Welcome updated 09/12/92; CBBS(R)/Chicago (312) 545-8086 YOU CAN SKIP TO LOGON by hitting ctl-K - view WELCOME later with W command! ** WELCOME TO WARD AND RANDY'S CBBS(R) ** (COMPUTERIZED BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (R)) ** (In operation since 2/16/78 except for a few "outages"...) (Therefore, the worlds first, and oldest micro based BBS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ CBBS is a MESSAGE-ONLY system catering to advanced hobbyists, etc (see details in the (B)ulletin) ----> PRESS "S" TO STOP OUTPUT, "S" TO START IT AGAIN <---- (NO DATA WILL BE LOST) CONTROL CHARACTERS ACCEPTED BY CBBS: ] ASCII CTL CHARS CHARS (^ means "control key" with letter key) ----- ----- While CBBS OUTPUTS to you: DEL ^H Character delete C ^C Cancel output K ^K Function abort ^N Send 5 more nulls S ^S Stop/start output ----- ----- On INPUT: ^I Tab (Tabs set every 8) ^R Retype input line ESC ^U Line delete ^W Video Word backspace ^X Video line delete >> We do NOT use BREAK! Modem may disconnect if you use it. Use ^C or ^K instead! << If you get stuck, try: Ctl-K then C/R until you bail out back to the main menu. Whenever we refer to "C/R", we mean your "return" key!! ]Use ";" to separate multiple answers, i.e. n;firstname;lastname;x;p; would log you in, set video mode, expert mode, no prompt bells. ----END OF WELCOME----