeding them that indicates the size of the file in kilobytes Directory navigation You will be at the top of the directory structure when you first enter the BBS Use the LS command to see the directories that are present Move to another directory using the CD command and the desired directory CD bbs help change directory to BBS HELP CD go back to home directory CD go up one directory toward home CD dis
31. ers from other BBS s to send requests to this BBS for callbook information Server requests are in the form ofa message sent to CALLBK NOARY The subject field informs the server of the function requested 5 3 1 5 3 2 Lookup requests Torequest a look up you need to make the subject ofthe message LOOKUP You then put the desired call signs in the body one per line SP CALLBK 0 NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM Subject LOOKUP Msg N6ZFJ 6UNE EX As in the interactive version partial call sign lookups are allowed and the suffix must be supplied Please refrain from putting signatures and greetings in the body of the request No human ever sees them and they can potentially confuse the server Search requests The same recommendations apply for server requests as for the interactive version with respect to supplying too much information In the server version you must indicate which field s you are providing This is done by proceeding your information with a keyword that is understood by the server LNAME last name FNAME first name CITY city STATE two letter state abbreviation ZIP zip code 5 digits only If you are not going to supply a field you are not required to send the keyword at all SP CALLBK 0 NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM Subject SEARCH Msg LNAME arasmith CITY sunnyvale EX The responses from the server good or bad will be sent to you at the BBS where your request originated 23 Chapter
32. f the password has not been set then anyone can see your entire user account With the password set certain fields will only be displayed when the password is supplied and you are connected via the phone line Listing modifiers One ofthe major complaints about BBS forwarding system is the amount of junk messages that are passed around The thing to keep in mind is one persons junk is someone else s treasure When a message is addressed it is sent to a category with a distribution SALE SCV SPACE AMSAT etc Each user can have the BBS strip certain messages from being seen with the LIST command You can specify up to 20 different words that the BBS will compare to the TO and fields of a message For instance if you didn t want to see any SALE messages or AMSAT messages you could enter the following command SKIP sale forsale amsat Conversely if you have a category or club that you are interested in you can have the BBS identify these and display them with a special command Say you were interested in AMSAT and ARES information CLUB amsat ares To list the messages that match an entry in your club list you issue LIST CLUB For information on removing an entry from either of these lists refer to the appropriate section in the reference manual The SKIP variables can be overridden with the LIST ALL command BBS modifiers There are a few parameters that will alter the way the BBS views your connection These will depend on wha
33. he line as it was printed if you decide that the line should not be changed you can abort the edit by typing a carriage return by itself KILL This command will delete the line specified by This is not recoverable so be sure of the line number before issuing the command I5 ADD The next line you type will be inserted in the body just before the line number you supplied For example ADD 1 will allow you to type a new first line of the body Here 15 a fairly complex example assume you received the following message and wish to pass it on to a friend We will call this message number 3478 To N6ZFJ From N6YAV Subject FT470 for sale Hi Connie I have a 4 70 for sale heard you may be interested It comes with 2 FNB 17 batteries and speaker mic Works great me know 73 Pat Here 1s how you would forward the message and add comments and possibly edit out mistakes N6ZFJ de NOARY gt SP N6UNE Q NOARY Subject Still looking for a HT Enter message body ex ab in nu ad ed ki Hi Ralph I just received a message from a buddy of mine he had a nice dual band rig for sale Heeeere is a copy of hia message to me INCLUDE 3478 5 HI Connie I have a 470 for sale heard you may be Interested comes gt with 2 FNB 17 batteries and a speaker mic Works great Let me know gt 73 Pat I have known Pat long time he takes excellent care of hie gear see ya connie
