INFORMATION ON THIS ABBS TO TEMPORARILY STOP THIS (OR ANY OTHER LISTING), TYPE CTRL-S. TYPE ANY OTHER CHARACTER TO RESUME. TO GO BACK TO THE COMMAND PROMPT, TYPE CTRL-C OR CTRL-K. THIS ABBS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER AND RETRIEVE MESSAGES, FIND OUT INFORMA- TION BY LISTING FILES, AND SEND AND RECEIVE PROGRAMS TO AND FROM THE ABBS. THE ABBS USES YOUR W.A.P. NUMBER (WAPXXX OR WPXXXX) TO KEEP TRACK OF SENDERS AND RECIPIENTS OF MESSAGES. MESSAGES ARE REFERENCED BY AN ARBI- TRARY NUMBER (1-138) BUT YOU CAN USE THE S (SUMMARY) AND L (LIST MULTIPLE MESSAGES) COMMANDS TO REVIEW THEM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER WITHIN A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF DAYS. MESSAGES: ENTERING A MESSAGE: YOU WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE THE WAP NUMBER OF THE PERSON TO WHOM THE MES- SAGE IS INTENDED. FOR MESSAGES TO EVERYONE, USE "ALL". YOU THEN ENTER A 20-CHARACTER SUMMARY OF THE SUBJECT OF THE MESSAGE. YOU CAN THEN ENTER UP TO 10 LINES OF UP TO 39 CHARACTERS EACH. YOU CAN FIND A PERSON'S WAP NUMBER WITH THE "W" (WHO) COMMAND. IF SOMEONE HAS SENT A YOU A MESSAGE, THEIR NUMBER WILL BE IN THE MESSAGE HEADER ("FROM WAPXXX"). THE ABBS WILL KEEP YOUR LINES TO LESS THAN 40 CHARACTERS. USE BACKSPACE (LEFT- ARROW), RIGHT-ARROW (CTRL-U) AND CTRL-X AS YOU NORMALLY DO. YOUR MES- SAGE CAN ONLY BE 10 LINES LONG. IF YOU DON'T NEED 10 LINES, JUST ENTER A RETURN WHEN YOU ARE THROUGH. THEN THE ABBS WILL ASK IF YOU WANT TO EDIT THE MESSAGE OR SAVE IT AS IS. IF YOU DO NOT SAVE IT, YOU CAN USE THE EDIT COM- MANDS (SEE "A" BELOW) TO MAKE CHANGES. TO EXIT MESSAGE ENTRY, USE "CANCEL". RETRIEVING A MESSAGE: THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO RETRIEVE MESSAGES: "L" WILL LIST ALL MESSAGES WITHIN A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF DAYS; EN- TERING JUST A MESSAGE NUMBER WILL RE- TRIEVE THAT MESSAGE. AFTER YOU HAVE READ A MESSAGE SENT ONLY TO YOU, YOU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER YOU WANT TO DELETE THE MES- SAGE. UNLESS YOU MUST KEEP IT ON THE SYSTEM FOR SOME REASON, PLEASE DELETE IT TO FREE UP THE SPACE FOR ANOTHER MESSAGE. ALSO, DELETING IT WILL TELL THE SENDER THAT YOU HAVE READ THE MES- SAGE. ONLY THE YOU, THE SENDER AND THE SYSOP CAN DELETE A MESSAGE TO YOU, AND I ONLY DO SO AFTER IT HAS BEEN ON THE SYSTEM FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. MESSAGE SUMMARIES: SUMMARIES CAN BE OBTAINED WITH EITHER THE "Q" COMMAND OR THE "S" COM- MAND. THE "Q" COMMAND WILL GIVE YOU THE MESSAGE NUMBERS OF MESSAGES SENT TO YOU, TO ALL, AND FROM YOU. WHEN YOU SIGN ON, THE ABBS ALSO LISTS THE NUMBERS OF MESSAGES SENT TO YOU. THE "S" COMMAND ASKS YOU HOW FAR BACK YOU WISH TO SEARCH, AND WHETHER YOU WISH TO FLAG MESSAGES FOR LATER READING IN FULL. THE SUMMARY WILL LIST THE SENDER, THE RECIPIENT, THE DATE THE MESSAGE WAS SENT, AND THE SUBJECT OF THE MESSAGE. DELETING A MESSAGE: THE "D" COMMAND WILL LIST THE SUMMARY OF THE MESSAGE AND ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO DELETE IT. ONLY THE SENDER, THE