ZX-News #02 08 сентября 1996

FIDO - Modem. First steps. - Glossary of terms and abbreviations. What is a BBS, and email. I need to work with BBS. How to call a BBS.

          "Modem. Getting Started."


                Part II.



      Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

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   BBS - Bulletin Board System - in the most closely related 
translation - "bulletin board". Station of electronic 
communication, allowing users to using modems to share files and

messages.


   CBCS - Comruter Based Communication
System - A computer communications system.


   DL - Download - transfer a file from the BBS
to the user.


   FIDO - Global (worldwide), an amateur computer network. FIDO 
Network has a huge amount of bbs at all

continents. Then still the Soviet station
were first registered in the FIDO
1990.


   File area - the region file, grouped by specific topics. 
(Approximate analogue - directory IS-DOS). 


   Snack keys - often used in English literature is a term that 
defines one of the options for interaction with

when you use the menu -
selection menu command does not require pressing
Enter key after pressing, which determines the team.


   Folder (s) - in the literal translation from
English "folder" - a concept similar to the term "area" (area) 
for some types of BBS (Maximus-not-native).



   Mailer - a complex program that meets
for the email newsletter on the necessary
addresses and routes, usually working in
automatically, without intervention
operator.


   Maximus - a software package that implements the 
communication protocol with the BBS-causing her users.



   Message area - area of ​​communications, the section that 
holds the message, usually related to a particular topic. 


   MSG - Message - a message, e-
letter.


   Nodelist - a complete list of all stations
FIDO. Contains phone numbers of all stations FIDO, names SysOr 
s and other important information. Updated and distributed by 
all stations FIDO weekly. 


   SysOr - System Orerator - operator
working on the BBS and is responsible for its operation.


   UL - Urload - transfer a file from
Users in the BBS.



             What is BBS?

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In fact, the computer where you installed special equipment and
software to work with him
over ordinary telephone lines using
modems - devices to link computers
between them. Setting the modem to your
computer and typing the phone number of BBS, you
can with a keyboard to communicate with
BBS with the commands given by her. Which teams? Description of 
these commands and rules their use and is dedicated to today's

article.

When working with the BBS, you can take part in correspondence 
via e- mail with virtually the entire world, poluchat

different files with the latest software
software, or vice versa - to send
programs written by you, your friend
or make them available to everyone.

You can also find and read electronic
journals, published both in Russia and
abroad, and much, much more ...



      What is email?

      ---------------------------
E-mail is very similar to the regular
mail, but with one major difference - it
reaches its destination anywhere in the world
much faster.

This is due to a lack of movement of physical media (paper) and 
a high degree of automation of mail forwarding, which is 
achieved by means of programs - mailer-s. 

E-mail sent over the network
data, in which standardized many different nuances of technical 
and organizational measures. 

In the world there are many different computer networks, 
information transfer and each - their own peculiarities. Chance 
and the exchange of information between them - for this there 
are special stations (The so-called gateways), which exchanges 
data between networks operating on different standards. 

Modern network - a very complex organism, and sometimes your 
letter sent colleague or friend, should be done

very difficult path, passing through many stations, satellite 
and cable channels of communication before gets to its 
destination ... But you are about it, perhaps not even find out!


The work of such systems is organized with the help of 
sophisticated software. One such package is called Maximus.

I do know that Peter is used by at least one bbs - Eldorado.



       I need to work with the bbs?

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Firstly, it is not funny sounds, you
require PHONE! Today I was in LOGROSe, so for me there is one 
very intelligent, judging all over, people asked: "And for phone

your modem is needed? "Hmm. ... So Happens
Now, for him personally and for others-such as
I repeat: Telephone modem required!

Secondly, you need the modem itself. K
On the selection of the modem we get back to
the third issue.

And finally, you will need a program for
work with a modem - communication package. If you ALREADY HAVE 
Vicomm, then urgently looking terminalku "Macro-Modem" version 
not below 2.1. Most likely, this program will remain the most 
powerful for Vicomma. If you have Hayes, here things are

much worse (yet). To date,
except for a bare terminal "for him no softa not written. But! 
Once Omegi group will Hayes'y, we immediately

start writing for him terminalku. And,
most likely it will turn out not worse than
for Vicomma, moreover, that the experience of creating
this kind of things we have already accumulated.



          How to call a BBS?

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As already stated above, none of Omegi not
worked on Hayese ... So today we are
will focus on how to call a bbs with Vicomma. Hopefully, people 
will write in Hayesami "Zx-News" and will share with us and 
with you, dear readers, sim secret. 

The main body of the modem should be a button! If you do not 
see it, then you have - not Vicomm! This button is used to 
"intercept line themselves ", ie the modem.


Connect the modem according to instructions
line and the computer. If you do not
instructions, please see "How
connect Vicomm "in the same room.

The first thing you should do after downloading
terminal program, so this type
number of bbs. Numbers of all employees in bbs
St. Petersburg, you can look at
Section "Zx BBS". Be careful
calling at the station. First, make sure to
table that bbs works at this time, and
and that she supports this type of modem (in this case - 
Vicomm). Otherwise you can disturb the people, as well

possible that this phone when bbs are not
works used for other purposes.

Wait until the start to be heard long beeps (I think, can guess 
what mean short ...), click on

on the modem and safely hold the line - from bbs
You do not disconnect!

Now wait until bbs lift the handset and
answer ...

If you use the "Macro-Modem" nd, in
currently receiving any signals from bbs
will flash'it (flashing) bar in the middle window, which 
displays the RUS / LAT and CAPS / LOCK.


The first thing that will give you the Maximus: "Press
y in 5 (10) sec ...", or "Quickly press
Y. .. "or something like that (on different bbs - in different 
ways). This must be done to bbs identified - Hayes

calls, or Vicomm, or simply made a mistake
number ...

Once you hit "Y", bbs write
"Now loaded", that basically means: "Connected."

Popyhtev a couple of seconds, it will give you
welcomed, which consists of the name
station, modem types that it supports, and other similar 
information, which varies by bbs.



         To be continued ...


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