:W - Welcome message
                       Welcome to the Albuquerque ROS
                              Steve Fox - Sysop

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                     Courier 2400 Modem from US Robotics 

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              Operatin 2 hour pe da a (505)299-597 fro
                           Albuquerque Ne Mexico

    All information and activities on this system must be strictly legal.

:B - printed for all users after login
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10/19/8 - RO versio 3. i availabl i th RO section  I include al 
previousl documente upgrade t versio 3. a wel a enhancement t th 
messag an syso system plu man "durability improvements.

Press...

  "?" for menus and help                CTRL-S to pause listings
  Keys within "<>" for commands         CTRL-C to cancel listings

The number at the first of each system prompt is your access time remaining.
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:1 - bulletin
                             Turbo User Group

Borlan Internationa say the hav distribute ove 400,00 copie o Turb 
Pascal   Severa program fo thi excellen compile ar store i th 
TPASCA̠ fil area  Fee fre t downloa thes file an t uploa an 
other yo hav foun useful.

I yo ar usin Turb Pascal yo ma b intereste i th Turb Use Grou 
whic publishe  bi-monthl magazin o hints bugs insights an 
tutorials  Th magazin i no large bu th materia i worthwhile  
Membershi i $20.00  Th addres is:

  Turb Use Grou (TUG)
  P.O Bo 1510
  Poulsbo Washingto US 98370
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                        Remote Operating System - ROS

Th followin briefl describe th feature o ROS  completel integrate 
messag an fil transfe system:

General features:

Writte entirel i Turb Pascal RO doe no requir othe suppor 
  routine suc a BYE XMODEM LUX, ZCPR, etc.
Fas use fil acces usin B trees
Fil an messag acces controlle b a acces leve assigne t eac   individua user
Provide protecte syste eve withou ZCPR
Al function selecte b  singl keystroke

User functions:

Sen an receiv publi an privat message i multipl messag areas
Can access multiple file areas and libraries
Fil director is sorte wit selectable fil sizes or transfe time
Sen an receiv file usin Xmode protoco (checksu an CRC)
Sen tex file wit automati processin o "squeezed files
List specia bulletins, system information, BBS lists, etc.
Cha with sysop
Chang use parameters including page and line length, prompt bell, etc.
List names of other users on system

Sysop functions:

List, edi, purge, and recover use file
List and purge messages and system log
     List and update NEWIN list
     List, edit, and use macros (pre-defined keystroke sequences)
     Build system directory
     Copy and delete files
Loca (console logi capability
Loca command t blan remot display disabl remot user an chat
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     Severa time  day a  pas th syste an tak  quic glanc jus 
t mak sur tha al i well  se som message pertainin t fil 
transfer an tha someon i havin  proble o tw gettin th Xmode 
routine t run  S perhap  quic revie o what' SUPPOSE t happe wil 
hel thos tha haven' use Xmode fil transfer much.

     First, two definitions:

Sender th compute syste whic wil transmi informatio t th receiver 
much like a radio station sends a signal to the radio receiver in our car.

Receiver th compute syste whic wil accep o receiv informatio fro 
the sender.

     Usin thes definitions then whe yo as ROS whic i runnin o 
THI system t sen  file RO become th sende an you compute become 
th receiver  T mak  fil availabl fo others suc a thos i th 
NEWIΠ section yo wil nee t mak YOU machin th sende an ROӠ th 
receiver.

     Th Xmode (o Christensen protoco i designe t produc erro fre 
fil transfer b lockin th sendin an receivin machine togethe i suc 
 wa tha an error i  bloc o recor ar detected  Whe a erro i 
foun i thi way th receivin machin ask th sendin machin t tr 
again  Thi ma happe severa time i  singl block bu usuall th 
reaso fo th erro i nois o th phon lin tha i gon whe th bloc i re-sent  Consequently th limi o 1 error i  singl bloc rarel 
cause  prematur termination  I fact mos termination occu i th 
firs block usuall becaus th tw machine neve go synchronized.