RECIPIENT (IF NOT TO ALL) AND THE SYSOP CAN DELETE MESSAGES. SO THAT EVERYONE CAN USE THE ABBS, PLEASE DELETE YOUR OLD MESSAGES!! AMENDING A MESSAGE: THE "A" COMMAND AND THE EDIT OP- TION OF THE "E" COMMAND ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE THE RECIPIENT, SUMMARY OR TEXT OF A MESSAGE. IF THE MESSAGE HAS FEWER THAN 10 LINES, YOU MAY ADD A LINE. YOU CAN'T DELETE A LINE, BUT REPLACING IT WITH 1 OR 2 SPACES WILL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. INFORMATIONAL PRINTOUTS: THE "H" COMMAND GIVES A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ALL AVAILABLE COMMANDS AND CONTROL CHARACTERS. NEW USERS MAY WANT TO MAKE A PRINTOUT OF THIS LIST FOR HANDY REFERENCE. (IF YOUR PRINTER IS TOO SLOW, SEE THE "N" COMMAND, EXPLAINED BELOW.) THE "?" COMMAND LISTS ONLY THE LETTERS OF ALLOWED COMMANDS, AND IS FOR QUICK REFERENCE. THE "B" COMMAND LISTS OTHER COM- PUTER BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY CHANGES THAT SHOULD BE MADE -- AND CHANGES OCCUR FREQUENTLY AS SYSTEMS START UP OR SHUT DOWN -- PLEASE LEAVE THE SYSOP A MESSAGE. THE "P" COMMAND WILL PRINT OUT THE BULLETIN THAT YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SEEING WHEN YOU SIGNED ON. IT ALSO PRINTS OUT THE LIST OF MES- SAGES FOR YOU. THE "M" COMMAND LISTS THE MEETING DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF ALL MEETINGS OF WASHINGTON APPLE PI AND THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA APPLE USERS GROUP, NOVAPPLE. ALSO LISTED IS IN- FORMATION ON MEETINGS OF W.A.P.'S SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, KNOWN BY THE ABBREVIATION "SIG", AND TUTORIALS, CLASSES ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS FOR WAP MEMBERS. THE "$" COMMAND LISTS THE CURRENT ITEMS AND PRICES OF ITEMS OFFERED FOR SALE THROUGH THE CLUB STORE. THESE PRICES ARE NOT OFFICIAL, AS THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL BULLETIN BOARD. POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS SHOULD CALL THE CLUB STORE FOR FURTHER, DEFINITIVE INFORMATION. THE "O" COMMAND IS A USERS' OPIN- ION POLL. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FEED- BACK DEVICE FOR THE SYSOP AND FOR THE CLUB. QUESTIONS ARE CHANGED WEEKLY. PLEASE GIVE EVERYONE THE BENEFIT OF YOUR OPINION! THE "I" COMMAND LISTS THIS INFOR- MATION ABOUT THE ABBS. HOUSEKEEPING COMMANDS: LINEFEEDS AND NULLS: IF AT ANY TIME YOU SEND THE ABBS A LINEFEED, THE ABBS WILL BEGIN TO SEND YOU LINEFEEDS. IF YOUR COMPUTER SENDS A LINEFEED AFTER CARRIAGE RE- TURNS, THE FIRST "ENTER A CARRIAGE RETURN" SHOULD ENABLE LINEFEED INSER- TION. (LINEFEEDS ARE NEEDED BY CP/M SYSTEMS AND SOME PRINTING TERMINALS.) YOU CAN USE THE "N" COMMAND TO TURN LINEFEED INSERTION ON OR OFF. NULLS ARE THE ABBS' WAY OF ALLOW- ING YOUR PRINTER TO KEEP UP WITH THE ABBS. CRT'S AND SOME PRINTERS DON'T NEED THEM. IF YOU DO NEED THEM, THE "N" COMMAND WILL TELL YOU THE CURRENT DELAY AFTER CARRIAGE RETURNS, WHICH CAN BE 0-2.55 SECONDS, AND SPEED. BE- CAUSE NORMAL TRANSMISSION IS ONLY AT 30 CHARACTERS/SECOND, ONLY SPEEDS OF 100 OR LESS HAVE ANY EFFECT. "SPEED=" IS IN EFFECT AT ALL TIMES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER LINEFEED INSERTION IS ON. "SPEED=" IS JUST APPLESOFT'S "SPEED=" COMMAND. KNOWLEDGABLE USER: WHEN YOU KNOW THE WORKINGS OF THE ABBS WELL, YOU CAN USE THE "K" COMMAND TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE PROMPTS. THIS WILL SPEED UP OPERATIONS SOME. TO TURN IT OFF, ENTER "K" AGAIN. 