The next-generation BBS software

  • Old and new a 1980s computer can join
  • Real hardware a chip on your shelf
  • Free software GPL v3 or later
  • No internet needed a local network is enough
  • You write the rules and you are the appeal
  • No ads no one sells your time
  • No platforms nobody in the middle
  • No hosting fees it runs at your place
  • No outside costs your power, your Wi-Fi
  • No cloud nobody else's server

Information pages

The ten information pages, which callers read with INFO and from the chat room with /i. On as shipped: anybody may read them, and only the sysop may write.

[S] Sysop: info Information 1 page 0 House rules───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────INFO n reads one. INFO n EDIT writes. [S] Sysop: typed: INFO, firmware 1.2.0-link.17

Settings

Every plugin page starts with the same four fields, which the plugin pages explain. CONFIG has a button for each of Page 0 to Page 9:

INFO───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────Plugin enabled yes Read level all.....................................................Write level sysop...................................................Admin level sysop...................................................Info page 0 [ House rules ]Info page 1 [ not set ]Info page 2 [ not set ]Info page 3 [ not set ]Info page 4 [ not set ]Info page 5 [ not set ]Info page 6 [ not set ]Info page 7 [ not set ]Info page 8 [ not set ]Info page 9 [ not set ][ Save ] [ Cancel ]Tab or arrows move, Enter is next, Space steps a choice, F1 saves, ESC quits typed: CONFIG info, firmware 1.2.0-link.17
FieldWhat it does
TitleThe page's title in the list, up to 24 characters.
ReadWho sees it. Unset, the plugin's Read.

The text itself is not written in CONFIG: INFO 3 EDIT at the prompt opens page 3 in the board's message editor.

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