     Tha interlock s critica t th succes o th protocol i 
establishe whe th receivin machin tell th sende tha i i ready bu 
the sender MUST ALREADY BE WAITING FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

     So, to get a file from ROS to your system, follow these steps:

1.  Tell ROS to <S>end (from the Files sub-system).

2.  Tell ROS which file you want.

3  RO wil verif tha th fil doe exis an tha yo hav enoug acces 
tim t complet th transfer  I al goe well RO wil announc th 
approximat tim th transfe wil take an the sa tha i i read fo 
th transfe t begin.

4  Tel YOU COMPUTE tha yo wan i t RECEIV  file  Thi usuall 
involve som command whic includ th fil nam an mayb th typ o 
protoco (Xmodem tha wil b used  Th exac for o th comman ca b 
foun i you documentation.

5  You compute wil the d som checkin o it own  I al goe well 
you compute wil tel RO tha it' read t receiv an th transfe wil 
proceed.

6  Afte th transfe i complete RO wil retur t norma comman mod 
fo you nex instruction.

     To get a file from your system to ROS, follow these steps:

1.  Tell ROS to <R>eceive (from the Files sub-system).

2.  Tell ROS the name of the file you intend to send it.

3  RO wil mak sur th fil doesn' alread exis an tha th nam i 
valid  I al goe well RO wil announc th amoun o dis spac 
available an the sa tha i i read fo th transfe t begin.

4  Tel YOU COMPUTE tha yo wan i t SEN  file  Thi usuall 
involve som command whic includ th fil nam an mayb th typ o 
protoco (Xmodem tha wil b used  Again th exac for o th comman 
wil b foun i you documentation.

5  You compute wil the tr t fin th file  I i does i start 
waitin fo RO t sa it' read t receive.

WHAT  RO alread sai i wa ready right  Partially  RO tol YO i wa 
ready bu whil yo wer tellin you machin t sen  file ROӠ wa 
countin t itself  Abou  second afte RO tell yo i i ready i 
start sendin  cod tha you compute wil interpre a  read signal  
RO wil sen thi cod severa time befor i finall give up.

6  Whe you compute detect tha RO i ready i start sendin th file.

7  Whe th transfe i complete RO wil as fo  shor descriptio o 
th fil yo sen fo th benefi o othe users  That' wher th 
informatio i th <N>ewi functio come from.

     Whil th term "upload an "download aren' usuall use i ROS the 
correspon t <R>eceiv an <S>en respectively i.e "upload mean t sen 
 fil fro  remot syste t  hos (fro yo t ROS s RO i receiving) 
an "download mean t sen  fil fro  hos t  remot syste (fro RO 
t you s RO i sending)  I bot cases RO i actin a th hos system.