80-COLUMN MODE: IF YOU ARE USING A PRINTER OR 80- COLUMN BOARD, YOU CAN CHANGE EVERY OTHER CARRIAGE RETURN INTO A SPACE WITH THE "+" COMMAND. TO TURN IT OFF, ENTER "+" AGAIN. USERS AND WAP NUMBERS: THE "W" (WHO) COMMAND ALLOWS YOU TO FIND A PERSON'S WAP NUMBER IF YOU KNOW THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF THE PER- SON'S LAST NAME, AND TO FIND HIS OR HER NAME IF YOU KNOW HIS OR HER WAP NUMBER. LOWER CASE: USE CTRL-L LIKE A SHIFT-LOCK KEY TO TOGGLE OFF OR ON LOWER-CASE TRANS- LATION. IF YOU WANT TO SEE LOWER CASE, ENTER CTRL-L ANY TIME THE ABBS EXPECTS INPUT. ENTERING CTRL-L AGAIN MAKES ALL LOWER CASE INTO UPPER CASE. ONLY THE SUBJECT AND TEXT OF MESSAGES CAN BE MADE LOWER CASE; EVERYTHING ELSE WILL ALWAYS BE UPPER CASE. CHATTING WITH THE SYSOP: OCCASIONALLY, I WILL BE ABLE TO CHAT WITH YOU. TO SEE IF I AM AVAIL- ABLE, ENTER "C". IF I AM LISTED AS "NOT AVAILABLE", IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM NOT PHYSICALLY HERE, IT MEANS ONLY THAT I AM OTHERWISE OCCUPIED WITH MY MUNDANE EXISTENCE (EATING, SLEEP- ING, DOING CHORES, ETC.) IF I AM LISTED AS AVAILABLE, YOU CAN RING ME. CONTINUE USING THE ABBS, AND WHEN I COME TO THE KEYBOARD, I WILL BREAK IN FOR A FRIENDLY CHAT ABOUT WHATEVER INTERESTS US. FILE TRANSFER SYSTEMS: THE "X" COMMAND ENTERS A FILE TRANSFER SUBSYSTEM. IT HAS A SEP- ARATE HELP COMMAND. GENERAL INFORMATION: THIS SYSTEM RUNS ON AN APPLE II IN APPLESOFT AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE USING A D.C. HAYES MICROMODEM II UNDER A PROGRAM WRITTEN BY THOMAS S. WARRICK (BASED ON SOME EARLIER WORK DONE BY JOHN MOON) FOR WASHINGTON APPLE PI, THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST APPLE COM- PUTER USERS' GROUP. YOUR CURRENT SYSOP IS: (INSERT YOUR NAME) THE POLICY OF THIS ABBS PROHIBITS COMMERCIAL MESSAGES. "COMMERCIAL" MEANS ANY OFFER OR SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER FOR A PRODUCT OR SERVICE BY ANY- ONE IN THE TRADE OR BUSINESS OF SEL- LING THAT PRODUCT OR SERVICE. CASUAL SALES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ARE PERMIT- TED. THESE RULES SHOULD NOT BE CIR- CUMVENTED THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF OTHERS. EXCEPT FOR CONTROL CHARACTERS C, H (BACKSPACE), K, L, M (RETURN), S, AND U (RIGHT-ARROW), ALL CONTROL CHAR- ACTERS ARE IGNORED. (THIS MEANS NO "BEEPS".) I WELCOME ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. MANY OF THEM WILL BE ACTED ON AS SOON AS THEY CAN BE IN- CORPORATED INTO THE PROGRAM. MANY OF THE MOST USEFUL FEATURES IN THE SYSTEM WERE SUGGESTED BY USERS. ARTICLES EXPLAINING THE ABBS AP- PEARED IN THE JULY AND AUGUST 1982 ISSUES OF WASHINGTON APPLE PI MAG- AZINE. ENJOY! (YOUR NAME) SYSOP