34. housands of calls If you have a special request send me a message and I can do some searching for you Callbook searches Another powerful feature is the callbook search where you don t have a call sign or a partial call This command will prompt for last name first name city and state If you don t know a field just leave it blank In fact specifying too much information is sometimes a problem Many hams go by a different first name than the one that appears on their 610 form And not everyone notifies the FCC when they move For the best results if the last name is unique enough supply only that If more than 200 entries match your search criteria a message will be displayed and the search aborted You will then have to supply at least one additional field to narrow down the list The interactive search command requires a last name at the very minimum If you have special requests such as all the hams in a zip code or city you will have to make that request to the sysop directly N6ZFJ de NOARY SEARCH Last name Coggins First name CIEV State CA Searching 3 calls match request N8ADN COGGINS MARTIN R 23 OXBOW CREEK LAGUNA HILLS CA WA6VIB A COGGINS MARY A 23 OXBOW CREEK LAGUNA HILLS CA N6YAV COGGINS PATRICK M PO BOX A21 LA HONDA CA 94020 N6ZFJ de NOARY gt 22 5 3 Callbook servers The BBS supports both of the previous commands in a server fashion This allows us
35. is provided courtesy of BAYCOM WA6YCZ 7 1 7 2 Current weather The results of the last weather poll can be obtained at anytime by issuing the weather command WX If the keyword INDOOR is supplied the weather information is relative to inside the BAYCOM shack Supplying the keyword YESTERDAY will show a summary of yesterdays weather WX INDOOR YESTERDAY N6ZFJ de gt WX Weather Data as of 91 03 31 17 25 02 High and Lows cleared at midnight Mt Umunhum El 3350 5 miles south of San Jose Current Rate LOW HIGH Temperat 40 1 30 04 13 45 15 33 Humidit 99 0 36 12 29 60 16 10 Barome j 29 87 0 02 29 80 7 59 29 92 4 12 01 Rain i gt 0 00 HIGH AVG HIGH GUST Wind 52 SW 08 09 68 SW 08 20 Wind Chill Weather Information Gust C 1 Courtesy of WA6YCZ Weather data The BBS stores information from previous polls and makes it available to users on request This can be displayed in two forms tabular and graphical The graphical version is very crude so don t expect too much You can indicate how many previous days to display 27 7 3 At the time of the request you also supply the specific weather parameter you wish history on TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY BAROMETER RAIN WIND WX DATA 4 WX GRAPH 3 RAIN N6ZFJ de NOARY gt WX GRAPH TEMP 2 Temperature degF 3 4 5 6 7 0123456 789012345678901234567890123456789012345 03 29 18 03 30 00 00 00
36. isting messages You can see what messages are on the system by executing a LIST command Only messages that are readable by you will be displayed The LIST command can be given a wide variety of arguments that will limit and or specify the messages that will be displayed Size To From cnt Date Time Sublect 6234 SALE CA N6UNE 4 17 1830 loom 901 package 201 WANT SCV N6YAV 1 17 1826 Need help with P1 232 145 N6ZFI NOARY NOARY 0 1 1822 Where are you at 4003 ALL AMSAT N4Q0 3 1 1815 OPERATIONS NET SCHED 100 HUMOR NCPA WA6GXI 12 17 1814 Why is there air 5 1 1 1342 ARESG SCV N60JV 1720 Practice drill coming up B 800 N6ZFJGNOARY N6YAV 1718 Advanced test KB 756 N6ZFJQGNOARY NASP 1654 Field day Read Flag R read by addressee read by you read by both you and addressee Killed Flag old about to be killed message is on hold message killed Forwarding Flag pending forward forwarding in progress forwarding complete don t forward personal bulletin NTS Secure The size field is in bytes and the Cnt field indicates how many different people have read the message Use the READ WHO command to get the call signs of each person 3 2 1 3 2 2 Listing by type You can supply arguments to the list command that will allow you to narrow the scope of the list request for instance LIST Bulletin list only bulletins LIST UNREAD BULLETINS list only unre
37. iverable messages Sooner or later a message will appear that is not deliverable This could be because nobody was home or the message was misaddressed The BBS has methods of resolving both of these issues 8 5 1 Party not home If you were unable to deliver a message but have no reason to believe that it is incorrectly addressed just check it back into the system This will make it visible again to all users Another attempt can be made to deliver it at a later time Again you can see what message you have checked out with the LIST command LIST CHECK CHECK IN 8 5 2 Addressed improperly The message header of an improperly addressed message should be edited in order for the message to be placed back into the forwarding system or directed toward a different person for delivery You will be prompted for each field Typing a return to the prompt will keep the field as is N6ZFJ de NOARY gt LIST CHECK NTS messages checked out to N6ZFJ 1025 gt QTC MIN VIEW CA 415 965 N6ZFJ de NOARY gt EDIT 1025 To 90404 NTSCA 94086 Sub QTC MTN VIEW CA 415 965 QTC Sunnyvale CA 408 749 If the new zip code is not one that is the responsibility of this BBS the message will be queued for the next forwarding cycle 30 Chapter 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 White Pages What are White Pages The White Pages WP is a distributed database that attempts to keep track ofall users of BBS systems around the world The
