Features Supported in v1.0

Terminal Emulation Modes Supported:

PETSCII (Commodore 64/128 Color/Graphics)
ASCII
ANSI-BBS

Multiple callers (simultaneous client sessions)

40 and 80 column display modes with auto-formatting for screens, command prompts, messages, etc.

Support for displaying color/graphics screens on terminal:

CGS file (PETSCII codes saved in CSV format)
ASC file containing ASCII text
ANS file containing ANSI-BBS ESC codes (coming soon)

Line-based text editor subsystem for entering and editing messages and other text files, which supports 40/80 column word wrap and / editor commands entered in the first column.

/s (save)
/a (abort)
/c (columns 40/80)
/n (clear)
/e (edit)
/i (insert)
/d (delete)
/h (help)
/r (read without MCI)
/l (list with line #s)
/m (read with MCI)

Message Command Interpreter (MCI) - Embedded PETSCII markup language used in messages and text files, by using the british pound key commands as shown below -- substitute "\" with the pound key.

\r1 (reverse on)
\r0 (reverse off)
\c0 (default color white)
\c1 (color white)
\c2 (color red)
\c3 (color cyan)
\c4 (color purple)
\c5 (color green)
\c6 (color blue)
\c7 (color yellow)
\ch (color orange)
\ci (color brown)
\cj (color lt. red)
\ck (color dk. gray)
\cl (color lt. green)
\cm (color lt. blue)
\cn (color lt. gray)
(color black is not supported)

File transfers (uploads and downloads) supporting Ward Christensen's Xmodem protocol via a TCP socket port instead of a RS-232 serial port.

Feedback (private messages left for SysOp)

SIGs (Special Interest Groups)

SUBs (Sub-Boards for discussions of various topics)

Read message (next, previous, over, and #) with PAUSE/QUIT prompt displayed after every 24 lines.

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List available SUBs and join a SIG

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