     Fo thos intereste i th technica aspect o th erro checking 
I'l jus sa tha RO wil automaticall detec cycli redundanc cod (CRC 
o checksu mode durin sen operation (a requeste b you machine) an 
tha durin receiv operations RO wil tr bot mode unti somethin work 
o i time ou (preferenc i give t CR fo accuracy).
: - printe a "O request
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     Name       Baud    Number      Sysop          Hours          System
-------------- ------- -------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
ABQ Kaypro     3/12    291-0418 Marion Wilde   24 hr          RCP/M
ABQ PCjr Fido  3/12    898-2116 Adam Hudson    24 hr          Fido
ABQ RBBS-PC    3/12/24 296-7672 John Maio      24 hr          RBBS-PC
ABQ ROS        3/12/24 299-5974 Steve Fox      24 hr          ROS
ALPUG BBS      3/12    821-6119 Nate Crain     24 hr          RBBS-PC
Academy BBS    3       296-4887 Brian Langdon  8pm-10am       Hal BBS
Applequerque   3       266-7294 Marty Lavens   24 hr          Apple
BadStreet BBS  3       294-8581 ?              7pm-12am S-S   GBBS ][
CBM BBS        3/12    822-1159 Bo Farley      24 hr          Punter
COMPU-TIP      3       883-4116 ?              24 hr          Hal BBS
CoCo BBS       3       255-1134 ?              Nights only    CoBBS
Datacom BBS    3       265-1445 ?              9pm-6am        ?
Dial-Your-Mtch 3       869-3546 John Jorgensen 24 hr          DYM #133
Githinji's Xch 3       262-1786 Githinji G.    6pm-4pm        Hal BBS
Global Village 3/12    296-1325 ?              7pm-7am S-S    PC
Infosystem     ?       898-2116 ?              9pm-3pm        ?
Megasoft BBS   3       293-1412 ?              4pm-7:30am M-F ?
NELT           3       294-3922 Drew Reidle    24 hr          TRS
NM DEC-PC RCPM 3/12    831-0205 Eloy Gonzales  24 hr          ROS
Nat'l Sinclair 3       884-2689 ?              24 hr          RBBS-PC
Online Albq.   3/12    298-8615 Greg Sinkey    24 hr          Apple
PAL BBS        3       869-6820 ?              Days only      C-64 Exchange
Red Dragon BBS 3       265-2665 ?              10pm-7am       Hal BBS
Sanyo FidoNet  3/12    822-8268 ?              10pm-10am      Fido
TBC BBS        3/12/24 821-7379 Dave Staehlin  24 hr          RBBS-PC

I yo hav an informatio concernin thes o othe systems pleas leav  
messag t SYSOP.
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:A - printed when name not found
I yo ar a ol user yo ma answe "N t th followin questio t tr 
again  I i ha bee som tim sinc yo las logge in you nam ma hav 
bee purge fro th activ use list an yo wil hav t logi a  ne user.

I yo ar  ne user pleas answe "Y"  Th syste wil promp yo fo th 
cit an stat yo ar callin fro  an fo  passwor (o you choice)  
Pleas us th tw lette symbo fo th state fo example Albuquerque NM.

I yo starte you logi proces wit  "handle" pleas answe "N an 
logi agai wit you rea name  Thi wil mak i muc easie fo friend 
an associate t sen yo messages.
: - printe fo unvalidate users
Pleas remembe t ente th followin informatio whic wil b STRICTL 
privat an wil no b use fo an purpos othe tha validatio (n 
mailin list o th like):

  Name
  Address
  Phone number
  Intended use of this system

: - printe t ne user an o "I" request
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            Please take the time to read the following carefully:

Th Albuquerqu RO i availabl 2 hour pe day primaril fo computer 
usin CP/M-80 MSDOS o PCDOS bu other ar welcome  Approximatel 2 M-
byte o storag ar availabl on-lin fo message an files.

 Courie 240 mode fro U.S Robotic automaticall detect th 
transmissio rat o 300 1200 o 240 bp a answer.

Thi Remot Operatin Syste (ROS wa writte b Stev Fo usin Turb 
Pasca (fro Borlan International wit B tre indexe fil support  
Acces t th operatin syste i no necessar fo fil transfer sinc thi 
i buil int th syste (se th Fil Transfe Syste menu)   user' guid 
t RO i availabl i th LOGI fil area  Thi file ROSUSR.DQC ma b 
eithe type o downloade usin Xmode protocol  I yo hav no use RO 
before pleas tak th tim t loo a thi fil - man difference exis 
betwee RO an olde RBBS's.

Unvalidate user wil onl b allowe 2 minute pe call  Thi shoul b 
enoug tim t ge familia wit th syste an determin whethe o no yo 
wis t becom  full validate user  N charge ar eve mad fo thi 
system no ar donation eve encouraged bu becaus attempt hav bee 
mad t us th syste improperly REGISTRATIO WIL B REQUIREĠ FOҠ FUL  
ACCESS  Unti thi i done AL message wil b route t th syso an th 
numbe o file tha ca b accesse wil b severel restricte (onl th 
LOGI fil are wil b available).