38. l of these ports connect to NOARY 1 to access the BBS 1 4 3 Via Telnet The BBS also allows connections via the internet using telnet This service was originally established as an alternate forwarding port to other BBS s however users may connect this way too Telnet to sun nOary org default port 23 At the login prompt enter bbs After that it s as if you just connecting via RF gt telnet SunOS UNIX sun login bbs erase character H Backspace Enter your callsign first name if nonham n6zfj At this point both methods will look the same Chapter 2 User Accounts Every user of the BBS has an account on the BBS This account is used to configure the BBS upon connection Some ofthe items are mandatory while others are optional I hope that everyone participates and fills in their optional fields as well The reason for this will be explained shortly 2 1 2 2 User Information The BBS needs to know certain information to properly tell other BBS s of your existence All BBS s share a database of users this database contains call first name city and state zip code and home BBS This allows users elsewhere in the country to send you mail without having to know exactly where you are This database is referred to as the White Pages FNAME name city st ZIP zip code HOMEBBS BBS LNAME last name PHONE phone number The last two are not necessary for White Pages
39. least a subset of the WORLI command set This BBS supports some of the commands as they relate to the sending listing and reading of messages 11 1 Translation to NOARY BBS This chart describes the translation between WORLI and NOARY BBS commands and whether or not the WORLI command form is supported WORLI Supported NOARY H Yes HELP H No HELP ALL B Yes BYE or QUIT CM No COPY D file No READ file I No INFO SYSTEM Icall No WP call 1 call No WP HOME call IL No USERS J No PORTS K Yes KILL KM Yes KILL MINE KT Yes KILL L Yes LIST NEW LA No LIST FIRST LL Yes LIST LAST L gt Yes LIST gt L lt Yes LIST lt L Yes LIST LB Yes LIST BULLETINS LH Yes LIST HELD LK Yes LIST KILLED LM Yes LIST MINE LO Yes LIST OLD LP Yes LIST PERSONAL LT Yes LIST NTS LY No LIST READ 35 N No FNAME NE No HELP NH No HOMEBBS NQ No QTH NZ No ZIP R Yes READ RH Yes READ HEADER RM Yes READ MINE SR Yes REPLY or SEND REPLY SB Yes SEND BULLETIN SP Yes SEND PERSONAL ST Yes SEND NTS T Yes TALK U file No WRITE file V No INFO VERSION W No DIR or LS in conjunction with CD 11 2 WORLI commands not supported The following commands are not currently supported in the NOARY BBS They may be added in the future if users indicate an interest Cp call Connect to call using port p IH List users of this BBS at location L List users of the BBS at this zip Mp Monitor port p RT Invoke RoundTable S Show system
40. ommand string you wish to execute MACRO 0 LIST MINE LIST NEW MA 0 LM L MACRO 1 USER N6ZFJ NOARY MACRO 2 LIST CLUB Multiple commands can be included on the same line as long as they are separated by a semicolon and the total length is not greater than 80 characters You clear a macro by setting the macro without including a command string MACRO 2 You execute a macro by typing the macro number by itself and returning Chapter 3 Messages A BBS allows users to send and read messages to and from other hams even those physically located in other parts ofthe country Messages are passed from one BBS to another in an intelligent fashion to move a message to it s desired destination this is referred to as forwarding 3 1 Message types There are 4 basic message types supported by this BBS Personal Bulletin NTS and Secure The first 3 are recognized by all BBS s while secure only has meaning on this BBS 3 1 1 Personal messages These are messages directed to a particular person The only people that will be able to read the message is the addressee the sender and the sysops on the BBS s it passes through These messages are normally scheduled at a higher priority than bulletins when it comes to forwarding Bulletins Bulletins are messages of general interest that anybody can read They are addressed to a category instead of a call sign and often have a distribution rather than a home BBS An example might be ARES
