(Function-keys and other).
There are a few differences in WinFBB from DosFBB. For WinFBB: Most of these commands will open a window. The server operation is NOT suspended while these windows stay open. F1 - Help. F2 - Connect to the BBS locally with the console-callsign. F3 - Disconnect a channel. F4 - Start or stop forwarding. Shows how many/big messages are waiting for forward right now (real-time). Click on the BBS(s) you want to start forward to, and click "Start Fwd". There are also buttons for "Start All" and "StopFwd", as well as import and export. F5 - Toggle monitoring on/off. F6 - Change console-callsign. That callsign is used when connecting to the BBS with F2 or via gateway F9. The callsign have sysop-status. F7 - Program TNC directly. This allows a dynamic modification of the parameters which will be affected as default to the channels of the related port. These parameters will not be taken into account for the channels already connected, and will be transferred to the channel upon disconnect. The commands are specific to the TNC in use: WA8DED with a TNC2, HostMode PK232 with a PK232, or the BPQ node. F8 - Not used F9 - Gateway, using console-callsign. F10 - Initiate a chat with a user (click on the user first). ALT-F1 - Not used ALT-F2 - Not used ALT-F3 - Start or stop forward-scan. Before starting scanning, FORWARD.SYS and its include-files, BBS.SYS and SWAPP.SYS are recompiled. ALT-F4 - Quit FBB. ALT-F5 - Start a text-editor. ALT-F6 - Not used ALT-F7 - Show last connections. ALT-F8 - Not used ALT-F9 - Not used ALT-F10- Not used ALT-B - Not used ALT-D - Not used ALT-R - Not used ALT-N - Not used ALT-S - Not used ALT-X - Not used CTRL-F1 to CTRL-F10 hold pre-defined texts, that are sent when pressing that key. The texts are in the file MEMO.SYS. Works only in the editor. Exceptions: CTRL-F1 and CTRL-10 are captured by Windows. CTRL-F4 exits the editor. In addition to the function-keys, there are quite a few push-buttons on the screen in WinFBB, in standard Windows-fashion. Click on them to get the wanted result. This should be self-explanatory. Much information may be retrieved this way, and many things may be configured this way. In addition to the main FBB-window, you may want to have open at the same time the DISPLAY ALL CHANNELS and MONITOR windows (I do, hi). They may be re-sized to fit beside and under the main FBB-window. The windows position and size and saved if you stop the BBS. For LinFBB: No function-keys are available in LinFBB. For DosFBB: Most of these commands will open a window. The server operation is suspended while these windows stay open, but the user requests are queued and will not be lost. If no reply is given, the window will close down after a few seconds, and the default reply will not be taken into account. Do not forget to validate your replies with "Enter". F1 - General help on all function-keys. F2 - Connect to the BBS locally with the console-callsign. F3 - Disconnect a channel. F4 - Start or stop forwarding. Manual forwarding request, or cancellation of current forwarding. If a number up to 8 is specified, the corresponding port will be scanned for forwarding. If the number 9 is specified, all ports will be scanned. If a callsign is specified, it will be scanned for forwarding. Preceding the callsign with + will force reverse even if there is no waiting mail, preceding the callsign with - will stop the forwarding and disconnect. F5 - Toggle monitoring on/off. With monitor on, the lower part of the screen displays the monitored traffic, while the upper part of the screen shows traffic in the BBS. Number of lines in upper/lower part of the screen, can be adjusted with the arrow-up or arrow-down keys. F6 - Change console-callsign. That callsign is used when connecting to the BBS with F2 or via gateway F9. The callsign have sysop-status. F7 - Program TNC directly. This allows a dynamic modification of the parameters which will be affected as default to the channels of the related port. These parameters will not be taken into account for the channels already connected, and will be transferred to the channel upon disconnect. The commands are specific to the TNC in use: WA8DED with a TNC2, HostMode PK232 with a PK232, or the BPQ node. F8 - Reboot PC. Can be done at once, or when all channels are free. F9 - Gateway, using console-callsign. F10 - Talk to a user (that have sent a T) or initiate a chat with a user. ALT-F1 - Shows pending forward(s). Shows number of personal messages, bulletins, and the total amount of kB waiting to be forwarded. ALT-F2 - Shows all callsigns connected to the BBS. ALT-F3 - Start or stop forward-scan. Before starting scanning, FORWARD.SYS and its include-files, BBS.SYS and SWAPP.SYS are recompiled. ALT-F4 - Shows the last connected callsigns. ALT-F5 - Starts a very simple text-editor (use F1 for help there). ALT-F6 - Various "options" : Sysop is in ? Enables T-command. Beep at connect ? Show callsigns etc. on every channel ? Gateway allowed ? Justification on text typed from console ? Use screen editor ? ALT-F7 - Import messages from file. ALT-F8 - Export messages to file. Messages that are waiting to be forwarded to one BBS. These messages can be forwarded to a file. ALT-F9 - Exit to DOS. WARNING: the BBS operation is suspended all this time long. The users will not be disconnected, and their commands will be queued. Return to BBS by typing EXIT. ALT-F10- Stop the mailbox-program. Can be done at once, or when all channels are clear. ALT-B - Blank screen. ALT-D - Save scroll-buffer to file. ALT-N - Allows reprogramming a telephone modem ALT-R - Redisplay screen. ALT-S - Show last DOS-screen. Press a key to return to BBS. ALT-X - Stop the BBS (same as ALT-F10). CTRL-F1 to CTRL-F10 holds pre-defined texts, that are sent when pressing that key. The texts are in the file MEMO.SYS. Arrow -> - Display next channel. Arrow <- - Display previous channel. Ctrl -> or Ctrl <- Return to the display of all channels. PG-UP Display the previous page if it exists PG-DW Display next page. HOME Display the first page. END Display the last page. This page was last updated