Pleas ente  messag t "SYSOP (yo ma d thi durin th logou process 
whic contain you name address phon number an you intende us o 
thi system  Thi informatio wil b STRICTL privat an wil no b use 
fo an purpos othe tha validatio whic i normall don i 4 hours.

ɠ apologiz fo an inconvenienc thes restriction migh caus you bu lik lock o doors i i necessar becaus o th fe individual tha hav 
abuse th system.

Th firs numbe i eac syste promp indicate th amoun o tim availabl 
unti th syste wil automaticall lo yo out  Allo  coupl o minute 
t ente you validatio message.
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:P - printed for forgetful users
Sinc yo hav exceede th numbe o attempt allowe t ente you passwor 
correctly yo wil b give th opportunit t leav  messag an the th 
syste wil disconnect  I yo ar local leav you phon numbe an  wil 
tr t ge i touc wit you.
:M - Message system menu
                    Albuquerque ROS - Message System Menu

======= Functions ========    ==== Bulletins =====     ==== Other Menus =====

<A>nswer last message read    <B>ulletin               <F>ile Transfer System
<C>hange message area         <1> Turbo User Group     <U>tilities System
<E>nter a message             <2 ROS
<I>nformation for new users   <3> What's an Xmodem Anyway?
<O>ther systems list
<Q>uick-scan messages
<R>ead messages
<S>can messages

<G>oodbye (logoff)
:F - File transfer system menu
                 Albuquerque ROS - File Transfer System Menu

==================== Functions =====================   === Other Menus ===

<C>hange file area            <L>ibrary entry/exit     <M>essage System
<D>irectory of files          <N>ewin list             <U>tilities System
<F>ilesize display  

<R>eceive file using Xmodem protocol  (you --> ROS)
<S>end file using Xmodem protocol     (ROS --> you)
<T>ype ASCII or squeezed file (Xon/Xoff supported)

<G>oodbye (logoff)
:U - Utility system menu
                    Albuquerque ROS - Utility System Menu

================== Functions ==================        ==== Other Menus =====

<A>lter user parameters       <T>ime and date          <F>ile Transfer System
<C>hat with sysop             <U>ser list              <M>essage System
<S>tatistics

<G>oodbye (logoff)
:C - Change user parameter help
                         Alter User Parameter Menu

<B>ell after prompt on/off    <L>ines per page         <P>assword change
<C>haracters per line         <N>ulls sent after C/R   <S>hift lock
<H>elp level set (0-3)

All parameters will be retained from one call to the next.

:X - sysop function menu
                     Albuquerque ROS - Sysop System Menu

================== Functions ===================    ==== Other Menus =====

<A>udit trail toggle         <O> Macro operations   <F>ile Transfer System
<D>elete user                <P>urge files          <M>essage System
<E>dit user                  <R>ead messages        <U>tilities System
<I>ndex rebuild              <S>ystem directory
<L>og file list              <T>oggle printer
<N>ewin file processing      <V>alidate user
                             <X>tended commands
<G>oodbye (logoff)
:E - Message entry help
= Messag Entr Command =  ============= Editin control ==============

<C>ontinue message entry      Backspace  Delete previous character
<E>dit a selected line        RUB (DEL)  Delete previous character
<L>ist current message        TAB        Space to next multiple of 5 column
<S>ave message to disk        RETURN     Complete line entry
<Q>uit message entry          CTRL-X     Delete line to left of cursor
  (does NOT save message)     CTRL-A     Move cursor to beginning of line
                              CTRL-S     Move cursor one character left
                              CTRL-D     Move cursor one character right
                              CTRL-F     Update line and move cursor to end
                              CTRL-     Delet characte a curso position

Fo speed th edi lin i no visibl update unti requeste b CTRL-F.


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