41. play current directory 19 4 3 4 4 4 5 N6ZFJ de NOARY 125415 ES 1 BBS HELP 1 NCPA 1 RADIO MODS N6ZFJ de NOARY 1254 gt CD nts N6ZFJ de NOARY 1254 gt RLNUMBR NTS HOWTO2 NTS CALNET NTS MARS NTS ELIVERY NTS MGRDUTV NTS ESIG NTS MSGFORM NTS ANDLING NTS NEWS NTS HOWTO NTS 1 OPAID218 NTS N6ZFJ de NOARY 1254 gt Reading a file The same command is used to read a file that is used to read a message The BBS distinguishes a message from a file by the form of argument Messages are represented by numbers while files are represented alphanumeric strings Use the LS and CD commands to locate the file you wish to read Issue the read command on the file just as it is displayed READ filename Writing a file To create a file you again use the CD and LS commands to get to the desired directory Then issue the WRITE command and proceed to input the file Terminate the input with a EXIT at the left margin just as in sending a message The upload can be aborted at any time by typing a ABORT at the left margin WRITE filename You can turn a message into a file by adding a message number to the write command Again be certain you are in the proper directory before issuing the command The message number is determined with the LIST command WRITE filename msg num File system server Not yet defined 20 Chapter 5 Callbook
42. s CC see next section If you decide you wish to abort the send and return to the main BBS prompt you can do so by typing ABORT Using CC to send a copy of your message to others A copy ofthe message may be sent to multiple people by terminating the message body input with the CC command The BBS will then prompt you for the additional calls ofthe recipients Not only will duplicate messages be generated but each message body will contain CC lines at the end identifying the other recipients This method is preferable to the COPY command Including an existing message in your message body If you wish to include an existing message in your new message body you can instruct the BBS to do this for you INCLUDE include message number INCLUDE filename include file named filename The included message file will be identified within the new message by a gt at the beginning of each line Editing a message body Another feature of this BBS is the ability to edit a message while you are typing in the body It allows you to go back and correct spelling delete lines insert lines etc All of these features are accessible via commands NUMBER This command will cause the entire message body to be displayed with line numbers on the left side Following this command you are still in the input mode at the end of the body EDIT The line number supplied will be displayed and the next line you type will replace t
43. s and then be physically deleted from the hard disk If you KILL your messages after reading them you will advance the schedule and free up disk space much earlier These times can change without notice Sending messages The procedure for sending messages differs slightly depending on the type of message being sent This section covers sending personal messages specifically The procedure for sending NTS messages and bulletins is very similar 3 5 1 Finding the addressee s home BBS The home BBS of the message recipient must be known to send a personal message To determine if the BBS knows the home BBS of the addressee use the WP command as shown WP call sign 13 3 5 2 3 5 3 N6ZFJ de NOARY WP N6UNE N6UNE NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM Zip 94086 Ralph Sunnyvale N6ZFJ de NOARY WP WBOWED WBOWED not found in local white pages N6ZFJ NOARY 0 If the home BBS is displayed with the WP command then the BBS has all the information it needs to forward your message If the call 1s not in the local White Pages database then you will have to determine the home BBS of the addressee by some other method Everyone must have a home BBS to be able to receive mail If you send a message with out supplying a home BBS and the addressee is not in the local white pages the message will not leave the BBS The addressee will have to login here to read it Sending a personal message Once you have determine
44. t N6ZFJ de NOARY 0 SP N6UNE Home BBS NOARY NCA CA USA NOAM Subject M eting tomorrow Msg EX AB IN ICC NU ED AD Are we utill on for the club meeting tomorrow 73 Connie ex Message 1899 to N6UNE stored N6ZFJ de NOARY 18991 gt On line HELP system Once you have successfully logged into the system you can ask the BBS to provide you with up to date information on all commands This is done by typing HELP followed by the command or keyword in question The can be substituted for the word HELP at anytime There are some other special forms of the HELP command that should be aware of HELP ALL dumps the entire command list HELP B dumps all commands that start with B and so on HELP KEYWORDS will show you all the reserved words 1 4 commands and keywords should have help messages attached to them If you happen to come across one that doesn t please let NOARY know This BBS supports 4 different help levels New users are originally brought in at level 3 This level gives you verbose error descriptions and prompts It will even attempt to lead you through some commands that were improperly built Level 2 is similar to 3 with respect to error messages but it will not lead you through commands Level 1 is the expert mode error messages are terse and the BBS assumes you know what you are doing and just mistyped It therefore will not give you suggested actions Help level 0 is for BBS s it
45. t equipment you connect with and how you typically read messages As discussed earlier your help level 15 stored in your user account Your level is changed by typing HELP followed by the desired level 0 3 2 5 HELP 2 Another useful parameter is LINES Setting this to a non zero value you cause the BBS to pause every X number of lines and wait for a response from the user The user can continue by typing a carriage return or quit the listing by typing a Q and returning This was devised for those that are using dumb terminals and cannot read as fast as the BBS can dump information If you typically capture to disk and read at a later date you should set this value to zero LINES 20 There are plans to support terminal emulation in the future To enable this feature you will have to tell the BBS what kind of terminal emulation you require TERMINAL vt100 Keystroke Macros If you have a sequence of commands that you typically perform whenever you log in you can have the BBS remember these sequences and either perform them automatically or with a single keystroke Each user has 10 macros available each can hold a maximum of 80 characters The macros are numbered 0 thorough 9 The 0 macro is special as it is executed automatically at login The most common contents of macro 0 is the LIST MINE command see the current contents of your macros type MACRO To set a macro you simply type MACRO the desired macro number and the c
46. t if left the BBS etc The entire routing header can be displayed by using the HEADER keyword The BBS s will be listed with most recent at the top READ HEADER To WANT NCA Subject Need info on PK232 MBX R 91 0215 1437 N6QMY NCA CA USA NOAM Fremont 5713 2 94536 R 910215 1248z WD6CMU NCA CA USA NOAM OSKbox 30871 2 94805 I just picked up a PK232 wth MBX firmware and lust wanted to know if someone could tell me the must recent firmware level and the best parameters 12 3 4 3 5 Killing messages Once you have read a personal message it is best if you KILL the message This will allow the disk space to be reclaimed sooner When you give the command to kill a message it isn t actually deleted from the hard disk till a few days later This allows you to notify a sysop if the killing was accidental The sysop can restore the message within the next 3 days KILL KILL If you wish to physically delete a message making it unreadable by everyone and therefore not recoverable you can use the HARD keyword Be careful with this option as there is no way to recover a message deleted this way KILL HARD 3 4 1 Automatic message aging The BBS will automatically age a file to reclaim disk space A message will be flagged as OLD after 2 weeks If the status of the message is not altered by a sysop the message will be flagged as KILLED three days later KILLED messages will remain on the system for about 3 more day
47. vailable for it The helps are very similar to the entries found in the NOARY Reference Manual You can request the entire list of commands but make sure your computer is setup to capture to disk because the list is very long HELP ALL ALL To get help on any command or keyword you need only ask the help system HELP SEND HELP HELP HELP LIST If you are unsure of the command you want to issue but know you will recognize it if you see it you can dump the entire command and keyword list This list can also be found in the reference manual HELP KEYWORDS Displaying the Message of the Day When you first connect to the BBS you may receive about a page full of text that is referred to as the message of the day MOTD As soon as you have seen it once a bit is set in your account and you will no longer see it on login unless the message changes When a sysop has something important to say to all users he will edit the MOTD file and issue a command that will clear the MOTD bit in all the users accounts Thus you will see the new message the next time you login 33 In the event that you want to see what the message of the day was you missed it the first time forgot or just like to read you can request the BBS to display it for you at any time MOTD 10 4 Displaying Users There are a few commands that relate to displaying users and information about our users The first is the USERS command this is used to display the last
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